The excitement in the cryptocurrency markets has given way to profit-taking, with weekend volumes falling by 50%. After a busy week, investors seem to be switching into holiday mode. The US markets will be closed on January 15, and the ongoing profit-taking over the past few days was expected following the ETF approval.
Shiba Coin (SHIB)
Shiba Inu (SHIB), still the second-largest meme coin by market value, has been underperforming compared to weaker competitors. While BONK and others are making massive gains, meme coin investors are turning to low market cap alternatives, and Shiba Coin is missing its high-volume days.
At the time of writing, Shiba Coin is trading at $0.00000984, continuing the day with a 1% gain. The fact that the BTC price is recovering from $42,500 could be promising for the coming hours, and we will not experience an overly busy period on the macro front next week.
Since June 2023, the SHIB price has been stuck in a broad parallel channel. Attempts to break out of this zone on August 12 and December 16 and 17 were unsuccessful. Investors seeking profits are making good use of the resistance area at $0.00001142.
As the bulls lost the $0.0000107 region, we saw Shiba Coin’s price retreat to $0.00000854. For now, the $0.00000886 support level is holding strong, keeping hopes alive for regaining the lost support zone. If a new overselling period occurs, a drop to the bottom support, similar to the end of October, could be seen with the loss of the middle area of the parallel channel.
Dogecoin (DOGE)
Elon Musk’s absence is felt, and the whimsical billionaire’s repeated statements of no longer caring about cryptocurrencies are bad for DOGE. When it turned out that the SEC’s erroneous tweet was a hacking incident, Musk mocked the situation by suggesting the password was something like “Doge to the Moon.” However, even this did not manage to push DOGE’s price up by double-digit percentages.
Unfortunately, DOGE has broken down from the parallel channel that was expected to start an upward movement, and there is a risk of pulling back to $0.075 if the decline continues. The $0.07855 level is holding as support, but closures below $0.088 are negative. Moreover, miner sales continue with the assumption that a new SNL Show case will not see a massive surge, with the ceiling target being around $0.3.
