August 17, 2020

Bitcoin and miner capitulation: Was the threat ever real?

Once upon a time, Bitcoin‘s shadow was so overwhelming that many of the market’s altcoins failed to get the attention they deserved. Over the last few months, however, this narrative has steadily changed. While Bitcoin still maintains its superiority as the world’s largest and most-favored digital asset, other altcoins such as Ethereum, Chainlink, and Cardano...
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Uptick in Bitcoin SegWit Penetration, Non-Adopters May Soon Be on Notice

While segregated witness ‘SegWit’ adoption dipped after mid-March, the utilization of the protocol upgrade on the Bitcoin network is on the rise. Some industry pundits say time is running out for the declining set of non-adopters to embrace SegWit. Bitcoin SegWit Utilization Now Above 65% According to data from Transactionfee, about 65% of daily Bitcoin...
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Don’t be fooled – Bitcoin is stronger than gold

If you were to use one word to describe the Bitcoin market right now, it would be “strong.” For the past three weeks, the world’s largest cryptocurrency has been trading at a level over $10,000, a feat it has managed only 14 times since the 2017 bull run. Prior to this run, Bitcoin was in...
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Securing an ERC-20 token for launch on Coinbase

How to pass the most trusted cryptocurrency platform’s security guidelines for ERC-20 tokens By Nadir Akhtar TL;DR: The ERC-20 standard has become a popular way to create digital assets and assign protocol voting rights on the Ethereum blockchain. When evaluating an ERC-20 token for listing, Coinbase performs a security assessment looking primarily for these four...
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Bitcoin Crushing Altcoins as BTC Price Sets New 2020 High

Bitcoin has responded to the rising altcoins and just pumped to a new yearly high of over $12,400. By doing this, the primary cryptocurrency has increased its dominance over the market after reaching a new yearly low earlier today. Bitcoin To $12,400 and Beyond? As CryptoPotato reported earlier, Bitcoin stood still at $11,800, while many...
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The New McAfee: Dave Portnoy Forgets About Bitcoin and Starts Shilling Low-Cap Altcoins To His 1.7M Followers

Less than a week ago, the influential legacy markets day trader Dave Portnoy, had a meeting with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss – the founders of Gemini and well-known Bitcoin proponents. Even though he supposedly bought Bitcoin during their meeting, his enthusiasm for the primary cryptocurrency was shortlived. Now, Portnoy openly solicits cryptocurrency pump and dump...
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Bitcoin trading – Are we in for another sell-off?

Every time Bitcoin moves up or notes a consolidation, there’s the question of a sell-off. Since the cryptocurrency markets are so volatile, you can’t blame traders or even investors for cashing in their investments at a significant profit. The current market is no different.  According to data from Chainalysis Markets, inklings of a sell-off are...
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Maker, VeChain, Binance Coin Price Analysis: 17 August

The crypto-market remains largely bullish, especially since yield farming and the success of DeFi tokens have been appealing to many investors. With Ethereum priced at above $400, at the time of writing, the world’s largest altcoin can, in the medium term, signal more bullish sentiment for itself and the rest of the altcoin market. Source:...
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Bitcoin long-term Price Analysis: 17 August

Bitcoin’s struggle to breach the $12,000-mark is as real as it gets. The level in question has been tapped a few times and even breached once, however, even after these developments, Bitcoin continued to remain under $12,000. This is unlike the rally in April 2019, a time when Bitcoin faced no issues in pushing past...
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Pantera Confirms Raising $165 Million in Its Cryptocurrency Fund

San Francisco-based crypto and blockchain investment company Pantera Capital confirmed in a recent filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it has raised almost $165 million in its cryptocurrency hedge fund. Venture Fund III Raises $165M In Two Year The crypto Fund dubbed Venture Fund III was launched on July 31,...
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Ethereum Options activity suggests nothing else can be trusted

There is no lack of development in the Ethereum community at the moment. However, while Ether’s value is soaring, the network has become the most expensive one to use and miners are rejoicing over all-time high revenues, with the network’s hashrate now better than it has ever been in the last 20 months. And yet,...
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Bitcoin Price Breaks $12K To New 2020 High: New Bull Run Gets Underway?

Bitcoin price had been lingering under the $11,900 mark for the past 48 hours, despite another injection of $6 billion entering the global crypto market at that period. In the last hour, however, a sudden surge in buying pressure finally arrived, which assisted in driving prices over the psychological $12,000 resistance for the first time...
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XRP Records 14-Days Peak: New 2020 High Incoming? (Ripple Price Analysis)

XRP saw a 6% price increase today as the buyers manage to rise above $0.31 Last week, the coin found strong support at $0.28, which allowed it to push higher and reclaim $0.3 over the weekend. Against Bitcoin, XRP bounced from 2435 SAT last week to reach the current 2555 SAT level. XRP/USD: XRP Bulls...
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DASH, Synthetix, Litecoin Price Analysis: 17 August

Litecoin, Synthetix, and Dash were trading above or at historically significant levels, at the time of writing. In fact, Litecoin was showing vigor in the market as it resumed its recovery from its lows near $40. Further, DASH had an eye on its immediate resistance on the charts while Synthetix looked likely to continue its...
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Major Singapore Bank: Central Bank Interest in Crypto and Gold Surged Following COVID-19

The Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation DBS Bank has compiled a report on cryptocurrencies and the recent developments in the sector. The paper noted that central banks are both “troubled and intrigued” by the growing role of digital assets in today’s world, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic. DBS Bank: Cryptocurrencies Are Growing Headquartered...
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Bitcoin SV short-term Price Analysis: 17 August

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis should not be taken as investment advice and the same should materialize over the next few hours Bitcoin SV, at the time of writing, was jostling for room and moving under the key price line of $218, a level that has acted as immediate resistance and support multiple...
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Antminer S19 Pro vs Whatsminer M30S+

Abstract: We compare and measure various performance metrics for two of the latest and most energy efficient Bitcoin mining products, MicroBT’s Whatsminer M30S+ and Bitmain’s Antminer S19 Pro. Obviously the more expensive 7nm Bitmain product is more powerful, however the miners are pretty similar in terms of output. Our data over a short three day...
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Cosmos, IOTA, Chainlink Price Analysis: 17 August

Bitcoin [BTC] was holding the support level at $11,800 with an eye on a possible breakout over $12,000, at the time of writing. However, BTC’s movement has been relatively recent as, over the last few months, many of the market’s altcoins have noted good rallies, especially when Bitcoin’s own price was relatively stagnant. At press...
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Meet Hodlnaut: Earning Interest on Your Bitcoin Holdings

[Featured Content] This year has been nothing short of tumultuous. Back in March, legacy and cryptocurrency markets went through a massive crash caused by the spreading coronavirus. As part of the remedies, the US Government started printing trillions of dollars and pumping them into the economy. And while global indices have recovered and even paint...
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PayAccept Announces IEO On Exmarkets Launchpad

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] PayAccept is a decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain technology company headquartered in the Netherlands. It offers cryptocurrency and fiat payment processing, financing, loans, card issuances, and risk management services. PayAccept is developing a crypto asset wallet and various technological solutions for merchants to accept payments in a wide range...
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Ethereum Daily Transaction Count At A 2-Year High While Gas Fees Calm Down

The daily transaction count on the Ethereum network reached a two-year high with 1.27 million, which is the closest number displayed to the all-time high from January 4th, 2018, at 1.34 million. Simultaneously, the transaction fees have dropped significantly from the ATH marked just a few days ago. Ethereum Transaction Count At Near ATH With...
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Which Industries Benefit the Most from Adopting Blockchain?

For more than a decade now, cryptocurrencies have fascinated the general public even though few have dabbled in buying digital coins. The media frenzy sparked by Bitcoin and sustained by the quick proliferation of other cryptocurrencies often neglected to shine a proper light on the revolutionary technology that made them all possible: blockchain.  To their...
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Ethereum long-term Price Analysis: 13 August

Ethereum has hit a level last seen almost 2 years ago and not just that, it has held the level successfully. The $415-level is now acting as a support for the next leg, which is a bullish one. At press time, ETH was still the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world with $47 billion in market...
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Gocoworker Announces the Crowdsale, the Most Momentous in Europe. 

Barcelona, 13 August 2020 – Gocoworker is a Distributed Autonomous Organisation for Talents, the leader in communal work, for sustainable jobs.  The world’s economy is undergoing a global systemic crisis: where inflation in the world’s money supply is no longer sufficient to revive the international economy. Pyramidal organizations have reached their limits and are ineffective...
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Bitcoin’s S2F Model Is Still on Track: Targeting Price of $55,000

The stock-to-flow (S2F) model is the brainchild of crypto analyst going by the twitter handle ‘PlanB.’ It was initially published in March 2019 and examines the relationship between the production of supply and the current stock available, essentially calculating Bitcoin’s value through scarcity. The model has mapped Bitcoin’s price with a high degree of accuracy,...
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DigiByte, STEEM, XRP Price Analysis: 17 August

Market trends in the crypto-industry seemed to point to a lack of correlation as many of its altcoins courted individuality on the charts. After Ethereum’s recent pullback and Bitcoin’s re-test of the range at $11,900, XRP was able to sustain testing at $0.30 as well. On the contrary, Digibyte had better success over the past...
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Bitcoin Dominance At YTD Low: WAVES’ 150% Weekly And TRON Leading The Altcoins Today

Bitcoin stays stagnant at around $11,800, as of now, while most large-cap altcoins have calmed down in the past 24 hours. The situation among low-cap alts is radically different. Low-cap Altcoins On The Move Most large-cap alternative coins haven’t shown any significant fluctuations since yesterday. Ethereum is less than 1% down to $425, Ripple (-0.25%)...
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July 2020 Report Into Cryptocurrency Exchanges (From CryptoCompare)

Top-Tier Exchange Volumes Surge, Gaining Market Share In July, Top-Tier volumes increased 42.1% to $334bn while Lower-Tier volumes decreased 38.1% to $224bn. Top-Tier exchanges now represent 60% of total spot volume. Deribit Options Volumes Set New Record, Tripling Previous High Deribit’s options volumes have set a new all-time daily high in July, dwarfing the previous record by...
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