The ever-growing Web3 space is continuing to find supporters in the market to make sure that it prospers into the next big thing. In fact, this is one space that is driven by the likes of Fantom.

Backing its most-recent efforts is Cypher Capital, with the latter intending to bring more to the table with its funding.

Not a Fantom

In what is the latest addition to the Venture Capitalists roundtable, Cypher Capital has now invested in Fantom. Its strategic funding plans to support projects and developers on the Fantom network.

With this partnership, Cypher Capital will be able to fund and further projects across Web3, DeFi, and gaming. At the same time, the same will help provide early-stage backing and solution expertise.

Fantom has always been one of the biggest DeFi chains, both in terms of total value locked as well as the number of projects existing on the chain.

As a top-10 chain, Fantom, at press time, held $650 million in TVL spread across 257 protocols – The fourth-highest for any blockchain.

In fact, partnerships such as the aforementioned are bound to propel Fantom into the limelight. Especially since the DeFi market is still recovering from the recent crashes that wiped out more than $80 billion in just 2 months.

This lag will give Fantom just the room it needs to establish itself as an important player in this field.

This may be because on the investor front, the chain has been struggling to keep its investors’ faith in the asset intact. Over the last month and a half, investors’ presence has seen slight changes, with some leaving and some others entering.

The ridges seen on the metric seemed to indicate the same too.

However, demand for the asset is still keeping its price at an incline, with the same hiking by 81.08% in 2 months.

Now, it’s worth pointing out that this doesn’t compare to the massive 87.93% drawdown from its all-time high in January.

Even so, thanks to the broader market’s recent cues, FTM is taking a step in the right direction.

As long as the asset isn’t overbought, it is safe from noting a trend reversal as $0.5 is the next critical support target for Fantom.

The wider Ethereum [ETH] NFT market did not note any spine-tingling milestones recently, despite the altcoin hitting $2,000. In fact, sales volumes across ETH NFTs saw a 3.38% fall over the last 24 hours, according to CryptoSlam.

However, there was some eye-catching activity in the same ETH NFT market. No, it was not about Crypto Punks or Yuga Labs-backed Bored Ape Yacht Club [ BAYC].

Aliens over Apes?

According to CryptoSlam’s data, “genderless” NFT collection 8liens was the best-performing NFT in the last 24 hours. The NFT collection recorded over $3 million in sales volume within the said period. These 3,374 transactions that added up involved 1,672 buyers.

The aforementioned figures were way higher than the activities recorded within the BAYC and CryptoPunks ecosystems. Now, although they both registered an uptick, it was lower than the one 8liens recorded. In fact, CryptoPunks’ 24-hour sales volume hiked by 79.62% to hit $2.83 million while BAYC only went up a paltry 4.58% to $1.38 million.

At press time, 8liens traders’ profit was an average of 32.90% with active wallets up by 122.70% to hit 2,886.

Despite the said uptick, however, 8liens was still down from its floor price of 0.62 ETH on 11 August. At the time of writing, the lowest-priced 8liens asset was worth 0.298 ETH. However, it’s worth pointing out that its position has improved since the market was last looked at.

Can’t tame the bear

With the crypto-market recovering, NFT traders might be expecting the market to follow. However, it might not yet be time for a full-blown gain season. This, because the entire NFT ecosystem has not shown signs of a complete revival with an aggregate 1.80% decline in the last 24 hours.

Other blue-chip collections including Sorare and Otherdeed also noted declines in their 24-hour sales volumes. Sorare was down 51.88% while Otherdeed’s fell by 20.02%. Additionally, Moonbirds was not left out as it went down by 42.07%.

While 8liens surged, the chances of the NFT market claiming bullish momentum are still low. In fact, NFTGo reported that the global market cap was down 11.33% over the last three months. Also, the market was far from reaching  the trader count within the same period. In fact, buyers were down 29.32% to 440,644 while the overall number of traders also declined to 658.092.

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be considered investment advice

While extending its compression in the $0.063-$0.0702 range for nearly seven weeks, Tron [TRX] has been in a low volatility phase. Unlike most coins, TRX took a sideways track over the past month but maintained its spot above the 20/50 EMA.

In particular, the last two weeks marked an uptick in price levels as the bulls strived to snap the $0.0702-level hurdle.

An inability to close beyond this barrier level could extend the consolidation phase in the coming sessions. At press time, TRX was trading at $0.06997.

TRX Daily Chart

TRX witnessed a sharp recovery after dropping towards its yearly low on 15 June. The revival from its long-term support entailed a rectangle bottom structure on the daily chart.

While the bulls forced a bullish crossover on the 20 EMA (red) and the 50 EMA (cyan) after nearly two months, TRX revealed the build-up of its underlying buying edge. To top this off, the altcoin saw an ascending triangle-like structure as the flatter peaks accompanied the higher troughs.

A sustained incline beyond the immediate resistance could open doorways for a retest of the $0.0704-$0.0706 range.

To sway above the constraints of its compression boundaries, TRX bulls must propel a much-needed hike in trading volumes. The break above the $0.0702-mark could serve as a reliable trigger for its press time bullish bias.

Rationale

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) maintained its position above the midline, but was yet to topple the 56-mark to confirm strong revival chances.

The Accumulation/Distribution (A/D) indicator’s lower troughs bullishly diverged with the price. Any rebound from its trendline support could foster an accumulation phase. However, the ADX continued to project a significantly weak directional trend for the altcoin.

Conclusion

Given the bullish pattern setup after a bullish crossover on the 20/50 EMA, TRX could see sustained growth. Any drop below the near-term EMAs could invalidate the convincing bullish tendencies. The targets would remain the same as above.

Finally, investors/traders should consider Bitcoin’s movement and its impact on broader market perception to make a profitable move.