Analytics Firm Santiment Looks at What’s Next for Basic Attention Token After Altcoin’s Big Breakout

Santiment says the Ethereum-based altcoin Basic Attention Token (BAT) may struggle to keep its momentum after the asset soared 37% to a new all-time high on Sunday.

In a new report, the blockchain analytics firm says that BAT has already shed about 20% of its market capitalization and that the token’s daily active addresses plunged back to 1,217 after hitting the largest single-day address activity of over 3,000 on November 26th.

These factors indicate a lack of fundamental support to provide for another leg up.

“In a similar vein, we see the number of new addresses interacting with BAT skyrocketing on three separate occasions this month (around local price tops) but flopping soon after, suggesting a lack of network-wide support for a prolonged rally.”

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However, the firm says other indicators suggest that the crypto asset still has the potential to drive up its price this year.

“While not ideal for its short-term PA, strong profit-taking activity can signal a lack of wholesale confidence in BAT’s future price potential, and that kind of uncertainty may help provide support for another leg up.”

Santiment suggests BAT holders are offloading their holdings and this activity may have bullish implications.

“Ideally, we’d see some signs of growth in BAT’s address activity in days to come, to go along with these (as of yet) tempered crowd expectations.

Assuming the price continues to decline from here, that could mark a nice bullish divergence for the coin.”

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Currently, BAT is trading at $1.37, down 4.8% on the day.

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Privacy-Focused Web Browsing Altcoin Rises 37% After Launch of New Crypto Wallet

The altcoin powering a privacy-focused web browser is skyrocketing after the announcement of an extension-free crypto wallet.

Anti-ad web browser Brave, powered by the Basic Attention Token (BAT), recently announced the release of Brave Wallet, sparking a 37% rally for the browser’s utility token, sending the crypto asset from a 24-hour low of $1.32 to $1.81.

“Today, we launched the Brave Wallet, a crypto wallet built into the Brave desktop browser, enabling Brave users to store, manage, grow, and swap their crypto portfolio from a single wallet.

Unlike most crypto wallets, the Brave Wallet does not require extensions; it’s browser-native, reducing security risks and reliance on extra CPU and memory.”

Brave says the wallet can be used to see CoinGecko crypto charts, exchange non-fungible tokens (NFTs), purchase digital assets with fiat currencies and interact with decentralized applications (DApps) on any Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) network.

BAT’s announcement comes on the heels of the company partnering with smart contract platform Solana (SOL), granting millions of Brave users and creators access to SOL’s vast decentralized finance (DeFi) network.

“Brave will integrate the Solana blockchain into the Brave browser, providing default Solana ecosystem support to Brave’s 42 million monthly active users and 1.3 million verified Creators.”

BAT has since stabilized and is exchanging hands at $1.47 time of writing.

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BAT price hits new high after 30% daily rally as Basic Attention Token bucks crypto downtrend

Basic Attention Token (BAT) rallied to a new record high on Nov. 26 even as global markets plunged in tandem on fears about a highly mutated variant of Covid19 detected in South Africa.

BAT’s price surged over 30% on Friday to reach $1.88 for the first time in history, with its market capitalization rising to $2.74 billion. Its climb appeared in contrast to the cryptocurrency market that lost up to nearly $283 billion in the same period.

BAT market capitalization. Source: CoinMarketCap

BAT snubs crypto crash

Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, led the losses by falling by as much as 7.5% to under $54,000. Ether (ETH), the second-largest crypto, dropped over 9% to almost $4,000. Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), XRP, Binance Coin (BNB), and other tokens plunged in sync.

Crypto traders flocked to BAT — possibly — because of its comparative lower positive correlation with the top digital assets. According to data tracker CryptoWatch, the 30-day correlation coefficient between Basic Attention Token and Bitcoin was 0.24, and the same versus Ether was 0.27.

BAT’s correlation efficient against top crypto assets. Source: Crypto Watch

That somewhat explains why BAT was able to ignore the market-wide downtrend Friday.

Bullish indicators in play

BAT’s price rally to its record high prompted traders to secure their interim profits immediately. As a result, the token corrected by more than 20% after hitting $1.88, thus returning below its strong resistance area around $1.50.

In detail, the $1.50-level served as resistance to two technical setups developing on BAT charts since April. First, the level constituted what now appears to be a bullish Cup and Handle pattern. And second, it assisted in forming a broad Ascending Channel setup, as shown in the chart below.

BAT/USD three-day price chart featuring Cup and Handle and Ascending Triangle setups. Source: TradingView

At press time, BAT was in the first part of the Cup and Handle pattern, making a rounding bowl bottom called the cup. The second part, should it appear, will be a price correction inside a descending channel range, called handle.

A decisive breakout from the handle’s trading range and $1.50-resistance may have traders eye a run-up higher to a level at length equal to the maximum Cup and Handle pattern’s height. That roughly puts the BAT price en route to $2.75 in the coming sessions.

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Meanwhile, the profit target for the BAT’s ascending triangle pattern — confirmed by more than two higher lows and a flat upper trendline — comes to be over $2.90 after measuring the structure’s maximum height from its potential breakout point near $1.50.

BAT/USD three-day price chart featuring Ascending Triangle breakout target. Source: TradingView

Conversely, a break below the Triangle’s lower trendline would risk invalidating the bullish setup, including the Cup and Handle. Should it happen, the next resistance level appears near $0.56 for a final bearish confirmation.

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