{"id":598135,"date":"2026-05-12T17:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/ethereum-derivatives-unfazed-by-defi-hacks-can-eth-hit-2-6k-next\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:52:40","slug":"ethereum-derivatives-unfazed-by-defi-hacks-can-eth-hit-2-6k-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/ethereum-derivatives-unfazed-by-defi-hacks-can-eth-hit-2-6k-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum derivatives unfazed by DeFi hacks: Can ETH hit $2.6K next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9oaS1ldGhlcmV1bS0yMC1zZXQtdG8tYmUtcmVsZWFzZWQtb24tZGVjLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Ethereum derivatives unfazed by DeFi hacks: Can ETH hit $2.6K next? \" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ETH futures and options signal quiet confidence among pros despite macro headwinds and DeFi exploits, keeping the $2,600 price target in play.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ether (ETH) price failed to sustain bullish momentum after peaking near $2,380 on Sunday. Repeated failures to break the $2,400 mark over the past four weeks have gradually drained confidence, suggesting professional ETH traders might be jumping ship despite several derivatives and onchain metrics supporting further upside.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/content\/pasted-image-562.png\" width=\"1342\" \/>\n      <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/eth-derivatives-unfazed-defi-hacks-eth-hit-2600-next\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETH futures and options signal quiet confidence among pros despite macro headwinds and DeFi exploits, keeping the $2,600 price target in play. Key takeaways: Ether (ETH) price failed to sustain bullish momentum after peaking near $2,380 on Sunday. Repeated failures to break the $2,400 mark over the past four weeks have gradually drained confidence, suggesting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-598135","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\/598135","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=598135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}