Raydium Price Rises 15% As Top Coins Struggle: Why Is RAY Rising?
Radium price rallied more than 15% as bulls tested the $0.75 level. The profit comes amid a leap towards sustainability on the Solana-based decentralized exchange. RAY's daily trading volume exploded over 500%.
Radium was one of the top earners in the crypto market in early trading on February 17, 2026, with the RAY token up 15 percent in the last 24 hours.
The token's dramatic rise coincided with a breakout in daily trading volume and a retest of $0.75, which bulls are now targeting for a possible return to the critical price level of $1.
All of this reflects the bearish pressure surrounding Bitcoin among top altcoins including Ethereum, XRP and Solana.
Why did the price of radium increase?
Radium benefits from the momentum of the Solana ecosystem, the optimism surrounding SOL is also reflected in RAY. But this latest pump in the token comes as SOL struggles near $80.
A significant increase in liquidity and exchange on radium's automated market maker will restore confidence in the Solana-based decentralized exchange.
While there has been no specific catalyst for the price increase in the last 24 hours, hot perps listings seem to be increasing the volume.
Radium recently announced trading support for $TSLA, $NVDA, $XAG, $NAS100, $XAU, $SPX500 and $GOOGL, offering leverage of up to 20x.
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With macroeconomic changes pointing to new profits, speculation is at a new level.
According to the data on the chain, the platform is seeing high activity, with the sustainable volume in the growth of users rising to more than 6 billion dollars.
RAY's findings reflect this frustration, and the rate has exploded. Over the past 24 hours, bulls pushing to break above $0.75 have seen daily volume rise 580 percent and surpass $118 million.
Radium price forecast as bulls target to climb above $1
Bears remain in control of most crypto markets, and RAY's performance over the past several months highlights this.
The token is at a month-ago low of $0.54, and boasts 22% gains from last week's low.
However, the price has continued to hover below a key bearish line since the August 2025 highs of $4.10.
And that downtrend currently sees a bulls-eye short-term move above $1.
Technical indicators, including the rising RSI and MACD around 45, point to bullish territory.
It is also worth noting that RAY is currently trading near the resistance line of the downtrend line mentioned above.
A retest of this area between volume increases is consistent with an upward trend.
However, bulls should breach the immediate resistance in the $0.83 to $0.91 zone.
If this area breaks from a key supply wall to support, a potential breakout could push RAY higher to $1.27 and then bring new bullish targets into view.
If not, a rejection at $0.75-$0.83 could open the door for bears to target the $0.55-$0.50 zone.
