Ether.fi jumps 11% as $100M RWA vault bet targets $0.50

Ether.fi's $100 million bet on tokenized real-world assets is reshaping the token's trajectory, pushing ETHFI past key technical levels as derivatives traders pile in.

Ether.fi's ETHFI rose 11.3% to $0.43 on Wednesday, the largest single-day gain in three weeks, after the liquid staking protocol allocated $100 million into a Plume Network vault offering institutional-grade real-world asset yields.

"The Plume RWA Vault gives ETHFI holders exposure to a yield stream that is uncorrelated to crypto volatility, which is exactly what institutional allocators have been asking for," Jason Wu, an on-chain analyst at Edgen, said.

Derivatives open interest climbed 19% to $74.5 million while trading volume surged 93% to $110 million, Coinglass data show. Spot netflow turned negative for two consecutive days — a signal that buyers are accumulating rather than distributing — with the metric improving to -$82,000 from -$264,000. The token's momentum shift indicator stabilized at 0.025, and the MACD has been on a rising trajectory for two weeks.

The RWA vault, launched two weeks ago on Plume Network and later integrated with Binance Wallet, has expanded Ether.fi's addressable market beyond liquid staking into the $30 trillion real-world asset tokenization sector. If demand holds, ETHFI could close above $0.45 and target $0.50, though a failure to hold $0.44 risks a pullback to $0.40 or lower.

The move comes as the broader crypto market shows signs of recovery. Bitcoin held above $64,000 on Thursday, testing its 50-day EMA near $65,136, while ether outperformed large-cap peers with an 11% weekly gain. U.S. spot ether ETFs took in $96 million over the first three days of the week, concentrated in BlackRock's low-fee products.

Ether.fi's pivot into RWA tokenization differentiates it from other liquid staking protocols at a time when the sector faces margin compression. The Plume vault provides non-custodial access to institutional-grade yields, a product structure that has attracted $100 million in committed capital. The Binance Wallet integration that followed expanded distribution to the exchange's user base.

The token's technical setup supports the bullish case. ETHFI reclaimed its 50-day EMA at $0.38 and is testing a downward trendline near $0.44. The RSI at 62 suggests room to run before hitting overbought territory, while rising on-balance volume confirms accumulation. The 200-day EMA at $0.51 represents the next major resistance if the trendline breakout holds.

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