{"id":10157,"date":"2026-02-24T05:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/ethereum-price-slides-deeper-1800-emerges-as-crucial-battleground\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T05:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:11:07","slug":"ethereum-price-slides-deeper-1800-emerges-as-crucial-battleground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/ethereum-price-slides-deeper-1800-emerges-as-crucial-battleground\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Price Slides Deeper, $1,800 Emerges as Crucial Battleground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ethereum price started a fresh decline below $1,880. ETH is now consolidating losses and might struggle to recover above $1,880 or $1,900.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ethereum failed to stay above $1,920 and started a fresh decline.<\/li>\n<li>The price is trading below $1,900 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average.<\/li>\n<li>There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $1,920 on the hourly chart of ETH\/USD (data feed via Kraken).<\/li>\n<li>The pair could start a fresh decline if it stays below the $1,900 zone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ethereum Price Dips Further<\/h2>\n<p>Ethereum price failed to stay above $1,900 and started a fresh decline, like Bitcoin. ETH price traded below the $1,880 and $1,860 levels to enter a bearish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the bulls appeared near $1,810. A low was formed at $1,811, and the price started a minor recovery wave. There was a move above the $1,840 level, but the price is still below the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1,995 swing high to the $1,811 low.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum price is now trading below $1,880 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. If the bulls remain in action above $1,820, the price could attempt another increase. Immediate resistance is seen near the $1,870 level.<\/p>\n<p>The first key resistance is near the $1,900 level and the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1,995 swing high to the $1,811 low. The next major resistance is near the $1,920 level. There is also a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $1,920 on the hourly chart of ETH\/USD.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-883407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ethereum_b6eedd.png?resize=1024%2C509\" alt=\"Ethereum Price \" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A clear move above the $1,920 resistance might send the price toward the $1,965 resistance. An upside break above the $1,965 region might call for more gains in the coming days. In the stated case, Ether could rise toward the $2,000 resistance zone or even $2,020 in the near term.<\/p>\n<h2>Another Drop In ETH?<\/h2>\n<p>If Ethereum fails to clear the $1,900 resistance, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $1,835 level. The first major support sits near the $1,820 zone.<\/p>\n<p>A clear move below the $1,820 support might push the price toward the $1,780 support. Any more losses might send the price toward the $1,740 region. The main support could be $1,720.<\/p>\n<p>Technical Indicators<\/p>\n<p>Hourly MACD<strong> \u2013 <\/strong>The MACD for ETH\/USD is gaining momentum in the bearish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly RSI<strong> &#8211; <\/strong>The RSI for ETH\/USD is now below the 50 zone.<\/p>\n<p>Major Support Level \u2013 $1,820<\/p>\n<p>Major Resistance Level \u2013 $1,900<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum price started a fresh decline below $1,880. ETH is now consolidating losses and might struggle to recover above $1,880 or $1,900. Ethereum failed to stay above $1,920 and started a fresh decline. The price is trading below $1,900 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[138,148,102,104,105],"class_list":["post-10157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eth","tag-eth","tag-ethbtc","tag-ethereum","tag-ethusd","tag-ethusdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}