Analyst Predicts 76% Lido DAO Rally If This Ascending Triangle Break Happens

An analyst has explained that Lido DAO (LDO) could rally toward a new all-time high of $6 if a sustained breakout above this pattern occurs.

Lido DAO Has Been Forming An Ascending Triangle Recently

In a new post on X, analyst Ali discussed an Ascending Triangle that has been taking shape in Lido DAO’s weekly price chart. An “Ascending Triangle” is a pattern in technical analysis that, as its name suggests, has a triangular shape.

This pattern has two main lines: an upper level that’s horizontal (that is, parallel to the time-axis) and a lower level with some finite slope. The former connects highs in the price, while the latter is created by joining higher lows.

Like any other such pattern, the upper level is likely to resist the price, while the lower level can be a potential support point. As the lower line here slows upwards, this consolidation channel gets narrower as the price moves forward.

A break out of either of these levels can be significant, as it can suggest a continuation of the price trend in that direction. Naturally, a break above the triangle can be positive for the price, while an exit below indicates the breakdown of the bullish pattern.

There is also a similar, but opposite, pattern to the Ascending Triangle called the “Descending Triangle.” In the case of this pattern, the horizontal line is below, while the sloped line is above, and the triangle narrows towards the downside.

Now, here is the chart shared by Ali that reveals the Ascending Triangle potentially forming for Lido DAO in its 7-day price:

Lido DAO Ascending Triangle

As displayed in the above graph, the LDO weekly price has appeared to have been moving inside an Ascending Triangle pattern for a while now. Recently, the price has surged and is now retesting the horizontal line of the pattern.

“Keep a close eye on the $3.30 level!” says the analyst. “A sustained weekly close above this mark could trigger a bullish breakout, potentially propelling LDO toward a new all-time high of $6.”

Such breakouts above the triangle can be comparable in size to the triangle’s height, which is why Ali has selected this possible target for the cryptocurrency. From the current asset price, such a rally to a new all-time high of $6 would mean an increase of more than 76%.

It remains to be seen how the Lido DAO price develops in the coming days and if the coin can finally escape out of this Ascending Triangle, potentially setting itself up for a major rally.

LDO Price

At the time of writing, LDO is trading around $3.4, up 18% in the last week.

Lido Price Chart

Lido DAO (LDO) New All-Time High? One Analyst’s Perfect Setup To $37

Lido DAO has grown over the years to become the leading liquid staking protocol on the Ethereum network and its native LDO token has enjoyed tremendous success on the back of this. The protocol’s continuous growth has been purported to be what will push LDO to new all-time highs and one crypto analyst has revealed how high the token’s price could go.

Lido DAO To Beat Previous $7.22 All-Time High

Back in the bull run of 2020-2021, the price of Lido DAO’s native LDO token soared with the rest of the market and eventually touched its all-time high price of $7.22. Naturally, this has been the level that bulls have been trying to get back to that would put all holders back in profit. However, crypto analyst Weslad expects the altcoin to completely clear this all-time high price by at least a 4x.

In an analysis posted on the TradingView website, Weslad reveals the roadmap for LDO’s price to rise another 1,400% from here. According to the analyst, the LDO/USDT has been showing a “robust ascending triangle pattern.” This pattern, the analyst says, suggests that LDO could move to test the Neckline which is a critical supply zone for the asset.

The analyst who is obviously very bullish on LDO expects that this level will be breached and that the altcoin will eventually turn this resistance mark into support. “The Buy back area on the chart should give all the bull an opportunity to accumulate the coin before major move begins and at same time the chart indicates the outlined target,” Weslad says.

The first target in this setup is already above its ATH price at $9.,176. From here, the analyst expects another bounce up to take the Lido DAO price above $15.9, double its previous all-time high. But it still doesn’t end here.

LDO price chart from Tradingview.com

A final setup outlined by the crypto analyst brings the next target to $29.3. After that comes the coveted $37 level, which is at the very peak of this expected rally.

Just below the buy back zone at around $1.9, the analyst outlines a stop loss zone below $1.473. “The stop loss range is an important area that need to be watched closely should incase price turn around,” the analyst warns.

LDO Enters Top Gainers

The bullishness surrounding Lido DAO and the native token LDO is not without metric, especially given the token’s performance in the last week. LDO has seen its price rise approximately 27% in one week to breach the $2.47 mark.

Even more impressive is its 24-hour positive moves that have come out to 10.5%. This rise puts it in the list of the top 10 gainers in the last day behind the likes of Kaspa (KAS) and PancakeSwap (CAKE).

LDO’s large transaction volume has also fallen in the last week which suggests that whales are winding down their activities. While this could mean there is not a lot of buying going on by these large whales, it also suggests there is not a lot of selling happening either. This could point toward a tendency to hold and wait for better prices rather than selling tokens now.

Lido DAO (LDO) price chart from Tradingview.com (Crypto analyst

LidoDAO Records Overwhelming 92% Votes To Exit The Solana Network

In a recently concluded voting program, it was revealed that over 92% of LidoDAO members (Lido token holders) of the decentralized liquid staking protocol Lido Finance, voted in favor of Lido ceasing its operations on the Solana Network.

LidoDAO Cut Ties With The Solana Network Following Community Vote

The proposal was first introduced by Lido on Solana’s peer-to-peer (P2P) team on September 5, due to financial limitations. Following the introduction, the voting program began on September 29, 2023, and was concluded a week later on October 6. 

The P2P team in charge of the development of Lido on the Solana Network offered the community members two options in the voting program. These included the organization leaving the Solana Network, or providing funds to the organization to sustain its operations on the Solana Network.

In the proposal by the P2P team, Lido requested that LidoDAO provide $20,000 per month to fund technical maintenance activities related to sunsetting operations on Solana over the following five months. The proposal also expressed worries about not being able to meet goals in the next year due to the challenging market conditions.

“Achieving even 2% of the market share in 2023-2024 seems improbable, particularly in the current Solana market, without any marketing assistance and given Lido DAO’s committee resolution 22 to discontinue all incentives in Solana,” the team’s proposal stated.

According to Yuri Mediakov, the P2P team invested a total of $700,000 in Lido on the Solana project to build and support the product in the past year but ended up making $220,000 in revenue, resulting in a net loss of $484,000. Therefore, in order to support the project for the next 12 months, the team would need around $1.5 million.

However, at the end of the vote, over 65 million (92.7%) of LDO tokens (voted by token holders) were in favor of sunsetting operations on Solana Network. Meanwhile, 5.1 million (7.2%) of LDO tokens voted in favor of providing funds to the organization to continue its operation on the Solana Network. The total number of Lido (LDO) tokens concluded in the vote was 70.1 million LDO tokens.

The organization highlighted in an excerpt that the decision was a necessary one to make despite how difficult it was:

Whilst this decision was difficult in the face of numerous strong relationships across the Solana ecosystem, it was deemed a necessity for the continued success of the broader Lido protocol ecosystem.

According to LidoDAO, the organization will cease accepting staking requests as of October 16, while users will have to unstake on Solana’s frontend by February 4, 2024. Failure to unstake before the deadline will result in unstaking through the Command Line Interface (CLI). In addition, Voluntary node operator off-boarding will commence on November 17, 2023.

Nonetheless, staked Solana (stSOL) token holders are still expected to receive rewards during the sunsetting process. However, Lido’s staking services are now solely supported on Ethereum and Polygon.

The P2P team has been working on Lido’s Solana project since acquiring it from Chorus One in March last year.

LidoDAO (LDO)  price chart from Tradingview.com (Solana staking)