Dogecoin (DOGE), the internet’s most popular meme coin, dropped by 13% last week, making many investors nervous about what comes next. But well-known crypto analyst Crypto Patel believes a big breakout could be on the way. After two strong weeks of price movement, analysts believe that Dogecoin might rally towards $1 soon.
Let’s dive in detail!
Massive Gains Already, More Ahead?
According to Patel, Dogecoin’s price has been following a clear bullish pattern on the charts. That means the price has been making higher highs, followed by healthy pullbacks, something technical traders often look for in a strong uptrend.
This kind of pattern shows that buyers are in control, even after short-term dips.
Based on Patel’s chart, Dogecoin has already jumped 700% from its original entry point and is now up 68% from a second re-entry zone. Meanwhile, Patel sees this as a sign that another big “pump wave” could be forming.
Patel also highlights the importance of the $0.22 price level, which Dogecoin recently broke above and successfully retested. Holding above this key support level suggests that the coin has built a solid base for further gains.
Strong Community, Bigger Dreams
Another factor Patel believes will drive Dogecoin higher is its loyal and active community. Unlike many other cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin’s passionate supporters help maintain interest and enthusiasm, which often boosts its price during positive market phases.
Looking ahead, Patel’s short-term price targets are $0.5 and $1. He is optimistic that if the rally continues, Dogecoin could reach $2 and even $3 in the long term. This outlook is supported by increasing market optimism and Dogecoin’s strong chart performance.
A Second Chance for Investors?
This setup mirrors DOGE’s 2021 rally, where a similar breakout led to a 7,000% surge. While those gains may not repeat exactly, the current structure is drawing attention.
For those who missed the first run, this could be a second shot at riding the meme king to higher levels.
As of now, Dogecoin is trading around $0.2177, reflecting a drop of 2% seen in the last 24 hours.
Ethereum price continued to consolidate above $1,820 over the weekend, outperforming BTC over the 14-day timeframe.
Ethereum (ETH) Consolidates as Vitalik Shares Fresh Proposal
Ethereum held steady above $1,820 across the weekend, registering relative strength compared to Bitcoin, which slid below $96,000.
According to CoinGecko, ETH price posted a 14-day gain of 15.7% while Bitcoin price rally was subdued at 12% over the same period. Daily trading volumes for ETH remained elevated above $7 billion, reflecting robust market participation.
Ethereum price action (ETHUSD) May 4, 2025 | Coingecko
Investor sentiment appears bolstered by Vitalik Buterin’s latest technical commentary. The Ethereum founder posted on May 3 about the importance of protocol simplicity, stating, “One of the best things about Bitcoin is how simple it is… let’s bring those benefits to Ethereum.”
His suggestion alluded to streamlining Ethereum’s design, a move that may aim to address criticisms around execution layer complexity, state management, and overall maintainability.
While short on specifics, the proposal hints at a philosophical shift — one that favors reduced protocol surface area and improved auditability over maximal flexibility.
This comes amid a broader industry push for modularity, security, and composability. Ethereum’s resilience over the weekend and its outperformance signal that Buterin’s remarks may have struck a positive tone with short-term traders.
Buterin’s remarks triggered swift criticism from prominent Bitcoin maximalists. Alistair Milne quipped that Bitcoiners have been urging Vitalik to embrace simplicity “for a decade.” Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream and a legendary cypherpunk, delivered the most scathing critism.
“I literally told him so a decade ago, but they still haven’t learned about balance vs utxo or the complexity of state, “rich state fullness” mistake. Redirecting miner revenue to the insiders with PoS etc. At this point just flush it before it hits 0, and buy Bitcoin.” – Adam Back, May 4 2025.
Back blamed Ethereum’s complexity — especially the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) — for the recent ByBit wallet hack.
According to him, the EVM’s design makes it “basically impossible” for hardware wallets to verify transaction details reliably, creating exploitable vectors in real-world deployments.
From this lens, Ethereum’s initial ambition to support smart contracts without first building a minimal, robust foundation is seen as a strategic misstep.
The ensuing comments on X has further re-hased the long-standing ideological divide between Bitcoin maximalists, and Ethereum advocates over the last 24 hours.
What’s Ahead?
While Bitcoin maximalists dismiss Vitalik’s call for simplicity as a desperate pivot, Ethereum markets responded differently.
With ETH showing strength and price stability above $1,820, buyers appear to interpret the proposal as a sign of Ethereum’s maturity possibly moving toward more efficient fundamentals.
Despite criticisms from Bitcoin maxis like Adam Back, Ethereum price has evidently attracted buying more buying pressure that BTC over since Vitalik’s proposal on Saturday.
Ethereum Price Forecast Today: ETH Targets $1,950 on Vitalik’s Proposal Momentum
Ethereum price remains resilient, consolidating just below $1,830, while showing early signs of a bullish continuation. Price action is forming a subtle ascending triangle on the daily timeframe, suggesting accumulation beneath resistance.
Notably, the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator reflects positive momentum, with the MACD line holding well above the signal and zero lines. This bullish divergence, confirmed by a widening histogram, hints at increasing buying pressure despite recent profit-taking.
Ethereum Price Forecast Today
Ethereum price forecast today shows ETH price is holding up well-above its 50-day MA at $1,784, while the 100-day moving average near $2,176 remains the first significant ceiling.
More so, ETH trending currently trading just above the 20-day EMA, which is turning upwards. The Stochastic Slow strategy has recently issued a sell signal (-2) on the daily close, but this appears to be weakening in effect as price fails to retrace lower, indicating that bears lack conviction to press further
Within these conditions, should Ethereum price break and close above $1,880, the path toward $1,950 opens with relatively little friction, supported by declining volatility and improved sentiment after Vitalik’s latest proposal.
A failure to break higher could see ETH retest $1,783, but sustained strength above that level could keep the upside momentum active.
DeFi Technologies, the Toronto-based publicly traded company has striked a major move aimed at expansion. On Monday, it launched its new RWA tokenization-focused exchange, Kenya Digital Exchange (KDX).
The exchange, aimed at tapping into the growing digital market of Kenya, is launched with the collaboration of Kenya’s Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).
Notably, the new exchange launch builds on the partnership signed last year between NSE, Defi Technologies’ subsidiary, Valour and SovFi.
The collaboration also involves the listing of Valour’s exchange-traded products (ETPs) on NSE by Q3 2025.
KDX: Why Defi Technologies is launching a new exchange
Curtis Schlaufman, the Vice-president of VP Marketing and Communications at DefiTech, revealed in a X post that the new Kenya Digital Exchange (KDX) aims at expanding his company’s role in global capital markets and digital asset innovation.
Given the ongoing growth in the RWA innovation and market, DeFi Tech’s KDX will work as a regulated platform for tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) – equities, debt funds, and commodities.
KDX will enable primary issuance, trading, and liquidity provisioning for the tokenization of these instruments of traditional markets. It will leverage blockchain technology to ensure secure, transparent, and efficient transactions.
The platform will further integrate Hedera for settlement and to support smart‑contract–powered issuance and market‑making. This infrastructure is expected to serve both institutional and retail clients.
With Valous’ ETPs also in line, it aims to serve as a one‑stop marketplace for digital‑asset ETPs and other tokenized products.
To Provide Other Sevices too
As per the press release, implementation of KDX will occur in three phases:
1. initial platform design and compliance checks in late 2025,
2. pilot trading and ETP issuance in early 2026, and
3. full commercial launch by the second quarter of 2026.
The exchange’s revenue streams will include trading and listing fees, custody services, staking and liquidity‑provision charges, and other value‑added financial services. Curtis also informed that besides RWAs, Defi Tech’s KDX will also focus on token issuance, AI trading, market making, and global exchange interoperability.
Kenya has long been a global leader in P2P bitcoin trading – Chainalysis ranked it first worldwide in P2P trade volume in 2021, ahead of 154 other countries. The country ranks among the top 25 markets worldwide for crypto adoption.
With cryptocurrency transactions totaling an estimated USD 18.6 billion in 2022 and over six million users—roughly 10% of the population.
Smartphone penetration exceeds 85%, and the local fintech sector attracted USD 638 million in venture capital in 2024. This underscores strong consumer demand and robust digital‑finance innovation.
By tapping into a six‑million‑user market and nearly USD 20 billion in annual crypto transactions, KDX could catalyze a new wave of digital‑finance activity in East Africa.
The Bitcoin price rally cooled off in the last 24 hours, with the price dropping more than 5% after reaching a new all-time high of $123,231. This pullback comes as many investors decided to lock in profits at record levels that pushed to $116,700, when writing.
While the market still appears structurally bullish, recent data and insights suggest a short-term consolidation might be underway before continuing another leg up.
Profit-Taking Drives Market Pullback In Bitcoin Price Chart
According to on-chain data from Glassnode, the correction strongly aligns with a significant spike in the realized profits.
In total, investors realized over $3.5 billion in profits. Notably, long-term holders (LTHs) accounted for $1.96 billion, while short-term holders (STHs) contributed $1.54 billion.
This level of profit realization by LTHs suggests a maturity in market participation instead of a newbie move. These kinds of investors are identified as those individuals or institutions who typically accumulate during bear phases and selectively offload during high volatility or market peaks.
The current wave of profit booking shows that many LTHs saw the $123K milestone as a strategic exit point for partial gains.
Over the past 24 hours, #Bitcoin investors realized $3.5B in profits.
Long-term holders took $1.96B (~56%) Short-term holders took $1.54B (~44%)
One of the largest $BTC profit realization days this year – driven mostly by long-term holders. pic.twitter.com/GK8Tww7JP2
Key Support at $110K May Trigger Next Bounce in BTC Price
Despite the correction, some analysts remain constructive on Bitcoin crypto’s outlook. According to Mister Crypto, the recent decline could be healthy in the broader uptrend.
In his view, if Bitcoin price revisits the EMA ribbons, which are aligned near the $110K level, which is also June’s previous high, it could create an ideal bounce scenario.
He also hinted that in strong bullish trends, the EMA ribbons tend to act as dynamic support. If Bitcoin tests this zone and holds, it may quickly reverse higher, potentially targeting $135K in the next leg up.
Institutional Holdings Reflect Long-Term Optimism In BTC
Adding to the longer-term bullish backdrop, Mister Crypto also highlighted that Bitcoin Treasury companies, which include public firms holding BTC on their balance sheets, now collectively hold more than half the amount of Bitcoin currently held by all ETFs combined.
This indicates that long-term institutional interest is not only growing but may be more influential than Bitcoin ETF flows alone.
Such holdings often reflect strategic positioning rather than short-term speculation, suggesting that large players still view Bitcoin as a viable long-term store of value.
Bitcoin Treasury Companies now have more than half the amount of supply held in all ETFs combined.
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The Bitcoin price rally cooled off in the last 24 hours, with the price dropping more than 5% after reaching a new all-time high of $123,231. This pullback comes as many investors decided to lock in profits at record levels that pushed to $116,700, when writing. While the market still appears structurally bullish, recent data …