Toncoin loses weekend gains as UAE authorities deny golden visa claim on TON staking

• Max Crown, CEO of TON Foundation, announces a chance to win a 10-year UAE golden visa upon staking $100k of TON.
• The respective authorities of the UAE deny any partnership with TON Foundation to offer a golden visa to TON holders. 
• Toncoin loses the gains from the announcement, while the sentiment of derivative traders turns sour.

Toncoin (TON) edges lower on Monday following a 3.31% gain and a daily close at $2.83 on Sunday after momentarily reaching the $3 mark amid the UAE golden visa controversy. The UAE authorities denied any sponsorship deals with the TON Foundation to offer a golden visa for TON holders. As the tables turn, sentiment in the derivatives market declines and the technical outlook maintains a bearish tilt. 

UAE shakes off golden visa offer marketed by Toncoin Foundation

Max Crown, CEO of the Toncoin Foundation, announced a partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government, offering TON holders the chance to win a golden visa. Marketing the move as a step forward in real-world crypto use cases, Max shared the process, which includes a stake of $100,000 worth of TON for three years and a one-time payment of $35,000. 

However, the UAE Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP), the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), and the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) deny such offers in a joint statement released on Sunday. 

The sentiments surrounding Toncoin decline as the UAE's official authorities urge investors to exercise caution. 

Toncoin sellers turn aggressive in the derivatives market

The Taker Buy/Sell Volume indicator tracks the volume of market orders tilting toward the ask or bid side. An increase in taker buy volume pumps the long/short ratio above 1, indicating bullish sentiment as volume from orders that buy at the ask price increases, and vice versa. 

CoinGlass’ data indicates a bearish tilt as the taker sell volume accounts for 53.32% of all executed orders in the last four hours, resulting in a long/short ratio of 0.8755.

Toncoin long/short ratio chart. Source: Coinglass

Toncoin fails to cross the 7-month resistance trendline

Toncoin ticks lower by nearly 1% at press time on Monday as short-term buying pressure subsides following the golden visa controversy. TON’s bullish spike on Sunday failed to surpass a long-standing resistance trendline formed by connecting the highs of December 4 and June 10 on a logarithmic scale.

The intraday pullback aims to retest the local support at $2.73, marked by the June 22 bearish close. A decisive push below this floor could extend the declining trend towards $2.52, the lowest closing price in 2025. 

The Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) indicator displays mixed signals as the MACD and signal lines remain merged, indicating a neutral trend. However, the average lines are moving in the negative territory, which suggests a bearish bias for the Toncoin price.

The Relative Strength Index at 44 hovers below the halfway line, while room for further correction grows before reaching the oversold condition. 

TON/USDT daily price chart.

To reinforce an uptrend, Toncoin must surpass the resistance trendline with a daily close above Sunday’s high at $3.06. In such a scenario, Toncoin could target a close at $3.34 on June 11.