The crypto market has suffered a great liquidation as the market takes a downtrend. While the crypto economy shed billions this week, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance protocols slipped under the $200 billion range to $196.6 billion.
The TVL in defi lost roughly 3.16% during the last day, and the $592 billion in smart contract protocol tokens dropped in value by 3.5% over the last 48 hours. Saturday was not a remarkable day for the owners of the native token for the “Ethereum Killer” called Solana.
The team announced that Solana suffered a major outage which led to over a seven-hour downtime on its Network.Solana Network in the past few months has been plagued by network congestion caused by increased adoption.
This has frustrated user transactions. With over 2 downtimes recorded this year alone, the network appears to have a long way to go to live up to its tag as the “Ethereum Killer”.
Bitcoin Analysis
Bitcoin has slowly declined over the past few days. The price got rejected at the 100-day moving average line twice last week, and now the 100-day and 50-day moving average lines have turned into heavy resistance levels.
In addition, the $40k level is also acting as a significant static resistance level, and the price has been trading below it for most of the time over the past week. The recent trajectory of lower highs and lows has been forming on the chart, indicating a continuation of the bearish trend.
As it seems now, BTC’s price targets the $36K support area in the short term, which has held the price on multiple occasions over the past year. A break below it could result in a rapid drop towards the $30K demand zone.
However, the price action forms a falling wedge pattern, which is considered a bullish reversal pattern. For a reversal to take place, the price needs to break above the higher trendline of the wedge. In that case, we can expect BTC to retest the $43K level and even higher.
Furthermore, the three touches at the lower trendline of the falling wedge signal a clear bullish divergence with the RSI, which adds to the probability of a bullish rebound in the short term. On the other hand, the bearish scenario in the mid-term is still probable, and if the falling wedge pattern fails, the sell-off would be accelerated, and the price could drop to $36K.
- Resistance levels: $40,000, $42,000
- Support levels: $37,400 and $35,000
Ethereum Analysis
The sustained selling in Ethereum(ETH) price has knocked out several horizontal levels and DMAs. The altcoin recently breached the $2800 suggesting the sellers are prepared for another leg down. Moreover, the sellers could extend the correction rally to $2500 under the descending trendline influence.
Key Point:
- Expect an ascent of 14% as the price forms a bottoming pattern on the daily chart.
- A daily candlestick below $2,600 would invalidate the bullish arguments in the pair.
- The 20 and 100 DMAs are nearing a bearish crossover.
- A descending trendline carries the ongoing correction phase.
On April 5th, the Ethereum(ETH) price turned down from the $3600 resistance with an evening star candle. With Bitcoin losing $40000 support, altcoin faced the same fate and displayed a V-top reversal.
The sustained selling has breached three significant support levels such as $3200, $3000, and now recently the, $2800. However, today the ETH price is up by 1.24% and is trying to retest the breached resistance.
The ETH price will descend 11.6% towards the $2500 support if the selling momentum persists. Moreover, the technical chart shows a highly influential descending trendline which provides constant resistance to coin price.
Technical indicators:
RSI: The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is hovering below the average line since April 5. Still, there is no sign of immediate reversal.
MACD: The Moving Average Convergence Divergence oscillates below the neutral line with receding bearish momentum.
- Resistance levels: $2,800 $3,000
- Support levels: $2,600 and $2,200
Altcoin Analysis
Avax Analysis
Avax price remains on tough ground falling more than 40% in the April series. The price started the series on a lower note and continued to drift lower indicating the ignorance of the AVAX buyers. The recent downswing pushed it towards a long-standing support zone formulating a make or break.
The Avax price dropped considerably as the April session began. After tagging the highs of $104.0 on April 2. The price booked 42% depreciation. Further, looking at the daily chart, we found AVAX has been consolidating in a short-term trading range of $106 and $60 with both sides capped. The price constructed a reliable support zone around $60.0 extending from January 22 to April 30.
As per the previous pattern, with a resurgence in the buying momentum, the price could jump back to the 50-day EMA (Exponential Moving Average) at $78.09. Furthermore, an extended buying could bring $90.0 into play.
On the flip side, if the AVAX price fails to sustain the session’s low on a weekly basis, there is a strong chance of the continuation of the prevailing trend. In such a case, AVAX price could fall to the lows of $54.0 last seen in October.
RSI: The Relative Strength Index (RSI) approaches the oversold zone falling from the average line. The extreme oversold market condition could result in a bounce-back in the price.
Key Points:
- AVAX price fell for the third straight session on Saturday.
- A reversal is expected in the extreme oversold market conditions as the price approaches January lows.
- But the downside risk is still intact upon a daily candlestick below $60.
- Resistance levels: $65 and $75
- Support levels: $55 and $50
Harmony(ONE) Analysis
A V-Top reversal from the $0.162 resistance annihilated the entire March recovery gains by dropping the Harmony(ONE) price back to 0.116. Responding to the descending triangle pattern, the coin price breached the $0.116 neckline and reached the immediate support at $0.1. A fallout from this support suggests the selling attempt for another leg down.
Key points:
- The ONE price dropped 27.6% since last week
- The 50-and-100-day EMA offers dynamic resistance to ONE price
The ongoing correction phase initiated from the $0.162 resistance tumbled the Harmony(ONE) price by 50%. The bear cycle breached some significant support, such as 20-day EMA and $0.14, before hitting the $0.116 mark.
The ONE price resonated within a descending triangle for nearly three months and breached the $0.116 neckline on April 24th. The released bearish momentum made a quick strike to the neighboring crucial support of $0.1
The ONE price currently trades at $0.083, with an intraday loss of 8%. If sellers managed a sustain below the $0.1 support, the selling pressure would intensify and drive the 38% lower to the $0.053 mark.
In addition, the traders are aggressively selling to bullish pullbacks on the descending resistance trendline, and therefore, traders can maintain a strong selling sentiment until this resistance is intact.
Technical indicators:
The 50-and-100-day EMAS provides dynamic support for short and long bullish pullbacks. Moreover, the declining nature of these EMAs highlights a bear trend.
The Daily-RSI slope has fallen into the overbought region, suggesting the overextended selling from traders.
Escaping a bullish crossover, the MACD and signal lines drop lower into the bearish territory. The rising red bars on the histogram chart indicate sustained selling from the traders.
- Resistance levels: $0.1, $0.116
- Support levels: $0.72 and $0.53
Luna Analysis
LUNA price struggled to defend the critical support level extending the previous session losses. The recent price action is suggesting the sellers are in no mood to go away. Still, the sidelined investors might find some buying opportunity that could result in a relief rally.
LUNA price reaffirms downside momentum
LUNA’s price witnessed a sharp correction from the record highs of $119.55 made in the April series. In the course of action, the price tested the swing lows of $75.77. The LUNA buyers attempted to make a bounce back but could not sustain the upside movement above $99.46. In addition to that, it sliced below the critical 50-day EMA (Exponential Moving Average) at $89.41.
Now, the price is dwindling near $80, a crucial level to hold by the buyers. If broken every week would trigger another round of selling in the asset. In that case, the price will find a way toward the lows of February lows of $70.0 followed by $60.0
On the contrary, a spike in a buy order could threaten the prevailing trend. An immediate upside challenge would be found in the form of a 50-day ema at $90 on the daily chart.
RSI: The weekly Relative Strength Index (RSI) gives a bearish divergence since December 20. This formation hints at the bearish momentum.
- Resistance levels: $90 and $100
- Support levels: $70 and $75
Summary
Binance dominates the crypto spot market. Binance alone captured 30.2% of the total spot market volumes, processing about $490 billion in spot transactions, a 15% increase from February volumes. While this figure is marginally below the exchange’s record market share of 33.7% in November 2021, Binance still managed to dominate the crypto spot market.
The DeFi space has been hit by another major exploit. This time, Rari Capital and Fei Protocol are affected. On-chain data shows that a hacker stole about $80 million from Rari’s Fuse lending pools early Saturday.
Continuing a trend seen in many other DeFi attacks over the past year, the hacker exploited what’s known as a reentrancy bug, a form of smart contract exploit that essentially allows an attacker to trick a protocol into letting them withdraw an excess supply of tokens they don’t own.
—
A former professional rugby player, Adam S. Tracy brings over twenty years’ experience as an attorney, consultant and dealmaker with a particular focus on cryptocurrency, digital products, payments and immersive corporate structures. As an accomplished executive and advisor to blockchain merchants and stakeholders, Adam has proven himself as a results oriented, decisive leader with proven success advising early market entrants, technology adapters, as well as established participants across a wide range of blockchain verticals. Adam Tracy’s attack-first personality allows him to excel in dynamic, demanding environments including complex corporate negotiations, distressed environments and regulatory investigations.
In addition, Adam S. Tracy also has a successful track record co-founding blockchain industry ventures, building & leading cross-functional teams, and spearheading diverse corporate transactions. A serial entrepreneur, Adam has successfully started and created exits across a wide swath of markets, including various mobile SaaS ventures, cryptocurrency, peer-to-peer payment systems, and numerous token generation events. Moreover, as a recognized expert in the payments field, Adam Tracy has been a blockchain and digital currency evangelist and influencer since the early days of Bitcoin.
Utilizing his proprietary “Pre-Event Driven™” strategy for decision making, Adam S. Tracy further leverages his over twenty years’ experience to create cost-effective, value-add solutions for each client. A data-driven acolyte, Adam continually refines his strategies based on field studies and data collection. Moreover, Adam Tracy further augments his range of solutions by actively networking with regulators, liquidity providers, legal and compliance experts, deal-flow brokers, investors and management of leading high risk industry ventures.
Adam S. Tracy earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Applications and Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Notre Dame. He subsequently earned his Masters in Business Administration from the DePaul Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, while concurrently earning his Juris Doctorate from the DePaul College of Law. Adam lives outside Los Angeles with his with his wife, son, four dogs, and two cats.
On the Web: https://linktr.ee/adamtracy
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TracyFirm
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AdamSTracy
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamtracy/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theadamtracy
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/bitattorney
Medium: https://theadamtracy.medium.com/
Instagram: @theadamtracy
Telegram: @adam_tracy
Skype: @adamtracyesq
Email me: adam@adamtracy.io