EOS has seen a second straight day of strong gains, reaching an intraday peak of $0,84 and a market cap of over $1,2 billion. The increased interest is largely due to its upcoming rebranding to Vaulta and attractive staking rewards.
EOS has seen an impressive surge on May 8, with its price reaching $0,84. This marks the second consecutive day of gains, with the market cap surpassing the $1,2 billion milestone. What stands out is the spectacular trading activity, with volume increasing by a whopping 285%, resulting in nearly $500 million worth of EOS tokens traded within 24 hours.
There are three main reasons for this positive development. First, there are the rumors surrounding EOS’ upcoming rebranding to Vaulta, which will officially launch on May 14th. This new project focuses on innovative, blockchain-driven banking solutions and aims to combine traditional financial services with decentralized technologies.
The swap from EOS to the new Vaulta token, which will carry the ticker ‘A’, will be done on a 1-to-1 basis. This means that all existing EOS technology will be seamlessly adopted, including the integration with exSat, Vaulta’s Bitcoin banking gateway. In a recent update, the team behind this transformation emphasized that Vaulta is not a simple fork or reset, but a reinvention of the EOS network that remains fully compatible with the existing infrastructure.
In addition, there are the attractive staking rewards that Vaulta will offer. The new token is expected to generate a yield of around 17%, funded from a reward pool of 250 million tokens. This yield significantly exceeds that of larger blockchains such as Ethereum (2,7%) and Solana (5,4%), making EOS more attractive to investors looking to profit from staking.
Finally, there is the growing interest in EOS from traders in the derivatives market. Open interest in EOS futures has increased by 24% in the past 45 hours, now exceeding $188 million. At the same time, a long/short ratio on Binance above 1 indicates that many traders expect EOS to rise further.
On the technical side, EOS has staged a convincing breakout at the top of a multi-week ascending wedge on the 4-hour chart. The Chaikin Money Flow has risen to 0,16, indicating strong buying pressure. Furthermore, the Aroon Up indicator is reading 85,7%, while the Aroon Down is reading 35,71%, a growing indication that buyers are in the majority.
With this development, EOS seems to be preparing to retest the psychological $1 barrier, a threshold it failed to break in January. This would represent a potential 20% upside from its current price. Market analysts are optimistic, with analyst CW predicting that EOS could rise to $1,45 if it manages to break a major sell wall at $1.
Another trader goes even further and predicts a price increase to $2,10, following a breakout from a symmetrical triangle pattern on the daily chart. This would indicate a larger trend reversal in technical analysis, opening the door for further price increases. At the time of writing, the price of EOS is trading around $0,843 per coin.
