The broader crypto market jolted hard owing to the tension between Russia and Ukraine. Uniswap broke below its crucial support level and was priced at $8.32. Bitcoin slid off its charts at press time, after noting a 9% depreciation. The crypto market had barely recovered from the December crash.
With the Russia and Ukraine tension intensifying most altcoins have again lost much of their strength. Uniswap for instance at the current price level flashed a yearly low too.
Uniswap had registered an all-time high of $45 in the month of May, last year post which the coin continued to dip on its charts. The coin breached its long holding support level of $12.65 and broke below a series of resistance lines.
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Uniswap Price Analysis: Four-Hour Chart
Uniswap was priced at $8.32 and was closing near its immediate support level of $7.87. In the last 24 hours, UNI lost 7% of its value and over the last week, the coin had shed almost 24% of its value. The coin had tried to consolidate near its $12.65 support line, post which UNI continued to move in a downtrend.
After the coin breached the aforementioned support line, UNI had tried to hold itself above the price floor of $8.36, however, the coin broke below the $8.36 price mark. Uniswap had also tried to bounce back from the $8.36 and touch the $9.26 price mark.
If the coin continues to trade beneath the $10.01 price floor, which UNI had retested a couple of times then there could be chances that UNI would dip below the support level of $7.87.
The coin has remained under brought for almost one week now, forcing the coin to touch a yearly low. The last time UNI traded at this price mark it was in the month of January 2021. A fall from the $7.87 would push UNI to trade between the $6 and $5.88 price levels.
Rationale
The technical outlook of Uniswap was quite bearish at the time of writing, over the past week UNI had displayed a consistent bearish outlook. Ever since UNI started dipping down from the $10.01 support line, buyers started to exit the market.
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The aforementioned situation had pushed the UNI to the oversold area. The Relative Strength Index was parked underneath the half-line, which indicated that buying strength was absent in the market and selling pressure dominated the coin. Although RSI had noted a slight uptick, at press time the indicator again started to side with the bears.
UNI was trading beneath the 20-SMA line, which is indicative of a bearish outlook. The sellers in the market were responsible for driving the price momentum of the market.
MACD underwent a bearish crossover and the coin started to depict red histograms at the time of writing. This reading meant that the market trend continued to act in accordance with the bears in the market.
