TON, ENA, WBT Pushing Out Top Coins: Market Analysis
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Published: 2024-04-14 14:27:40

#### Altcoin market meets gaining dynamics as being pushed by the Bitcoin halving thrill. Highlighting 3 top performers to create a share for your portfolio. 

As market participants are trying to keep a smooth sailing amidst pre-halving volatility, the altcoins respond to the tendency in ambiguous ways. Gladly, the bulls-pushed Greed has been forming a distinctive upsurge trend for the recent week, as well as many other factors to consider. 

In today’s article, we’re diving into the coins that best represent the trend and are posed for decent potential returns. 


## Toncoin (TON)

The native coin of the layer one Telegram Open Network has been on a stellar run, gaining over 45% through the week. 

The bullish continuation established amidst insides citing Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, and Paolo Ardoino, CEO at Tether, are to announce USDt’s integration into Telegram Open Network at an upcoming TOKEN2049 conference in Dubai. 

As rumors kept on circulating, Toncoin managed to climb to the 9th position among top cryptocurrencies, leaving Cardano’s ADA, AVAX, and SHIB.  

While the $5.55 level has been a local resistance for TON for the past two weeks, its price surge above $5.68 broke out amidst the increased trading volume.

![TON/USDT 1D chart. Source: Trading View](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/b6buszf78rhbrcpies0m.png)

The RSI has also formed lower lows throughout the past month as the price tried to break out. Notably, the buying pressure did not allow for the further Fibonacci retracement level, which was only limited to 36.8%. 

While this puts the next targets for bulls to be $7.15 and $8.05, AMBCrypto noted that TON’s price burst came amidst the positive delta of the cumulative liquidation levels, marking the long positions’ outweigh in momentum. 


![TON/USDT liquidation levels. Source: Hyblock](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/3h0ztntjqpxtz8yaovix.png)

This paves a road for a potential reset of the excess speculative interest behind TON. The chart indicates that $7.43 was a level of interest that could be swept before a downturn.


## WhiteBIT Coin (WBT)

The native coin of WhiteBIT crypto exchange has added 10% to its value throughout the week, concluding the growth at $9.2 at the writing time. 

Remarkably, WBT has managed to thrive amid the pre-halving volatility, marking the steady interest into the community-driven token. Meanwhile, the daily trading volume of WBT topped a quarter-year milestone of $1.2 million on April 10,2024. 

Alongside trading volume, Relative Strength Index (RSI) has been way further north for the recent days, standing slightly above 70. 

![WBT/USDT 1D chart. Source: WhiteBIT Trading View](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/l00rtzt2lo1uhml9xmdm.png)

Both metrics signalise buying pressure for WBT that may logically come from the listing of [Ark (ARK)](https://t.co/fwRSZfMl60) and [Tensor (TNSR)](https://t.co/RrV9ETJkXR) on the WhiteBIT exchange in recent days.  

The bullish bias is supported by Exponential Moving Averages 50, 100, and 200, which hint at the upward trend to further prevail. 

Despite a slight bearish sentiment in the market, WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) may win in a long-term sentiment, ranging between $11.34 to $13.05 in the next two months, as per [AMBCrypto analysis](https://ambcrypto.com/predictions/whitebit-price-prediction/). 


## Ethena (ENA)

ENA, the native token of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Ethena Labs, has not only become the new talking point of the crypto community, but indicated a blasting performance. 

Since its making-news airdrop, ENA did not fade in its hype’s background and doubled in value, trading for $1.431 at the reporting time. The market capitalisation of the asset crossed the $2 billion milestone as 5% of ENA’s total supply was airdropped to eligible holders of the ecosystem’s so-called synthetic dollar – USDe. 

![ENA/USDT 1h chart. Source: WhiteBIT Trading View](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dnpif2419fyb9gtzdbja.png)

According to the [0xScope analysis](https://twitter.com/ScopeProtocol/status/1777681511502000191), ENA showcased a skyrocket in purchases by whales and institutional investors in recent days, indicating a potential bullish sentiment to keep on for the coin. 

![ENA average buy cost. Source: X/0xScope](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/hkvfkc9suxfr6z6adtgg.jpeg)

Notably, ENA’s bullish trend remained amidst the selling pressure that can be indicated by recent CEX total deposits. The ones experienced a dramatic boost in the recent days, reaching $9M-worth ENA withdrawn in total. 

![ENA price relation with deposits and withdrawals. Source: Scopescan](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/vg9nbsybyw0i1oy6yk2l.jpeg)

The surge in withdrawals followed the announcement of [“Season 2”](https://twitter.com/ethena_labs/status/1777306583921529163) by Ethena Labs, which offers higher rewards for staking ENA with the protocol. Hoping to capitalise on the returns, investors racked their ENA coins out of exchanges to supply them for staking.

Moreover, according to Coinglass’ data, the Open Interest (OI) in ENA Futures surged to $372 million at press time, with [over 50% of the positions gunning for the coin’s price increase](https://www.coinglass.com/currencies/ENA), indicating investors’ hope in the asset. 

![ENA futures Open Interest (OI) rate (USD). Source: Coinglass](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/4a00449iye5j5rxjzkql.png)



_Disclaimer: this article is not a financial recommendation, but a basis for your education and strategy shaping. Trade at your own risk, and always do your own research.
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