{"id":24552,"date":"2023-05-24T15:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T19:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/?p=24552"},"modified":"2023-05-24T15:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T19:52:51","slug":"polkadot-dot-bulls-retreat-as-bears-drag-the-price-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/2023\/05\/24\/polkadot-dot-bulls-retreat-as-bears-drag-the-price-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Polkadot (DOT) Bulls Retreat As Bears Drag The Price Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polkadot (DOT) is in the red today as the bears seek to regain control over its price. DOT traded at $4.37 on January 1, 2023, and increased to $5.13 on January 11.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It remained within this range before moving to <a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/polkadot-new\/historical-data\/\">$6.23 on January 20<\/a>. Also, DOT increased to the $7 price level on February 17 as the bulls seized control of its price.<\/p>\n<p>However, a gradual bearish turn between March and April forced it back to $5, where it currently trades today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Polkadot Price Prediction Today Are The Bears In Control?<\/h2>\n<p>DOT is trading in a sideways trend forming a red candle on the daily chart. It is below its 50-day and 200-day Simple Moving Averages (SMA), with bearish sentiment in the short and long term.<\/p>\n<p>Related Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/bitcoin-news\/santiment-explains-bitcoin-investor-mentality-price\/?swcfpc=1\">Santiment Explains How Bitcoin Investor Mentality Influenced Recent Price Action<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The SMA calculates an asset\u2019s average price over a specified period and helps predict trend direction. If the bears persist, DOT\u2019s 50-day SMA, which is about to drop below its 200-day SMA, will form a death cross.\u00a0Also, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is 40.73 and in the neutral zone. The RSI is a trend-based indicator.<\/p>\n<p>DOT\u2019s RSI is moving downwards, hinting at further price decline to the oversold region before a trend reversal.\u00a0 The cryptocurrency\u2019s Moving Average Convergence\/Divergence (MACD) is slightly above its signal line and shows convergence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also, the MACD \u2013 a trend momentum indicator that displays the relationship between two exponential moving averages (EMAs) and an asset\u2019s price, displays a negative value conforming to the bearish trend today. The green histogram bars are fading, indicating a changing trend direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DOT\u2019s technical indicators all hint at the possibility of further price decline for the asset. It is close to the $5.29 support level as the bears at the $5.42 resistance continue to act on its price, forcing a decline.<\/p>\n<p>DOT has remained in a sideways trend for the last few days and further price decline remains a possibility. However, if the bulls rally again, the $5.42 resistance level will be a realistic target before the $6 psychological resistance level.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The altcoin will likely enter a downtrend if the bears maintain the pressure today. But one thing that offers the possibility of a bullish reversal is the upcoming \u2018Polkadot Decoded 2023\u2019 event in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Polkadot Decoded 2023 Might Boost DOT\u2019s Performance<\/p>\n<p>Polkadot is hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/polkadot.network\/ecosystem\/events\/decoded-2023\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=decoded23&amp;utm_content=tweet\">community event<\/a>, \u2018Polkadot Decoded 2023\u2019, between June 28-29 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event will assemble the Polkadot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Polkadot\/status\/1660247181121421313\">community<\/a> in progressive talks anchored by over 100 quality speakers in the crypto community. Also, developers will benefit from interactive and practical sessions based on Polkadot\u2019s technology.<\/p>\n<p>Free virtual tickets are currently available for the wider crypto community around the globe to stream the event online.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image from pIxabay and chart from Tradingview.com<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p>Polkadot (DOT) is in the red today as the bears seek to regain control over its price. DOT traded at $4.37 on January 1, 2023, and increased to $5.13 on January 11.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It remained within this range before moving to <a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/polkadot-new\/historical-data\/\">$6.23 on January 20<\/a>. Also, DOT increased to the $7 price level on February 17 as the bulls seized control of its price.<\/p>\n<p>However, a gradual bearish turn between March and April forced it back to $5, where it currently trades today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Polkadot Price Prediction Today Are The Bears In Control?<\/h2>\n<p>DOT is trading in a sideways trend forming a red candle on the daily chart. It is below its 50-day and 200-day Simple Moving Averages (SMA), with bearish sentiment in the short and long term.<\/p>\n<p>Related Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/bitcoin-news\/santiment-explains-bitcoin-investor-mentality-price\/?swcfpc=1\">Santiment Explains How Bitcoin Investor Mentality Influenced Recent Price Action<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The SMA calculates an asset\u2019s average price over a specified period and helps predict trend direction. If the bears persist, DOT\u2019s 50-day SMA, which is about to drop below its 200-day SMA, will form a death cross.\u00a0Also, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is 40.73 and in the neutral zone. The RSI is a trend-based indicator.<\/p>\n<p>DOT\u2019s RSI is moving downwards, hinting at further price decline to the oversold region before a trend reversal.\u00a0 The cryptocurrency\u2019s Moving Average Convergence\/Divergence (MACD) is slightly above its signal line and shows convergence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also, the MACD \u2013 a trend momentum indicator that displays the relationship between two exponential moving averages (EMAs) and an asset\u2019s price, displays a negative value conforming to the bearish trend today. The green histogram bars are fading, indicating a changing trend direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DOT\u2019s technical indicators all hint at the possibility of further price decline for the asset. It is close to the $5.29 support level as the bears at the $5.42 resistance continue to act on its price, forcing a decline.<\/p>\n<p>DOT has remained in a sideways trend for the last few days and further price decline remains a possibility. However, if the bulls rally again, the $5.42 resistance level will be a realistic target before the $6 psychological resistance level.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The altcoin will likely enter a downtrend if the bears maintain the pressure today. But one thing that offers the possibility of a bullish reversal is the upcoming \u2018Polkadot Decoded 2023\u2019 event in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Polkadot Decoded 2023 Might Boost DOT\u2019s Performance<\/p>\n<p>Polkadot is hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/polkadot.network\/ecosystem\/events\/decoded-2023\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=decoded23&amp;utm_content=tweet\">community event<\/a>, \u2018Polkadot Decoded 2023\u2019, between June 28-29 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event will assemble the Polkadot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Polkadot\/status\/1660247181121421313\">community<\/a> in progressive talks anchored by over 100 quality speakers in the crypto community. Also, developers will benefit from interactive and practical sessions based on Polkadot\u2019s technology.<\/p>\n<p>Free virtual tickets are currently available for the wider crypto community around the globe to stream the event online.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image from pIxabay and chart from Tradingview.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blockchain"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}