The recent cryptocurrency market rally has stalled, with prices of most coins and tokens currently down by less than 1%. AAVE, the native coin of the Aave blockchain, is hovering around $173 on Wednesday, up by less than 1% in the last 24 hours. Its positive performance comes amid improved on-chain and derivative metrics, suggesting that investors and traders are bullish about AAVE’s price action. With Bitcoin trading below $93k, AAVE could retest a key psychological level around $200 in the near term. On-chain and derivatives data support AAVE’s bullish outlook AAVE, the native coin of the Aave DeFi ecosystem, is up by less than 1% in the last 24 hours and is now trading above $173. The rally comes as the coin has impressed in the past few days and could record further gains in the near term. AAVE’s rally is supported by on-chain and derivative metrics. According to CryptoQuant , AAVE’s spot market data shows cooling conditions and buy-side dominance. Furthermore, the futures market is currently showing large whale orders. These factors signal improving sentiment among traders, suggesting a potential breakout for the cryptocurrency in the coming days. The derivatives data obtained from CoinGlass also shows that AAVE’s funding rate signals a strong bullish bias. The OI-Weighted Funding Rate data indicate that the number of short traders is lower than those anticipating a price increase. The metric switched to positive earlier today, reading 0.0070%, indicating that longs are paying shorts. This usually suggests that AAVE’s price could rally higher in the near term. AAVE eyes a breakout to $200 The AAVE/USD 4-hour chart remains bearish and inefficient despite Aave adding 14% to its value in the last seven days. At press time, AAVE is trading at $173, which falls within a falling parallel channel pattern. A breakout of this pattern favors the bulls, with AAVE expected to rally higher in the near term. If AAVE breaks above the 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $176.99, it could rally towards the $200 psychological level. An extended bullish run would push AAVE towards a technical target of $267.68 (the distance between the channels from the breakout point). The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 4-hour chart reads 64, closing in on the overbought region, indicating bullish momentum is gaining traction. Furthermore, the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator shows a bullish crossover and rising green histogram bars above the neutral level, adding further bullish confluence on the bullish bias. However, if AAVE fails to close above the $176 resistance level, it could extend the decline toward the December 31 low of $146.63. The bulls would need to defend the weekly support level at $158.27 to allow for further upward movement. The post Aave eyes breakout to $200 amid strong on-chain and derivatives data appeared first on Invezz
