Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) experienced a 3% price increase over the past 24 hours, accompanied by an 83% surge in daily trading volume. Despite these gains, the Open Interest (OI) rose only 1.75%, indicating weak speculative conviction in the AI token. Coinalyze data revealed a predominantly negative Funding Rate over the past week, with a flat Spot CVD, suggesting bearish market sentiment. On the 1-day chart, the trend for VIRTUAL remains bearish, with the price facing rejection at the $0.82 level, a 50% Fibonacci retracement. However, the $0.68 support zone was defended, indicating potential for further gains. Analysts suggest that VIRTUAL could rally towards $0.875-$0.955, with the defense of the $0.66-$0.68 zone confirming bullish strength. Despite the short-term bullish outlook, the long-term structure remains bearish.