Bitcoin and Ether are in the green as the broader cryptocurrency market makes a positive start to the week.

Bitcoin has crossed the $81,000 barrier while Ether is slowly approaching $2,400.

The growing institutional adoption could push $ETH’s price higher in the near term.

Institutions continue to accumulate Ether

Ether is trading at $2,380, up by less than 1% in the last 24 hours.

The positive performance comes as institutional investors continue to accumulate Ether.

Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) announced on Monday that it purchased 101,745 $ETHlast week.

The purchase has lifted the company's holdings to 5.18 million $ETH, establishing its position as the largest corporate $ETHtreasury.

The firm added that it staked an additional 661,168 $ETHover the past week, bringing its total staked holdings to 4.36 million $ETHand annualized staking revenue to $297 million.

While commenting on this latest acquisition, BitMine Chairman Thomas Lee stated that,

"Crypto Spring, in our view, has commenced, and like past cycles, investor sentiment and conviction are muted and bearish even as crypto prices strengthen. We believe the potential passage, or even failure, of the CLARITY Act confirms the arrival of crypto spring. As for the upcoming drivers of crypto gains, Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains."

The company also reported holdings of 200 Bitcoin (BTC), a $200 million stake in Beast Industries, an $83 million stake in Eightco Holdings, and total cash of $700 million.

In addition to BitMine, US spot $ETHexchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to generate inflows from institutional investors.

According to CoinGlass, spot Ethereum ETFs recorded an inflow of $62.83 million on Monday.

This comes after recording net outflows of $82 million last week.

Ethereum Price Forecast: $ETHretests the $2,425 resistance

The $ETH/USD 4-hour chart is bearish and efficient, but is now approaching key resistance areas on this timeframe.

On the 4-hour chart, $ETHis maintaining a constructive bullish bias as it trades above the 20-, 50-, and 100-day Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs), which are clustered between roughly $2,300 and $2,361.

The Relative Strength Index at 62 and a Stochastic reading around 75 hint that upside momentum remains firm, though edging toward overbought territory.

The momentum indicators suggest scope for continuation while leaving the pair vulnerable to short-term pauses or shallow pullbacks.

If the rally persists, initial resistance would be met at the 4-hour Inducement Liquidity at $2,425, just above the 100-day EMA.

A daily close above this level would open the way toward the next resistance at $2,746 and then $3,411.

However, if the bears regain control, the 20-day EMA provides immediate support at $2,300 and the 50-day EMA at $2,256.

Failure to defend these levels could see $ETHexperience a stronger pullback towards the demand zones at $2,211 and $2,107.

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