BNB Slips Below $1K as Crypto Market Drops, Fear Index Nears ‘Fear’

BNB, the token that powers the BNB Chain and can be used for fee discounts on leading crypto exchange Binance, dropped more than 2% in the last 24 hours amid a wider cryptocurrency market decline.

Sentiment in the industry remains poor, with the Crypto Fear and Greed Index now at 41, a neutral level close to hitting fear, while the average crypto relative strength index (RSI), a technical indicator, points to oversold levels according to CoinMarketCap.

The token slid from $1,025 to just under $1,000 as sellers took control and resistance built near $1,035, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model. The broader CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index dropped 3.7%.

BNB Chain validators have put forward a proposal to reduce gas fees from 0.1 to 0.05 gwei. The change would drop average transaction costs to around $0.005 and accelerate block speeds from 750 milliseconds to 450 milliseconds.

The proposal comes at a time in which on-chain trading activity is booming on the BNB Chain after the launch of decentralized trading platform Aster, which recently overtook Hyperliquid in daily perpetual trading volumes.

BNB traded within a $49 range over the past 24-hour period, falling to $993. Strong resistance formed just above $1,030, while support held firm around $987.

The price briefly recovered, ticking up from just below $990 to near $994. The gain came as buying demand appeared and pushed the token to form higher lows.

Trading volume suggested a shift from aggressive selling to slower accumulation, with support consolidating near $989 and resistance emerging just under $996.

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