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Making its way to the top of CoinMarketCap’s trending list is FTT, which is the native token for the collapsed exchange, FTX. The token’s out-of-character gain in the last 24 hours, which has been a period that saw crypto prices marketwide fall as well, is the reason that the disgraced-platform’s native token has claimed the number one spot.
According to CoinMarketCap, FTT’s price surged more than 25% in the last 24 hours. Perhaps most intriguing is that FTT’s price surge comes at a time when the global crypto market cap is down 1.82% – taking the total to $1.16 trillion at press time.
FTT has also strengthened against the two crypto market leaders, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), by 25.94% and 26.24% respectively in the last 24 hours. Currently, the altcoin’s price stands at $1.52. This is a slight retracement from its daily high of $1.71.
There has been a dramatic surge in FTT’s trading volume over the last 24 hours as well. At press time, the daily trading volume for FTT stands at $99,443,263. This is a remarkable 1,128.91% increase compared to yesterday’s trading volume.
As can be seen on the 4-hour chart for FTT/USDT, the price of FTT broke the long-standing resistance level at $1.224 yesterday morning – rising more than 33% in the 4-hour cycle.
The altcoin’s price comfortably broke above the next key resistance level at $1.430 and was able to do the same with the resistance at around $1.60. FTT’s price then retracted to close just above the $1.60 mark at $1.604.
FTT’s price then made another move and reached a high of $1.740 before once again experiencing sell pressure that forced it to close at $1.516 yesterday afternoon.
Between yesterday afternoon and the early hours of this morning, FTT’s price has gradually descended towards the support level at $1.430. The altcoin received another injection of buy support in the latest 4-hour candle which propelled its price to a candle-high of $1.645.
However, traders and investors are likely recovering as much of their 2022 losses linked to FTX and FTT as they can. As a result, every pump that FTT’s price experiences going forward will most likely end with profit-taking from investors and traders.
Ever since its 33+% rise, FTT’s price has posted lower highs and lower lows on the 4-hour chart. The current 4-hour candle does, however, seem to be breaking away from this trend. There is still a lot of sell pressure present in FTT’s chart, as can be seen by the large wick positioned above the latest 4-hour candle at press time.
It may be best to not enter into a long position for FTT as the altcoin’s recent price pump is believed to be linked to the collapsed exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF).
Although this cannot be confirmed, the recent surge in FTT’s price, especially during a time when the majority of the market posted losses, is suspicious and traders and investors should do their own research before looking to buy FTT. This may be a final pump before the inevitable death of FTT.
A confirmation of this will be if FTT’s price closes below $1.5 in the next 24-hours. Should this happen, the remaining support before FTT’s price plummets is the aforementioned $1.430 level, which is also the current level of the 9 EMA line on the 4-hour chart.
On the other hand, should FTT’s price close today’s trading session above $1.540, then it will likely consolidate for the next 24 hours. Nonetheless, FTT remains a very high risk investment or trade, even in the context of the crypto market.
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