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Rising Oil Prices Are ETH's Biggest Headwind
Fundstrat's Tom Lee attributes Ethereum's recent selling pressure primarily to rising oil prices, noting that ETH's inverse correlation to crude has hit its highest level ever at approximately -0.40. Lee links the dynamic to the wars driving sustained oil price increases over the past three months, which have consistently weighed on ETH's price. He frames the move as short-term tactical noise rather than a structural problem, maintaining his $9,000-$12,000 year-end ETH target on the thesis that tokenization and agentic AI remain the dominant 2026 drivers. A crude oil pullback, he argues, would directly catalyze an ETH recovery.
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