On Christmas Eve, the lights of London's Financial District gradually dim, leaving only one trading room’s screens still flickering with a cold blue glow. Mark sits alone at his workstation, the projection on the wall displaying a massive ETH/USD chart. Candlesticks crawl slowly through sparse trading volume on Christmas Eve, like flickering candles in a winter night.

This is his third Christmas in the crypto industry. At this time in 2022, ETH was still struggling in a deep bear market, with the price chart resembling shattered Christmas ornaments falling. But now, the weekly chart on the screen outlines a solid upward channel. The 62% increase over the past three months radiates a warm glow on the candlestick chart—Layer2’s TVL has broken records, the Cancun upgrade was successfully completed, and rumors of institutional ETFs are quietly spreading on Wall Street. Every fundamental news piece feels like an early Christmas gift.

His gaze lingers on that critical support line. The October lows are like the sturdy roots of a Christmas tree, followed by the price spiraling upward like colorful lights wrapped around the trunk. Every pullback is met with stronger buying. Technical indicators hover in overbought territory but refuse to yield, showing rare market resilience. Outside, Christmas carols play, but Mark hears a different rhythm—on-chain data ringing out like reindeer bells, smart money addresses continuously accumulating, and exchange net outflows reaching quarterly peaks. All of this composes a unique Christmas symphony in the crypto world.

His phone vibrates with a mass community greeting: “May your holdings stay evergreen like a Christmas tree, and may your take profits arrive as predictably as gifts.” Mark smiles and writes in his trading journal: “In this winter night of tightening liquidity, ETH is becoming the most stubborn shining star. This is not a lucky rebound; it’s the dawn of a new narrative.”

He glances at the time—closing in on New York’s market close, with Asia’s session about to wake up. East and West clocks pass the baton on this night, like an unending blockchain network. As he turns off the screen, the last four-hour candlestick on the candlestick chart forms a perfect doji— a deep breath in the market’s holiday silence, a calm before the storm’s prayer.

The Christmas bells in the Financial District finally ring out, but Mark knows that in some parallel worlds, another bell—announcing a bull market cycle—is quietly tolling, rung by steadfast bullish candles. #热门