{"id":625598,"date":"2026-07-07T09:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Blockchain.News\/news\/20260707-price-prediction-ton-stalled-at-160-the-next-move"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:02:20","slug":"ton-price-prediction-stalled-at-1-60-the-next-move-will-be-violent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/ton-price-prediction-stalled-at-1-60-the-next-move-will-be-violent\/","title":{"rendered":"TON Price Prediction: Stalled at $1.60 \u2014 The Next Move Will Be Violent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joerg Hiller<\/a> Jul 07, 2026 09:02<\/span> <\/p>\n

TON is grinding in a technical dead zone with momentum flatlining and a crowded long position in futures screaming danger. A clean break below $1.55 opens a slide to $1.40; hold that floor and recl…<\/p>\n

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The Immediate Setup<\/h2>\n

TON is stuck. At $1.60, the asset is pinned below its 20-day and 50-day moving averages \u2014 both acting as overhead dead weight at $1.64 and $1.78 respectively \u2014 while the daily candle barely managed a 0.95% nudge higher on pathetically thin volume north of $7.7 million on Binance spot. That’s not a rally. That’s a coin catching its breath before deciding which way to fall.<\/p>\n

The Bollinger Band picture reinforces the bear lean: price is sitting in the lower third of the band range, with the upper band at $1.75 and the lower at $1.52. The midline at $1.64 is acting as magnetic resistance, not support. When you see price hugging the lower half of a Bollinger squeeze while the short-term moving averages stack bearishly above, you’re looking at a coil \u2014 and this one is wound in the wrong direction for bulls. Traders tracking broader crypto macro context should keep an eye on Blockchain.news<\/a> for any catalyst that could snap TON out of this compression.<\/p>\n

The one structural anchor keeping this from falling apart completely? The 200-day SMA at $1.55. That’s the line in the sand.<\/p>\n

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Key Levels Exposed<\/h2>\n

Let me be precise about what matters here and cut through the noise.<\/p>\n

The immediate battlefield is tight. On the upside, $1.63 is the first gate \u2014 just a whisker above current price \u2014 and a level that has already rejected TON given the EMA 12 at $1.61 sitting just below it. Clear $1.63 with volume and the next real test is $1.67, where both the EMA 26 and strong resistance converge. That cluster is a genuine wall. Above $1.67, air pockets open up toward $1.75 (upper Bollinger) before you’d see meaningful supply again.<\/p>\n

On the downside, immediate support sits at $1.57 \u2014 already tested during the day’s low sweep to $1.58. Lose $1.57 on a closing basis and you’re knocking directly on the 200-day SMA at $1.55. That’s the real number. The entire technical case for any bull argument rests on that level holding. Below it and the next identifiable support zone doesn’t show up until the $1.40 area, roughly 12% lower from current price.<\/p>\n

The ATR of $0.09 tells you this market can cover that $1.55\u2013$1.63 range in a single session without breaking a sweat. Expect noise within that band, but the directional break will be the one that counts.<\/p>\n

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Sentiment vs Reality<\/h2>\n

Here’s where it gets interesting \u2014 and dangerous for retail longs.<\/p>\n

The futures funding rate is sitting at 0.3538% on an 8-hour cycle. That’s not a trivial number. It means longs are paying shorts at a clip that creates sustained carry pressure. Crowded long positioning in a market where spot volume is anaemic and price can’t even reclaim its 20-day SMA is a classic recipe for a short squeeze in the wrong direction \u2014 a cascade liquidation that drags price through support levels before the bulls know what hit them.<\/p>\n

The only external price forecast in the mix comes from CoinCodex, which dropped a year-end target of $3.33 in late June \u2014 implying over 115% upside from current levels. The math is plausible if TON recouples with Telegram’s user growth story and broader altcoin momentum returns in Q3-Q4. But the CoinCodex projection is a 6-month outlook, and right now, the 6-day picture is what determines whether you survive to trade that thesis. Long-term macro narratives don’t protect you from a stop run. For deeper context on the TON ecosystem and Telegram’s blockchain ambitions, Blockchain.news<\/a> has been consistently tracking the fundamental developments.<\/p>\n

The absence of any notable KOL activity in the last 24 hours is itself a data point. When the vocal crypto crowd goes quiet on an asset, it usually means one of two things: everyone is already positioned, or nobody cares anymore. Given the elevated funding rate, I’m leaning toward the former \u2014 and that makes the setup more fragile, not more stable.<\/p>\n