{"id":90888,"date":"2025-08-24T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=90888"},"modified":"2025-08-24T18:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:00:48","slug":"ether-soars-in-august-but-will-september-spoil-the-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=90888","title":{"rendered":"Ether Soars In August\u2014But Will September Spoil The Party?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ethereum\u2019s rally this month has been sharp, but traders are being warned to watch September closely.<\/p>\n

Ether<\/a> climbed about 20% since the start of August, trading at $4,745 at the time of publication. Prices even pierced $4,860 after dovish remarks<\/a> from US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole symposium, a move that many in crypto see as a possible spark for more gains.<\/p>\n

Historic September Pullbacks<\/h2>\n

According to CoinGlass<\/a>, history offers a cautionary note: there have been only three cases since 2016 where Ether rose in August and then slid in September.<\/p>\n

In 2017, Ether jumped 92% in August and then dropped 20% the following month. In 2020, August gains of 25% were followed by a 17% pullback in September.<\/p>\n

And in 2021, a 35% climb in August gave way to a 12% slip in September. CryptoGoos, a trader on X, summed it up bluntly: seasonality in September during post-halving years tends to be negative.<\/p>\n

$ETH<\/a> seasonality in September during post-halving years is typically negative.<\/p>\n

Will this time be different? pic.twitter.com\/h9hJ40V3np<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CryptoGoos (@crypto_goos) August 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n

That pattern does not mean a repeat is guaranteed. Reports have disclosed that both market structure and investor profiles are different now than in those earlier years.<\/p>\n

In 2016 and 2020, short-term losses in September were followed by multi-month recoveries, with Ether posting upside in the final three months of those years. So while history matters, it does not decide outcomes on its own.<\/p>\n

New Money, New Dynamics<\/h2>\n

Flows into spot Ether ETFs this month have been large enough to grab attention. Based on reports from Farside, spot Ether ETFs saw roughly $2.70 billion net inflows in August, while spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced about $1.2 billion in net outflows over the same period.<\/p>\n

At the same time, companies that hold crypto on their balance sheets now control a sizable chunk of Ether. Reports show total Ether held by treasury companies topped $13 billion in value on Aug. 11.<\/p>\n

Arkham reported that BitMine chairman Tom Lee bought another $45 million of Ether, lifting BitMine\u2019s stack to $7 billion.<\/p>\n

Those numbers change the math. Big institutional stacks and ETF demand can make sharp, short-term moves more persistent than in prior cycles.<\/p>\n

Capital appears to be rotating; Bitcoin dominance has fallen 5% over the past 30 days to 55%, which market participants mostly attribute to funds moving into assets beyond Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

What Traders Might Do Next<\/p>\n

Traders and portfolio managers will likely keep an eye on macro signals and flow data. A softer interest rate outlook from Powell is a bullish factor for risk assets, but seasonality and previous post-August declines are reasons to stay cautious.<\/p>\n

Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ethereum\u2019s rally this month has been sharp, but traders are being warned to watch September closely. Ether climbed about 20% since the start of August, trading at $4,745 at the time of publication. Prices even pierced $4,860 after dovish remarks from US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole symposium, a move that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":90889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}