In their bid to source new customers, crypto exchanges will have to reinvent themselves as more than just trading venues. Hungry for Yield: Giving Users What They Want Decentralized finance (DeFi) has championed a new category of investment in the cryptocurrency industry, as the search for yield in crypto native money markets intensifies. Not everyone...Read More
2020 is off to a great start, with cryptocurrencies recording largely positive gains over the last few days. Since 3 January, the total market cap of cryptocurrencies has risen by 7% from $185 billion to $198 billion. Litecoin rose by nearly 1.8% in the last 24 hours alone. However, its prospects for the future seem...Read More
According to the latest Coin Metrics report, 2019 has been a record-breaking year when it comes to crypto adoption. Addresses with a balance of at least $10 increased for most of the major cryptocurrencies, as did their prices, showing that the retail market was thriving despite pessimistic predictions. Coin Metrics state of the market report...Read More
Fear dominates the Bitcoin and crypto markets, but growth and adoption continues unabated. According to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, which gauges the general market sentiment by analyzing and aggregating multiple data points into a single number on a scale of 0 to 100, whereby 0 signifies extreme fear and 100 extreme greed, the...Read More
Ripple/USD Technical Analysis XRP has a bearish short and medium-term trading bias The four-hour time frame shows that a bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern may be forming The daily time frame shows that a bearish wedge breakout remains in play XRP is attempting to recover towards the $.20 level, after the third-largest cryptocurrency by...Read More
Bitcoin and Ethereum recorded a lucrative first half in 2019, with many in the crypto-community attributing the performance of the market to the performance of these cryptos. The second half of 2019 was far less exciting for the market, however, as both cryptos registered massive losses. In fact, Ethereum ended the year with a 2.09...Read More
Bitcoin‘s pump on 3 January came as a surprise; the pump contributed to BTC shooting from $6,853 to $7,369 in a span of 8 hours. During times like these, there are bound to be many liquidations, many worth hundred-millions. At press time, the price was staring at the resistance that it failed to breach during...Read More
Just after regional authorities reportedly urged Bitcoin miners to reduce electricity consumption in Sichuan — a province that could account for up to 50 percent of global hash power — BTC’s hash rate rocketed to a new all-time high. Asia Times reported December 29th that Sichuan state authorities held a meeting with local power operators...Read More
The broader cryptocurrency market came under pressure on the second trading day of 2020, as Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies slipped into negative territory for the month. The first cryptocurrency fell back towards $7,050 after being rejected from its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame. BTC/USD shorts on the Bitfinex trading exchange were...Read More
Basic Attention has a bullish short-term trading bias and a negative medium-term bias The four-hour time frame shows that a bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern has formed The daily time frame shows that a bullish breakout from a falling wedge pattern is underway Basic Attention is searching for direction on Thursday after the cryptocurrency...Read More
Since 16 December, XRP has been hovering around the $0.19 mark, with intermittent dips under $0.185 and rises around $0.198. With a value of around $0.191 at the time of writing, XRP could be in for a short-term rise in value, despite its less-optimistic long-term prospects. XRP 4-hour chart Source: XRP/USD on TradingView Following a...Read More
Bitcoin was rejected on a few occasions near $7,260 and $7,300 against the US Dollar.The price is currently declining and it remains at a risk of more downsides below $7,000.There is a declining channel forming with resistance near $7,180 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).Ethereum is also struggling below...Read More
Ripple’s controversial native token XRP closed 2019 at a substantial loss, but according to a prominent analyst, the cryptocurrency is ready to break the bearish jinx in 2020.Crypto Michaël, a popular cryptocurrency analyst on Twitter, spoke about this on Wednesday, saying that the XRP-to-dollar exchange could undergo a massive trend reversal this year. The top crypto...Read More
The US central bank’s effort to expand its balance sheet through a pseudo-quantitative easing program could prompt bitcoin to pursue its next bull run.Since October, the Federal Reserve has been buying $60 billion worth of T-bills every month. Moreover, the organization is purchasing another $20 billion in MBS and TSY maturity investments, alongside tens of...Read More
Bitcoin closed 2019’s final fiscal quarter in losses.The benchmark cryptocurrency is down by circa 21.5 percent on a quarter-to-date basis. The move downhill has extended its half-yearly losses to 33.35 percent.Bitcoin in a deep downtrend since July 2019 | Source: TradingView.comNevertheless, exponential gains during the first two quarters have kept bitcoin inside positive territory. From...Read More
Bitcoin’s price has been under the $7,600 range for over a month now. Even with 3 major retests of the resistance at $7,660, Bitcoin’s price hasn’t managed to breach it. With the formation of a double bottom in a medium time frame, this was supposed to change. However, it hasn’t so far. BTC 4 Hour...Read More
Bitcoin price is slowly declining and recently tested $7,100 against the US Dollar.The price is currently recovering, but likely to face hurdles near $7,280 and $7,320.There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $7,185 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The pair might slide further...Read More
Ethereum is slowly moving lower towards the $125 support area against the US Dollar.The price is likely to extend losses as long as it is below the $132 resistance.There is a key declining channel forming with resistance near $131 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).ETH could decline in the near term...Read More
A third of Tron’s supply, worth over $400 million at current prices, unlocked on New Year’s Day. These coins may flood the market and further harm TRX’s struggling price. The enormous hoard of Tron tokens were quietly locked in December 2017, six months prior to the launch of project’s mainnet. These funds were locked by...Read More
Having maintained its value above $0.25 for most of 2019, XRP’s dip below the mark gave birth to alarm bells throughout the community, a community that had already been in a frenzy before the ~17.5% drop to $0.178 in mid-December. At the time of writing, XRP was priced at around $0.19 and realistically, could move...Read More
Bitcoin price is currently consolidating above the $7,200 and $7,150 support levels against the US Dollar.The price is likely to climb higher again unless there is a daily close below $7,000.There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $7,240 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The pair...Read More
The total crypto market cap is holding an important support area near the $185.0B level.Bitcoin price is struggling to continue higher and trading close to the $7,200 support.EOS price is down 2% and it is now trading near the $2.600 support area.Binance Coin (BNB) is down 3% and it failed to stay above the key...Read More
Ethereum is down around 4% from the $138 high and tested the $130 support against the US Dollar.The price is currently consolidating above the $130 support, with a few bearish signs.There is a connecting bearish trend line forming with resistance near $132 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).Bitcoin failed to stay...Read More
Social media censorship has become a pressing issue in the crypto world. Last week, YouTube banned several crypto-related channels. Though the site quickly rolled back its decision, other companies still apply harsh policies. Twitter has allegedly banned crypto-related accounts, while China’s WeChat has banned some crypto transactions. Of course, the problem goes beyond cryptocurrency. Social...Read More
Ethereum has been free-falling for quite a while now and yet, the bottom doesn’t seem to be in yet. However, a largely bullish pattern has formed, with ETH bouncing in it and starting its mini-rally on the daily time frame. Daily Chart Source: ETH/USD on TradingView Although there is a formation of a bullish falling...Read More
If you’ve been on Crypto Twitter at all over the past few weeks, you’ve likely seen Peter Schiff claim that Bitcoin (BTC) is on the verge of returning to irrelevancy. More specifically, he wrote in a tweet published in November that per his analysis of the charts, there’s a possibility that the leading cryptocurrency could...Read More
The cryptocurrency market traded mostly in the green on Monday, as the top 10 altcoins continued to build on the weekend’s strong gains. Bitcoin SV posted gains of over 10%, and traded back into triple digits as the recovery from the $75 support level gathered traction. Litecoin was another notable gainer over the weekend among...Read More
A misguided euphoria rising from the “phase one deal” between the US and China could help bitcoin becoming one of the most profitable investments in 2020.The offbeat asset has been pursuing a flat trajectory ever since Washington and Beijing reached an initial agreement. It spent its entire December in a tight range defined by $7,000...Read More
Take one look at Bitcoin’s chart and you would assume that Ethereum, XRP, and all the rest have had a great 2019 too, but you would be sorely mistaken in saying that. Per previous reports from NewsBTC, since earlier this month, the price of ETH is actually down in 2019, which comes in stark contrast...Read More
It is not a secret that altcoins, such as XRP, haven’t done too well in 2019. While Bitcoin (BTC) is up over 90%, starting the year in the $3,000s and now trading at $7,200, a number of leading cryptocurrencies have actually posted losses on the year.Although nearly all asset classes from precious metals to equities...Read More
