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Ethereum Price Slips Below $2,500 Despite Strong Quarterly Gain

Ethereum price falls below $2,500 as Ted Pillows identifies $2,550 as a key weekly closing level. An analyst reports a 60.6% quarterly gain, although the third quarter has not finished. Ether

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September 13, 2026
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Ethereum Price Slips Below $2,500 Despite Strong Quarterly Gain
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  • Ethereum price falls below $2,500 as Ted Pillows identifies $2,550 as a key weekly closing level.
  • An analyst reports a 60.6% quarterly gain, although the third quarter has not finished.
  • Ethereum highlights 35 August developments covering tokenized funds, privacy applications, lending and network upgrades.

Ethereum price has slipped below $2,500, according to analyst Ted Pillows, placing the weekly close under scrutiny. He warns that failure to close above $2,550 could precede several difficult weeks for ETH.

Meanwhile, Ethereum’s official account highlights 35 ecosystem developments from August. The roundup covers institutional tokenization, privacy tools and lending activity, providing context beyond the immediate market pullback.

Ethereum Price Faces Weekly Resistance Despite Q3 Gains

Pillows identifies $2,550 as the weekly level buyers need to recover. His ETH outlook depends on that closing condition, rather than treating the dip below $2,500 as confirmation of further losses.

Ethereum price performance looks stronger across the quarter. Crypto Warrior reports gains of approximately 60.6%, compared with 66.55% during the third quarter of 2025.

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On the historical table cited, that would place the current quarter second. However, the unfinished period prevents treating the ranking as final.

Daan Crypto Trades also links the recent rally with Bitcoin dominance slipping below its yearly opening level. He notes strength among Ethereum ecosystem tokens but says altcoin-to-Bitcoin pairs have lacked a sustained trend this year.

Those relative moves provide additional context for Ethereum price without establishing that a broader altcoin rally has begun.

Tokenization and Privacy Projects Feature in August Update

The September 3 roundup says BlackRock introduced a tokenized share class for its Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund on Ethereum mainnet. It also highlights work to tokenize share classes from BlackRock’s European money market fund series.

Separately, GnosisDAO approved a transition toward an Ethereum layer-2 rollup. The proposed design would let applications on both networks interact in one transaction.

These announcements describe ecosystem development rather than a demonstrated cause of Ethereum price movements. The roundup also reports Aave v4 deposits exceeding $525 million and Revolut’s phased EURR stablecoin rollout.

Privacy development includes Aztec Alpha v5, which reduced private transaction proving times. Meanwhile, ethPandaOps introduced the Platåberget testnet to prepare client implementations for the Glamsterdam upgrade.

Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. CoinCryptoNewz is not responsible for any losses incurred. Readers should do their own research before making financial decisions.

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