The $1500 resistance is officially broken, as ETH surged by +12.9% over the last 24 hours and once again entered into price discovery.

While the exact catalyst remains unclear, some point to Grayscale reopening its Ethereum trust to new investors on Monday, after more than a month of closed doors. According to some reports, the trust has already added more than $37m worth of ETH since leaving hibernation, suggesting solid institutional interest in the second largest cryptocurrency.

Whatever the reason, the new ATH breach has already left a clear imprint on Ethereum’s fundamentals, which show growing signs of short-term profit taking and new HODLer activity. Let’s explore.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, its first break above $1500 prompted a quick uptick in ETH’s exchange inflow, with more than 227,000 ETH moving to known exchange wallets in the past 4 hours: