Hedera Price Prediction: Ascending Channel Support Faces Key Test

This Hedera price prediction comes right as Hedera is being tested on two fronts at once: a fresh partnership with Mastercard on the fundamental side and a make-or-break retest of channel support on the chart. How $HBAR handles this level could set the tone for its next major move. HBAR Slips 2% As Traders Watch Channel Support Any $HBAR price prediction today starts with where the price sits right now. $HBAR is trading around $0.06899, down 2.39% over the last 24 hours. Market cap stands at $3.02 billion, while 24-hour trading volume has actually risen 13.7% to $39.6 million, putting Vol/Mkt Cap at 1.31%. Circulating supply is 43.79B $HBAR out of a 50B max supply, with FDV at $3.44 billion. The weekly trend is still mildly positive at +0.95%, but the picture weakens further out: 30-day is -9.35%, 90-day is -24.48%, and year-to-date is down 35.03%. Data source: Coinglass/CoinMarketCap Mastercard Partnership Adds A Fundamental Tailwind Hashgraph, an extension of Hedera, has joined Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program to collaborate on cross-border payments, B2B transactions, and settlement, pairing Mastercard's global reach with $HBAR's speed and finality. It's a notable fundamental boost landing right as $HBAR tests key technical support. Daily Technical Analysis: Hedera Holds Ascending Channel Support On the TradingView daily timeframe, HBAR continues to trade within a well-defined ascending channel, with price currently testing the channel's lower trendline near $0.06903. Despite the recent pullback, there's no confirmed breakdown signal yet—price is still respecting the channel structure. A breakdown would only be confirmed if a daily candle closes decisively below the lower boundary of the channel. Until that happens, this move is better read as a normal retest of support rather than a reversal. If buyers defend the channel, first resistance sits at $0.07337, followed by $0.07744, with a sustained breakout opening the door to $0.08381. If the channel fails and $HBAR closes decisively below support, the next levels to watch are $0.06737, $0.06526, and $0.05859. Daily Sentiment: NEUTRAL. The broader bullish structure stays intact as long as the channel holds; the next directional move depends on whether buyers defend this level or sellers force a confirmed breakdown. Derivatives Lean Bullish Derivatives data is one of the more encouraging parts of this $HBAR price prediction. Long/short ratios are tilted toward longs across the board: 1.4349 on Binance and 1.51 on OKX by account. Binance's top traders are even more skewed long, at 1.8852 by account and 2.305 by position. Liquidations over the past 24 hours totaled $33.14K, with $30.41K. from longs versus just $2.73K from shorts, a sign that dip buyers have been getting shaken out during the pullback rather than short sellers being squeezed.