After having a gloomy Christmas, the only relief for traders today is that Bitcoin is still holding support at the $7200 region. After touching $7,700 a few days ago, BTC is currently trading above $7,200. A decline below $7,000 will, in no doubt, be stressful for traders who are already disappointed with the Christmas market...Read More
XRP continues to trade sideways between $0.1815 and $0.20 Against BTC, it is starting to show signs of stabilization at 2600 SAT. The cryptocurrency is showing signs that it could surge if we see a bullish crossover on the Stochastic RSI indicator, against BTC. Key Support & Resistance Levels XRP/USD Support: $0.181, $0.17, $0.167. Resistance:...Read More
State-backed stablecoins appear to be on the rise in the last several months, and Russia is taking the next step into launching its own. The country’s central bank has reportedly started testing digital currencies backed by real assets in a regulatory sandbox. Russia Tests Digital Assets The head of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira...Read More
Poloniex, the U.S. based digital asset exchange has achieved a new milestone. The exchange is only one in the category of “Only Verified Top 50 Gainers” for the last 30 days of the Coin360 market analysis tool. Poloniex exchange has earned 58.04% in the last month making it only gainer as per the Coin360 market...Read More
A few days after the first complaints from crypto influencers regarding having their YouTube videos removed, it appears that things are starting to escalate. The number of affected content creators keeps rising since then, and the community wonders on what could be the needed solution in this case. Youtube Bans Crypto Channels The largest content-sharing...Read More
The Chief Strategy Officer of CoinShaes, as well as one of the most prominent cryptocurrency proponents, Meltem Demirors, has spoken her thoughts on the upcoming Bitcoin Halving. According to her, it might not have the uplifting effect that a lot of the people seem to expect because the Bitcoin derivatives market is growing, causing more...Read More
From euphoria to depression: The crypto traders thought they are leaving off for Christmas in an optimistic mood; however, Bitcoin had other plans, as of now. Two days ago, following accurately touching the critical resistance level of $7700, which was discussed here many times as the short-term first significant level, the cryptocurrency got poorly rejected....Read More
Ethereum has recently undergone Istanbul Hardfork on Dec 8, 2019. This is just the beginning of a series of hard forks to shift to new PoS. However, in a change of events, Ethereum developers have announced an impromptu hard fork – Muir Glacier. The hard fork is scheduled to occur on Jan 1, 2020, as...Read More
Tezos fell by a steep 10% this week, making it the weakest performing altcoin out of the top 10 projects. Against Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency remains above strong support at 0.0002 BTC. Tezos still has surged by a total of 42% over the past three months as it climbs into the 10th ranked position. Key Support...Read More
The general sentiment among the traditional financial markets is at extremely high levels of greed, according to the Fear and Greed Index. At the same time, the chart suggests mostly fearful feelings among the cryptocurrency market, but could those emotions be an indicator of a trend reversal? Greed Sentiment In The Stock Market The Fear...Read More
Data shows that Bitcoin’s hashrate has just hit a new all-time high of 111 EH/s, which represents a 170.73% increase since January 1, 2019. Bitcoin Hashrate. Source: Blockchain.com Hash rate measures the amount of computing power used by miners to generate new blocks every 10 minutes, keeping the Bitcoin network running at all times, a...Read More
Uzbekistan appears to be changing its stance towards cryptocurrency adoption as the President has made it illegal to purchase any, while citizens can actually sell them. Interestingly enough, this comes only a year after cryptocurrency usage was legalized. Uzbekistan Bans Cryptocurrencies According to a local report, the former Soviet republic is set to place a...Read More
YouTube, the Google-owned social media mogul, claimed to be restricting and even deleting cryptocurrency-related videos and channels. Several crypto influencers had reported over the past few hours on the removal of videos and even complete channels. Such is the case with veteran crypto investor and influencer Chris Dunn, operating one of the most popular channels...Read More
Ethereum slipped by a further 5% this week, bringing the price for the cryptocurrency down to the $130 level. ETH created a fresh 3-month low against BTC today after dropping beneath the 0.0175 BTC support. The cryptocurrency has now lost a steep 30% this past month. Key Support & Resistance Levels ETH/USD Support: $128, $120,...Read More
Bakkt, the Bitcoin Futures trading platform of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has recently appointed a new CEO as Kelly Loeffler stepped down. The former CPO of the company, Mike Blandina, will take her role, and, at the same time, the former COO, Adam White, will serve as President. New CEO and President of Bakkt Bakkt...Read More
NULS Blockchain platform has become the latest victim on the success list of crypto hackers after a security breach leading to the theft of about $480,000 worth of NULS token. According to an official announcement about the situation on Twitter, NULS said that the hackers compromised the account of the NULS team, and a total...Read More
After a few days of trading sideways, Bitcoin’s price appears to be headed north. It was trading at around $7,100, and it surged to over $7,650 on Bitstamp before retracing slightly to the current level of approximately $7,500. Bitcoin marks a 4.6% increase at the moment. The interesting thing is that BTC’s dominance is also...Read More
The Bitcoin breakout came just hours after our previous price analysis about the fact that BTC is stuck inside a tight range for too long (and it doesn’t like to be in that situation). Those are our words that were written yesterday: “In the micro-level, we can identify a bullish triangle on the 4-hour timeframe;...Read More
The cryptocurrency community is usually divided into three major camps when it comes down to potential ways to earn money. The first is inhabited by traders, believing that the best way to make profits is to take advantage of the volatility in the market by trading. The second comes in the form of long-term investors,...Read More
XRP rebounded at the $0.18 support this week but failed to climb above the resistance at $0.20. Against BTC, it is still on the bearish footing as the momentum lies with the sellers. The cryptocurrency remains the 3rd largest project with a total market cap value of $8.40 billion. Key Support & Resistance Levels XRP/USD...Read More
Indian banks may start turning down potential customers, because of their religion, as per a recent report. Furthermore, protesters in Hong Kong are boycotting one of the largest banks in the country, HSBC, due to the latest alleged political arrests. Naturally, among economic and financial turmoil of the kind, it’s hard not to bring Bitcoin’s...Read More
Bitcoin doesn’t like to stay so long at one spot. The more it does remain, the sharper the next move will be. Let’s start from the macro-level: the last Wednesday saw Bitcoin’s huge price move of about a $1000 gain in just 12 hours – surging from below $6500 straight into the $7400 resistance (the...Read More
While the majority of the cryptocurrency exchanges are trying to fit within certain regulatory frameworks to expand their compliance, Poloniex is making a turn in the opposite direction. The exchange has now enabled an option that allows users to register a level one account without any KYC (Know Your Customer) requirements. Poloniex Enables No KYC...Read More
Binance continued its growth this year by completing a strategic investment in the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX. By working together and delivering mutually beneficial products, the community wonders if both companies can actually be disrupting the dominance established by other exchanges on the futures market. Binance Invests In FTX The largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume,...Read More
The cryptocurrency market has been around for more than 10 years. For this relatively short period of time, it has managed to establish a serious community of people who not only work with but trade with digital assets. Naturally, there has been a lot of speculation about whether or not trading Bitcoin is the right...Read More
Justin Sun, Founder of TRON Community has applauded his developers in a series of tweets. He has elaborated on a new privacy feature added to the TRON Network. Though the security layer is not yet developed, the developers have added it to the TRON testnet. Justin terms it as “key to shielded transactions and layer-2...Read More
British Virgin Islands-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced that users can now buy cryptocurrencies using debit and credit cards. Third-party payment solutions provider Mercuryo and OWNR Wallet are aiding the crypto exchange to allow users to purchase using cards. As of now, card purchases allow Bitcoin, tether and ERC20 tokens. However, these features are allowed...Read More
December is almost over, and it’s safe to say that it has been action-packed. Over the past week, Bitcoin’s price went on a rollercoaster, dropping to a low of around $6,500 only to correct to approximately $7,200 where it currently trades, leaving many to question whether the bottom was already in. Looking at the bigger...Read More
After going through another volatility earlier this week, which pushed its value down to as low as $6450 on major exchanges, Bitcoin has made a quick recovery above $7,000 and is currently trading at $7,200, indicating a 1.12% gains on the daily chart. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s dominance continues to increase and it stands at 68.3%. This...Read More
Ripple, the company behind one of the world’s largest cryptocurrencies by means of total market capitalization, has received $200 million as a Series C funding. The money will go towards improving the XRP Ledger and to push the utility of XRP, in general. Ripple Seals $200M Investment Deal According to an official announcement, Ripple has...Read More
