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EOS may still rally despite low platform usage, according to this analyst EOS may still rally despite low platform usage, according to this analyst
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EOS may still rally despite low platform usage, according to this analyst

EOS may still rally despite low platform usage, according to this analyst

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EOS, like most major altcoins, is currently caught in a short-term downtrend that has come about as a result of Bitcoinโ€™s recent rejection at $8,400. It, however, still remains in a firm uptrend while looking at its 30-day price action, and technical analysis may suggest that it is primed for significantly further bullishness.

One factor that could provide some drag to any near-term bullishness is the fact that users on the blockchain platform have fallen off a cliff over the past few months, even though its transaction volume has been able to incur some steady growth.

EOS Sees Stable Transaction Volume, But Lack of Users Remains a Big Problem

EOS is one of many so-called โ€œEthereum killersโ€ that was launched in an attempt to provide a decentralized blockchain platform that offers scalability to projects looking to build on top of it.

The ongoing crypto winter, however, has dried up the decentralized application (Dapp) markets, leaving only a handful of active projects that tend to favor Ethereum over the rest of the competing platforms.

This is emblematic while looking at EOSโ€™ user data, which has declined significantly over the past few months, diving from nearly 110k users in October of 2019, to just over 10k users presently โ€“ according to data from Dapp Review.

EOS
Image Courtesy of Dapp Review

Interestingly, it should also be noted that EOS transactions have been climbing over the same period of time, expressing what appears to be an inverse correlation with usership.

EOS
Image Courtesy of Dapp Review

Lack of Active Users May Not Stop the Crypto from Starting a Massive Rally

Although fundamental factors like this may spell trouble for an assetโ€™s long-term value, in the near-term it appears that all price action is being driven solely by technical factors, which is a good thing for EOS.

Scott Melker โ€” a popular cryptocurrency analyst on Twitter who goes by the pseudonym โ€œThe Wolf of All Streetsโ€ โ€” explained in a recent tweet that EOS is one of the only major cryptocurrencies that currently appears to be expressing notable bullishness due to breaking its downtrend. He said while pointing to the below chart:

โ€œEOS: That said, $EOS has actually broken its downtrend and is currently retesting the channel as support. This looks bullish AF if BTC does happen to rise.”

EOS
Image Courtesy of Scott Melker

If the crypto is able to catch some momentum here independent of the aggregated crypto market, it could soon become one of the best performing altcoins in 2020.

EOS Market Data

At the time of press 4:31 pm UTC on Jan. 10, 2020, EOS is ranked #7 by market cap and the price is up 4.57% over the past 24 hours. EOS has a market capitalization of $2.7 billion with a 24-hour trading volume of $2.35 billion. Learn more about EOS ›

EOS

4:31 pm UTC on Jan. 10, 2020

$2.85

4.57%
Crypto Market Summary

At the time of press 4:31 pm UTC on Jan. 10, 2020, the total crypto market is valued at at $213.04 billion with a 24-hour volume of $90.06 billion. Bitcoin dominance is currently at 68.35%. Learn more about the crypto market ›

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