VeChain VET price decline below the multi-day ascending channel has introduced a new vulnerability for VET price to the oscillations of the cryptocurrency complex. At the moment, the VeChain is being protected by the 50-day SMA. However, guided by the measured move target of the ABC correction, the VET price should dive below the April 23 low before locating a meaningful bottom.

A 29% decline for VeChain VET price over three days finally fractured the underlying support of the ascending channel’s lower trend line. Of course, market observers mainly attributed the sell-off in VET price to the immediate contagion associated with Elon Musk’s surprising announcement that Tesla would not accept Bitcoin BTC as payment for cars due to his worries about the impact of mining on the environment.

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A closer review of the daily VET/USDT chart reveals that the rebound from the April 23 low to the May 7 high was corrective, defined by a lack of impulsiveness and accumulation. A VET bullish evaluation of the cryptocurrency would have generated a substantial rebound following the 55% crash in April.

VeChain VET price has confirmed the beginning of the C leg of the ABC correction with a measured move target of $0.120 or a 30% decline from the current price. The projection is compiled using the 54% decline from the Apri 17 high at the price of $0.282 to the April 23 low at $0.128. A 54% decline from the May 7 high at $0.260 equals the measured move target of $0.120.

The projected target will undercut the April 23 low at a price of $0.128, thereby shaking out the weak holders of  VET that held through the first decline. An acceleration in the selling may knock VET price down to the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level at $0.108. The Fibonacci level corresponds to the rally that began from a cup-with-handle pattern breakout at the beginning of 2021.

It is a crucial support to consider the bullish alternative considering that the VeChain price is currently sitting on solid support framed by the 50-day SMA and Ichimoku cloud. The potential exists that the crash through the ascending channel support pattern was sufficient to remove the weak holders and the new support offers an opportunity for eager VET investors.

The primary price upside targets for VET are at $0.260 and the all-time high at $0.282.

As measured by the number of VeChain mentions on 1000+ crypto social media channels, including Telegram groups, crypto subreddits, discord groups, and private trader chats, the social volume has been trending lower since April 16.

Naturally, the social volume would turn lower with VET price, but during the corrective bounce following the 50% decline in April, social volume maintained the downward trajectory, except for one brief respite. Although the VeChain price came within 10% of the April high, the lack of coverage in social media speaks to its price declining interest and relative strength in the cryptocurrency complex.

For now, the attraction for VET price has notably subsided, and the price structure tilts bearish leaving VeChain outlook vulnerable to ongoing turbulence in the broader market.

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