The cryptocurrency seemingly picked up a bid after reports started doing the rounds that Tron Foundation founder Justin Sun acquired BitTorrent - the owner of popular file-sharing client uTorrent - for $140 million.
The acquisition has certainly revved up investor interest in the cryptocurrency.
Its market capitalization has moved above $3.2 billion.
The above chart shows TRX is trapped in a falling channel.
The broader outlook remains bearish despite double-digit gains seen in the last 24 hours.
TRX may attack the 100-day moving average, currently lined up at $0.0553 in the next few days.
A break above that level would expose the falling channel hurdle, currently seen at $0.0638.
Only a high volume close above the falling channel resistance would confirm a long-run bearish-to-bullish trend change.
Bearish scenario: TRX will likely drop to $0.032 if the bulls fail to defend $0.041 despite the positive news flow.
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Tron Price Spikes After Blockchain Founder Acquires BitTorrent
Published on Jun 19, 2018
by Coindesk | Published on Coinage
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