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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-key-insights"><strong>Key Insights</strong></h3>
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 <li>Ethereum price could fall as whales sit on similar profit conditions seen during the cycle peak in 2021.</li>
 <li>Whale dumped 100,000 ETH worth millions in the last 3 days.</li>
 <li>Analyst Michael van de Poppe predicted a fall below $4,000 if ETH fails to build upside momentum.</li>
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<p>Ethereum price climbs over 2% to surpass $4,600 in response to a 25 bps rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve.</p>
<p>However, new on-chain data suggests whales could start offloading holdings as their unrealized profit reaches the 2021 cycle peak. It has raised concerns among traders, prompting analysts to consider a correction.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-ethereum-price-may-fall-on-selling-pressure-by-whales"><strong>Ethereum Price May Fall on Selling Pressure by Whales</strong></h2>
<p>ETH unrealized profits of mid-sized whales hit levels last seen at ATH in November 2021, according to CryptoQuant’s ETH Unrealized Profit by Balance <a href="https://x.com/cryptoquant_com/status/1968577841001382059" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">data</a>.</p>
<p>This signals that mid-sized whales are sitting on significant gains, similar to the profit conditions observed during the market peak in November 2021.</p>
<p>Ether whales holding 10K–100K ETH may consider selling their holdings, triggering a fall in Ethereum price.</p>
<p>Historically, whales have sold some of their holdings as their unrealized profits jumped significantly higher. It followed increased selling pressure in the crypto market.</p>
<p>Notably, whales have continued to reduce their holdings in the last few months. As The Coin Republic reported, <a href="https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2025/09/17/ethereum-price-prediction-eth-risks-falling-as-whales-dump-90k-coins-ahead-of-fed-rate-cut/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ether whales holding 1K-100K</a> ETH have also sold 90,000 ETH worth nearly $500 million in the last 2 days.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, this doesn’t specifically indicate an immediate or sharp correction in Ethereum price. Instead, Ether whales’ liquidations signal profit-taking, portfolio rebalancing, or shifts in market positioning by large holders.</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, a whale has dumped 5,000&nbsp;ETH worth $22.84 million to crypto exchange&nbsp;Binance, a on-chain platform reported on September 18. The&nbsp;whale made an overall profit of $5.08 million.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-spot-ether-etf-outflows-amid-citigroup-s-bearish-ethereum-price-prediction"><strong>Spot Ether ETF Outflows Amid Citigroup’s Bearish Ethereum Price Prediction</strong></h2>
<p>Spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds recorded consecutive outflows for many days. After $68.40 million in ETH sold by BlackRock and Fidelity on Tuesday, the US Spot&nbsp;Ethereum&nbsp;ETF recorded a net outflow of $1.89 million on Wednesday.</p>
<p>This signaled that institutional investors continue to sell despite a 25 bps Fed rate cut. Fidelity’s FETH reported an outflow of $29.19 million, and Bitwise’s ETHW saw $9.7 million in outflow, as per&nbsp;Farside Investors data.</p>
<p>It likely happened after Wall Street giant Citigroup’s Ethereum price prediction to end the year at $4,300.</p>
<p>The bank claims ETH price could fall to $2,200 in a bearish case based on Ethereum’s on-chain value amid layer-2 growth.</p>
<p>This is in contrast to others, such as Standard Chartered, which predicted Ethereum price to rally above $5,000 amid a rise in corporate Ethereum treasuries.</p>
<p>Moreover, Citigroup also predicted an Ethereum price rally toward $6,400 in the bullish case. The firm based its analysis on institutional demand for spot Ethereum ETFs.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-analysts-predict-eth-price-could-fall-to-4-000"><strong>Analysts Predict ETH Price Could Fall to $4,000</strong></h2>
<p>Popular analyst Michael van de Poppe reiterated that Ethereum price is still holding above the crucial area. In case the area is lost, a fall below $4,000 to follow.</p>
<p>Analyst Ted Pillows claimed ETH price is sluggish and consolidating below the $4,700 resistance level.</p>
<p>He predicted that the price could start falling towards $4,000 if it fails to rebound above the current resistance level.</p>
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<p>Moreover, analyst Ali Martinez pointed out that the&nbsp;TD Sequential indicator has flashed a sell signal on&nbsp;Ethereum.</p>
<p>He predicted ETH price to drop to $4,570 again. This indicates multiple headwinds, along with technical indicators, signal a potential drop in Ethereum.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Ethereum price pared earlier gains and fell back below $4,600. This comes as analysts considered a correction amid sluggish price action.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/price-prediction/ethereum/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ETH price</a> was trading near $4,580, up nearly 2% in the last 24 hours. The 24-hour low and high were $4,429 and $4,643, respectively. Furthermore, trading volume jumped above 35% over the last 24 hours.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2025/09/18/can-ethereum-price-hit-5k-or-risks-crashing-to-3k-historical-data-sparks-concern/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ethereum Price Prediction: Hike to $5K or Crash to $3K? All You Need To Know</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thecoinrepublic.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Coin Republic</a>.</p>

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