{"id":555547,"date":"2026-02-13T21:53:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/eth-open-interest-falls-to-3-year-low-what-does-it-mean-for-ether-price\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T21:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:53:04","slug":"eth-open-interest-falls-to-3-year-low-what-does-it-mean-for-ether-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/eth-open-interest-falls-to-3-year-low-what-does-it-mean-for-ether-price\/","title":{"rendered":"ETH open interest falls to 3-year low: What does it mean for Ether price?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5YzU4MjMtMDA3Mi03Yjg0LWFmNjgtZTc2ZGVlNDdiMzRhLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"ETH open interest falls to 3-year low: What does it mean for Ether price?\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Traders say Ether\u2019s declining open interest and futures funding rates could set the groundwork for a significant short squeeze on bearish leveraged positions and a rally to $2,500.<\/p>\n<p>Ether (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/ethereum-price\">ETH<\/a>) traded back above $2,000 on Friday, and its gains extended after the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) print <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-passes-68k-on-slower-us-cpi-print-but-fed-rate-cut-odds-stay-low\" rel=\"\" target=\"_self\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-passes-68k-on-slower-us-cpi-print-but-fed-rate-cut-odds-stay-low\">came in cooler than expected<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The recovery put ETH\/USD on track for its first bullish weekly candle close since mid-January, fueling speculation for a rally toward $2,500.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/eth-open-interest-falls-to-3-year-low-what-does-it-mean-for-ether-price\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traders say Ether\u2019s declining open interest and futures funding rates could set the groundwork for a significant short squeeze on bearish leveraged positions and a rally to $2,500. Ether (ETH) traded back above $2,000 on Friday, and its gains extended after the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) print came in cooler than expected. The recovery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":555548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-555547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}