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Ethereums movements in Q1
Ethereumsperformanceduring the first three months of the year wasrelatively boring.
Its tradingpricewas stable, and itspriceswings were largely more conservative.
On January 9,Ethereumsuffered a month-longdownwardtrend, dropping to $102 on February 7.
The cryptocurrency then rallied in February, getting close to its January high, reaching a tradingpriceof $155.
This was followed by another correction that saw itspricedrop by 20 percent, hitting $124 on March 3.
It hovered around thispricefor the rest of the month, closing thequarterat $140.
Ethereums Q2 performance
Ethereum hada solid second quarter.
Luckily, though, ETHsperformancein the longer-term wasnt affected.
In May,Ethereumshowed nothing but steadygrowth, increasing by a staggering 95-percent, surpassing $271 apiece.
It opened the quarter hovering around $285, where it stayed during the first week of the quarter.
It even saw a 7.7-percent rise on July 8, with itsvaluerising to $307 per token.
Ethereumspricevalueweakened during the third week of July atrendseen across several othercryptocurrencies.
ETH continued to drop invaluethroughoutAugust.
It then went intofreefall for the rest of the month.
At the end ofAugust, for example,Ethereumwastradingat $166.
Despite a slow and steadypriceincrease over the first two weeks of September, the coin failed to recover fully.
It opened Septembertradingjust over $168.
Over the next two and a half weeks, itspricegrew eventually hitting $217.
Ethereumspricefell on September 20, settling at $162 several days later.
Ethereums Q4 performance
Ethereumsperformancein October was underwhelming, especially compared to the previous month.
By Halloween, the cryptocurrency was hovering well below $180, sitting comfortably at $179.
Generally speaking, itsperformancein November was much more volatile.
It then fell for three consecutive days leveling at $173 on November 20.
Ethereumplummeted to $142 on November 24, recovering somewhat and hitting $150 on November 30.
Thecryptocurrencyhit rock bottom on December 17, plummeting to $120 the lowestvalueseen in Q4.
Ethereumsperformancewas underwhelming during the rest of the month, as it failed to reach $140.
In early December, US authoritiesarrested Ethereum developerVirgil Griffith for consulting withNorth Koreaon how to usecryptocurrencyto evadesanctions.
On December 18,UKcryptocurrencyexchange Coinfloor said it woulddelist EthereumandBitcoin Cash.
