{"id":878267,"date":"2025-12-17T23:16:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/polkadots-dot-drops-3-to-1-83-as-crypto-markets-reverse-lower\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:16:30","slug":"polkadots-dot-drops-3-to-1-83-as-crypto-markets-reverse-lower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/polkadots-dot-drops-3-to-1-83-as-crypto-markets-reverse-lower\/","title":{"rendered":"Polkadot&#8217;s DOT drops 3% to $1.83 as crypto markets reverse lower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-module-name=\"article-header\" data-module-version=\"1.0.0\" data-module-instance=\"default\">\n<h2>Strong selling pressure overwhelmed positive Coinbase integration news as the psychological $1.90 level failed to hold.<\/h2>\n<p><span class> Dec 17, 2025, 5:28\u202fp.m. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-module-name=\"article-body\" data-module-version=\"1.0.0\" data-module-instance=\"default\">\n<p><span data-submodule-name=\"price-chip\" data-submodule-version=\"1.0.0\" data-submodule-instance=\"default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/price\/polkadot\"><span><span><span>DOT<\/span><span><svg fill=\"none\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 25 24\" width=\"25\"><path d=\"M9.20956 12.29L11.7996 9.69997C12.1896 9.30997 12.8196 9.30997 13.2096 9.69997L15.7996 12.29C16.4296 12.92 15.9796 14 15.0896 14H9.90956C9.01956 14 8.57956 12.92 9.20956 12.29Z\" fill=\"#218410\" \/><\/svg><\/span><span>$1.8804<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> crashed through critical support Wednesday, tumbling 3% to $1.83 as technical selling overwhelmed bullish USDC integration news. <\/p>\n<p>DOT broke decisively below the psychological $1.90 floor despite Coinbase (COIN) announcing direct Polkadot network support. <\/p>\n<p>Heavy distribution emerged during the final two trading hours, according to CoinDesk Research&#8217;s technical analysis model, as the token collapsed from $1.93 to $1.82 and stop-losses cascaded through multiple support zones. <\/p>\n<p>The model showed that volume spiked to 9.47 million tokens, or 340% above the 24-hour average.<\/p>\n<p>This surge confirmed institutional distribution at the $1.95 level, the model said.<\/p>\n<p>The breakdown established clear bearish momentum with lower highs from the $1.92 peak, according to the model.<\/p>\n<p>Wider crypto markets also fell. The CoinDesk 20 index was 2% lower at publication time.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Technical Analysis:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Primary support established at $1.82 demand zone after $1.90 psychological level failed<\/li>\n<li>Resistance now sits at broken $1.90 level, with secondary barrier at $1.95 rejection point<\/li>\n<li>Breakdown volume at 340% of 24-hour average confirmed institutional distribution<\/li>\n<li>Descending channel formed from $1.92 high through $1.90 support break<\/li>\n<li>Lower highs structure established bearish intermediate-term bias<\/li>\n<li>Failed breakout above $1.95 created double-top formation risk<\/li>\n<li>Immediate resistance at $1.90 must hold as support on any recovery attempt<\/li>\n<li>Downside risk extends toward $1.75-1.80 zone if current support fails<\/li>\n<li>Recovery above $1.95 needed to negate bearish technical structure and resume uptrend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: Parts of this article were generated with the assistance from AI tools and reviewed by our editorial team to ensure accuracy and adherence to our standards. 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Dec 17, 2025, 5:28\u202fp.m. DOT $1.8804 crashed through critical support Wednesday, tumbling 3% to $1.83 as technical selling overwhelmed bullish USDC integration news. DOT broke decisively below the psychological $1.90 floor despite Coinbase (COIN) announcing direct Polkadot network support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":878268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2163,112117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-878267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-drops","category-polkadots"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}