---
title: "Ethereum (ETH) Sees Best Day Since 2021 in 20% Surge"
url: https://diffcoin.com/ethereum-eth-sees-best-day-since-2021-in-20-surge/
description: "Ethereum has finally made a big move, and the asset is outperforming the broader crypto market at the moment."
published: 2025-05-09
updated: 2025-05-09
author: "Mila"
site: "Diffcoin"
---

# Ethereum (ETH) Sees Best Day Since 2021 in 20% Surge

Ethereum prices have skyrocketed almost 20% over the past 24 hours to reclaim $2,200 in a two-month high.

ETH tapped $2,234 during Friday morning trading in Asia as it climbed from below $1,900 on Thursday. The asset has now gained 26% over the past fortnight and more than 50% over the past month, recovering from a dump to bear market lows around $1,400.

The big move comes as the long-awaited Pectra update went live on mainnet on May 7.

## Ethereum’s Best Day Since 2021

According to CoinGlass, more than $280 million in short ETH positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours. It’s Ethereum’s best day since 2021, wrote Bankless on May 9; however, the asset has had several similar spurts of action over the past year.

Between May 20 and 22 last year, ETH surged 23% from $3,070 to just below $3,800, and between November 6 and 10, it pumped almost 30% from $2,400 to over $3,100, so these moves are not unusual.

Analysts are starting to turn bullish with longer-term predictions for ETH now that the asset has bounced off the bottom. ‘MMCrypto’ saw a target of $3,700 should the asset return to the top of this wedge pattern.

> ETHEREUM TARGET: $3’700 [pic.twitter.com/hNJkh4AajX](https://t.co/hNJkh4AajX)
> 
> — MMCrypto (@MMCrypto) [May 9, 2025](https://twitter.com/MMCrypto/status/1920679299251626428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Web3 growth manager Cas Abbé commented that Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade has been really successful. Hours after the upgrade, ETH annual inflation dropped from 0.7% to -0.5% as issuance turned deflationary again, he observed.

Also, the daily ETH burn has doubled since the Pectra Upgrade, “which is the reason behind ETH’s pump,” he said before adding:

> “We all know that ETH has been underperforming this entire cycle, due to a lack of demand and increasing supply. If ETH burn increases, the supply issue will be resolved, and it will eventually attract demand too. It feels like $3K ETH in Q2 is coming.”

> Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade has been really successful.
> 
> Hours after the Pectra Upgrade, ETH annual inflation dropped from 0.7% to -0.53%.
> 
> In simple terms, ETH has turned deflationary again.
> 
> Also, daily ETH burn has doubled since Pectra Upgrade, which is the reason behind ETH’s… [pic.twitter.com/5uOJ4uLPMw](https://t.co/5uOJ4uLPMw)
> 
> — Cas Abbé (@cas_abbe) [May 8, 2025](https://twitter.com/cas_abbe/status/1920502165329551364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

## Stablecoin and Tokenization Gold Rush

The stablecoin and tokenization gold rush is going to usher in a huge wave of net new adoption for crypto over the coming years, said Ethereum educator Anthony Sassano, who added.

> “At the center of it all is Ethereum – the home of stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets.”

Ethereum is the industry standard for real-world asset tokenization. According to RWA.xyz, Ethereum has a 58% market share for tokenized assets with almost $7 billion on-chain, excluding stablecoins.

When stablecoins are included, Ethereum is still the industry leader with a 55% RWA market share, followed by Tron with almost 30%, but this is primarily due to Tether.

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