Can ETH Clear $2,560 After Thursday’s 5% Rally?

• Ethereum price prediction stays bullish above $2,455.94, needing $2,560 to confirm a break toward $2,600
• ETH short liquidations hit $82.41 million over 24 hours, four times the damage longs took
• ETH ETF inflows rebounded to $141.39 million on September 3 after a rare outflow day

Ethereum price prediction for September 5 stays bullish above $2,455.94, with $2,560 the level ETH needs to clear to extend Thursday’s 5% rally toward $2,600.

Ethereum Price Analysis: Does the Squeeze Have More Room?

ETH trades near $2,508.68, up 0.15% on the 4-hour candle after Thursday’s approx 5% jump to $2,501 pulled price into the upper half of a range that’s held since late August, roughly $2,400 to $2,560. 

Price sits above all four EMAs, with the 20-period at $2,455.94, the 50-period at $2,438.36, the 100-period at $2,363.41, and the 200-period at $2,222.64, a clean bullish stack that hasn’t broken since the mid-August breakout. The Parabolic SAR at $2,378.20 sits well below price, confirming the same trend.

The range top near $2,560 has capped every attempt since August 27, including a wick to $2,555 on August 28 that failed to hold. Thursday’s rally got ETH back into that upper zone without yet testing it, leaving today’s session to decide whether the move has enough force to finally clear it.

ETH Support and Resistance Levels, September 5, 2026

Type	Price
Resistance	$2,524.90
Resistance	$2,560
Resistance	$2,600
Support	$2,455.94
Support	$2,438.36
Support	$2,400

ETH News: ETF Inflows Rebound to $141 Million After a Rare Outflow

ETH spot ETFs pulled in $141.39 million in net inflows on Thursday, September 3, reversing a $48.08 million outflow the day before, according to SoSoValue. BlackRock’s ETHA fund led the rebound with $72.07 million, 

Fidelity’s FETH added $65.11 million, while Grayscale’s ETHE stayed a net drag at negative $6.07 million. Cumulative inflows across all ETH funds now stand at $13.17 billion. The outflow-then-rebound pattern tracks the price chart almost exactly, ETH also dipped toward the bottom of its range on September 2 before Thursday’s surge, meaning the fund flows and spot price moved together on both days rather than one leading the other.

ETH News: Rate-Cut Odds and Fading Iran Risk Drove the Rally

Thursday’s move traces to macro developments rather than anything ETH-specific. Reports that the Iran conflict could be winding down eased risk-off pressure, and Fed Governor Christopher Waller pushed back on the idea that a September rate hike is a done deal, saying “Give disinflation a chance. 

We can wait one meeting,” a stance CoinEdition covered in detail Wednesday. Waller said a single rate hike wouldn’t move inflation much anyway, and he’d support holding rates steady if August inflation keeps trending toward the Fed’s 2% target.

Weak labor data added to the case, ADP reported US private employers added just 38,000 jobs in August against expectations near 47,000, the weakest print since January. Odds of a September rate hike fell to 50% from as high as 70%, while Bitcoin rose 5% over the past 24 hours.

SEC’s Atkins Says CLARITY Act Passage Is Key to New Crypto Rules

SEC Chair Paul Atkins said Wednesday the agency’s new crypto proposal assumes the CLARITY Act becomes law, calling it the “most historic step” toward making the US the “Crypto Capital of the World.” 

The plan lets non-security crypto assets exit SEC oversight once issuers meet decentralization rules and disclose key information to investors.

Atkins said the SEC can act on its own authority for now, but wants Congress to lock the framework into law so a future commission can’t undo it. 

CFTC Chair Mike Selig has a backup plan ready, he said the CFTC will “move swiftly” with its own rules if CLARITY stalls. A Senate procedural vote is set for September 15, held up by a provision tied to Trump’s family crypto holdings, and Polymarket gives the bill just a 16% chance of passing in 2026.

ETH Derivatives: Shorts Squeezed Over 24 Hours, Longs Hit in the Last One

ETH derivatives volume surged 17.84% to $57.18 billion in the last 24 hours, and open interest climbed 5.36% to $34.13 billion, more trading, and more open positions as price broke higher. Options volume doubled to $1.99 billion.

Shorts were in pain all day long, losing $82.41 million to longs’ $20.76 million, a squeeze for the size of the rally. But that flipped in the last hour, longs lost $193,090 vs $33,200 for shorts pointing to two-sided volatility under $2,510 rather than a clean continuation higher. Binance traders stay heavily long at 2.15, though the platform’s top traders sit at a more cautious 1.24, less convinced than the retail-heavy crowd.

Metric	Value	What it shows
Derivatives volume (24h)	$57.18B, up 17.84%	Trading activity surging with the rally
Open interest	$34.13B, up 5.36%	Traders adding size, not just rotating
24h short liquidations	$82.41M of $103.17M total	Shorts took the bulk of the squeeze
1h long liquidations	$193.09K of $226.29K total	Longs are the ones getting hurt right now

Ethereum Price Prediction: Bullish and Bearish Scenarios for September 5

Bullish Case, Target: $2,560

ETH holds above the EMA20 at $2,455.94 and clears Thursday’s high at $2,524.90. A push through the range top near $2,560 puts the psychological $2,600 level in range, backed by the ETF inflow rebound and the broader short squeeze.

Bearish Case, Risk Level: $2,438.36 (50-EMA)

ETH loses the EMA20 and slides back toward the 50-EMA at $2,438.36. A break below that and the range floor near $2,400 comes into view, particularly if the past hour’s long liquidations extend into a broader flush.

Expert Insight

The 5% jump looks exciting, but here’s what actually matters: way more everyday traders are betting the price keeps rising than the traders who tend to be right. When regular buyers pile in like that after a rally, it’s often a sign they’re jumping in late, right as the smarter money is already stepping back. That mismatch is usually what causes prices to stall out soon after a big green candle like this one.

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