Ethereum's Explosive Rally: $1.3B ETF Surge and Whale Frenzy Eye $5,000 Breakout

As Spot ETFs registered record $1.3 billion in inflows in the first week of October, Ethereum is riding a wave of never-before-seen institutional excitement. 2025—flipping a previous $795.56 million outflow into one of the sharpest sentiment reversals of the year—pushing cumulative totals to $14.43 billion amid daily peaks like $546.9 million on September 29. While BlackRock's ETHA and Fidelity's FETH raked in hundreds of millions, leading the charge, Grayscale's ETHE and ETH injected new gasoline even as smaller funds like Bitwise's ETHW attracted $36.52 million. Highlighting significant withdrawals like 26,029 ETH ($118 million), Ethereum whales unleashed intense gathering, grabbing around 800,000 ETH ($3.6 billion) in recent weeks. million) from Kraken and a 15x leveraged $67.8 million long position, together with moves to cold storage signaling long-term confidence over short-term flips. With approaching triggers like faster staking ETF approvals in October set to drive ETH's 10% weekly gain past $4,500, testing $4,600-$4,650 resistance. Given lower market selling pressure and demand for DeFi staking, spark additional upside toward $5,000.

ETHUSD surged past $4500 on strong institutional demand. It hits an intraday high of $4619 and is currently trading around $4586.

Oscillators and moving averages to forecast the trend of ETHUSD

CMP- $4586

EMA (4-hour chart)

55-EMA- $4381

200-EMA- $4323

365-EMA- $4191. The pair trades above the short and long-term moving averages.

Previous week low- $4084 (Sep 29th low). Any breach below $4000 will drag the pair down to $3800/$3500.

Previous week high- $4619 (Oct 5th high).  Any break above $4620 confirms minor bullishness, a jump to $4770/$5000.

Indicators (4-hour chart)

CCI(50)- Bullish

ADX- above 20 showing bullish bias

5. Investment Strategy for ETHUSD

It is good to buy on dips around $4400 with a stop loss around $4200 for target profits of $5000.