January 15, 2021

What explains Tether’s $25B market cap push?

Tether’s market cap hit $25 billion today, with Bitcoin trading below $40,000 on the price charts. In fact, the stablecoin has been one of the most traded assets in all of crypto, with its trading volume surpassing even that of Bitcoin. Source: CoinMetrics Tether’s growth was stupendous in 2020, with the stablecoin enjoying a 72%...
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Report: Mt Gox Creditors Could Claim 90% Of The Owned Bitcoins After A CoinLab Deal

Nearly $5 billion in bitcoin could make their way back to Mt. Gox users following a deal between creditors and CoinLab. Nevertheless, the agreement is still reportedly subject to creditor acceptance. Bloomberg reporter Matt Leising offered a brief explanation of the story earlier today, noting that CoinLab has reached a deal with Mt. Gox creditors...
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How are Chainlink’s whales propping up its price?

Chainlink was one of the market’s star performers as 2020 came to a close. In fact, it would seem that its bullish momentum on the price charts has continued into 2021 as well, with LINK rising on the charts by over 18 percent in the last 7 days alone. With a trading price of over...
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Bitcoin Faced First Major Correction In Current Bull Run: The Crypto Weekly Market Update

This week was very intensive in the cryptocurrency market. It’s perhaps safe to say that it was among the most tumultuous ones we’ve had in the last few months. Everything started calmly, and during the weekend, the price hit an all-time high value of $42,000. The excitement was short-lived, as immediately after that, bitcoin went...
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NavCoin releases its new privacy protocol, one day after Binance adds NAV to its staking program

Following their January 1st announcement, the Navcoin Core team has made available the final version of the Navcoin Core 6.0 binaries, which includes support for its new private coin xNAV based on their self-developed blsCT cryptographic protocol. The latest release of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency brings improvements to governance, and security, and also allows Navcoin to...
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Ethereum, Dogecoin, Maker Price Analysis: 15 January

Ethereum’s price was on the verge of registering a new ATH, before a massive correction hit once again. Since then, ETH has been on a recovery run. By and large, however, the past few days have seen mostly sideways movement from the likes of ETH, Maker, and even Dogecoin. Ethereum [ETH] Source: ETH/USD, TradingView Ethereum...
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Yearn Finance proposal to mint 1000 YFI tokens to reward core devs faces opposition

Yearn Finance made waves in the crypto-community after it introduced a new proposal to mint 1000 YFI tokens that will be later distributed among its core developers. The rationale behind the same is to reward developers who have contributed to Yearn Finance’s development and growth selflessly. Proposal: yfi_lit suggests printing 1000 YFI for operations fund...
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Litecoin, OMG Network, SushiSwap Price Analysis: 15 January

Litecoin appeared to be consolidating around $150 as it gathered steam to begin another northbound move to test the $180-level of resistance. OMG Network saw a similar scenario on the charts as it surged past $3.1 over the past few days, with the crypto heading towards $4.1. SushiSwap too was bullish on the charts and...
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Do Bitcoin HODLers decide the returns on your portfolio?

Bitcoin’s rally to its latest ATH in the first week of January may have made the headlines, but what’s in it for your portfolio? Let’s go further – The burning question is, what is the role of HODLers in this bull run and how do they influence the returns on your portfolio? Do they influence...
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$500K Bitcoin Donation Funneled to Groups Involved in US Capitol Riot: Analysis

Blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis has tracked simultaneous Bitcoin (BTC) donations to wallets associated with right-wing extremist groups in the U.S., which might have helped fund the recent riot at the U.S. Capitol. The news marks yet another pivot towards pseudonymous money transfer means by alt-right groups in the U.S. Alt-Right Agitators Received $500K in Bitcoin...
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EOS, Aave, Vechain Price Analysis: 15 January

For many of the crypto-market’s altcoins, the past few days have been all about recovering their prices after Bitcoin’s drop on the charts. While some altcoins like Aave managed to register significant hikes over the past 24-48 hours, other cryptos like EOS and Vechain have had to battle spells of sideways movement. EOS Source: EOS/USD,...
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Polkadot Price Analysis: 15 January

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice The past 60 hours have been bullish for Bitcoin. The $34k-$34.5k region served as support and saw BTC climb back to touch $40k. However, it was unable to stay there as selling pressure forced...
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Bitcoin Cash, Loopring, YFI Price Analysis: 15 January

Bitcoin Cash sought to defend the $495-level of support and appeared likely to see a move to $540 over the next few trading sessions. Loopring saw rejection at a level of resistance and could be headed back to the mid-point of its range, while YFI saw rising demand even as the price dipped to suggest...
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Cardano Price Analysis: 15 January

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Cardano‘s ecosystem has been witnessing strong developments of late, with each aimed at making it more self-reliant. With the cryptocurrency ADA rising on the charts, one can argue that the crypto is highlighting its...
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What does Bitcoin need to breach $41,000 again?

Bitcoin has been in the news a lot lately, mostly due to its exponential price performance over the past few weeks. However, at the time of writing, BTC was trading at a level that was nearly 8% lower than its ATH of $41,941, based on data from CoinMarketCap. While BTC has repeatedly attempted to breach...
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Polkadot, Dash, Uniswap Price Analysis: 15 January

Bitcoin made a comeback on the charts over the past 24-hours, with the cryptocurrency trading close to its $38k-level of resistance. This, in turn, positively affected many of the market’s altcoins like Polkadot and Uniswap, with both alts registering hikes of up to 21 percent while DASH endured yet another price correction. Polkadot [DOT] Source:...
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Neutrino to integrate Chainlink Proof of Reserve oracle

Neutrino protocol is the latest project to announce an integration with the Chainlink network, an update that comes on the back of a long line of developments in the latter’s ecosystem. This integration will help Neutrino transfer its stablecoin Neutrino Dollar [USDN], along with other tokens, between the two blockchains. Chainlink’s Proof of Reserve oracle...
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Tron, Ethereum Classic, IOST Price Analysis: 15 January

Tron faced resistance from a horizontal level, as well as from a Gann fan line, and was likely to see a rejection at the level of resistance. Ethereum Classic dipped towards $7.5, but can defend it and register a northbound move while IOST was poised to surge past a level of resistance following strong bullish...
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Miami now exploring crypto-regulations that will enable Bitcoin payments

“We want to be one of the most crypto-forward and technological cities in the country,” Miami’s Mayor Francis Suarez told Fox Business in a recent interview, with the government official the latest to jump onto the cryptocurrency market’s bandwagon. However, that wasn’t all as Suarez also went on to explain how the city is looking...
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Ripple partners with Mobile Money to serve Malaysia-Bangladesh remittance corridor

Ripple is in the news today after it announced a partnership with Mobile Money, a Malaysian mobile wallet company, to facilitate wallet-to-wallet payments between Malaysia and Bangladesh and serve the remittance corridor between the two countries. Through RippleNet, Mobile Money has connected to bKash, Bangladesh’s largest provider of mobile financial services (MFS), a company that...
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Bitcoins sent to alt-right activists raise questions about ‘pro-democracy’ crypto

In what is a fairly troubling development, reports have revealed that days before an angry alt-right mob stormed Capitol Hill, many of its activists received payments in Bitcoins. On 8 December, 22 different virtual wallets received a simultaneous transfer of 28.15 Bitcoins, which was worth $500,000 at the time. According to the aforementioned reports, most...
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Six-Figure Bitcoin Price Predictions Back on The Table

This has resulted in the renewal of six-figure price predictions for this market cycle, with some suggesting a top of $300,000 this time around. At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $37,900 after reaching an intraday high of $40,000 according to Tradingview.com. The asset had started to fall back during the Asian trading...
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Ethereum (ETH) $ 3,378.41 1.47%
Tether (USDT) $ 1.00 0.08%
XRP (XRP) $ 2.19 2.07%
BNB (BNB) $ 684.76 4.06%
Solana (SOL) $ 185.33 1.35%
Dogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.314428 0.81%
USDC (USDC) $ 1.00 0.21%
Lido Staked Ether (STETH) $ 3,354.15 0.85%
Cardano (ADA) $ 0.893788 0.27%