ETC Price Prediction: What’s Next After 33% Rally in 30 Days?

ETC price prediction is back in focus as Ethereum Classic breaks decisively out of months of sideways action. The token has moved sharply higher over the past week, with a strong push over the past 24 hours in particular. After a long stretch of consolidation, ETC now looks to be forming a genuine uptrend, and traders are watching whether the current push toward resistance can hold or needs to cool off first. Where Does ETC Stand Right Now? PerDefiLlama data, ETC price today sits at $8.61, with a market cap of $1.36B on a 158.12M circulating supply against a 210.7M max supply. 24-hour volume is strong at $319.74M, with open interest at $77.9M. CoinGlass shows ETC at $8.53, up 6.39% in 24 hours, with a market cap of $1.35B on a 158.11M circulating supply matching the 210.70M total and max supply. Futures volume over 24 hours is $297.66M against $46.52M spot, and open interest here is $111.00M. Network activity looks healthy too, per Blockscout: daily transactions sit at 9.46K, total addresses have crossed 700 million, and gas fees remain under $0.01, cheap costs that keep the chain usable even during volatile moves. How Has ETC Been Trading Lately? This ETC price analysis from CoinGlass shows a sharp short-term move: down 4.76% on the 4-hour but up 6.56% over 24 hours and 17.95% for the week. 30-day gain is 33.11%, 90-day is 22.80%, and 180-day is a smaller 3.30%. YTD ETC is down 25.45%, and it remains down 58.84% over the past year, though the all-time figure is a modest positive 1.03%. This is a genuine bounce, but the longer-term trend is still working against it. Positioning leans long. Binance's ETC long short ratio reads 1.5381 by accounts, OKX 1.49, and Binance's top traders lean further long at 1.8604 (accounts) and 2.8512 (positions), pointing to confident derivatives trading activity behind the move. 24h liquidations hit $493.23K, with shorts taking the bigger hit at $297.46K against $195.77K in longs, consistent with a short squeeze on the move up. Binance leads volume at $107.79M, then LBank ($53.07M) and OKX ($34.98M). What's Happening With ETC Open Interest? Open interest sits at $77.9M on DefiLlama and $111.00M on CoinGlass, both climbing with the $ETC price. Combined with the long-skewed ratios and short-heavy liquidations, this looks like real buying interest rather than shorts just covering, though it also raises the stakes if momentum stalls near resistance. ETC Daily Chart: Reading the Trendline On the ETC daily chart, tracked via TradingView, ETC broke out of a long channel consolidation and has been forming higher highs since, building a clean ascending trendline structure along the way.