SUI Price Crashes 10% As Blockchain Goes Dark, Halting Block Production
21 November 2024 - 11:00PM
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The Sui network has ceased block production for over two hours,
leading to a sharp decline in the token’s price. Data from
suivision and suiscan indicate that block generation stopped at
09:15 UTC today, and the network has yet to resume normal
operations. This marks the first major outage for the project, a
blockchain praised as “Solana killer.” SUI Price Crashes Following
Network Outage Members of the community have suggested that issues
with validators might be the cause of the disruption. Validators,
critical for processing transactions and maintaining the
blockchain’s integrity, appear to be experiencing problems. The
official status page, status.sui.io, acknowledges the issue,
stating that they are “continuing to investigate” and confirming
that “validators are down.” Despite these updates, the development
team has not released an official statement detailing the root
cause or providing a timeline for resolution. Related Reading: SUI
Price Stability At $3.5 Signals Room For More Growth, $4 Mark
Imminent? Blockchain security firm PeckShieldAlert confirmed the
disruption, noting that the “Sui blockchain network appears to be
experiencing delays, with reports indicating that the latest block
has produced over an hour ago.” #PeckShieldAlert #Sui blockchain
network appears to be experiencing delays, with reports indicating
that the latest block was produced over an hour ago
pic.twitter.com/KHFpmMqKxB — PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert)
November 21, 2024 The incident has sparked discussions on social
media, with several crypto community members drawing parallels
between Sui’s current situation and Solana’s past network outages.
Crypto analyst Quinten Francois commented, “SUI has been down for
55 min, with no blocks produced during this period. SOL 2.0?”
Similarly, WantCoinNews expressed interest in how the Sui community
and developers will handle the downtime, stating that their
response could “either destroy or strengthen the trust in the
chain.” They added a personal note, saying, “Let me just ignore
this Solana type FUD and look for entries. Minimum $5.” Ben
Armstrong, known as BitBoy, weighed in on the matter: “It is with
great pause, I declare SUI officially the next SOL. How many times
do I have to say it? Can’t wait to hear from the team on this one.
Solana has taught us that it’s way better for a blockchain to be
overwhelmed than not used.” Related Reading: Aptos Following SUI’s
Lead? Analyst Says APT’s ‘Explosive Breakout’ Targets $20 Following
the news of the outage, the token’s price dropped by 7%. Over the
last 24 hours, the SUI price has fallen by nearly 10%, reflecting
investor concerns over the network’s reliability. Despite this
setback, SUI remains one of the few altcoins to have reached a new
all-time high in the current market cycle. The price dip brings the
token to a critical support level at the 1.618 Fibonacci extension
of $3.24. If this support holds, SUI could be poised for another
upward movement, potentially targeting the 2.618 Fibonacci
extension level at $4.97. At press time, SUI traded at $3.39.
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