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OpenWorld, Inc. began trading on Nasdaq under the symbol OPNW on October 1, 2026, after completing its business combination with VerifyMe, Inc. The change put the OpenWorld name and ticker on VerifyMe’s Nasdaq-listed entity rather than creating a conventional new exchange listing.
Nasdaq’s corporate-action notice, issued September 30, said VerifyMe’s corporate name would become OpenWorld, Inc. and its ticker would change to OPNW, effective Thursday, October 1. Nasdaq Trader recorded the action ahead of the first session under the new symbol.
Although the underlying deal was structured as a reverse merger for accounting purposes, the listed company continuing after the transaction is not necessarily the accounting acquirer. SEC disclosure assigns that role to OpenWorld.
VerifyMe’s Nasdaq Symbol Changes to OPNW on October 1
The completed combination replaced VerifyMe’s name and Nasdaq symbol with OpenWorld and OPNW. Nasdaq identified the effective date as October 1, 2026, establishing when market participants would see the new identifier on the exchange.
The exchange notice describes a corporate-name and ticker change, while the transaction itself was the business combination between VerifyMe and OpenWorld. Independent coverage from Investing.com also reported that OpenWorld began Nasdaq trading as OPNW after the merger was completed.
For shareholders and traders, OPNW is therefore the symbol associated with the post-combination company. The available exchange notice does not provide trading-price information or describe operational changes at OpenWorld, so the disclosed event is principally a change in the identity and market symbol of the Nasdaq-listed issuer.
The timing also separates two related milestones. The Nasdaq notice was dated September 30, one day before the new ticker took effect, while the trading change became effective on October 1. That sequence is consistent with an exchange corporate action being announced before it is reflected in the market’s trading symbol.
OpenWorld Is the Accounting Acquirer
The legal mechanics show why the transaction is more complex than a simple renaming. According to an SEC-filed exhibit, a VerifyMe subsidiary merged with and into OpenWorld, with OpenWorld surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of VerifyMe.
Yet the same disclosure characterizes OpenWorld as the accounting acquirer in a reverse-merger transaction. In other words, VerifyMe remained the public-company parent in the legal structure, while OpenWorld is treated as the acquirer for accounting purposes. The description appears in the SEC filing detailing the combination.
That legal-accounting split is central to the company’s Nasdaq debut. The OPNW trading symbol came through VerifyMe’s existing listed entity and the corporate action on Nasdaq, whereas the transaction disclosure identifies OpenWorld as the accounting acquirer. Neither label overrides the other; they address different aspects of the same transaction.
Reverse-merger accounting can make the acquired or surviving operating business the accounting acquirer even when the legal parent is another company. Here, the SEC disclosure expressly supplies that treatment, rather than leaving it to inference from the name change or the exchange ticker.
The disclosed structure also means that OpenWorld survived the subsidiary merger but became wholly owned by VerifyMe. Following completion, the listed parent adopted the OpenWorld name, producing the company and symbol now seen on Nasdaq.
136.6 Million Shares Registered for OpenWorld Securityholders
VerifyMe registered 136,631,729 shares of common stock for issuance to OpenWorld securityholders under the merger agreement. The figure appears in a September 30 SEC filing and provides the clearest disclosed measure of the share issuance connected to the combination.
The registration figure should not be read as a statement of shares trading in the market at any given time. It refers specifically to shares registered for issuance to OpenWorld securityholders pursuant to the merger agreement, as set out in the SEC exhibit.
It nonetheless illustrates the scale of the equity component behind the newly named Nasdaq issuer. The issuance accompanied the corporate reorganization in which VerifyMe’s public-company platform became OpenWorld, Inc. and its Nasdaq symbol became OPNW.
As of October 1, the market-facing outcome was straightforward: OpenWorld was trading on Nasdaq as OPNW. The filings and exchange notice show that the route to that outcome involved a subsidiary merger, a surviving OpenWorld subsidiary, reverse-merger accounting treatment and a substantial registered share issuance for OpenWorld securityholders.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

Chainlink said on September 28 that it was enabling financial institutions to connect their systems and transaction-signing infrastructure to Swift’s blockchain ledger through the Chainlink platform, targeting institutions that use tokenized deposits.
The arrangement keeps transaction-authorizing keys under each institution’s control while Chainlink orchestrates workflows between the institutions’ ledgers and Swift’s ledger. It forms part of Swift’s effort to coordinate cross-border payments: Swift has said deposits remain on participating banks’ own ledgers, with its ledger coordinating the workflow and final settlement continuing through agreed mechanisms such as real-time gross settlement systems.
Chainlink adds self-signing access to Swift’s blockchain ledger
Chainlink said in its September 28 announcement that financial institutions can connect their internal systems and key-signing infrastructure to Swift’s blockchain ledger through Chainlink.
The setup uses the Chainlink Runtime Environment, or CRE, and its self-signing model, according to a Chainlink recap. CRE orchestrates workflows between an institution’s own ledger and Swift’s ledger, while the institution retains control of the keys authorising transactions.
The disclosures present this as workflow connectivity with institutional signing authority preserved—not deposits moving onto a common Chainlink ledger.
Swift’s tokenized-deposit ledger
Swift’s blockchain ledger is built to coordinate 24/7 cross-border payment workflows involving tokenized deposits issued by banks. Those deposits remain recorded on the ledgers of participating banks, Swift said, preserving the underlying location of the deposit even as payment instructions and workflow coordination are handled through the ledger.
The blockchain ledger is intended to coordinate a cross-border payment process across institutions, not to complete final settlement automatically. Swift says that settlement continues through mechanisms agreed by participating parties, such as real-time gross settlement systems; in practical terms, established settlement arrangements still complete the transfer.
Swift set out that model in its July announcement that its ledger was ready for use. The design matters because it frames tokenized deposits as bank-issued liabilities operating within bank-ledger and settlement arrangements, rather than as a separate asset that displaces them. Swift’s description of the ledger also makes clear that its stated purpose is the coordination of payment workflows.
Seventeen banks prepare live pilots
Swift said the blockchain ledger moved from concept to activation in nine months. At the time of its July 9 release, 17 banks across six continents were preparing to pilot live tokenized-deposit transactions.
The pilot group provides the immediate institutional context for Chainlink’s connection. It does not establish that all 17 banks will use Chainlink’s integration, but it indicates the scale of the initial live-tokenized-deposit testing cohort that Swift had identified.
Swift says its broader network connects more than 11,500 financial institutions and corporates across more than 200 markets. That network footprint is considerably wider than the initial pilot group, although the July announcement describes the 17-bank effort as a preparatory pilot stage rather than a network-wide deployment.
Earlier Swift-Chainlink interoperability tests
The ledger connection follows earlier work between Swift and Chainlink on interoperability. In 2023, the organisations used Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP, alongside Swift messaging standards to demonstrate how traditional financial systems could interact with public and private blockchains.
Those earlier experiments involved more than a dozen financial institutions and market infrastructures, according to a joint Swift and Chainlink report. They were demonstrations of interoperability, whereas the current announcement concerns connecting institutional systems and signing infrastructure to Swift’s blockchain ledger.
The progression from messaging and interoperability tests to a ledger connection highlights the practical issue the new design seeks to address: how banks can coordinate tokenized-deposit workflows while maintaining control of their own ledgers and transaction-authorising keys.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

Bitwise has launched the Bitwise NEAR ETF, trading under ticker NRR on NYSE Arca from September 29, 2026. The asset manager said the product is the first US spot NEAR exchange-traded product, giving investors exchange-listed exposure to the NEAR token while aiming to add staking returns to the fund's net asset value.
NYSE Arca's listing and registration of the shares was certified before trading began, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Bitwise confirmed the launch in a September 29 announcement.
NRR begins trading on NYSE Arca
NRR is now listed on NYSE Arca, the exchange on which the fund's shares began trading. The launch marks Bitwise's entry into a spot NEAR product in the US market, rather than a vehicle tied to derivatives or another form of indirect exposure.
Secondary reporting also said NRR went live on the exchange on September 29 with spot NEAR exposure and planned staking rewards, corroborating the launch details published by Bitwise.
How NEAR staking is intended to reach NRR shareholders
Bitwise intends to stake the fund's NEAR holdings in-house. Rather than making direct reward distributions to shareholders, the firm said staking rewards are intended to accrue through an increase in NRR's net asset value.
The company cited an annualized staking reward rate of approximately 5% as of September 25, 2026. That figure is a stated rate at that date, not a fixed return for fund shareholders.
Official Bitwise NEAR ETF launch graphic displaying ticker NRR. — Source: Bitwise Investments
The fee against the staking proposition
NRR charges a 0.75% management fee. Bitwise describes the fund as a route to direct NEAR exposure that also pursues additional returns through staking, placing the fund's reward mechanism alongside the ongoing cost of ownership.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

Robinhood plans to launch crypto perpetual futures for eligible U.S. customers in the coming months, offering contracts tied to Bitcoin, Ether and six other digital assets. The announcement, made on September 29, also introduced Robinhood Agents, an in-app AI product for market research, strategy development and trade execution.
The planned derivatives rollout would give U.S. customers access to contracts on BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, ADA, LINK and HYPE. Bitcoin and Ether perpetuals may offer leverage of up to 10x, while the remaining listed assets would be capped at 3x, according to Robinhood’s announcement.
U.S. crypto perpetual futures
Perpetual futures differ from conventional futures contracts because they have no expiry date. Robinhood said its proposed U.S. product will be available to eligible customers in the coming months, without setting out a more specific launch date.
The differentiated leverage limits put BTC and ETH at the top of the planned range. Leverage can amplify both gains and losses, making the 10x ceiling on the two largest crypto assets materially higher than the 3x limit Robinhood outlined for SOL, XRP, DOGE, ADA, LINK and HYPE.
The Block independently reported that the perpetual-futures launch is planned for the coming months and described it as part of Robinhood’s broader effort to expand its offerings for active U.S. traders. The planned product adds a derivatives route for customers seeking exposure beyond standard spot trading.
Bitstamp routing and trading tools
Robinhood said its U.S. perpetual contracts will be offered through Robinhood Derivatives via Bitstamp. The company is advertising a promotional fee of 0.01% per trade through the end of 2026.
No-expiry contracts are planned, with stop-loss and take-profit tools as well as liquidation-price tracking included in the offering.
The company gave only a coming-months timeframe for the U.S. launch and did not provide a precise date in the announcement.
Official Robinhood graphic showing the announced perpetual-futures and earnings-contract products. — Source: Robinhood Newsroom
Robinhood Agents and AI trading
Robinhood unveiled Robinhood Agents, an in-app feature that lets customers create dedicated agentic accounts, select models from leading AI labs including OpenAI, research markets, develop strategies and place trades, the company said. Robinhood said manual approval for each trade is enabled by default, giving users an initial control point over orders generated through the agentic-account workflow. The Block reported that the agents can research markets, build strategies and trade automatically.
Agentic-account adoption
Robinhood said more than 150,000 customers had opened agentic trading accounts since third-party agent connectivity launched in May 2026. It also reported that agents were using Robinhood’s tools nearly 30 million times per day.
The figures are company-reported and do not independently assess trading activity or investment performance, but they indicate that Robinhood had established a sizeable base of agentic-account users before introducing Robinhood Agents.
The company’s AI research and strategy tools, alongside planned crypto perpetual futures, broaden its expansion aimed at active U.S. traders. Robinhood said the perpetual futures are expected to launch in the coming months for eligible U.S. customers.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

U.S. spot Solana ETFs attracted approximately $188 million in net inflows in the week reported September 28, setting a weekly record. Bitwise’s BSOL took about $128 million, or 68% of the total, while all seven U.S. spot Solana ETF products recorded inflows, according to CoinDesk.
That broad demand backdrop arrives as SOL traded at $120.29 at 03:21 UTC on October 2. The immediate chart question is narrow but consequential: whether buyers can protect the clustered support near $118 and overcome resistance stretching from $122.65 to $124.95. A convincing move through that band would put the editor’s $125 scenario back into focus; failure would leave SOL within its recent technical range.
The daily trend evidence remains largely constructive, although momentum signals are not entirely aligned. That disagreement makes confirmation at the nearby levels more important than the ETF headline alone.
SOL’s daily trend remains bullish, but MACD signals caution
SOL’s daily RSI (14) stood at 64.0 on October 2, a bullish reading that the published analysis described as strong while remaining below the conventional 70 overbought threshold. In practical terms, the measure indicates positive momentum without the source characterising the market as overextended on that measure. Coinotag also placed price above all eight moving averages it tracked and noted that the 50-day average was above the 200-day average, a bullish longer-term alignment.
The underlying moving-average structure is reinforced by a separate September 30 reading. It put the 12-day EMA at $116.30, the 26-day EMA at $110.25, the 50-day EMA at $102.51 and the 200-day EMA at $94.91, with SOL reported above each one. Those levels show that the $118 area is not simply a horizontal chart marker: it sits close to the reported 12-day EMA and is the first point at which the short-term trend structure faces a meaningful test. Block2Learn identified the same broader setup as price holding above the 12-, 26-, 50- and 200-day EMAs.
Momentum readings are less uniform. A separate October 2 daily assessment from DappRadar put RSI (14) at 61.74 and classified it as neutral, while listing MACD (12,26) at 5.44 with a bearish, or sell, signal. That conflicts with the bullish moving-average picture and with the September 29 reading cited by Block2Learn, which said MACD was above its signal line.
Because the MACD assessments come from different publications and observation times, they should not be treated as a single, unified reading. The practical message is that trend positioning favours buyers, but momentum has not unambiguously confirmed a break above the nearby ceiling: a sustained advance through resistance would strengthen the bullish trend signals, while repeated rejection would lend more weight to the bearish MACD interpretation.
SOL support at $118 and the $122.65-$124.95 breakout barrier
At the reported $120.29 spot price, SOL was trading only a little above its nearest support and below its first resistance. The levels form a compressed decision area, with roughly $118 functioning as the line buyers need to defend and the low-to-mid $120s acting as the zone that must be cleared before $125 can be assessed as more than an intraday test.
LevelRolePublished basis$118.01Nearest supportCoinotag’s nearest daily support; a close below it weakens the bullish setup.$118.08Nearby support23.6% Fibonacci retracement and nearby 12-day EMA support zone.$113.18Next supportSecond daily support in Coinotag’s table.$102.51Medium-term supportPublished 50-day EMA.$122.65Nearest resistanceCoinotag’s first daily resistance.$122.94-$124.95Key resistance zoneRepeated-test ceiling identified by Block2Learn.$127.38Next resistanceSecond daily resistance in Coinotag’s table.$141.52Higher resistanceThird daily resistance in Coinotag’s table.
The support case begins with the tight $118.01-$118.08 cluster. Coinotag said a daily close below $118.01 would weaken the bullish setup, while Block2Learn located a 23.6% Fibonacci retracement and nearby EMA-12 support at $118.08. Holding that area would preserve the short-term structure and keep the first upside challenge at $122.65 in view. The next published downside level is $113.18, followed by the $102.51 50-day EMA. Coinotag and Block2Learn provide the cited level sets.
On the upside, $122.65 is the first obstacle, but the more demanding barrier runs from $122.94 to $124.95. The latter range was identified as a ceiling after repeated recent tests and would need to be converted into support for a confirmed breakout. The $125 figure in the headline sits immediately beyond that published zone; it is an editorial scenario target, not an independently sourced resistance level.
Therefore, an upward move needs more than a brief push to $125. SOL would first need to clear $122.65, move through the $122.94-$124.95 band and demonstrate that the area can hold on a pullback. If that occurs, the next supplied resistance is $127.38. Conversely, rejection within the band followed by a close under the $118 area would weaken the near-term bullish thesis and shift attention to $113.18.
Can record ETF inflows put $125 back in play for SOL?
Yes, $125 is conditionally back in play for this Solana price prediction, but the ETF flow record does not by itself resolve the chart’s immediate resistance problem. Approximately $188 million of weekly net inflows and participation across all seven U.S. spot Solana ETFs offer a stronger demand backdrop than a flow total driven by only one or two products. BSOL nevertheless accounted for about 68% of the weekly total, underlining its central contribution to the record week.
There is also a separate development catalyst in the background. Solana developers were testing the Alpenglow upgrade, intended to reduce payment finality from roughly 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds, CoinDesk reported. That is a development item rather than a price trigger, but it adds to the stream of Solana-specific news arriving alongside the ETF inflows.
For the $125 scenario to gain technical credibility, SOL needs to defend $118.01-$118.08 and break through $122.65 before overcoming the $122.94-$124.95 ceiling. A hold above that resistance zone would align the price action with the bullish daily RSI and moving-average configuration. It would also reduce the significance of the current MACD disagreement, though not eliminate the need to watch momentum after a breakout.
The opposing outcome is equally well defined. A daily close below $118.01 would weaken the bullish setup identified by Coinotag and expose the next published support at $113.18. Persistent bearish MACD signals or another failure at the $122.94-$124.95 range would similarly argue that ETF demand has not yet translated into a completed technical breakout.
Record ETF inflows have improved the fundamental demand context around SOL, particularly because every listed U.S. spot product reportedly participated. But with spot at $120.29, price remains between its nearest support and resistance. The market has a clear route to test $125; it still needs to execute it.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

Another year, another CryptoDaily™ Awards list, and, once again, Web3 gave us no shortage of names to choose from.
2026 had a bit of everything: new companies finding their place in the market, familiar projects changing direction, products getting better, crypto markets moving through their usual ups and downs, and plenty of people quietly doing good work somewhere in the middle of all that.
We recently highlighted the companies that stood out to us in 2026, but behind most of those stories, and countless others, are individuals whose decisions, ideas, and contributions helped drive the year forward.
That’s where this list comes in.
How the 2026 Honorees Were Picked
Putting the list together meant looking at very different kinds of work across Web3, so there was never going to be one single formula for every pick.
What stayed consistent was the focus on recent efforts, wider track record, and whether there was a clear case for that person to be there in the first place.
For some, that came down to what they built. For others, it was growth, technical development, public presence, market analysis, or the role they played in moving a particular conversation forward.
This year’s awards are split across the following categories:
Entrepreneurship
Engineering & Development
Product & Design
Marketing & Growth
Education & Public Speaking
Thought Leadership
Trading & Market Intelligence
Each category includes three honorees:
CryptoDaily’s Choice,
Runner-up Pick,
and Honorable Mention.
CryptoDaily’s Choice goes to the person who, from our editorial team’s perspective, stood out most strongly in that category this year. Runner-up Pick recognizes another name with a particularly strong case, while Honorable Mention gives the third spot to someone whose work also deserved attention.
That gives us 21 honorees in total across seven parts of Web3.
Winners
Entrepreneurship
Crypto Daily’s Choice – Michael Jerlis
Michael Jerlis is the founder & CEO of EMCD, a crypto mining and fintech platform he built from zero reputation over nine years into two global award-winning businesses. EMCD Mining Pool commands more than 2% of global Bitcoin hashrate, serves customers across 120 countries, and has mined 30,000+ BTC to date. Coinhold Wallet has $70M+ in assets under management, with 500,000+ wallets created to date. Jerlis solves every business problem the same way – systematically, not reactively. That approach is why EMCD has outlasted every halving and every crypto winter since 2017.
Runner-up Pick – Sam Green
Sam Green is the founder and CEO of Cambrian, a financial intelligence platform built around blockchain data, AI, and institutional use cases. Before Cambrian, he co-founded Semiotic Labs, worked on The Graph ecosystem, and helped develop the DEX aggregator Odos. In 2026, Cambrian raised a $6 million seed round co-led by Polychain and Franklin Templeton, bringing total funding to $11.9 million.The company is now building data infrastructure aimed at institutions and AI agents operating onchain, giving Green a particularly timely entrepreneurship story with a business built around where onchain data is actually being used next.
Honorable Mention – Varun Choudhary
Varun Choudhary is the founder of ORO, an AI-based interface designed to make onchain finance easier to use through natural-language commands. Instead of moving manually between DeFi protocols, users can ask ORO to trade, lend, borrow, or deposit while keeping control of their assets. In 2026, ORO raised another $3 million, taking total funding to $4 million, while reporting around 400,000 users across more than 80 languages. The platform now works across Ethereum, Solana, and ZIGChain, making Choudhary an interesting newer founder to watch as AI becomes more closely tied to DeFi products.
Engineering & Development
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Zac Williamson
Privacy has been one of Ethereum’s harder technical problems for years, and Zac Williamson has spent much of his career working on exactly that. A former particle physicist and co-inventor of PLONK, he went on to co-found Aztec, the privacy-focused Ethereum L2. In 2026, Aztec rolled out its Alpha V5 upgrade, cutting private proving times by more than half, bringing block times down to six seconds, and making fully private transfers possible for under $0.05. Williamson has also remained a visible voice around zero-knowledge proofs, private execution, and how privacy can actually work at Ethereum scale.
Runner-up Pick – Jure Granić-Skender
Jure Granić-Skender is a founding engineer at MetaDAO, where he works on protocol development and market-based governance on Solana. His background spans SaaS, Web3 tooling, wallet infrastructure, and AMM design, but his 2026 work is what makes him especially relevant here. At Solana Summit Serbia, he spoke about using AI agents to help build secure smart contracts handling millions in TVL, while his earlier projects include the Sign In With Solana Rust library. He is still a relatively low-profile name globally, but technically, there is a clear body of work behind the inclusion.
Honorable Mention – Anam Ansari
Prediction markets have given Anam Ansari plenty to work on in 2026. As Blockchain Engineering Lead at Trepa, she has been building the Solana smart contracts behind the platform, with a particular focus on fixed-point math, testing, and making sure payouts behave properly in production. She also broke down Trepa’s architecture for developers at a Superteam Malaysia session this April and appeared on the Ship Safely podcast earlier in the year to discuss the engineering behind prediction markets. Before Trepa, her work already stretched across Solana infrastructure, mobile integrations, SDKs, and developer tooling.
Product & Design
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Maria Carola
Maria Carola has spent close to a decade in crypto, first on the marketing side and later running StealthEX. What makes her fit this category is how closely her role has stayed tied to the product itself: keeping instant swaps simple, expanding the asset list, adding fiat access, integrations, and user-facing tools without turning the platform into something overly complicated. StealthEX has continued to push that straightforward, non-custodial model in 2026, and Carola’s work sits right in the middle of that balance between product growth and keeping the experience easy to use.
Runner-up Pick — Simon Rico
A lot of Simon Rico’s work has been about making DeFi trading feel less like a technical exercise. Until June 2026, he was Principal Designer at 0x, leading design work around Matcha and helping shape the way traders move through swaps, token discovery, and more advanced trading flows. His design changes have previously translated into measurable improvements in mobile conversion, and in 2026 he wrapped up more than three years at Matcha before moving on to build his own design product, Logram. That mix of hands-on Web3 product work and a very clear design point of view makes him a strong runner-up here.
Honorable Mention — Mike McCabe
Privacy products are notoriously difficult to make usable, and that is exactly the problem Mike McCabe has been working on at 0xbow. As Product Lead for Privacy Pools, his role sits between technical privacy infrastructure and the question of how people actually use it onchain. He has been unusually visible in 2026, appearing at EthCC, ETHPrague, ETHis, and ETHSofia to talk about privacy, compliance, and product adoption. That repeated presence matters here: McCabe is not just attached to a product title, he has been part of the wider 2026 conversation around how privacy tools move from protocol ideas into something users can realistically interact with.
Marketing & Growth
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Mike Ermolaev
Mike Ermolaev spent 2026 pushing Outset PR beyond the usual agency model. The soft launch of Outset Media Index was a major step, bringing traffic, engagement, SEO, collaboration data, and other signals into the way crypto media is evaluated. But the bigger story is how consistently he has built around that same instinct: question the standard approach, test what actually works, and turn those insights into something practical. Under his leadership, Outset PR has grown into a more data-led, strategic partner for crypto brands, while Mike himself has remained a strong voice on market events, media performance, and AI-driven discovery.
Runner-up Pick – Silvia Mogas
Silvia Mogas has been difficult to miss on the Web3 marketing circuit in 2026. Her year has included appearances at ETH Bucharest, Crypto Expo Europe, ETHGlobal NYC, AIM Congress and other industry events, usually around go-to-market strategy, adoption, positioning, and bringing Web3 products to wider audiences. Outside the conference circuit, she works with digital asset companies as a fractional CMO and strategist, covering everything from exchanges and tokenized assets to institutional products. It is that mix of hands-on marketing work and repeated public presence that makes her a natural fit here.
Honorable Mention – Jack Haldorsson
For Jack Haldorsson, 2026 has largely been about the less glamorous side of Web3 growth: what happens after the launch hype fades. Through Lunar Strategy, he has been writing and speaking repeatedly about go-to-market planning, creator campaigns, founder-led marketing, community building, and keeping growth going between major announcements. The agency says it worked with more than 110 clients in 2025, while Haldorsson has continued running webinars, publishing practical growth guides, and appearing on marketing podcasts this year. His profile is still relatively compact, but the body of 2026 work is easy to trace.
Education & Public Speaking
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Rick Baker
Education has been the core of Rick Baker’s work for years, and 2026 gave him several reasons to stay visible. He spoke at Web3 Expo Dubai on accessible Web3 learning and how institutions can prepare for wider adoption, while continuing to build Learn Crypto Global and the Tokenised Asset Academy around blockchain, DeFi, and tokenisation education. In September, he also co-hosted a live DeFi masterclass aimed at making the subject easier to understand for people outside the usual crypto crowd. His work this year has stayed firmly focused on turning technical topics into something people can actually follow.
Runner-up Pick – Diana Rodriguez
Diana Rodriguez has spent much of 2026 doing the practical side of crypto education: workshops, beginner sessions, and live speaking rather than simply posting explainers online. She ran a crypto-for-beginners workshop with Gemini in January, hosted and spoke at a sold-out International Women’s Day event in Sydney in March, and joined a panel at New Zealand CryptoCon in June. Her focus is deliberately beginner-friendly, covering wallet setup, self-custody, scams, and the basics people usually have to figure out the hard way. That steady run of public education work makes her a strong fit here.
Honorable Mention – Ashley Wright
Ashley Wright has spent much of 2026 doing what she does best: making crypto easier to understand for people who are not already deep in the industry. She taught practical digital-asset classes early in the year, spoke at Cayman Crypto Week, and later joined Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto, where she also led a workshop around crypto, AI, and the future of money. Through The Wright Success and Crypto Strategy Academy, she has taught hundreds of students and built a broader profile around digital-asset education, financial literacy, and bringing more people into Web3 without drowning them in jargon.
Thought Leadership
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Lisa Loud
Lisa Loud has had a fairly visible 2026 across both Web3 and fintech conversations. At Consensus Hong Kong, she moderated a session on open source, decentralization, and edge AI, and later appeared in interviews around tokenized assets, financial inclusion, and leadership in emerging tech. She has also continued publishing her own takes on trust, careers, and leadership in Web3 through Forbes. Her background includes roles at Apple, PayPal, ShapeShift, and Secret Network, which gives her a wider frame than someone speaking from just one corner of crypto.
Runner-up Pick – Yuanjie Zhang
A lot of Yuanjie Zhang’s public work this year has centered on where blockchain actually fits into the next phase of finance. In 2026, he spoke repeatedly about RWAs, stablecoins, institutional adoption, cross-border payments, and the role blockchain could play in AI-driven economies. He appeared at Conflux’s Digital Finance & Ecosystem Conference in Hong Kong, joined institutional-focused events with HashKey, and gave several interviews on Asia’s role in bringing real-world assets onchain. That steady run of public commentary makes him a strong thought-leadership pick rather than just another protocol executive.
Honorable Mention – Alex Tapscott
Alex Tapscott has spent years writing and speaking about where blockchain fits into the wider economy, and he stayed active in that role through 2026. He appeared at Web3 Toronto alongside founders, policy people, and institutional finance leaders, while continuing to speak about tokenization, digital assets, and the shift from blockchain as “infrastructure” to something that can open up new markets and financial products. His background as an author and longtime commentator gives him a different angle from the other two picks: less company-led, more focused on explaining where the industry may be heading and why.
Trading & Market Intelligence
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Markus Thielen
Markus Thielen has been one of the more consistently visible crypto market researchers in 2026. Through 10x Research, he has spent the year tracking Bitcoin through onchain data, ETF flows, options positioning, liquidity, and broader macro signals rather than leaning on price charts alone. His market calls have been picked up repeatedly by CoinDesk, Benzinga, and other outlets, and CryptoQuant currently ranks his Bitcoin calls among the stronger analyst records it tracks. That steady mix of research, media appearances, and actual market positioning makes him a natural first pick here.
Runner-up Pick – Vetle Lunde
Few people spend quite as much time digging through the less glamorous parts of the Bitcoin market as Vetle Lunde. At K33 Research, his work in 2026 has covered everything from low trading activity and leverage to institutional flows, market bottoms, and the way Bitcoin has behaved against other risk assets. He has appeared in interviews and podcasts throughout the year while K33 continued publishing its regular market reports and 2026 research. Lunde’s strength is less about headline-grabbing predictions and more about reading market structure closely enough to explain what is actually changing underneath the price.
Honorable Mention – James Check
James Check has kept up a very steady stream of Bitcoin market work through 2026. His Checkonchain reports have followed capitulation, ETF flows, holder behavior, realized price, market-cycle shifts, and the return of spot demand, while his analysis has also appeared in podcasts, live sessions, and market coverage outside his own platform. In September, Cointelegraph picked up his argument that Bitcoin may already have established its cycle bottom near $58,000. What keeps his work interesting is the way he uses onchain behavior to explain why the market is moving, not just where the price might go next.
One Last Word on the 2026 CryptoDaily™ Individual Awards
The best part of an annual awards list usually comes later.
Not on the day it is published, but months down the line, when you look back and see which names kept going, which took a completely different turn, and which suddenly made a lot more sense than they did at the time.
So consider this one bookmarked.
2026 is not finished writing its story just yet, and neither are the people on this list. We’ll see what the next twelve months do with both.
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SUI was trading near $1.17 on October 2, putting its market capitalisation at roughly $4.81 billion and 24-hour volume near $556.8 million, according to CoinGecko. The token now faces a closely timed sequence of supply and event risks: a scheduled unlock on October 3, followed by Sui Basecamp in Singapore on October 7–8.
About 23.38 million SUI, equivalent to 0.2% of total supply and about 0.6% of market capitalisation, are scheduled to unlock, Tokenomics.com shows. The amount is measurable but modest relative to the token’s stated market value; whether the market absorbs it cleanly matters because spot is sitting around immediate support and just below a dense resistance range.
The near-term SUI price prediction therefore hinges less on an assumed Basecamp rally than on a narrower test: whether daily bullish momentum can carry price through $1.1858 and then the $1.20–$1.21 area without the unlock prompting a break below support.
SUI’s daily momentum is bullish, but RSI is nearing overbought territory
The daily technical picture was constructive heading into the unlock. The 14-day RSI stood at 67.3 on October 1, a bullish reading that remained below the conventional 70 overbought threshold, according to the technical data cited by Crypto Daily. That leaves room for further upside in principle, but it also means momentum is approaching a zone where a pullback can become more likely if buyers fail to force a breakout.
MACD (12,26) was positive at 0.004 and carried a Buy classification on the daily timeframe. Price was also reported above both its seven-day moving average, approximately $1.17, and its 30-day moving average, approximately $1.16. Together, those readings describe positive short-term momentum rather than a completed breakout.
That distinction is important at the current price. A bullish RSI, positive MACD and position above the two moving averages can support attempts higher, but none removes the nearby overhead supply indicated by resistance levels. With RSI already at 67.3, a sustained advance would need to be confirmed by price holding above the levels immediately in front of it, rather than merely touching them.
The technical evidence also has a timing limitation. The cited indicator readings were observed on October 1, while the spot reference of $1.17 is from October 2. They provide a recent daily framework, not a guarantee of how the market will react once newly unlocked tokens arrive.
SUI support at $1.1717 and resistance from $1.1858 to $1.21 frame the immediate move
The closest reference point is $1.1717, identified as daily support through confluence involving a high-volume node, Fibonacci, pivot and MACD-cross measures. Given that SUI was quoted near $1.17, the market is effectively testing that area rather than trading comfortably above it. A stable hold around this level would preserve the near-term bullish setup; a decisive loss would shift attention lower.
LevelRoleWhat it signals$1.1717Nearest daily supportHolding it would keep the immediate recovery structure intact.$1.1630-day moving-average supportA loss of $1.1717 would bring this next support into focus.$1.11–$1.12Daily S1 and 0.618 Fibonacci zoneThis is the deeper supplied support area if weakness extends.$1.1858Nearest daily resistanceThe first barrier to clear for an upside continuation attempt.$1.20–$1.21Retest and recent swing-high resistanceClearing this cluster would strengthen the short-term bullish case.$1.27Higher continuation resistanceA sustained close above it would strengthen the breakout case.
On the upside, $1.1858 is the first meaningful obstacle. It is followed quickly by $1.20, described as near-term retest resistance, and $1.21, the cited recent swing high. The proximity of those barriers means a move above $1.1858 alone would be constructive, but it would not settle the breakout question. Price would still need to clear the $1.20–$1.21 band.
If that band is overcome and held, the next supplied resistance is $1.27. That level should not be treated as an automatic destination: the underlying analysis says a sustained close above $1.27 would itself strengthen a breakout case. It is therefore better understood as a later confirmation threshold than as a forecast.
On the downside, a break through $1.1717 would put the approximate $1.16 30-day moving average in view. Failure there would expose the $1.11–$1.12 zone, identified as daily S1 and a 0.618 Fibonacci retracement area in CoinStats AI Market Analysis. The levels show why the unlock deserves attention even though its stated size is small: the price is close enough to support that a modest change in order flow could matter.
SUI price prediction: Basecamp catalysts must absorb the October 3 unlock before a $1.20-$1.21 break can strengthen
The conditional near-term outlook is mildly bullish, but only while the support structure holds. Daily RSI at 67.3, a positive 0.004 MACD reading and price above the reported seven- and 30-day averages all support the case for another push higher. The most immediate test is $1.1858; a successful break followed by acceptance above $1.20 and $1.21 would make the bullish technical case more credible.
Basecamp supplies a defined calendar focus. The Sui Foundation has scheduled its 2026 event for October 7–8 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore alongside TOKEN2049, according to the official Basecamp page. But a scheduled event is not, by itself, evidence that the token will rise. In this setup, its relevance is that it arrives soon after the unlock, when the market will have had an opportunity to show whether it can retain the $1.1717 area.
There are also continuing supply-and-access considerations beyond the one-day unlock. Sui says its stablecoin-yield-funded buyback programme is purchasing approximately 23,800 SUI daily, as reported on its buyback page. Separately, the 21Shares Sui Staking ETF provides spot exposure and generally intends to stake 70% to 90% of holdings. That offers an institutional access route, while the stated staking approach also carries liquidity considerations.
For the title’s $1.20–$1.21 question, the answer is conditional rather than directional certainty. The range is supported in the research as near-term resistance, not as a guaranteed target. Holding $1.1717 through the October 3 unlock and then clearing $1.1858 would strengthen the chance of a test; a convincing move through $1.20 and $1.21 would be the more meaningful confirmation. Conversely, unlock-related weakness that drives SUI below $1.1717 and then $1.16 would weaken the bullish reading and place the $1.11–$1.12 support zone back in focus.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

The Bitcoin price rose out of its slumbers on Thursday and increased $3,400 to a price of $86,800. It was at this point that the price was rejected, falling back to $86,000. Was this just the first attempt at a breakout of a parallel channel? Could a confirmed breakout take place on Friday or over the weekend?
$BTC price reaches top of parallel channel
Source: TradingView
The $BTC price was boosted to the upside on Thursday and into Friday after breaking clear of a descending triangle pattern within a parallel channel. Once volume got behind the breakout it was a relatively short amount of time before the price ascended to the top of the channel, where it was rejected - at least for the time being.
As can be seen on Friday morning, the $BTC price is once again heading back to the top of the channel. Will it get there just to receive another rejection, or is pressure starting to build on the top trendline of the channel ready for a potential breakout?
One important factor that the bulls need to take into consideration is that this window of opportunity for a breakout may not be open for long, given that the price is starting to enter an overbought condition.
Remain in channel or breakout?
Source: TradingView
The daily time frame illustrates the clear smaller parallel channel with the descending triangle within it. It may be that the $BTC price does meander some more within the channel. This would probably be a healthier option rather than the direct breakout, given that momentum indicators could be allowed to reset again, potentially leading to a much stronger breakout further down the line.
That said, what will be will be, and if there is a breakout today or over the weekend, the $BTC price could surge into the low to mid $90K region before the next, possibly longer period of consolidation, or even the first decent correction in this so far unconfirmed bull market.
Which resistance level can the bulls reach?
Source: TradingView
The weekly time frame shows the absolutely to be expected surge out of the bull flag. If the full measured move out of the bull flag is to take place, this rally still has a good way to run.
In fact, if one looks at the price action in this macro-level chart there really isn’t anything untoward throughout the whole of the bear market, the latter stages of the last bull market, and this current bull market. Price has followed each of the patterns and has exited them in the expected direction every time.
Momentum is still with this current rally, although it remains to be seen how far the $BTC price can rise before gravity takes over. The Stochastic RSI at the bottom of the chart has the blue fast line on top of the red slow line once more. This is perhaps signalling one last effort to the upside. While $89,250 is very doable, $94,280 is a much greater level of resistance, with the bull market confirmation level of $97,880 beyond that. Let us see which of these levels this current rally can arrive at.
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XRP traded at $1.49 on October 2, placing it just below a tightly packed group of nearby resistance levels and beneath the $1.5495 area that recently rejected an attempted breakout. The immediate question is not whether a fresh corporate catalyst exists, but whether buyers can turn it into a confirmed move through that overhead supply.
Evernorth shareholders approved the Armada business combination on September 30. The company expects the transaction to close on October 7, with Nasdaq trading under the XRPN ticker expected to begin on October 8.
Evernorth expects to hold about 473 million XRP at closing and said the transaction and related private placements generated roughly $300 million in gross cash proceeds. That is a specific market-development backdrop for XRP, but the chart still shows a recent failed breakout rather than an already-confirmed recovery.
XRP’s daily indicators show a bullish trend with fading momentum
The daily indicator mix remains constructive overall, though it is not uniformly bullish. XRP’s 14-day RSI was 56.4 on October 2, according to Blockspot’s XRP/USD data. That places the reading above the neutral midpoint and below overbought territory, leaving room for an advance without indicating an overheated market on this measure.
Trend gauges also lean positive. The 12-day EMA stood at $1.49, above the 26-day EMA at $1.45. Longer-term simple moving averages were reported at $1.38 for the 50-day SMA and $1.28 for the 200-day SMA, a configuration the source described as a golden cross. Price was also reported above the 20-day EMA at $1.4564 as of September 30, supporting the case that the short-term trend had not yet broken down.
The momentum signal is less encouraging. Daily MACD was 0.0410 against a 0.0460 signal line, meaning the MACD remained below its signal line. In practical terms, that reading does not confirm that upside momentum has re-accelerated, even while the moving-average structure remains positive.
The recent price action helps explain the split. XRP briefly traded above $1.5495 before rejecting that area; the reported session low was $1.4656, and reversal volume was materially higher than in the prior session, according to CoinDCX. A high-volume reversal at a recent high makes the $1.5495 zone more consequential: a renewed test would need to overcome selling that was already visible there.
For the bullish technical case to improve, RSI would need to remain constructively above its midpoint while price regains the near-term resistance sequence. Conversely, the bearish MACD position and the failed-breakout history mean that a move toward $1.55 should be treated as a conditional retest scenario, not an established continuation.
XRP support at $1.48–$1.4564 and resistance through $1.5495
At $1.49 spot, XRP sits only marginally above its first published daily-pivot support at $1.48 and below the nearest overhead barrier at $1.51. That leaves little room for ambiguity in the short-term setup: holding the immediate support band would keep a rebound attempt viable, while a sustained move through the first resistance would be the first evidence that buyers are regaining control.
LevelRolePublished basis$1.48SupportDaily pivot S1$1.46SupportDaily pivot S2 and recent reaction zone$1.4564Support20-day EMA and immediate trend support$1.37SupportMoving-average cluster and rising-structure lower boundary$1.51ResistanceDaily pivot R1$1.54ResistanceDaily pivot R3 and nearby rejection area$1.5495ResistanceRecent swing high and failed-breakout level$1.65ResistanceLate-September high and reported triangle upper boundary
The closest downside references are $1.48, $1.46 and the 20-day EMA at $1.4564. These levels form a narrow support area rather than a single line. If XRP can hold this region, the price remains positioned to revisit $1.51. A loss of the $1.46–$1.4564 area would weaken the immediate trend setup and shift attention to $1.37, where CoinEdition identified a cluster involving the 50-day and 200-day exponential moving averages and the lower boundary of a rising structure.
On the upside, $1.51 is the first test, followed by $1.54 and then $1.5495. The proximity of the latter two levels matters more than their small numerical difference suggests, because $1.5495 is the point where the previous upside attempt failed. A move toward the editor’s $1.55 scenario would therefore require XRP to clear this resistance sequence, rather than merely touch $1.51. The next published resistance beyond that zone is $1.65, but it should not be treated as an implied destination.
Can Evernorth approval help XRP retest $1.55?
Evernorth’s approval supplies a timely catalyst as the market assesses XRP near its short-term pivot range. The planned XRPN debut and the company’s expected XRP holdings give the event direct relevance to the asset. Separately, XRP spot ETF products logged an 11th straight week of inflows, with about $75.59 million added in the latest reported week, according to CoinEdition.
At $1.49, XRP remains below the $1.51 and $1.54 levels it needs to reclaim before confronting the more important $1.5495 rejection point. The developments described above can support market attention and demand narratives, but they do not by themselves negate the failed breakout on the daily chart. If XRP sustains a break through that area, the case for a retest of $1.55 would strengthen; $1.55 is an editorial scenario target immediately above the published failed-breakout level.
The supportive case is clearest if XRP holds $1.48 and the $1.46–$1.4564 support band while daily RSI stays above neutral and the short-term moving-average alignment remains intact. That would preserve the constructive trend backdrop while allowing price to make another attempt at the resistance cluster. The upcoming expected October 7 close and October 8 XRPN trading start also leave the market with identifiable event dates rather than a vague catalyst.
The setup weakens if price loses the immediate support zone and fails to regain it, particularly with MACD still below its signal line. In that outcome, the nearby bullish case would be impaired and $1.37 becomes the next published structural reference. For now, Evernorth approval improves the news backdrop around XRP, but a credible move toward $1.55 depends on a technical reclaim of the $1.51, $1.54 and $1.5495 barriers.
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Cardano price prediction discussions have turned to $0.29 after the Cardano Foundation announced two research-and-development applications with Petrobras and PUC-Rio. The projects concern tracking sustainable-aviation-fuel claims and Diesel R renewable-fuel data on Cardano, according to the Cardano Foundation.
ADA was trading at $0.2487 on October 2, after rising roughly 2%–3% following the announcement, although quoted market readings can differ by venue and timestamp. That leaves the token just below its nearest daily resistance at $0.2523 and facing a more substantial band above it.
The news provides a fresh narrative, particularly as Petrobras pursues SAF, renewable diesel and biorefining investments in its 2026–2030 plan. But the announced work is R&D, not an agreement for ADA payments or token purchases, meaning the chart still needs to supply the confirmation for a sustained move.
ADA daily indicators
ADA’s daily trend readings are constructive rather than uniformly bullish. The daily 14-period RSI was 59.5 on October 2, placing it in the bullish-but-not-overbought range in data published by Blockspot. This indicates positive momentum without an RSI reading that, by itself, signals an overheated market.
The moving-average configuration supports that view. The 12-day EMA stood at $0.2434, above the 26-day EMA at $0.2328. ADA was also above the 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages, recorded at $0.2162 and $0.2134 respectively; Blockspot characterised the latter relationship as a golden cross. With spot at $0.2487, the short-term EMA is below price, while the two longer simple averages sit materially lower.
Momentum confirmation is less clear in the MACD data. Blockspot’s October 2 daily reading put MACD at 0.010604 against a 0.0109 signal line, a bearish crossover configuration by a narrow margin. A separate October 1 reading from CoinAlertNews showed the opposite: MACD at 0.011723 versus a 0.010920 signal, alongside an RSI of 59.68.
The difference highlights the sensitivity of short-term momentum measures to publication time and price movement. The more consistent takeaway is that ADA retains a positive daily moving-average structure and an RSI below overbought territory, but has not produced a single, unambiguous MACD signal. A breakout attempt into overhead resistance would carry more technical weight if momentum readings align rather than remain split.
There is also a derivatives and holder-positioning caveat. Coin Edition reported that futures open interest fell 9% week over week to about $1.81 billion, while large holders sold around 90 million ADA since September 20. Those reported flows do not negate the spot-market response to the Petrobras news, but they complicate the case that the announcement alone has created broad, durable buying pressure.
ADA support and resistance
At $0.2487, ADA is positioned between nearby support and the first resistance test. The daily pivot R1 at $0.2523 is the immediate ceiling. Above that, $0.2564 is identified as 0.786 Fibonacci resistance and a published breakout trigger, followed by the $0.2580–$0.2655 overhead supply zone.
LevelRolePublished basis$0.2523Nearest resistanceDaily pivot R1$0.2564Resistance / breakout trigger0.786 Fibonacci level$0.2580–$0.2655Overhead resistance zonePublished resistance band$0.2886Higher resistanceMay swing high$0.2420Nearest supportDaily pivot S1$0.2380–$0.2410Support zoneBreakout-retest area$0.2316Lower supportDaily pivot S3$0.2134Deeper support referencePublished Fibonacci support
A move through $0.2523 would be the first requirement for a stronger upside sequence, rather than confirmation that ADA has already cleared the market’s resistance. Holding above $0.2564 would put attention on the $0.2580–$0.2655 range. CoinAlertNews identifies a sustained close above $0.2655 as an event that would strengthen the bullish setup.
Only after that resistance stack has been overcome does $0.2886 come into focus as the next supplied major ceiling. It is a published May swing-high resistance, not a level established by the Petrobras announcement. The title’s $0.29 figure is therefore broadly adjacent to the cited $0.2886 resistance, but it should be treated as a scenario target rather than an automatic extension of the news-driven gain.
On the downside, $0.2420 is the closest daily pivot support. The adjacent $0.2380–$0.2410 breakout-retest zone is especially important because it sits just beneath it and forms the next nearby area where buyers could attempt to stabilise price. A failure to hold that cluster would weaken the immediate breakout structure and expose $0.2316. The deeper $0.2134 Fibonacci support is a lower-risk reference cited by Coin Edition, not a near-term base case.
Can Petrobras news support $0.29?
The Petrobras development gives Cardano a credible new enterprise-traceability research catalyst. Its relevance is reinforced by Petrobras’ stated plan to invest in SAF, renewable diesel and biorefining through 2030, as detailed by Petrobras. That strategic context may help keep attention on the applications beyond the initial announcement.
Yet the available facts do not establish a direct source of ADA demand. The Foundation describes two R&D applications, not a commercial arrangement requiring Petrobras to buy, hold or use ADA for payments. The distinction matters when assessing whether the initial rise can turn into a move through successive technical barriers.
For the $0.29 scenario to become technically more credible, ADA would first need to clear $0.2523, then hold through $0.2564 and the $0.2580–$0.2655 resistance zone. A sustained close above $0.2655 would strengthen the positive daily trend structure already reflected in the RSI near 59.5 and the bullish EMA alignment. From there, $0.2886 is the supplied higher resistance that most closely corresponds with a push toward $0.29.
The opposing scenario begins with rejection below the nearest ceilings and a loss of $0.2420. A break beneath the $0.2380–$0.2410 support area would materially weaken the immediate bullish case, particularly if falling open interest and reported large-holder sales persist. With MACD readings mixed across the supplied sources, ADA has supportive trend conditions but incomplete momentum confirmation. Petrobras-related R&D news has revived the path toward $0.29; the market still has to validate it by converting the $0.2523–$0.2655 resistance stack into support.
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XLM traded near $0.2196 on October 2, up 3.4% over 24 hours after moving between $0.2169 and $0.2293. The rebound has restored attention to an XLM price forecast centred on whether Stellar can revisit the editorial $0.25 scenario target.
There is fresh infrastructure context behind the renewed interest. Stellar recently integrated with BVNK’s multi-chain stablecoin payments platform, opening access to cross-border payments, merchant payouts and treasury disbursements, according to the Stellar Development Foundation.
The chart setup remains more demanding than the daily gain alone suggests. XLM is above a key longer-term average and momentum readings lean positive, but a declining volume figure and several nearby resistance points leave a move toward $0.25 conditional.
XLM momentum improves, but volume does not confirm the rebound
The broad technical picture has improved. A recent FXEmpire analysis put XLM’s two-week RSI near 54, a reading it characterised as improving momentum without an overbought condition. That assessment also noted price recovery above major moving averages. An RSI near 54 does not establish an extended breakout, but it supports the view that the recent recovery has not yet reached an obvious momentum extreme.
A separate reading from Clearank showed RSI at 66 on October 1 and placed the 50-day moving average at $0.1888. As the RSI timeframe and methodology were not specified in that report, it should not be treated as directly comparable with the two-week measure. Still, at the October 2 spot price, XLM remained above the reported 50-day average, keeping the medium-term technical backdrop constructive.
Participation is the counterweight. CoinGecko reported roughly $254.2 million in 24-hour XLM volume, down 27.5% day over day, while the token was gaining on price. That divergence does not negate the rebound, but it means buyers have yet to show stronger reported trading activity as XLM approaches overhead barriers.
For the short-term swing context, this produces a mixed but tilted setup: price and momentum measures favour bulls, while volume leaves the durability of the advance unconfirmed. A push through resistance on firmer participation would provide more persuasive confirmation than a move that simply revisits the same intraday ceiling.
XLM support at $0.2142 and the resistance path through $0.2366
With XLM near $0.2196, the closest level beneath the market is $0.2142, identified as primary pivot support in the latest daily OHLC analysis. Holding that area would preserve the immediate recovery structure. A break below it would shift attention first to $0.2071, the seven-day range low, and then to the reported 50-day moving average at $0.1888 if short-term support failed.
Upside is constrained by a compact group of levels. The first pivot resistance sits at $0.2275, just below the $0.2293 24-hour high. Beyond that, $0.2366 marks the top of XLM’s seven-day range. CoinGecko places the full seven-day band between $0.2071 and $0.2366, illustrating how much of the recent range remains overhead from the current spot price.
LevelRoleWhy it matters $0.2142Nearest supportPrimary daily pivot support. $0.2071Lower supportSeven-day range low and recent swing-low area. $0.1888Deeper supportReported 50-day moving average. $0.2275First resistancePrimary daily pivot resistance. $0.2293Near-term resistanceCurrent 24-hour high and rejection area. $0.2366Higher resistanceSeven-day range high and recent swing-high area.
The bullish path therefore requires more than holding above $0.2142. Buyers would need to clear $0.2275 and $0.2293, then overcome $0.2366 to demonstrate that the seven-day range is being left behind rather than merely retested. Conversely, loss of $0.2142 would weaken the immediate case and expose the $0.2071 area. The supplied levels do not establish $0.25 as a technical resistance point; it is the scenario target posed in this forecast.
Can Stellar return to $0.25? The XLM price forecast
A return to $0.25 is plausible as a conditional upside scenario, not a confirmed destination. XLM’s position above the reported $0.1888 50-day average, together with the two-week RSI near 54 and the separate RSI reading of 66, gives the token a more constructive technical footing than a purely range-bound chart. Stellar’s BVNK integration adds timely payments-infrastructure news to that backdrop, though the announcement itself does not prove a causal link to the latest price move.
The case would strengthen if XLM can hold $0.2142 while breaking the $0.2275-$0.2293 resistance zone and subsequently clearing $0.2366. Stronger participation would matter: the latest reported 24-hour volume fell 27.5% even as price rose, making volume confirmation a relevant test for any attempt to extend the rebound beyond the recent seven-day high.
Fundamentally, Stellar has continued to point to network activity tied to tokenised assets and stablecoins. The foundation said the network had more than $3 billion in real-world assets by June 2026 and more than $256 million in USDC market capitalisation in the first quarter. Those figures, reported by the Stellar Development Foundation, provide context for the payments and settlement narrative but do not remove the immediate chart obstacles.
For now, the forecast is cautiously bullish rather than decisively so. A sustained advance through the supplied resistance sequence would make the $0.25 question materially more credible. Rejection below $0.2293 or a loss of $0.2142 would weaken the setup, with $0.2071 becoming the more immediate level to watch. Crypto markets remain volatile, and these scenarios are market analysis rather than investment advice.
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Dogecoin was trading at $0.095973 on October 2, leaving it just below the $0.10 threshold that has become the immediate test for DOGE. The level matters both technically and psychologically after previous attempts to move through it failed.
The timing coincides with a new application-layer development. DogeOS opened its public testnet on September 30, offering an EVM-compatible environment for Dogecoin applications, including trading, lending, stablecoins, games and consumer apps. For now, however, the launch is a testnet event rather than a mainnet rollout, so DOGE's near-term direction remains concentrated around a tight set of daily chart levels.
DOGE daily indicators remain constructive but not decisively bullish
The daily setup has a constructive foundation. DOGE was reported above both its 200-day exponential moving average at $0.0932 and its 20-day EMA at $0.0921 on October 1, with the Supertrend remaining in buy mode. At the October 2 spot price, that leaves the token above the two closest trend references below the market.
The two EMAs also form a narrow support cluster. That is useful for bulls because it gives the current price structure a relatively clear line of defence, but it does not by itself establish a breakout. DOGE still sits below $0.10, and the gap between spot and that resistance is small enough that a routine daily move could decide whether the constructive structure extends or fades.
Momentum evidence is less forceful than the moving-average picture. Daily RSI was 56 on September 30, classified as neutral, while Blockspot's composite reading based on RSI, MACD and moving-average signals was also neutral. Its Fear & Greed reading stood at 47/100. Those readings do not point to an established momentum surge, even as price holds over important averages.
This creates a mixed but not contradictory signal: trend measures are supportive, while the broader short-term composite remains neutral. The 50-day EMA at $0.0871 is the next lower moving-average reference identified in the technical setup, but it becomes relevant only if DOGE first loses the nearer 200-day and 20-day EMA area.
The DogeOS news supplies a fresh narrative for traders to monitor, rather than a confirmed change to Dogecoin's operating economics. The public testnet uses test DOGE, and no mainnet launch date has been announced. As a result, the chart’s response around $0.10 may offer a cleaner near-term measure of market conviction than the announcement alone.
DOGE faces $0.10 resistance with $0.0932 and $0.0921 as immediate supports
At $0.095973, DOGE is trading between an unusually close support band and its principal overhead barrier. The first task for buyers is $0.1000, described as both immediate psychological resistance and a prior failed breakout level. A daily close above it would be the technical condition that opens the next cited upside test at $0.1055.
LevelRoleTechnical basis $0.1000ResistancePsychological barrier and prior failed breakout level $0.1055ResistanceRecent high; next upside test after a daily close above $0.10 $0.1180Higher resistancePrior May high and higher resistance zone $0.0932Support200-day EMA and reported breakout-hold level $0.0921Support20-day EMA $0.0871Lower support50-day EMA if nearer supports fail $0.0800Lower supportArea near the mid-September low
The immediate bullish path is therefore specific: DOGE would need to clear and close above $0.10, putting $0.1055 into focus. A move through that recent high would leave $0.1180, the cited prior May high, as the higher resistance zone. These are conditional tests, not projected destinations.
On the downside, $0.0932 and $0.0921 deserve more attention than the lower levels because they sit closest to the current price. Holding that pair would preserve DOGE's position above the 200-day and 20-day averages. Losing both would weaken the recent breakout-hold structure and bring $0.0871 into view; $0.0800 is the further listed support area near the mid-September low.
Recent coverage similarly characterised $0.092-$0.093 as nearby support and approximately $0.105 as the next upside test after a breakout. The narrowness of the $0.0921-$0.10 range means the coming sessions could produce a clear technical signal without requiring a large percentage move.
Recent DOGE daily chart showing price near $0.096, the 20-day, 50-day and 200-day EMA levels, and Supertrend signals. — Source: CoinEdition / TradingView
DogeOS launch makes $0.10 a conditional make-or-break test for DOGE
The DOGE price prediction for the near term is conditional rather than directional: the technical case is constructive enough to support another challenge of $0.10, but not yet decisive enough to treat a breakout as established. Price is above the $0.0932 and $0.0921 daily EMA supports, Supertrend is in buy mode, and the DogeOS testnet provides a timely development for the Dogecoin ecosystem.
A sustained daily move above $0.10 would strengthen that case and shift attention to $0.1055, the next supplied resistance. It would also show that the DogeOS headline coincided with buying strong enough to overcome the prior failed-breakout area. Neutral RSI at 56 and the neutral composite reading mean that confirmation at resistance matters more than assuming momentum will carry price through it.
The counter-case is equally clear. A rejection below $0.10 followed by a loss of $0.0932 and $0.0921 would undermine the positive trend signals and turn focus toward $0.0871. In that outcome, the testnet launch would not have translated into a durable near-term technical catalyst.
There is also an execution gap between DogeOS's ambitions and what is currently live. The initial design relies on selected operators, protected hardware and a Security Council, while Dogecoin miners do not yet verify application proofs directly, according to CoinDesk. With no announced mainnet date and test DOGE used on the public testnet, the launch is an early ecosystem milestone rather than a completed adoption event.
That leaves $0.10 as the make-or-break level for the week. Holding the EMA cluster keeps a breakout attempt viable; a confirmed move through $0.10 would validate the constructive daily setup. Failure at that barrier, especially alongside a break below $0.0921, would weaken the launch-driven bullish case.
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HBAR’s sharp late-September advance has largely unwound, putting the focus back on whether buyers can defend the first support beneath the market. The token rose 27.32% on September 28 to an intraday high near $0.1310, before falling 16.09% the following day as sellers reversed most of the move, according to Crypto Daily.
The rally was tied to reports that an identity platform built on Hedera had reached IBM Cloud, adding force to the network’s enterprise-adoption narrative. WalletInvestor reported on that development on September 29.
Daily spot was $0.1024 on October 2, per Blockspot. That leaves HBAR at a technically sensitive point: short-term momentum readings remain constructive, but the price is sitting at the nearest identified support after a news-driven reversal.
Daily indicators retain short-term bullish momentum despite the reversal
The daily RSI (14) stood at 59.4 on October 2. Blockspot classed the reading as bullish, while noting that it remained below the conventional 70 overbought threshold. In practical terms, the indicator does not show the kind of extreme daily reading that would by itself signal an overheated market, even after the late-September surge.
Momentum also remains positive on the supplied MACD reading. The daily MACD (12/26/9) was 0.0074, above its 0.0064 signal line, a bullish alignment in the source data. The short-term exponential moving averages point in the same direction: the 12-day EMA was $0.0987, above the 26-day EMA at $0.0913.
Those measures matter because HBAR is now trading above both of those cited short-term EMA readings despite giving back a substantial portion of the rally. They support the case that the pullback has not yet erased all near-term upside momentum. They do not, however, settle the broader trend question.
The longer moving-average structure remains weaker. Blockspot placed the 50-day SMA at $0.0814 and the 200-day SMA at $0.0818, describing their relationship as a death cross. That bearish longer-term configuration sits uneasily alongside the bullish RSI, MACD and EMA signals, making the daily setup mixed rather than a clean continuation signal.
The reversal also followed without a further Hedera announcement, according to CryptoTicker, which said the move appeared more connected to positioning and news momentum than to a fresh protocol update. As a result, a hold at support would carry more weight than the indicators alone: it would show that buyers can absorb the post-headline selling.
HBAR support at $0.1024 and $0.1007 faces resistance at $0.1048
At $0.1024, HBAR is directly on the nearest support and daily pivot or cluster level identified by Coinotag. This is the first level the market needs to respect after the reversal. The next nearby buffer is the $0.1010-$0.1007 zone, identified following the rally pullback; $0.1007 is also listed as daily S1 in the supplied data.
LevelRoleWhy it matters$0.1024Nearest supportDaily pivot and cluster level; a close below it weakens the bullish setup.$0.1010-$0.1007Secondary support zoneRecent post-rally support area and daily S1 at $0.1007.$0.0958Lower supportDaily S3 pivot and the strongest support in the cited pivot set.$0.1048Nearest resistanceClustered pivot, Fibonacci, moving-average and volume-profile resistance.$0.1094First higher resistanceDaily resistance identified after the IBM-related rally pullback.$0.1107Higher resistanceDaily R3 and strongest resistance in the cited pivot set.$0.1152Next resistanceHigher technical level-clustering resistance.
On the upside, $0.1048 is the first obstacle because it is the closest marked resistance to current spot. The level is based on a confluence of pivot, Fibonacci, moving-average and volume-profile clustering in Coinotag’s analysis. A sustained move above it would improve the market’s ability to test $0.1094, the initial resistance noted by Crypto Daily when HBAR was reported near $0.1064 on October 1.
Above that, $0.1107 is the next cited barrier, followed by $0.1152. Those are not forecasts or assured destinations; they are the supplied levels that would need to be cleared for the rebound to extend beyond the immediate post-selloff range.
The downside path is more immediate. Coinotag specifically said that a daily close below $0.1024 would weaken the bullish setup. If that pivot fails, the $0.1010-$0.1007 area becomes the more important test. Losing that zone would leave $0.0958, the daily S3 pivot and strongest support in the cited pivot set, as the next supplied support level.
HBAR price prediction: holding the post-IBM rally support is the first requirement
The near-term HBAR price prediction is conditional rather than decisive. The daily RSI at 59.4, MACD above its signal line, and the bullish 12/26 EMA alignment leave room for a recovery attempt. But the long-term SMA relationship remains bearish, while the original rally was quickly reversed without another Hedera announcement.
For the recovery case to remain credible, HBAR needs first to hold $0.1024 on a daily basis. More importantly, buyers would need to preserve the $0.1010-$0.1007 support zone if the nearest pivot comes under pressure. Defending that band would keep the short-term momentum signals relevant and prevent the pullback from developing into a deeper technical breakdown.
A move back through $0.1048 would be the first indication that buyers are regaining control after the selloff. Reclaiming that resistance would then put attention on $0.1094 and $0.1107. The $0.1152 level is the next supplied resistance beyond those barriers, but reaching it would require HBAR to overcome each nearer level rather than simply revisit the September 28 move.
Conversely, a daily close below $0.1024 would weaken the bullish thesis, as the cited technical analysis indicates. A failure to hold $0.1010-$0.1007 would further undermine the argument that the IBM Cloud-linked rally has established a durable floor, shifting attention to $0.0958 instead.
For now, the title question has a straightforward answer: $0.1024 is HBAR’s immediate level to hold, with $0.1010-$0.1007 the more consequential support area beneath it. The IBM Cloud-linked news supplied the catalyst for the late-September jump, but spot’s position at $0.1024 means the next directional signal is likely to come from whether that support survives and whether price can reclaim $0.1048.
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Stellar enters October after a run of network and institutional-use announcements that could keep attention on XLM after September’s advance. State Street Galaxy’s Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund went live on Stellar on September 29, while BVNK announced expanded multi-chain stablecoin infrastructure with Stellar integration a week earlier, according to the Stellar Development Foundation’s press materials.
CoinMarketCap’s October 1 market analysis said XLM had risen about 3.16% over 24 hours to roughly $0.227 amid broader altcoin rotation. Its technical snapshot placed spot at $0.2228 on the same date, leaving the token close to immediate support but still below its recent swing high.
That positioning makes the October question relatively clear. Fresh ecosystem catalysts provide a constructive backdrop, but September momentum needs to translate into a hold above $0.221 and then a break through $0.23641 before a more durable upside continuation can be argued.
XLM daily indicators retain a bullish bias below overbought territory
The daily technical readings observed on October 1 lean bullish, though they do not show an asset that has already cleared its nearest obstacle. XLM’s 14-day RSI stood at 63.44, which CoinMarketCap CMC AI characterized as bullish momentum while remaining below the conventional overbought threshold. In practical terms, the reading supports the case for continued buyer interest without, on its own, confirming a breakout.
MACD was also positive on the daily timeframe, according to the same analysis. The combination of a positive MACD and RSI above the midpoint gives the near-term picture a positive tilt, particularly following the reported September strength. Yet momentum indicators are most useful here as confirmation of price behaviour around the stated levels, rather than as substitutes for a break above resistance.
The moving-average structure is similarly constructive. At the October 1 spot price of $0.2228, XLM was above its seven-day EMA of $0.220, a level identified as immediate support. Blockspot listed the 14-day SMA at $0.2141 with a short-term Buy signal, while the 50-day and 200-day SMAs were $0.1889 and $0.1799 respectively; its analysis described their relationship as a golden cross.
Those readings put the short-term and longer-term trend measures in alignment rather than in conflict. Price remains above the seven-day EMA, the shorter SMA is below spot, and the 50-day average sits above the 200-day average. That is a favourable daily setup, but it also concentrates attention on whether XLM can preserve the $0.220–$0.221 area after any intraday volatility.
There is a distinction between a bullish bias and a confirmed continuation. The supplied indicators show positive momentum and trend conditions as of October 1, but the market had not yet surpassed the $0.23641 recent swing high. For October, the technical case is therefore contingent on price action validating those signals at resistance.
XLM support at $0.221 and resistance at $0.23641 define October’s first test
The closest meaningful support is $0.221, immediately below the $0.2228 spot reference. CoinMarketCap CMC AI ties that area to both the seven-day EMA and the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement, making it the first level that needs to hold if the current bullish structure is to remain intact.
LevelRoleBasis$0.221Immediate supportSeven-day EMA and 23.6% Fibonacci retracement$0.212Next support38.2% Fibonacci retracement; stated downside level if $0.221 fails$0.2086Lower supportThird daily pivot support$0.23641First resistanceRecent swing high and near-term breakout level$0.2436Next resistanceThird daily pivot resistance$0.254Higher resistance127.2% Fibonacci extension after a decisive swing-high break
A sustained defence of $0.221 would keep XLM above the immediate moving-average support cited in the daily analysis. Should that level fail, $0.212 is the next supplied downside reference, based on the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement. Below that, the third daily pivot support at $0.2086 becomes relevant. These are conditional waypoints rather than predictions that a decline will occur.
On the upside, $0.23641 is the first barrier that matters. It marks the recent swing high and is explicitly identified as the near-term breakout level in CoinMarketCap CMC AI’s October 1 analysis. A move through it would need to hold rather than merely briefly trade above it to strengthen the continuation case.
Beyond the swing high, $0.2436 is the third daily pivot resistance listed by Blockspot. The higher $0.254 level is the 127.2% Fibonacci extension identified as relevant following a decisive break above $0.23641. As a result, an upside sequence would require XLM first to defend $0.221, then clear the swing high, before the two higher references come into play.
Can Stellar sustain its September momentum into October?
The available evidence supports a cautiously constructive October XLM price prediction, not an unconditional one. Stellar has entered the month with tangible newsflow: the State Street Galaxy fund’s September 29 launch on the network, BVNK’s Stellar integration announcement, and recent Protocol 28 and Soroban Rust SDK v28 development cited by CoinMarketCap CMC AI. That source also reported September stablecoin-card spending of $69.3 million, adding a usage-focused element to the broader catalyst picture.
News catalysts can improve the market narrative around a token, but they do not remove the need for technical confirmation. At $0.2228, XLM was only marginally above $0.221 support and still below $0.23641 resistance. The daily RSI at 63.44, positive MACD and price position above the $0.220 seven-day EMA suggest that the market has the momentum conditions to test higher levels; none of those readings establishes that resistance has already been overcome.
The bullish October scenario would be reinforced if $0.221 continues to hold and buyers achieve a decisive break above $0.23641. In that event, $0.2436 and then $0.254 are the supplied upside references. The latter is not a guaranteed destination: it is a Fibonacci-extension level that the cited analysis associates with a decisive break of the recent swing high.
Conversely, a loss of $0.221 would weaken the premise that September’s momentum is carrying cleanly into October. It would shift attention to $0.212, with $0.2086 as the lower supplied pivot support. That outcome would not negate the network developments, but it would show that the near-term market structure had deteriorated despite a supportive catalyst backdrop.
For now, Stellar can plausibly retain its September momentum into October, because institutional deployment, stablecoin infrastructure news and positive daily trend signals are arriving together. The decisive test remains price-led: hold the $0.221 area and reclaim $0.23641. Until that breakout occurs, the most evidence-based view is a bullish bias within a clearly defined range, rather than a confirmed October advance.
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The Bitcoin price is into the tenth day of boring sideways consolidation. How much longer can this go on for? Whether it’s to the up or the downside, once this period of inactivity breaks it could do so in spectacular fashion. Watch out for the coming rally/collapse. It’s not the time for taking your eye off the ball.
Bitcoin holding firm while other asset classes fall
Source: TradingView
Into the teeth of obdurately rising bond yields, the $BTC price has performed exceptionally well, while other asset classes such as stocks and precious metals have been battered. This is not the usual state of affairs we have been used to, as until relatively recently, the Bitcoin price would have slavishly followed the US stock market, going down hard if stocks went down. Since rising out of its bear market Bitcoin has been a different beast, holding firm while the likes of gold have continued a slow but persistent decline.
The 4-hour time frame chart above shows the sideways choppiness of the $BTC price. Within this new parallel channel the price is generally respecting the 0.25% and the 0.5% demarcation lines (dotted lines). If the price can get above 0.25% it is likely to continue up to the 0.50% line. From there, a big gap up to the top of the channel awaits. We will see if the $BTC price can get there and at least have the chance of a breakout.
Bounce or collapse?
Source: TradingView
While it is certainly not confirmed, a downsloping trendline has been drawn in, which would make the current pattern a descending triangle. These are generally bearish patterns, but as can be seen, the $BTC price is currently trying to break beyond this trendline. If the pattern is kosha, then perhaps we might see some volume boosting the price up if it breaks out.
At the bottom of the chart, the Stochastic RSI has its indicator lines coming down at a faster rate. They might be expected to touch bottom by the end of the weekend.
Below this is the Relative Strength Index. The indicator line here is following along the top of the descending trendline nicely. If it doesn’t fall through, a decent bounce would be reflected in the price action in the chart above heading for the top of the channel. If it does fall through, expect a corresponding collapse in the price action.
Bull flag breakout move still to come?
Source: TradingView
The weekly time frame reveals that after testing the $83K support level the $BTC price is probably ready to go higher. Why higher? Because the price has only just broken out of the bull flag and therefore it would be expected to rise quite a bit higher in order to get at least somewhere near its measured move to the upside ($94K).
The Stochastic RSI indicator lines have crossed bullish, with the blue fast line back on top of the red slow line. In addition, the MACD for the weekly is recording a steady upward trend. The histogram gets a pale green bar now and then, but the blue MACD line is well above the red signal line, and so this trend looks set to continue.
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The catalyst is a DogeOS public testnet, not a completed network launch. CoinDesk reported that it supports Ethereum-compatible trading, lending, stablecoin and other applications using test DOGE; DogeOS has not announced a mainnet date.
At 12:00 GMT on October 1, DOGE traded at $0.095029, according to Investing.com. Its 200-day simple moving average was $0.095584, putting that nearby level above spot. The shorter-horizon daily indicators were modestly constructive, but the reading was not a broad breakout signal, so the $0.10 scenario still depends on a move through the overhead levels.
DOGE Technical Analysis: Short-Term Averages Improve, but the 200-Day Average Caps Price
In the October 1 daily summary, DOGE traded at $0.095029, above its 20-day SMA of $0.094809 and 50-day SMA of $0.094596. Investing.com labeled both shorter averages Buy, indicating an improved immediate price structure relative to those trend references.
The same summary listed daily RSI(14) at 51.480, a neutral reading that was neither overbought nor oversold. MACD(12,26) was 0 and labeled bullish, or Buy, by Investing.com. Together, the shorter-term averages and bullish MACD support an upside attempt, while neutral RSI leaves room for movement in either direction.
The 200-day SMA was $0.095584, $0.000555 above spot, and labeled Sell by the source. DOGE therefore remained below the longer-term measure. The technical data does not establish a wider bullish breakout until DOGE trades through the 200-day average and nearby pivot resistance levels.
DOGE Support and Resistance Levels Around $0.095
The published pivots place DOGE in a narrow range around spot. The closest downside reference, Fibonacci Camarilla S1 at $0.094975, was only marginally below the $0.095029 spot price. On the upside, Classic R1 at $0.095332 is the first immediate obstacle, followed by the 200-day average at $0.095584.
LevelPricePublished basis Resistance$0.095332Classic R1 pivot Resistance$0.095584200-day simple moving average Resistance$0.095869Classic R2/Fibonacci R3 pivot Resistance$0.096779Classic R3 pivot Support$0.094975Fibonacci Camarilla S1 pivot Support$0.094422Central pivot point and nearby Fibonacci support area Support$0.093885Classic S1 pivot Support$0.092975Classic S2/Fibonacci S3 pivot
For a bullish continuation, DOGE would first need to clear $0.095332 and then reclaim the 200-day average at $0.095584. A sustained move through $0.095869 and $0.096779 would remove the remaining published resistance levels in this dataset. The $0.10 figure in the headline is an editorial scenario, not a sourced technical resistance level; the supplied levels therefore show the hurdles DOGE faces before that scenario can become technically more plausible.
On the other side, holding $0.094975 would preserve the nearest support below spot. A loss of that level would put the $0.094422 central pivot area in focus, followed by $0.093885. Should those supports fail, $0.092975 is the next published downside reference. These are intraday pivot levels, so they frame the immediate market structure rather than offering a long-range forecast.
DogeOS Testnet Catalyst: Can DOGE Build Toward $0.10?
DogeOS gives DOGE a new near-term narrative, but the nature of the launch limits what can be inferred from it. The public testnet supports Ethereum-compatible applications using test DOGE, including trading, lending and stablecoin functions, CoinDesk reported. That is a tangible testnet milestone, not evidence that these applications have transitioned into a live, miner-secured ecosystem.
Initially, DogeOS applications rely on selected operators and protected hardware rather than Dogecoin miners. The proposed Dogecoin Core upgrade designed to link miner security remains in draft and has no activation date, while DogeOS itself has provided no mainnet launch date. Its official website describes an application layer for trading, earning, playing, spending and building on Dogecoin, but also lists several ecosystem components as coming soon.
Institutional-flow evidence offers another reason to separate the narrative from confirmed demand. CoinDesk said three U.S. Dogecoin ETFs accumulated about $12 million in net inflows over almost 10 months and recorded no net flows on 166 of 199 trading days. Those figures do not rule out a market reaction to the testnet, but they point to limited institutional demand despite the new utility angle.
The conditional near-term outlook is therefore straightforward. DOGE has a route toward the headline's $0.10 scenario if the short-term constructive signals translate into a break above $0.095332, a reclaim of the $0.095584 200-day average, and clearance of the higher pivot barriers at $0.095869 and $0.096779. The testnet can support interest in that attempt, but it is early-stage infrastructure rather than a completed mainnet catalyst.
Conversely, failure to hold $0.094975 would weaken the short-term setup and shift attention to the $0.094422 to $0.092975 support sequence. With RSI neutral and the 200-day average still above price, the available evidence supports a possible move above $0.10 only as a conditional upside case—not as a validated breakout or a guaranteed destination.
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SOL was quoted at $119.17 on October 1, placing it back below the $120 threshold after trading between $117.23 and $122.52 over the prior 24 hours. Spot volume was approximately $4.27 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.
The retreat puts attention on a nearby technical barrier at $120.91, where multiple attempts to close higher have failed. That makes the latest move less a settled trend reversal than a test of whether buyers can absorb supply just above the market.
There is constructive demand context behind that test. U.S. spot Solana ETFs recorded $188.21 million of net inflows across September 21–25, a weekly record, with Bitwise’s BSOL accounting for roughly 68% of the total, CoinDesk reported. The daily chart, however, shows positive underlying momentum alongside a stalled MACD signal.
SOL’s daily indicators show a bullish trend with stalled momentum
At the September 30 close, SOL’s daily RSI was 62.11. The stochastic oscillator showed %K at 75.11 and %D at 60.09, with %K above %D in a bullish crossover. Both readings were constructive, although TradingPedia characterised the stochastic signal as late-cycle confirmation while SOL tested resistance that had repeatedly rejected higher daily closes.
The more decisive restraint came from the MACD histogram, which registered zero as the 12- and 26-period EMAs converged. Momentum had therefore stalled rather than accelerated. The Bollinger reading added range context: placement was 0.70, in the upper half of the envelope, below the $128.88 upper band and above the $111.48 middle band.
The 50-day SMA was $101.22, well below spot and consistent with a broader daily uptrend. These technical readings and levels were published by TradingPedia. Taken together, they leave the trend favourable, but do not establish that immediate resistance has been overcome or confirm an immediate renewed advance above $120.
SOL support at $116.58 and resistance at $120.91 define the next break
With spot at $119.17, the first meaningful levels are tightly packed around the market. The closest downside reference is $116.58; overhead, $120.91 is the immediate resistance. The gap between them is the near-term decision range.
LevelRoleTechnical basis $120.91Immediate resistanceMultiple failed closes above the zone $123.47Higher resistanceMajor clustered supply area $128.88Higher resistanceUpper daily Bollinger Band $116.58First supportFirst significant downside support $114.81Critical supportLevel bulls need to defend on a daily close $111.48Trend floorMiddle Bollinger Band $101.22Medium-term support50-day simple moving average
A bullish continuation would first require SOL to reclaim and close above $120.91. That would put $123.47, the next major supply area, into focus. Clearing that area would leave the $128.88 upper Bollinger Band as the supplied near-term upside reference. These are sequential hurdles, rather than evidence that price is destined to reach any of them.
On the downside, a failure to hold $116.58 would expose $114.81, the level identified as critical on a daily close. Below it, $111.48 is the key trend floor and middle Bollinger Band. The 50-day SMA at $101.22 sits substantially lower as medium-term trend support, but a move toward it would represent a materially weaker structure than the present pullback.
The recent 24-hour range reinforces why $120.91 matters. SOL traded as high as $122.52 during that period, yet the identified resistance remains a level where durable daily acceptance has been absent. A brief move above the threshold and a confirmed close above it are therefore not equivalent signals.
Solana price prediction: reclaiming $120 depends on a break through nearby supply
The near-term Solana price prediction is conditional rather than directional: SOL has a credible technical basis to retest and reclaim $120, but it needs to convert $120.91 from resistance into support before that case gains confirmation. The daily RSI, stochastic crossover, price position above the middle Bollinger Band and the distance from the 50-day SMA all support a constructive broader setup. The flat MACD histogram is the counterweight, showing that bullish momentum has not yet re-engaged.
Market and network developments provide a supportive backdrop without resolving that chart test. Solana’s DeFi total value locked rose from $4.7 billion to $6.7 billion over two months, while stablecoin balances on the network reached a record $17.3 billion, according to TradingPedia. The record ETF inflow week adds another recent measure of demand, though flows alone do not establish a price direction.
There have also been mainnet changes. Solana’s September 18 engineering update activated Transaction V1, rent reduction and a 250-millisecond slot-time reduction on mainnet, the Solana Foundation said. Alpenglow, which targets a reduction in transaction finality from about 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds, is live on public testnet rather than mainnet, so it should not be treated as an already-deployed mainnet catalyst.
For now, holding $116.58 while breaking and closing above $120.91 would strengthen the case that SOL’s move below $120 was a temporary setback. A subsequent clearance of $123.47 would be the next technical confirmation, with $128.88 the higher supplied resistance. Conversely, loss of $116.58 would weaken the reclaim scenario and turn attention to $114.81, followed by the $111.48 trend floor. SOL’s latest price action is therefore best read as an execution test at nearby levels, not a definitive verdict on the wider daily trend.
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HBAR surged 27.32% on September 28 to an intraday high of $0.1310, before sellers drove a 16.09% decline the following day, according to Market Capitalize. The rapid reversal has put the durability of the rally—not simply the size of the initial move—at the centre of the short-term HBAR price prediction.
On October 1, HBAR was changing hands at $0.1064, based on CoinMarketCap data. The price remained below the first daily resistance at $0.1094 while holding above the closely clustered support zone around $0.1010 and $0.1007.
A recent market analysis linked the advance to IBM-related enterprise news and wider institutional, artificial-intelligence and tokenization narratives. Those themes may continue to draw attention, but the post-spike price action and an overbought daily RSI mean buyers need to show that they can regain momentum rather than merely absorb a pullback.
HBAR’s daily signals remain bullish but overbought
On the daily timeframe, HBAR remains above all three supplied exponential moving averages. The 20-day EMA stood at $0.09233, the 50-day EMA at $0.08322 and the 200-day EMA at $0.08750 on September 29, according to CoinDCX. With spot at $0.1064 on October 1, this arrangement still describes a price trading above its short-, medium- and longer-term trend references.
That is constructive trend evidence, but it also shows how extended the preceding move became. The daily 14-period RSI was 76.59 on September 29. As the reading is above 70, CoinDCX characterised the market as overbought: momentum remained strong, while the risk of a cooling phase had increased.
The sequence from the $0.1310 intraday peak to the following day’s sell-off is consistent with that tension. An overbought RSI does not establish that HBAR must fall, nor does trading above its EMAs rule out further volatility. It does mean a recovery attempt faces a higher bar: the market needs to convert the rally’s underlying trend support into renewed buying after a sharp bout of profit-taking.
Activity has remained elevated. HBAR’s 24-hour trading volume was approximately $843.65 million on October 1, following the rally and reversal, Market Capitalize reported. Elevated turnover can accompany either absorption by buyers or continued distribution by sellers, so volume alone does not settle the direction of the next move.
Another supplied daily signal is positive, although its detail is limited. Blockspot reports a strongly positive MACD-based signal alongside an “Extreme Greed” score of 88/100, but does not publish the underlying MACD line. The available evidence therefore supports a bullish momentum reading, not a precise MACD crossover or numerical interpretation.
HBAR support at $0.1010 and resistance at $0.1094 frame the next move
The immediate range is narrow. At $0.1064, HBAR sits between $0.1010 Fibonacci support and $0.1094 primary daily pivot resistance. The $0.1007 daily pivot support sits almost alongside the former, creating a near-term area that matters more than the more distant September base while the token remains close to spot.
LevelRoleWhy it matters $0.1094ResistancePrimary daily pivot resistance and the first upside hurdle. $0.1010SupportNearest Fibonacci support below spot. $0.1007SupportPrimary daily pivot support, reinforcing the nearby support area. $0.1230ResistanceRecovery cap identified after the pullback from the spike. $0.0940SupportNext downside level if $0.1010 gives way. $0.1310ResistanceSeptember 28 swing high and rally peak.
For an upside continuation, HBAR would first need to reclaim $0.1094. Clearing that pivot would put attention on $0.1230, the recovery cap identified after the retreat from the spike. Only then would the September 28 high of $0.1310 return as the relevant test. These are successive obstacles, rather than indications that HBAR is assured to revisit the rally high.
On the other side, holding $0.1010 and $0.1007 would indicate that buyers are defending the nearest post-rally support area. A loss of that zone would expose $0.0940, identified as the next downside level if the Fibonacci support fails. The $0.07190 September-base floor is the deeper structural level in the supplied analysis; it is not the immediate focus at current prices.
There is also a higher resistance at $0.15562, marked above a triangle-breakout trigger in analysis from CoinGabbar. It remains contextual rather than near-term while HBAR is still below $0.1094, $0.1230 and the $0.1310 swing high.
HBAR price prediction: reclaiming $0.1094 would test whether the rally can extend
The near-term HBAR outlook is conditionally constructive, but not yet a clean continuation signal. HBAR remains above its supplied daily EMAs, and the enterprise, AI and tokenization narrative cited during the surge provides a current backdrop for renewed interest. Hedera’s participation in Sibos and The AI Conference through October 1 also keeps its enterprise and AI positioning visible, according to its events page.
That backdrop does not remove the technical constraint. The 76.59 daily RSI was already overbought before the reversal, while the decline from $0.1310 showed sellers were active at higher prices. A move back above $0.1094 would be the first evidence that HBAR can rebuild upside momentum; a subsequent clearance of $0.1230 would make a retest of the $0.1310 rally high a live scenario.
Conversely, inability to retake $0.1094 would leave the rebound case unproven. A sustained failure of the $0.1010-$0.1007 support area would weaken the bullish setup and shift focus to $0.0940. The elevated $843.65 million 24-hour volume reported after the reversal makes the reaction around these nearby levels especially important, because it shows the market is still actively repricing the September surge.
Hedera has also announced a project-specific policy change: from September 2026, atomic batches may contain no more than one smart-contract call, with smart-contract calls to be removed from atomic batches entirely in March 2027. The announcement sets out a network change, but the available information does not establish it as a driver of HBAR’s short-term price action.
In this HBAR price prediction, the rally can extend only if buyers regain $0.1094 and then overcome $0.1230 despite the stretched RSI backdrop. Defending the $0.1010-$0.1007 zone would preserve that possibility. Losing it would favour a deeper retracement toward the next supplied support instead of an immediate return to the September spike.
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SUI was trading near $1.18 on October 1 after gaining about 1.44% over 24 hours, according to CoinDesk. The token’s market capitalisation was near $4.81 billion and 24-hour volume near $674.6 million, while a separate technical price feed placed SUI/USD between $1.1754 and $1.1796 in early UTC trading.
The immediate test comes on October 3, when roughly 23.38 million SUI tokens are scheduled to unlock. That allocation equals 0.2% of total supply and about 0.6% of market capitalisation, according to Tokenomics.com. Price is holding close to support, but remains below the first nearby resistance, making the market’s response to that supply event central to the short-term SUI price prediction.
Daily momentum readings lean constructive rather than conclusive. For bulls, the issue is whether that momentum can carry SUI through the $1.1858 barrier and then the $1.20-$1.21 area before attention shifts to Sui’s Basecamp event in Singapore next week.
SUI’s daily RSI, MACD and moving averages remain constructive
The daily RSI (14) stood at 67.3 at 02:43 UTC on October 1. Coinotag classified that reading as bullish and in a “strong” zone. It shows buying momentum had the upper hand at the time of observation, although the indicator alone does not settle whether buyers can absorb selling around a scheduled unlock.
MACD also pointed upward. Investing.com showed a daily MACD (12,26) reading of 0.004 at 03:56 GMT and labelled the signal “Buy.” The positive reading aligns with the RSI signal, giving the short-term technical picture a bullish tilt heading into October 3.
Trend positioning offers a second layer of support. CoinMarketCap’s October 1 analysis said SUI was trading above its seven-day moving average near $1.17 and its 30-day moving average near $1.16. Remaining above both averages would preserve that constructive setup; a move back below them would make the bullish readings less persuasive.
The signals therefore describe a market with positive daily momentum, not one that has already confirmed a breakout. Spot was only marginally above the nearest $1.1717 support and below $1.1858 resistance. That narrow range leaves little room for error as the unlock approaches, particularly because a momentum indicator can remain positive while price fails at overhead supply.
SUI support at $1.1717 and resistance from $1.1858 to $1.21
SUI’s nearest levels are tightly clustered around the prevailing spot range. The $1.1717 level is the first daily support identified by Coinotag, which cited confluence from a high-volume node, Fibonacci, pivot-point and MACD-cross measures. Directly beneath it sits the $1.16 area, corresponding to the 30-day moving average in CoinMarketCap’s analysis.
LevelRoleBasis$1.1858Nearest resistanceCoinotag daily resistance$1.20Near-term resistanceCoinMarketCap retest area$1.21Swing-high resistanceRecent high cited by CoinMarketCap$1.2625Higher resistanceCoinotag daily confluence level$1.1717Nearest supportCoinotag daily confluence level$1.16Secondary support30-day moving average$1.10Key lower supportCoinMarketCap near-term outlook$1.0428Further supportCoinotag daily support
On the upside, buyers would first need to establish a break above $1.1858. That would put $1.20 into focus, followed by the $1.21 swing high. CoinMarketCap said a potential retest of $1.21 was in view if support held, while $1.2625 is the next supplied daily resistance beyond that range. None of these levels guarantees that a move will extend; they mark the barriers that must be cleared for the technical structure to improve.
The downside path is clearer at the outset. A loss of $1.1717 would put the $1.16 moving-average level under scrutiny. If price could not hold there, the next listed downside references are $1.10 and then $1.0428. For now, $1.1717 is especially important because it sits immediately beneath the reported spot range and is the first test of whether the latest advance has retained support.
October unlock absorption will determine SUI’s near-term bullish case
The near-term SUI price outlook is cautiously bullish, conditional on the market absorbing the October 3 unlock without surrendering $1.1717. The scheduled release is approximately 23.38 million tokens, or 0.2% of total supply, so it is a defined event rather than an unknown source of supply. Still, the token is trading in a compressed range just below resistance, meaning even a relatively small shift in order flow could decide whether momentum is extended or interrupted.
The technical case rests on a daily RSI of 67.3, a positive MACD reading, and price above the seven-day and 30-day moving averages. If price can sustain a hold above $1.1717 and reclaim $1.1858, the setup would strengthen for a revisit of the supplied $1.20 and $1.21 resistance levels—but only more clearly if the first resistance becomes support rather than a level price briefly trades through.
Conversely, rejection below $1.1858 alongside a break under $1.1717 would weaken the immediate bullish case. In that event, $1.16 becomes the crucial next support, with $1.10 the lower key level cited in CoinMarketCap’s outlook. Such a move would not erase the significance of the broader moving-average structure by itself, but it would show that buyers had not maintained control through the unlock window.
There are also two scheduled developments around the event. 21Shares announced a $0.052939-per-share staking distribution for its Sui Staking ETF, paid September 30 after a September 29 ex/record date, indicating continuing institutional staking-related activity around SUI exposure. Separately, the Sui Foundation has scheduled Basecamp 2026 in Singapore for October 7-8 alongside TOKEN2049. Those events can draw attention, but the chart still places the immediate decision at $1.1717 support and $1.1858 resistance.
For now, bulls have the better daily momentum signals, but not a confirmed breakout. Holding support through the October 3 supply event and clearing $1.1858 would keep the path toward $1.20-$1.21 open. Failure to do so would shift focus back to $1.16, making unlock absorption—not the indicators alone—the decisive short-term test.
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Cardano is back in focus after the Cardano Foundation announced two Petrobras-related blockchain applications designed to track sustainability claims for sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. The applications use Cardano as a public verification layer and were developed with PUC-Rio’s Ledger Labs, according to the Cardano Foundation.
ADA traded near $0.2514 on October 1, 2026, up 2.6% over 24 hours after ranging from roughly $0.2418 to $0.2563, according to CoinGecko. Its market-news panel attributed part of the move to the Petrobras fuel-tracking announcement, leaving ADA just below a nearby resistance band that begins at $0.2580.
The news provides a tangible enterprise traceability use case, but it is not the same as a disclosed source of direct token demand: the announcement does not say Petrobras will make payments in ADA or purchase ADA. That distinction puts the immediate Cardano price prediction question on market structure—whether improving daily momentum can carry the rebound into, and potentially through, the $0.2580–$0.2655 overhead supply area.
ADA daily indicators show constructive momentum, not an overbought breakout
Daily technical readings point to a constructive recovery rather than a fully confirmed breakout. ADA was trading above both its 50-period and 200-period exponential moving averages on October 1, a configuration that CoinLore classified as bullish. The cited summary did not publish the exact EMA values, so the useful signal here is price’s position above both trend measures rather than any unreported moving-average threshold.
That positioning matters because it places the current rebound above the two reference points used in the daily assessment of the broader trend. It does not, by itself, settle whether ADA can overcome the supply immediately above the market. The coin’s reported $0.2514 spot reference was still below the first edge of that resistance zone, while its intraday high of about $0.2563 approached it without clearing it.
The daily 14-period RSI stood at 59.68, which the source labelled neutral. That supports a reading of positive, not overbought, momentum—but not a conclusion that a fresh upside leg has begun. The reported rebound had yet to reach the overbought condition identified in the supplied analysis.
The daily indicators therefore point to a possible test of higher prices, not a completed move through resistance. The MACD contributed to that constructive reading at 0.011723 versus a 0.010920 signal line, a relationship CoinLore treated as bullish because MACD was above its signal line. CoinLore nevertheless characterised the signal as not strong, leaving less evidence for a completed break.
The combination is therefore more measured than emphatic. Price above the 50- and 200-period EMAs, a positive MACD relationship and a neutral RSI form a supportive technical backdrop. Yet the modest MACD assessment and the proximity of overhead supply mean ADA would still need to convert a nearby resistance test into a sustained move before the daily picture could be described as a stronger breakout.
ADA support at $0.2410–$0.2380 and resistance at $0.2580–$0.2655
The most relevant levels sit relatively close to the reported spot price. A September 29 analysis from Block2Learn identified $0.2380–$0.2410 as the key breakout-retest pivot, with $0.2580–$0.2655 marked as the main overhead supply zone. At $0.2514, ADA was between those two areas, making the next directional test more important than more distant reference levels.
LevelRole in the current setup $0.2410Upper edge of the breakout-retest pivot; a level buyers need to defend. $0.2380Lower edge of the pivot; a break below weakens the recovery view. $0.2070Published daily classic S1 support reference. $0.2580Lower edge of the nearby overhead supply band. $0.2655Upper edge of that supply band; a close above it was described as strengthening the bullish case. $0.2729Published daily classic R1 resistance reference.
On the upside, $0.2580 is the first meaningful hurdle because it is the lower boundary of the stated supply band. A move into that zone would put the title’s $0.26 area in play, but $0.26 itself should be read as a point within resistance rather than a separately sourced breakout level. For continuation to carry greater technical weight, ADA would need to clear the band and, specifically, sustain a close above $0.2655 under the cited analysis.
Below spot, the $0.2410–$0.2380 range is the market’s immediate line of defence. Holding this pivot would preserve the recovery structure described by Block2Learn. Losing $0.2380 would weaken that structure and shift attention to the farther published $0.2070 S1 reference from DappRadar.
The zone-based framing is important. Neither $0.2410 nor $0.2580 should be treated in isolation when the underlying analysis defines ranges: $0.2410–$0.2380 is a retest area, while $0.2580–$0.2655 is an area where overhead supply may emerge. The reported 24-hour range shows that ADA had already traded near both sides of the nearer setup, touching approximately $0.2418 at the low and $0.2563 at the high.
Cardano price prediction: Can Petrobras news send ADA back toward $0.26?
ADA can conditionally retest $0.26, but the available evidence frames that level as a near-term resistance test rather than a confirmed destination. At the reported $0.2514 spot price, $0.26 falls inside the $0.2580–$0.2655 overhead supply zone. The Petrobras announcement coincided with renewed attention and a reported 2.6% daily gain, while the daily chart inputs were constructive: ADA stood above its 50- and 200-period EMAs, RSI was 59.68, and MACD remained above its signal line.
For the bullish case to strengthen, ADA would need to hold the $0.2410–$0.2380 pivot and push through $0.2580. That would place a move toward $0.26 within the supplied resistance band rather than beyond it. A close above $0.2655 would provide the clearer confirmation identified in the technical analysis, with $0.2729 the next published resistance reference.
There is also a limit to what can be inferred from the Petrobras development. The applications concern verification and traceability of fuel-lifecycle data on Cardano, a potentially notable use-case narrative, but the disclosed announcement contains no commitment to use ADA for payments or to buy the token. Any market response therefore remains distinct from a stated, direct source of ADA purchasing demand.
The downside condition is clearer: a break below $0.2380 would weaken the recovery setup cited in the recent analysis. Until either that pivot fails or the $0.2580–$0.2655 supply zone is decisively cleared, ADA’s move is best characterised as a technically supported rebound facing nearby resistance. The Petrobras news has supplied a fresh catalyst for attention; the chart still needs to establish whether that attention can translate into a durable move through supply.
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