Ether hits $500 for the first time since June 2018
Ether (ETH) returned to $500 for the first time in more than two years on Nov. 20 as altcoins slowly staged a comeback from poor performance. Data from Cointelegraph Markets, Coin360 and TradingView showed ETH/USD briefly hitting the psychologically significant barrier in Friday trading before a rejection halted progress.
Despite being capped at roughly 6% daily gains at press time, Ether’s achievement delighted traders, who noted that overall in 2020, the largest altcoin has outperformed even Bitcoin (BTC). Year-to-date returns stand at 284% for Ether and 155% for Bitcoin.
Versus the pit of its price lows in mid March, just after the coronavirus-induced cross-asset crash, Bitcoin was still the strongest player. At the time, ETH/USD traded at just $117, making Friday’s levels an increase of 327%, while BTC/USD gained 411% from $3,600 to $18,420.
Alongside the $500 visit — Ether’s first since June 2018 — other major altcoins also showed signs of life, notably Litecoin (LTC), which with 12% gains outperformed Bitcoin on the day, and is the only major altcoin to outperform BTC in the past month — by 7%.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 65.2% | 76 | $61 250.62 | -2.84% | -0.77% | $1 154 674 094 562 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 72% | 57 | $4 042.30 | -2.55% | 5.39% | $477 150 448 535 |  |
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| 3 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 72% | 60 | $482.49 | 0.74% | 2.70% | $80 480 315 639 |  |
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| 4 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 92% | 12 | $2.16 | -0.54% | -2.20% | $71 185 024 084 |  |
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| 5 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 95.6% | 1 | $1.000245 | 0.03% | 0.09% | $69 591 162 791 |  |
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| 6 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 72% | 55 | $204.24 | 0.80% | 29.17% | $61 440 079 262 |  |
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| 7 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 76.8% | 50 | $1.096102 | -0.97% | -3.88% | $51 457 996 304 |  |
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| 8 |  DOT |
Polkadot predictions | 63.6% | 79 | $44.55 | -0.99% | 2.11% | $43 999 075 422 |  |
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| 9 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 74% | 56 | $0.246907 | 0.64% | 4.09% | $32 542 542 435 |  |
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| 10 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 94.4% | 1 | $1.000313 | 0.06% | 0.09% | $32 442 834 043 |  |
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| 11 |  LUNA |
Terra predictions | 65.6% | 65 | $43.44 | 5.78% | 17.86% | $17 443 010 900 |  |
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| 12 |  UNI |
UniSwap predictions | 72.4% | 47 | $25.79 | -2.88% | -0.74% | $15 775 566 720 |  |
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| 13 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 70.4% | 65 | $66.57 | 4.10% | 17.36% | $14 663 644 845 |  |
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| 14 |  WBTC |
Wrapped Bitcoin predictions | 66% | 75 | $61 265.73 | -2.87% | -0.84% | $13 545 425 709 |  |
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| 15 |  LINK |
Chainlink predictions | 72% | 50 | $29.07 | -0.32% | 7.40% | $13 401 075 815 |  |
