Coinbase has released its recent Transparency Report, and the results are not at all encouraging for privacy advocates and believers in an “anti-establishment” philosophy of cryptocurrencies. According to the company, out of 1914 requests for information it received, 1848 of them corresponded to subpoenas and interactions made by criminal investigation agencies, and only 66 came...Read More
XLM/USD – Bulls Rebound Into 100-days EMA. Key Support Levels: $0.08, $0.075, $0.07.Key Resistance Levels: $0.086, $0.088, $0.0921. XLM found support at the $0.0668 (.618 Fib) level toward the end of September which allowed the downtrend to reverse. Throughout October, the coin has slowly been grinding higher. Initially, it struggled to break the resistance at...Read More
Hackers had a field run a couple of days ago, targeting the popular retail-oriented trading application Robinhood. Almost 2,000 Robinhood Markets accounts were compromised in a spree that saw customers’ funds siphoned off, according to a Bloomberg report. Robinhood disclosed that a “limited number” of their customers had been struck by hackers who managed to...Read More
Following yesterday’s $350 price lost for Bitcoin, the asset has remained relatively calm around $11,350. Most larger-cap altcoins have also seized the free-falls with Ethereum trading near $370 and Ripple above $0.24. Bitcoin Sits Tight Around $11,350 News broke out yesterday that police officers had taken away the founder of the popular cryptocurrency exchange OKEx....Read More
Another week passed on the cryptocurrency market, and it surely wasn’t a boring one. The cryptocurrency started off strong, causing many to believe that it might finally breach the coveted $12,000 mark. However, the excitement was short-lived because, just today, news broke out that the founder of OKEx, one of the primary cryptocurrency exchanges, has...Read More
Bitcoin Bitcoin saw a 4.3% price surge over the past seven days. The cryptocurrency was trading slightly above $11,000 last Friday as it started to push higher. Throughout the week, it managed to spike as high as $11,730 (1.414 Fib extension) but was never able to close a daily candle above resistance at $11,537 (provided...Read More
A few hours ago, global cryptocurrency exchange giant OKEx halted withdrawals much to the chagrin of traders and investors. Bitcoin prices fell as a response to additional reports of founder Xu Mingxing being arrested over a week ago. However, what should be more concerning is the amount of BTC held by the exchange’s wallets. Data...Read More
Bitcoin has failed to hold above $11,500 for the second time this week as bears continue to drive prices back down towards the unfilled CME gap at $11,100 (GAP 2). CME bitcoin futures gaps appear because traditional markets close before the weekend and reopen the following Monday, while BTC continues to be traded 24/7. This...Read More
One of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, OKEx, suspended withdrawals earlier today, which led to lots of confusion within the community and price slumps for the market. CryptoPotato reached out to OKEx personnel, including CEO Jay Hao, to shed some light on the entire situation. In the original statement, OKEx reasoned that the withdrawal suspension...Read More
In hopes of regaining the support of the cryptocurrency community after the ‘apolitical’ stunt, Coinbase has decided to fund ‘at-least’ two Bitcoin Core developers. This sponsorship act marks the debut for Crypto Community Fund, the exchange’s new grants program. Coinbase Shows Support For Bitcoin Development In a blog article released yesterday, Manish Gupta, EVP of...Read More
Bitcoin continues to struggle and has dropped by another 1% to about $11,300. The alternative coins bleed out and have wiped out most of the recent gains. These developments could be attributed to news that the popular exchange OKEx has seized withdrawals and is cooperating with a “public security bureau in investigations where required.” Bitcoin...Read More
Yield farming aggregator and DeFi clone Dracula Protocol has released details on a smart contract bug in rival DeFi protocol SushiSwap. The protocol was started in protest at SushiSwap which it claims was an unfair launch resulting in ‘vicious dumping’ on ordinary retail investors which eventually led to a massive price crash. “When Sushi entered...Read More
The Japanese financial services group SBI Holdings is not playing on easy mode when it comes to e-Sports. Not only it is investing heavily on its team, but SBI also hopes to take advantage of the opportunity to boost the growth of the crypto-verse. To strengthen its presence in the gaming scene, SBI e-Sports –...Read More
Monero, the most important privacy coin in the crypto ecosystem, is having a great time, outperforming even Bitcoin in comparison. As of today, October 15th, 2020; XMR closed with a total market capitalization of $2.29 Bn. At a price of $129 per token, the crypto is showing a phenomenal performance, achieving a maket capitalization not...Read More
A 40-years-old man from Auckland has been arrested because of an alleged money laundering scheme he orchestrated. He has been served with multiple charges, amongst which dubious cryptocurrency transactions and purchases of luxury goods. Thousands Of New Zealand Dollars To Buy Cryptocurrency According to a recent news report, the arrested man faces a pile of 30...Read More
XRP/USD – Bears Push XRP Into 100-days EMA Key Support Levels: $0.24, $0.237, $0.23.Key Resistance Levels: $0.251, $0.261, $0.271. XRP was performing well this week as it attempted to surge higher after bouncing from a rising trend line at the start of October. It managed to reach as high as $0.26 over the past few...Read More
Polkadot is one of the biggest cryptocurrency projects, currently ranked eight in terms of total market capitalization. Now, the team has revealed that trustless wrapped Bitcoin will come to its ecosystem in early 2021 through Interlay – a framework designated to allow permissioned and permissionless blockchains to connect and interact. Polkadot’s BTC-Relay Effort Known as...Read More
Twitter chief Jack Dorsey has urged his followers to donate Bitcoin to support the protest over police brutality in Nigeria. Earlier today, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, showed his support for the ongoing #EndSars protest over police brutality in Nigeria. Dorsey, a Bitcoin proponent, encouraged Bitcoiners to make BTC donations towards the fight...Read More
The deadline for submitting a rehabilitation plan for reimbursing Mt. Gox creditors has been delayed once more – this time to December 15th, 2020. As CryptoPotato reported before, the Tokyo District Court had issued an order indicating that the submission deadline was until October 15th. Nobuaki Kobayashi, the Mt. Gox rehabilitation trustee who has been...Read More
Ethereum investors prefer to HODL their assets, according to recent data. About 60% of all ETH tokens haven’t moved in at least one year. The question remains how and if this trend will change in the following months after the launch of the long-anticipated Ethereum 2.0, enabling investors to stake their ETH holdings. ETH Investors...Read More
Apart from a brief spike to above $11,500, Bitcoin has remained relatively calm around $11,400 in the past 24 hours. Most alternative coins have marked minor losses, with Ethereum dipping below $380 and Ripple beneath $0.25. Bitcoin Stays Around $11,400 As reported yesterday, Bitcoin traded around $11,400, despite US President Donald Trump’s call for additional...Read More
The research added that around 14% of the total supply is currently held in accumulation addresses. The findings by on-chain analytics firm Glassnode report that there has been a steady up trend in Bitcoin accumulation since the beginning of 2019. The chart overlays price action and the two do not appear to be correlated as...Read More
The popular decentralized finance tracking resource DeFi Pulse has introduced a new tool to measure risks within the DeFi ecosystem. Developed in collaboration with the digital asset modeling platform Gauntlet, the instrument has already graded two “very safe” DeFi protocols – Aave and Compound. The Launch Of DeFi Pulse Economic Safety Grade The DeFi trend...Read More
Despite a promising start to the week, the bullish Bitcoin traders have struggled to maintain momentum. In the last few hours, bears have successfully overcome the intra-week support (white line), which was helping to keep BTC in an uptrend, and are now threatening to drive prices back towards the 0.5 Fibonacci level at $11,150. Looking...Read More
Brainwallets, especially those generated with passphrases from popular culture references, might not be as safe as previously imagined. Pop Culture References Make for Vulnerable Keys According to a report published by BitMEX Research on Oct. 13, brainwallets might be easy to crack with hackers purportedly setting up servers to crawl the blockchain in search of...Read More
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has collaborated with the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) to launch a new initiative assessing the state of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Dubbed the Global Standards Mapping Initiative (GSMI), it will determine the industry landscape by examining a few distinctive areas. WEF Launches GSMI To Examine Blockchain State According to the...Read More
The leading digital asset manager, Grayscale Investments, continues with its growth after registering its third consecutive record-breaking quarter with over $1 billion of inflows. Somewhat expectedly, the Bitcoin Trust remained the most widely chosen company product. $1 Billion Entered Grayscale In Q3 2020 Grayscale released its Q3 2020 report earlier, noting that the total investments...Read More
ETH/USD – Bulls Spike Into Bearish .5 Fib Retracement. Key Support Levels: $376, $364, $356.Key Resistance Levels: $396, $400, $410. Ethereum has been on a bullish footing since breaking out of the consolidation phase last week. Over the past seven days, Ethereum managed to rise by a total of 12% to reach the current level....Read More
Financial strategists at JP Morgan have projected a bleak outlook for bitcoin prices in the short term. According to them, the cryptocurrency has a higher price and is trending at 13 percent over its ‘intrinsic value.’ They based their analysis on ‘positioning indicators’ derived from bets made by traders in the futures markets. But does...Read More
Andre Cronje, the founder of the popular Yearn Finance protocol and its governance token YFI, deployed another ‘experimental’ contract yesterday. Expectedly, a lot of people bought the token despite Cronje’s warnings, and most of them ended up losing money. One investor, in particular, put in 1000 ETH in the token, and his stash is currently...Read More
