Crypto Industry News:

OpenSea, the world's largest NFT market, after The Merge enters into force, plans to support only those NFTs that are based on the proof-of-stake version of the Ethereum blockchain.

"First and foremost, we are solely committed to supporting the NFT in the updated PoS [Proof-of-Stake] chain"- said OpenSea in a series of tweets published at the end of August.

This is important information because the platform is a tycoon when it comes to NFT trading. So far, Ethereum-related NFTs have been sold on it for around $ 31 billion, The Block reports. All of this sum - which eclipses the volume of NFT transactions linked to other blockchains - is for NFT trading, which is backed by the current version of Ethereum, which is based on Proof-of-Work (PoW).

The aforementioned The Merge - the final stage of Ethereum's transition from PoW to PoS - means that Beacon Chain and its validators will become the new foundations of the ETH blockchain network. This will affect many different cryptocurrency projects that are already busy preparing for the switch.

An example of the above would be the Ethermine mining pool. As of this writing, there are 222,657 active miners on Ethermine, totaling 261.1 terra hash per second (TH / s). After September 15, the pool will still support PoW mining, but only ethereum classic (ETC), ravencoin (RVN), ergo (ERGO) and beam (BEAM) will be affected.

Technical Market Outlook:

The ETH/USD pair has broken above the technical resistance seen at $1,530 - $1,559, is up 13,67% and the market is consolidating the recent gains above the upper channel line. The local high was made at the level of $1,618, so the next target for bulls is seen at the level of $1,654. The key short-term technical support is located at the level of $1,358 and if clearly violated, then the next target for bears is located at $1,281. The momentum is positive, however, there is a bullish divergence seen on the H4 time frame chart between the price action (last low) and momentum. The larger time frame trend (daily and weekly) remains down until further notice.

Weekly Pivot Points:

WR3 - $1,532

WR2 - $1,486

WR1 - $1,468

Weekly Pivot - $1,444

WS1 - $1,424

WS2 - $1,400

WS3 - $1,355

Trading Outlook:

The down trend on the Ethereum might have been terminated at the level of $880. So far every bounce and attempt to rally is being used to sell Ethereum for a better price by the market participants, so the bearish pressure is still high. The next target for bears is located at the level of $1,358. The key technical support for bulls is seen at $1,281.