SUI Token Price Pushes Higher, Shrugging Off Broader Crypto Market Volatility (CoinChapter.com)

The SUI token is pushing higher in late March 2025, shrugging off broader crypto market volatility driven by inflation jitters and expectations around the U.S. Federal Reserve's next rate decision.

NOIDA (CoinChapter.com) – The SUI token is pushing higher in late March 2025, shrugging off broader crypto market volatility. The latter was driven by inflation jitters and expectations around the U.S. Federal Reserve’s next rate decision.

As of March 26, SUI has climbed over 12% in the past week, trading around the $2.6 mark. The move comes amid renewed investor interest in high-throughput, low-latency blockchains that can scale without compromising decentralization. Bitcoin and Ethereum, despite still holding the top two spots in market cap, have seen a slight slowdown in momentum following CPI data and hawkish Fed commentary.

However, SUI has diverged from this trend, aided by network-specific catalysts and a wave of bullish social media posts, largely on X. With over 100 million accounts now on-chain and a 47.2% surge in total value locked (TVL) over the last 30 days, investors appear to be rotating into Layer 1 ecosystems with evident growth potential and maturing infrastructure.

This divergence has shifted attention away from pure narratives and meme coins toward chains demonstrating sustained activity and product rollouts. The recent release of SUI v1.45.3 and protocol version 78 has further strengthened the case for SUI, pushing the token into the spotlight during a fragile macro environment.

Furthermore, the token is on the verge of confirming a breakout from a bullish technical setup that could propel its rally.

SUI Faces Pivotal Test After Triangle Breakout

SUI price broke out of an ascending triangle pattern, closing above the pattern’s horizontal resistance around $2.32. The breakout represents a bullish technical development, although confirmation is still pending.

The daily close on March 26 showed a strong green candle, but volume data was not readily available, making it difficult to assess the strength of the move. The breakout remains at risk of failure until SUI follows through with a decisive close above the 0.618 Fib level, which is now at $2.72.

Fibonacci retracement levels, drawn from November’s high to January’s low, provide a useful framework. The immediate resistance is at $2.72, the 0.618 Fib mark. This level also coincides with the triangle breakout’s measured move target of $2.71-2.73, adding another layer of importance.

If bulls manage to flip this level convincingly, the next upside target will be the pattern’s theoretical price target, around $3.01, which is also the 0.786 Fib level. Higher up, the $3.37 zone could act as a magnet in a full bullish extension.

On the downside, support is provided by the previous breakout level, around $2.32. A breakdown below this level could invalidate the bullish setup and pave the way for a move toward $2.06. The RSI stands at 52.6, indicating mid-range momentum—neither overbought nor oversold—leaving room for both sides to push further.

Network Upgrades and Real-World Growth Fuel Optimism

The latest protocol upgrade introduced crucial technical improvements, including advancements in consensus garbage collection and new commit rules for testnet environments, showcasing a clear step forward in stability and scalability. The update also saw the replacement of the submitbesteffort function with ‘SubmitToConsensus,’ addressed known flakiness issues in partition advancement, and introduced a new ‘ExecutionTimeEstimate’ mode to aid in handling congestion more effectively.

These upgrades come at a time when SUI’s real-world performance metrics are already turning heads. In recent tests, the network reportedly achieved 297,000 transactions per second, outperforming both Solana and Sei.

Activity indicators also present a bullish picture: burn rate has increased by nearly 50%, and active addresses are surging. Furthermore, SUI surpassed TON in stablecoin volume with $73.8 billion in March 2025 and outpaced Injective in total transactions, reaching 360 million. The surge in activity has propelled SUI’s ecosystem, attracting more DeFi projects and developers. Technical upgrades have also resulted in faster transaction finality and improved processing times.

Meanwhile, new ecosystem milestones—like the Walrus Mainnet for decentralized storage, a Spring gaming release for SuiPlay, and a proposed SUI ETF filing by Canary Funds—highlight the growing interest from institutions and developers. While price volatility remains a concern, SUI’s improving fundamentals, strong user growth, and expanding ecosystem position it as a key layer-1 contender in 2025.