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Solana (SOL) Bucks Broader Market Trend on OpenSea NFT News

By:
Bob Mason
Published: Apr 1, 2022, 00:13 UTC

Solana (SOL) bucked the broader market trend on Thursday with news of OpenSea including Solana-based NFTs from this morning delivering support.

Solana SOL isometric token symbol in digital circle on blue back

Key Insights:

  • Solana (SOL) rose by 1.82% on Thursday, bucking the broader crypto market trend.
  • Reports of OpenSea supporting Solana-based NFTs from April delivered support.
  • Technical indicators are bullish, supporting the move through to $130 levels.

Solana (SOL) gained 1.82% on Thursday. Following a 7.93% rally from Wednesday, SOL ended the day at $122.84. It was the fifteenth daily rise in 18-sessions.

The upside came despite a bearish afternoon session for the broader crypto market.

A bullish start to the day saw SOL surge to a morning high of $128.46. SOL broke through the First Major Resistance Level at $127.75 before falling back to sub-$123.

NFT Chatter Delivers SOL Support

News of OpenSea supporting Solana-based NFTs from April delivered price support.

Nidal Hussein, Co-Founder of Jambo Mambo, an NFT gaming marketplace on the Solana blockchain, told FX Empire,

“I think that OpenSea, including Solana NFT, will establish a lot of new blue-chip NFTs to the Solana ecosystem and push higher highs since it is some kind of commercialization.”

Through the second half of the day, market reaction to the EU Parliament vote in favor of KYC requirements for private crypto wallets weighed. KYC requirements will be in place for payments above the €1,000 threshold.

SOL Price Action

At the time of writing, Solana was up by 0.78% to $123.80.

SOLUSD 010422 Daily
A move through to $125 would bring $130 into play.

Technical Indicators

SOL will need to avoid the $122.56 pivot to make a move through the First Major Resistance Level at $125.14.

Broader market sentiment would need to improve to support a breakout from $125 levels.

In the event of another extended rally, SOL should test the Second Major Resistance Level at $127.42 and resistance at $130. The Third Major Resistance Level sits at $132.27.

A fall through the pivot would bring the First Major Support Level at $120.28 into play. Barring an extended sell-off throughout the day, Solana should avoid sub-$115. The Second Major Support Level at $117.72 should limit the downside.

SOLUSD 010422 Hourly
Avoiding the day’s pivot will be key to supporting another bullish day ahead.

The EMAs and the 4-hourly candlestick chart (below) send a bullish signal. SOL currently sits above the 50-day EMA at $110.00. This morning, the 50-day EMA pulled away from the 100-day EMA. We also saw the 100-day EMA pull away from the 200-day EMA.

SOL would need to steer well clear of sub-$115 and the 50-day EMA to support a move through $130.

SOLUSD 250322 4-Hourly
SOL will need to steer clear of the 50-day EMA to maintain the momentum.

About the Author

Bob Masonauthor

With over 20 years of experience in the finance industry, Bob has been managing regional teams across Europe and Asia and focusing on analytics across both corporate and financial institutions. Currently he is covering developments relating to the financial markets, including currencies, commodities, alternative asset classes, and global equities.

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