Crypto Industry Outlook:

Quantstamp, a smart contract audit company, said Ethereum 2.0 is almost ready to go live. The announcement came after Quantstamp completed an audit of Teku, an Eth 2.0 client developed by ConsenSys.

"Ethereum 2.0 is well on its way to delivering Phase 0 in the very near future," said Quantstamp CEO Richard Ma.

Delivering Phase 0 by the end of 2020 has long been a goal of the Ethereum community. Justin Drake tweeted in July: "The community wants phase 0 genesis in 2020 — not one day late. The goal is set; let's ship ".

The Quantstamp team seems to have taken this appeal to heart. "Customer teams have spent countless hours coordinating, testing and working with audit firms to make sure the Ethereum 2.0 basics are ready to deliver," added Ma.

Teku's audit included the enforcement of consensus rules and maintaining the code and controls required for rewards and punishments.

Technical Market Outlook:

The ETH/USD pair has broken below the support at the level of $394.85 and $389.90 to hit the 61% Fibonacci retracement seen at the level of $385.68. The low was made at the level of $381.30, which is just below the technical support located at $383.59. The momentum is now weak and neagative, so if the bulls will not bounce fast, the market might drop lower towards the next target seen at the level of $372.52 or $369.37.

Weekly Pivot Points:

WR3 - $490.39

WR2 - $455.51

WR1 - $435.03

Weekly Pivot - $398.88

WS1 - $379.21

WS2 - $342.87

WS3 - $323.39

Trading Recommendations:

The up trend on the Ethereum continues and the next long term target for ETH/USD is seen at the level of $500, so any correction or local pull-back should be used to open the buy orders. This scenario is valid as long as the level of $309.61 is broken.