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BNB Price Forecast: Ongoing correction threatens deeper losses below key support

Source Fxstreet
  • BNB continues its correction on Wednesday, extending losses over 3% so far this week.
  • On-chain and derivatives metrics support bearish bias, with falling social dominance, negative funding rates and rising short bets.
  • The technical outlook suggests deeper losses if BNB closes below the lower boundary of the consolidation at $570.

BNB (BNB), formerly known as Binance Coin, continues to extend its losses, trading below $585 at the time of writing on Wednesday, having corrected over 3% so far this week. On-chain and derivatives indicators support a bearish outlook, as declining social dominance, negative funding rates and rising short positions signal growing downside bias. Meanwhile, price action shows BNB is approaching a critical support zone at $570, and a decisive close below this lower consolidation boundary could pave the way for deeper losses.

On-chain data show fading interest among BNB investors

Santiment’s Social Dominance metric for BNB hints at a bearish bias. The index measures the share of BNB-related discussions across the cryptocurrency media. The metric falls sharply, reading 0.019% on Wednesday, reaching levels not seen since December 2020. This decline indicates fading market interest and sentiment among BNB investors.

BNB social dominance chart. Source: Santiment

SoSoValue data show that BNB’s spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) have remained largely silent since their launch on May 28, indicating a lack of meaningful institutional demand for the token.

Total BNB spot ETF net inflow daily chart. Source: SoSoValue

Derivatives metrics support a bearish outlook 

BNB’s derivatives data also supports a negative outlook. CoinGlass’ long-to-short ratio for BNB reads 0.84 on Wednesday, nearing the lowest level over a month. The ratio being below one indicates bearish sentiment, as traders are betting that BNB's price will fall.

BNB long-to-short ratio chart. Source: Coinglass

In addition, CoinGlass funding rates data support negative sentiment for BNB. The metric flipped to a negative rate on Wednesday, indicating shorts are paying longs and suggesting bearish sentiment toward BNB.

BNB funding rates chart. Source: Coinglass

BNB Price Forecast: BNB could extend further losses if it closes below $570

BNB price trades at $584.54 on Wednesday, extending a bearish phase below all three exponential moving averages (EMAs), with the 50-day EMA near $635.97, the 100-day EMA around $654.80 and the 200-day EMA close to $701.95 acting as a layered cap. 

BNB is sliding within parallel channel, hovering just above the lower boundary near $570, while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is around 38 and a negative Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) reading reinforces weakening momentum rather than any immediate recovery signal.

On the downside, initial support aligns with the channel bottom at roughly $570, where a daily close below would suggest a correction toward the technical target at $488.21 (based on the distance between the channel extrapolated from the breakdown point).

On the topside, any bounce faces immediate resistance from the 50-day EMA at $635.97, followed by the 100-day EMA at $654.80 and the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement at $662.05; a stronger recovery would need to challenge the channel top near $687.30 and the 200-day EMA at $701.95 before the higher retracement barriers at $718.90, $764.84, $810.78, $876.20 and $959.52 come back into play.

(The technical analysis of this story was written with the help of an AI tool.)

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