The crypto industry is almost 2 weeks into August, and since the colossal surge on August 1, Bitcoin‘s price has been tepid again. With the price sustaining between the range of $11,500-$12,000 for the majority of the time, optimism is currently pinned on other factors for the bull run to continue. Multiple arguments have been...Read More
After Bitcoin went past its $10k resistance many of the market’s altcoins have been noting strong bullish sentiment. At press time Bitcoin was being traded at $11,732 with a 24-hour trading volume of $8.4 billion. Source: CoinStats However, the trend has not been uniform across the altcoin market. In the past few weeks, the price...Read More
With every Bitcoin push comes the question of a push back, and when such a question arises all eyes point to the whales. Big movers of the cryptocurrency, operating on a host of exchanges, are even leveraging their trades, whales have a unique place in the Bitcoin market, and they have been the originators of...Read More
Following the latest developments and price movements from Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap has seen its weighted social sentiment turn significantly more positive to reach a fresh all-time high. Twitter Loves Ethereum According to data from the popular analytics company Santiment, Ethereum’s so-called weighted social sentiment has been increasing in positivity lately. Essentially,...Read More
Ethereum and its ecosystem look wildly bullish according to Satniment’s “social sentiment on Twitter” indicator. According to the indicator, it has a deviation of +2.78 from the neutral position, which is at an all-time high. Social Sentiment Source: Twitter This comes at a time when bitcoin has hit $12,000 twice within 2 weeks of August...Read More
In May 2020, Paul Tudor Jones, the billionaire hedge fund manager called Bitcoin the ‘fastest horse,’ but it is also important to look at the rest of the field. If Bitcoin is the fastest horse, where does the S&P500, and gold lie in the race, and how long has the cryptocurrency been the fastest? The...Read More
MicroStrategy has become the first NASDAQ-listed company to buy Bitcoin as part of its planned capital allocation strategy. Bitcoin is Better than Cash According to an official press release on Tuesday (August 11, 2020), MicroStrategy bought 21,454 BTC at $250 million. The company stated that Bitcoin, which is seen as an investment asset, is the...Read More
How batching payments has benefited our customers, internal operations, and the overall Bitcoin network By Brock Miller Earlier this year, Coinbase rolled out Bitcoin transaction batching. Since launching, we have batched 100% of Coinbase Consumer and Coinbase Pro customer send requests for Bitcoin. Over this time, we’ve realized 75.2% savings in transaction fees and have...Read More
Bitcoin’s price is now sharply correcting after failing to close above the psychological $12,000 yesterday. In the last 24hrs, $14 billion has been withdrawn from the market as traders react to the double top that’s now appeared on the 4-hour chart. Bitcoin reached $12,100 yesterday and nine days ago, on August 2nd. As of writing...Read More
Disclaimer: The following price prediction should materialize over the next week. Stuck between the range of $335-$400 since 31st July, the anticipation surrounding Ethereum’s price is beginning to build in the industry. There is a definite divide between the analysts as many were expecting a bullish breakout while some were convinced that the movement is...Read More
[Featured content] Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that comes with a lot of inherent benefits compared to traditional fiat currencies. Right off the bat, the transactions are peer-to-peer as they require no intermediaries in the face of banks or other institutions. Not only does this make them considerably cheaper, but they are also almost instant. Needless,...Read More
Bitcoin mining as an industry has evolved over the years as BTC’s price has. From being able to mine BTC using CPUs to GPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs, the industry has matured with the current hashrate at 124 TH/s with difficulty at 16.8 T [trillion]. Before the 3rd halving, the price suffered a catastrophic crash in...Read More
Chainlink dropped by a sharp 7% today and about 15% in the past two days. Before this drop, LINK had created a fresh all-time high at $14.74, gaining upwards of 35% in a week. Against Bitcoin, LINK is also heading lower as it dropped from the 120,000 SAT resistance to reach 108,000 SAT today. LINK/USD:...Read More
On September 1, 2020, at 12:00 UTC, the KickEX cryptocurrency exchange will buyback KICK tokens (KickToken) worth a total of $100,000 at a price of $0.00015 per token. The buyback will be carried out only on the KickEX exchange and according to specific conditions. To participate in the buyback, token holders must register on the...Read More
With a market cap of $13.37 billion, XRP is the third-largest cryptocurrency in the world. In the last 2 hours, the coin has seen a minuscule surge of 0.5% but that won’t be the end of it. Due to the formation of a bull flag, the coin shows a potential for a surge ranging from...Read More
The decentralized exchange aggregator sourcing liquidity from multiple platforms 1inch has raised nearly $3 million in a funding round led by Binance Labs. Other prominent participants in the series include Galaxy Digital, Greenfield One, Libertus Capital, Dragonfly Capital, FTX, LAUNCHub Ventures, and Divergence Ventures. 1inch Raised $2.8M According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato,...Read More
With Bitcoin breaking resistance after resistance, at some point reality is likely to set in and when it does, will the price hold, surge, or breakdown? At press time Bitcoin is flirting with the $12,000 level for the second time in 10 days, and the market is growing anxious if past events will repeat itself,...Read More
Anyone that has used Ethereum for anything recently will have noticed a surge in gas fees. The DeFi boom of 2020 is largely responsible for this as demands on the creaking network increase. Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens make up the foundations of DeFi, and it has become painfully evident that the network cannot take the...Read More
Swipe, one of the latest acquisitions of Binance, has announced a new simplified white paper, which should assist in mass adoption for the company. With many developments coming from Swipe, its native cryptocurrency, SXP, has soared by over 60% in the past week alone to a new all-time high painted today. Swipe’s Latest Developments The...Read More
According to numerous posts on John McAfee’s Twitter, the former antivirus tycoon and cryptocurrency proponent was arrested in (probably) Norway, or Spain, or Germany. While he hasn’t disclosed lots of details, the reason for the arrest was quite compelling – wearing a lady’s underwear as a protective mask and refusing to replace it. McAfee Arrested...Read More
With Bitcoin moving past the $10k resistance in the past few weeks, the month of August has turned out to be quite beneficial for many of the market’s altcoins. Popular altcoins such as Cardano and Dogecoin saw their trading price rise since the start of the month, while Bitcoin Cash saw a surge and a...Read More
Following what appears to be the actions of a single whale, the price of ETH skyrocketed to just under $450 according to the Uniswap v2 ETH/USDC price ticker in late trading on August 10. This represented an increase upwards of 15%. The trade involved a series of swaps totaling almost $18 million in USDT to...Read More
Litecoin saw its price take a positive swing, as the rest of the coin market faltered. The 8th largest cryptocurrency in the market is among only two coins in the top-10 trading in the green, with a positive 24-hour price increase, the other being XRP occupying the fourth spot. With Bitcoin back below $12,000, the...Read More
Bitcoin couldn’t succeed at conquering $12,000 so far and got rejected. Although many top 10 alts are retracing slightly today, the rest of the market is in the green, including another all-time high from a top 20 coin – Tezos (XTZ). Lower-cap Altcoins And Tezos To The Rise The majority of top 10 coins have...Read More
