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 <li style="font-weight: 400;">DOT was down by more than 3% in the last 24 hours alone.</li>
 <li style="font-weight: 400;">Liquidation was high, and market indicators looked bearish.</li>
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<a href="https://ambcrypto.com/search/polkadot" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">Polkadot [DOT]</a> has maintained its streak of sitting on top of the list of key metrics that signifies the degree of decentralization. This can generally be perceived as a positive update, and the blockchain technology’s core value is decentralization.
 But will this be enough for the token to register gains on its price chat?
<h4>Polkadot is getting more decentralized!</h4>
Polkadot Insider recently posted a tweet highlighting the blockchain’s nakamoto coefficient. 
For starters, the metric indicates the minimum amount of work required to disrupt any specific blockchain. Whenever the metric increases, it clearly indicates that it is more difficult to break a blockchain, making it more decentralized.
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 RANKING BLOCKCHAINS BY NAKAMOTO COEFFICIENTS SCORE IN 24 HOURS
 <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f4ab.png" alt="💫" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;">On Proof-of-Stake networks, the Nakamoto Coefficient quantifies the minimum entities needed to control one-third of the stake
 <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f680.png" alt="🚀" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;">The higher the Nakamoto Coefficient on a network, the more decentralized a… <a href="https://t.co/mKW8zAukaM" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/mKW8zAukaM</a> <a href="https://t.co/rTzxmJQ121" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/rTzxmJQ121</a>
 — Polkadot Insider (@PolkadotInsider) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolkadotInsider/status/1735559440169079123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">December 15, 2023</a>
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Coming back to the tweet, Polkadot Insider revealed that DOT’s nakamoto coefficient stood at 92. This was commendable, as back in April 2023, DOT’s metric was only at 70. 
Apart from DOT, other notable blockchains that made it to the list include <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/search/mina" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">Mina Protocol [MINA]</a>, <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/search/Rune" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">THORChain [RUNE]</a>, <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/search/avax" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">Avalanche [AVAX]</a>, and <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/search/Solana" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">Solana [SOL]</a>. However, decentralization alone might not be enough for DOT to make its investors profitable.
<h4>DOT’s bears have buckled up</h4>
Like several cryptos, DOT has also witnessed a price correction in the recent past. To be precise, in the last 23 hours alone, the token was down by over 3%. 
As per <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/polkadot-new/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="external">CoinMarketCap</a>, at the time of writing, Polkadot was trading at $7.13 with a market capitalization of over $8.9 billion. 
To see what went wrong, AMBCrypto took a look at the token’s liquidation levels. 
Upon checking, we found that <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/polkadots-price-falls-past-7-how-does-this-affect-dots-prediction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">DOT</a> failed to go above a key resistance level in the recent past. The token experienced a substantial hike in liquidation when its price reached $7.77, which resulted in a price correction.
 It will be interesting to watch when the market revives and how soon DOT will be able to go above that level.
<div id="attachment_359037" style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/newplot-3.png" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-359037" decoding="async" class="wp-image-359037 size-full" src="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/newplot-3.png" alt="" width="1482" height="736" srcset="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/newplot-3.png 1482w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/newplot-3-300x149.png 300w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/newplot-3-1024x509.png 1024w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/newplot-3-768x381.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1482px) 100vw, 1482px"></a>
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Therefore, AMBCrypto checked DOT’s daily chart to understand what to expect from Polkadot in the near term. Polkadot’s MACD displayed the possibility of a bearish crossover soon. 
Read <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/predictions/polkadot-price-prediction" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">Polkadot’s [DOT] Price Prediction</a> 2023-24
Its Money Flow Index (MFI) also registered a slight downtick from the overbought zone, meaning that selling pressure on the token was high.&nbsp;
The possibility of a further drop in price was pointed out by another indicator. <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/could-polkadots-latest-referendums-have-an-impact-on-dots-price/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">DOT</a>’s price touched the upper limit of the Bollinger Bands, which generally results in a price correction.
<div id="attachment_359038" style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DOTUSDT_2023-12-16_10-56-02.png" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-359038" decoding="async" class="wp-image-359038 size-full" src="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DOTUSDT_2023-12-16_10-56-02.png" alt="" width="1815" height="792" srcset="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DOTUSDT_2023-12-16_10-56-02.png 1815w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DOTUSDT_2023-12-16_10-56-02-300x131.png 300w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DOTUSDT_2023-12-16_10-56-02-1024x447.png 1024w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DOTUSDT_2023-12-16_10-56-02-768x335.png 768w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DOTUSDT_2023-12-16_10-56-02-1536x670.png 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1815px) 100vw, 1815px"></a>
 Source: TradingView
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