Merlin Chain’s token surged to a multi-month high as its total value locked jumped and as a $1 million trading competition continued.
Merlin Chain (MERL) price jumped to $0.1622, up by 132% from its lowest point this year. This surge pushed its market cap to over $102 million.
Merlin Chain, which offers a Bitcoin (BTC) layer-2 network, has seen an inflow in assets in the past few days. DeFi Llama data shows that the total value locked in the network jumped to $343 million, up from this month’s low of $85 million.
Its growth was driven by Solv Protocol’s assets, which jumped to over $283 million, and MerlinSwap with over $26.5 million.
The MERL token also jumped as the developers partnered with Binance for a competition that will see users win rewards of up to $1 million. The top 10,000 MERL traders by purchase volume will share 9,840,000 MERL tokens, with each receiving 984 tokens worth about $160.
💰9,840,000 $MERL up for grabs on @binance!
🧙♂️Top 10,000 $MERL traders by purchase volume of MERL tokens share it equally — 984 $MERL each.Trade $MERL in your @BinanceWallet (Keyless) or via Binance Alpha to share exclusive token rewards! This is on top of your Binance Alpha… https://t.co/4uCakIZFng
— Merlin Chain (@MerlinLayer2) May 21, 2025
MERL price technical analysis
The daily chart shows that the MERL price jumped to a high of $0.1622 on Friday, its highest level since January. This rally happened after the token formed a triple-bottom pattern at $0.0770.
A triple-bottom comprises three down-peaks and a neckline, which in this case, was at $0.1452. It has moved above the 50-day moving average and the neckline, while the Relative Strength Index and the MACD have all pointed upwards,
The token will likely keep rising as bulls target the 50% retracement level at $0.2881, up by 94% above the current level. A drop below the support at $0.10 will invalidate the bullish outlook.
