Cosmos (ATOM) is attracting attention as buyers defend a key support area, boosting hopes for a short-term recovery for the ATOM price if market sentiment improves. Meanwhile, Cosmos is promoting its IBC Protocol as a safer cross-chain solution that reduces intermediary risks and enhances blockchain interoperability.
At the time of writing, ATOM is trading at $1.60 with a 24-hour trading volume of $38.76 million and a market capitalization of $829.03 million. Despite the 1.5% loss over the last 24 hours, the ATOM price structure and network growth point to a bullish reversal ahead.
Source: CoinMarketCap
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ATOM Price Eyes $1.78 as Buyers Defend Key Support
Furthermore, the crypto analyst Alpha Crypto Signal highlighted that Cosmos (ATOM) is attracting attention after falling into a key demand zone following a sharp selloff.
Buyers are beginning to defend the area, signaling potential strength and raising hopes for a short-term recovery. If bullish momentum continues to build, ATOM could stage a relief rally toward the important resistance region between $1.75 and $1.78.
Source: Alpha Crypto Signal’s X Post
The short-term view on ATOM still appears to be largely dependent on the performance of Bitcoin.
In case BTC maintains its uptrend, this might increase the sentiment in the market and provide the needed push that is required by ATOM to fight its overhead resistance. Traders have yet to see confirmation from the BTC coin before turning bullish on ATOM.
Cosmos IBC Aims to Cut Risks in Blockchain Transfers
The data from Cosmos further highlighted that the network has brought to light the risks associated with numerous intermediaries in financial transactions in that each additional intermediary increases the risk of being hacked, scammed, and prone to errors.
In the current world where blockchains are increasingly becoming connected, reducing the need for trust dependencies is increasingly becoming important.
Source: Cosmos’ X Post
The Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol (IBC) creates the possibility of conducting direct communication between two ledgers through peer-to-peer connections, and hence the counterparties will be limited to the recipient only.
As stated by Cosmos, this configuration allows for reduction in the areas of potential attacks while at the same time maintaining control over the cybersecurity framework.
The ATOM price outlook has not responded well to the network growth. Despite the bullish structure and network growth, the ATOM price has faced short-term pressure as the general trend in the crypto market has turned bearish following the recent crash in the Bitcoin price.
This article contains market analysis and price predictions. These are not guarantees. Crypto markets are volatile. Always DYOR. Not financial advice.
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