VeChain drops 11% below key moving averages amid volatility
VeChain (VET)
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Eugene Serbin
tradersunion.com reports that VeChain (VET) fell 11.32% to $0.006611 on 28 August 2026, trading below its short-term moving averages. The asset slipped under the MA-20 at $0.0070254 and the MA-50 at $0.00677076 on the hourly chart, though it remained above the MA-200 at $0.00617363. On 27 August, VET saw a surge in spot volume and derivatives participation, which amplified intraday volatility and enabled larger price swings.
Despite this activity, price action reflected intensified near-term selling pressure. Technical indicators presented a mixed picture, with MACD and ADX showing strong buy signals while RSI sat at 47.94 and CCI suggested sell conditions. The immediate resistance level is identified at the Ichimoku Kijun, set at $0.007176.
For the next two to three sessions, VET is expected to trade within a band ranging from $0.00610274 to $0.00732. Analysts note that while the outlook was previously bullish due to the Interstellar protocol upgrade, traders must now monitor key support and resistance levels closely.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for VET, measured when this story was written up on 28 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows VET trading at $0.7139, with a 1-hour buy ratio of 62.9% contrasting sharply with 48.7% over 4 hours. This divergence suggests that short-term buying pressure is building, even as the broader 24-hour buy ratio sits at 48.8%. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at +$20,223, indicating net buying in the immediate term, whereas the 4-hour delta is negative at -$18,586. Over the last 24 hours, the cumulative volume delta closed at -$75,134, showing that sellers have dominated the daily flow despite the recent 1-hour uptick. Net buying occurred in 12 of the last 24 hours, with a total spot volume of $13,280,008 recorded across 222,723 trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 54.4% sits at the 91st percentile of the last 281 days, against a median of 49.8% - among the strongest buying days it has had.
Twenty-four hours later
What VET did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for VET, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 50.8%, making the current 24-hour ratio of 48.8% slightly below the norm by 2.0 points. However, trading activity was unusually high, with 24-hour volume reaching 7.78 times the weekly average. This surge in volume contributed to an 8-day price increase of 38.1%, despite a total volume delta of -$106,250 over that period. Net buying was recorded on 5 of the 7 days, indicating that while the coin has risen significantly, the recent daily flow has been net negative.