Yearn Finance (YFI) price jumps 51% in five days, but selloff risks mount

Yearn Finance (YFI) price jumps 51% in five days, but selloff risks mount
Yearn Finance’s started rallying as 2021 came to a close. Image from cryptologos

Key Takeaways:

  • Yearn Finance’s native token, YFI, started a year-end rally on Dec 29 that saw it jump by over 51%.

NEW DELHI (CoinChapter.com) — Yield optimizer platform Yearn Finance’s Dec-end rally continued into the new year, as the platform’s native token YFI surged to gain more than 51% in just over four days.

The YFI price jumped to nearly $42,000 on Monday before prices pulled back. The relative strength index for the token is near the overbought region, clocking 67.98 on the daily charts. However, the RSI trendline receded as prices pulled back after Monday’s 9% jump.

Yearn Finance prices challenged the $42,100 resistance level on Jan 3, but the rally was rebuffed. If bulls manage to push past YFI’s immediate resistance, Yearn Finance could see prices reach near $44,500. If RSI holds inside neutral regions, the YFI coin might rise to challenge the $46,000 price level before prices pare.

 YFIUSD in the daily timeframe with RSI. Source: Tradingview.com
YFIUSD in the daily timeframe with RSI. Source: Tradingview.com

On the other hand, if retail traders try to profit from the Yearn token’s ongoing rally, the resulting sell-off might push prices to immediate resistance near $38,700. Moreover, decreasing volumes coupled with the rising RSI levels likely indicate a price correction in the works for YFI.

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Falling volumes might suggest that trader conviction in the token’s upside movement is weak.

Additionally, Yearn Finance is bullish across all time horizons as it trades above its 50-day, 100-day, and 200-day MA trendlines. Meanwhile, the trend-based momentum oscillator returned to bullish levels on Dec 31. Yearn Finance’s momentum had turned bearish for a day on Dec 30.

YFI price in the daily timeframe with MACD. Source: Tradingview.com
YFIUSD in the daily timeframe with MACD. Source: Tradingview.com

The MACD line (difference between 12-day and 26-day EMA) moved above the MACD signal line (9-day EMA of MACD) on Dec 31, plotting a bullish crossover. Since then, bars are on the MACD histogram are expanding, indicating strengthening bullish momentum for YFI.

Yearn Finance Fundamentals

Yearn Finance is an aggregator service for DeFi investors running on the Ethereum network. The platform allows users to optimize their earnings on crypto assets. In detail, Yearn Finance offers three key products: Vaults, Labs, and Iron Bank.

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Users select a strategy, deposit crypto assets in Vaults, and Yearn Finance does the heavy lifting to seek the highest available yields. Vaults are similar to a savings account but offer a higher yield. Labs are for users looking for enhanced returns and do not mind greater risk.

Lastly, Iron Bank is a DeFi lending product available for protocols and individuals.

Yearn Finance’s current rally seems to take bullish hints from a proposal to change YFI’s tokenomics. The proposal plans to distribute a part of YFI bought back by the team as a reward to YFI token owners that actively participate in Yearn Finance governance.

The proposal is currently in its voting phase.

The divergence between prices and volumes coupled with overbought risks might see YFI lose some of its recent gains. At the time of writing, it was trading at $40,378, up 3.14% on the day.

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