Dogecoin (DOGE) is potentially at risk of losing critical support if the price falls from the ascending channel traded in for the last 53 days. Although technical analysis is not an exact science, a daily close below $0.26 will likely invalidate the current movement.
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Aside from the Bitcoin (BTC)-driven headwinds, which are weighing on DOGE price, the meme token this week underwent a software upgrade, and users were requested to implement version 1.14.5. Two important security patches were involved: “Remote Code Execution in Dogecoin QT” (CVE-2021-3401) and “Sensitive Information Exposure on Unix platforms” (CVE-2019-15947).
The latest release finalized a new minimum fee recommendation, following a previous version’s reduction of relay and mining defaults. Additional changes included Berkley DB and OpenSSL updates and SLIP44 compatibility for the HD wallet deviation path.
Binance faced issues after the upgrade
Even though users and developers did not experience any setbacks from the changes, crypto exchange Binance unexpectedly suspended all Dogecoin network withdrawals on Nov. 11.
“Michilumin,” a Dogecoin core developer, explained that Binance had pending transactions due to insufficient fees for a couple of years. Despite recommendations by DOGE developers, the exchange failed to redirect those dormant transactions to their own wallets.
Yes, we’re aware, with Binance. Situation is that Binance, when a dogecoin tx, even years ago, was insufficient fees; they just re-issued those transactions (Didn’t do RBF or anything) , and assumed that the insufficient fee transactions would remain ‘stuck’ forever….
— Michi Lumin (@michilumin) November 11, 2021
As the 1.14.5 upgrade successfully lowered fees, those pending transactions were eventually approved, unbeknownst to Binance.
Curiously, in February, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao expressed concerns about Dogecoin being “centralized” and “abandoned.”
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