Bitcoin (BTC) stayed closer to $sixty,000 on Oct. 22 after the largest altcoin, Ether (ETH), failed to cement new all-time highs.

BTC/USD ane-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

ETH best high? Blink and y'all'll miss it

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView ETH/USD just match its record $4,380 on Bitstamp before seeing a harsh rejection.

Traders watched in anticipation equally Ether appeared to follow Bitcoin to historic new levels, only to confront immediate resistance and fall sharply back into a lower range.

Trader and analyst Rekt Uppercase called the event a "picture perfect rejection."

At the time of writing, ETH/USD circled $4,150, preserving $iv,000 as support with the exception of a flash dip that immediately followed the all-fourth dimension loftier rematch.

ETH/USD ane-day candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

Against Bitcoin, Ether fared better, with the ETH/BTC pair having bounced near lows concluding seen in tardily July.

Bitcoin could encounter "boosted topside euphoria"

Having similarly failed to hold significantly college levels, Bitcoin itself took an extended break as overheated markets cooled their excitement.

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Funding rates were returning to normal on Friday, having reached a country reminiscent of the blow-off meridian from Apr.

Bitcoin funding rates chart. Source: Bybt

As with open interest, all the same, these were not equally frenzied as the Q2 rush, which produced the $64,900 all-time high in place until this calendar week.

"This ways in that location is maybe still room for additional topside euphoria only we are at levels that are starting to stretch the marketplace," crypto trading house QCP Capital letter commented in its latest market update.