{"id":601069,"date":"2026-05-18T16:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/ethereum-traders-say-bears-in-control-after-eth-price-drop-to-2k\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:52:53","slug":"ethereum-traders-say-bears-in-control-after-eth-price-drop-to-2k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/ethereum-traders-say-bears-in-control-after-eth-price-drop-to-2k\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum traders say bears \u2018in control\u2019 after ETH price drop to $2K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9iZWFyLW1hcmtldC0xNC5qcGc=.jpg\" alt=\"Ethereum traders say bears \u2018in control\u2019 after ETH price drop to $2K\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ether price fell sharply below $2,100 as increasing sell pressure on Binance and persistent ETF outflows fueled bearish momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Ether (ETH) dropped sharply after <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/markets\/key-reasons-ether-is-stuck-below-24k\"><span>rejection at $2,400<\/span><\/a> last week, dropping as low as $2,100 on Monday, indicating that bears are back \u201cin control,\u201d\u00a0according to new analysis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Data from TradingView shows ETH price trading at $2,100, down 12% below its local high of $2,420 reached on May 6. On Sunday, ETH\/USD hit $2,090 on Bitstamp, its lowest level since April 17.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-traders-say-bears-in-control-eth-price-drop-2k\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ether price fell sharply below $2,100 as increasing sell pressure on Binance and persistent ETF outflows fueled bearish momentum. Ether (ETH) dropped sharply after rejection at $2,400 last week, dropping as low as $2,100 on Monday, indicating that bears are back \u201cin control,\u201d\u00a0according to new analysis. Key takeaways: Data from TradingView shows ETH price trading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":601070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-601069","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\/601069","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=601069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}