Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) token could soar by over 80% against Bitcoin (BTC) in 2026, according to a classic bullish reversal scenario forming on its long-term charts.
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Ether price chart suggests 80% rally against Bitcoin
As of December, ETH/BTC’s two-week chart exhibited a textbook inverse head-and-shoulders (IH&S) formation, a classic bullish reversal pattern that generally follows extended downtrends.
The pattern’s left shoulder emerged during late-2024 weakness, followed by a sharp capitulation in April 2025 that carved out the head around 0.0176 BTC. This subsequent recovery made a higher low in Q4 2025, forming the right shoulder.
The neckline was approximately 0.0400 BTC, positioned between the 50-period (red) and 200-period (blue) exponential moving averages (EMAs).
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A decisive breakout above this area will likely confirm the IH&S pattern, setting the stage for a measured move towards 0.063 BTC in 2026.
This target represents an 80% increase from the ETH/BTC rates noted as of Thursday.
Can ETH replicate its 450% parabolic move from 2020?
ETH/BTC’s current rebound closely resembles the breakout that followed its 2019-2020 accumulation phase.
The pair surged nearly 450% after bottoming within the same 0.0160–0.0200 BTC demand zone.
Ether’s recovery in 2025 originated from this identical structural floor, and prices are now pushing into a similar early-stage resistance cluster (indicated by red circles in the chart above) that preceded the 2020 parabolic expansion.
ETH/BTC could rise toward the 0.059 BTC Fibonacci zone, a level consistent with the IH&S breakout trajectory leading into 2026, if this pattern continues to unfold.
Ethereum remains in a downtrend against Bitcoin
However, ETH bulls must demonstrate that the long-term downtrend is truly over.
Ether continues to be constrained by a multiyear descending trendline that has rejected every breakout attempt against Bitcoin since 2017.
A new failure at this resistance would undermine both the IH&S and fractal setups and elevate the risk of a pullback toward the long-standing 0.0175 BTC support in 2026.
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