After the gains registered during the weekend, most cryptocurrencies are retracing today. Bitcoin declined from its weekly top of $10,560 to $10,350, while Ethereum lost 4.5% of its value to $370. Bitcoin Rejected At $10,560 During the weekend, Bitcoin broke above the resistance at $10,500. BTC topped at $10,560 yesterday, but it couldn’t maintain its...Read More
Binance has made it no secret that it aims to dominate the world of DeFi as it has done with the crypto industry. The company is clearly angling to become the Google of crypto, launching new products and incentives on an almost weekly basis. The latest hot DeFi launch, Binance Smart Chain, is gaining traction...Read More
As the DeFi space continues to boom, developers have come up with yet another iteration of a Uniswap-like automated market maker. Zeroing down on the meme-based food token craze, the platform is called BurgerSwap. BUIDL it, and they come. I do not know who built this one, but it’s already live on #BSC. BurgerSwap https://t.co/hsFQCZ8bcq...Read More
Bitcoin has taken another swing at the previous 2020 high of $10,500 and currently trades above it. Ethereum nears $400, while the top 10 tokens see a few rotations, including Polkadot and Binance Coin. DeFi tokens are booming again with Yearn.Finance marking a new all-time high of about $44,000. Bitcoin Progresses Steadily The primary cryptocurrency...Read More
Although SushiSwap’s protocol is already active and attracted over a billion worth of liquidity, a Glassnode analyst said that its governance token SUSHI is still highly overvalued. By exploring the economics behind SUSHI’s value, he outlined a fair price of $0.31 per coin. SUSHI (Still) Overvalued Launched as a Uniswap fork less than a month...Read More
Bitcoin continues to trade in the five-digit territory and even spiked towards $10,400. Binance Coin (BNB) is among the best performing tokens today, while most other larger-cap alts are marking minor gains. Bitcoin Struggles At $10,400 After the unsuccessful attempt to overcome $10,500, Bitcoin dived yesterday and bottomed at about $10,200. However, the bulls interfered...Read More
Recent heavy congestion on the Ethereum blockchain appears to have had a beneficial knock-on effect for one cryptocurrency project in particular. Loopring (LRC) is a protocol for building non-custodial decentralized exchanges (DEXs) on Ethereum. It is also one of the few projects currently placed ahead of the curve thanks to its use of zk-rollup technology,...Read More
In a somewhat completely unexpected turn of events, the former lead developer behind the Sushiswap protocol has returned $14 million worth of ETH to SUSHI’s treasury. This comes six days after the anonymous Chef Nomi depleted the development fund and sold it for ETH, basing his merits on the fact that he deserved that money for his...Read More
Bitcoin Bitcoin moved sideways this week as a consolidation pattern appeared in the form of a symmetrical triangle. This triangle is best seen on the hourly charts and is highlighted by the white boundaries. The cryptocurrency dropped by a steep 15% in September from $12,000 to the current $10,260 level. The $10,000 level provided strong...Read More
Most of the cryptocurrency market is retracing on a 24-hour scale despite increasing in value intraday. Bitcoin surged to nearly $10,500 but is back below $10,300, while Ethereum dips to $360. Bitcoin Stopped At $10,500 The positive news for the primary cryptocurrency is that its price remains in the five-digit territory. In fact, Bitcoin even...Read More
Binance is willing to go big in the world of DeFi and is investing heavily in promoting its own ecosystem in a clear attempt to take some of the spotlights off Ethereum. During an online panel at The World of DeFi summit, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading...Read More
ETH bulls penetrated above a symmetrical triangle pattern, as the price rose from $350 to over $370 as of writing these lines. Against Bitcoin, ETH rebounded from the 0.0329 BTC support to resistance at 0.0361 BTC, which is the current daily high. ETH/USD – Ethereum Penetrated Above The Symmetrical Triangle Key Support Levels: $364, $350,...Read More
A few days after being hacked and drained for $5.4 million worth of digital assets, the European cryptocurrency exchange Eterbase claimed that it had tracked part of the stolen funds to Binance, Huobi, and HitBTC. The company asked for assistance from those exchanges and reassured its users that Eterbase will endure. $5.4M In Crypto Stolen...Read More
This year has certainly been a test of the Ethereum network, pushing it to its limits under unprecedented loads. Users have been disgruntled with sky-high gas fees, but other on-chain metrics have been good for the overall Ethereum ecosystem. Economic Activity Surges A recent report by analytics firm CoinMetrics has revealed that Ethereum has flipped...Read More
Bitcoin has followed Wednesday’s increases on Wall Street and has risen to about $10,400. Most altcoins are also in green, as the total market cap sees a $22 billion addition over the past day. Ethereum, Polkadot, and Chainlink surge by approximately 10%, while DeFi tokens lead the way with the most gains, as YFI touches...Read More
Despite the short-term adverse price developments for Ethereum, ETH whales have continued to accumulate. Data from Santiment revealed that the top non-exchange whale addresses had increased their holdings by over 80% in August alone. ETH Whales Increased Their Holdings Similarly to the ICO boom in 2017, Ethereum’s popularity surged in 2020 as its blockchain serves...Read More
An Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) which seeks to radically restructure the Ethereum fee pricing mechanism is gaining traction among developers. Known as EIP-1599, the proposal floats the idea of increasing Ethereum’s gas limit, while setting an elastic base transaction fee which is burned automatically. This is expected to return ETH transaction fees to usable levels,...Read More
Bitcoin slid once again beneath the $10,000 mark, but it stands above it now. Most of the altcoin market retrace today, especially DeFi representatives. BTC’s high correlation with the stock markets could suggest further declines, as Wall Street marked significant losses during yesterday’s trading session. Bitcoin Recovers From Another Sub-$10K Trip As reported yesterday, BTC...Read More
Yield farming is a popular topic in the DeFi space for some time now. We know you may have many questions regarding yield farming – What is it? Why is it generating so much buzz? Let’s start with a simple statistic. In 2020, the DeFi space is so far growing at a rate of 150%...Read More
Ethereum dropped by a very sharp 30% this week as it plummets into the $335 level. The bulls are currently attempting to defend the 100-day EMA, but it looks likely to break with the increased bearish pressure. Against Bitcoin, ETH remains supported at the 0.0329 BTC level provided by a .5 Fib Retracement. ETH/USD: Ethereum...Read More
The total USD value locked in DeFi may have taken a hit after topping at $9.5 billion. But that hasn’t stopped the proliferation of tokenized Bitcoin tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. Data shows that the ‘BTC on Ethereum’ number has now gone up to a little over 72,000. That implies that around $750 million worth...Read More
Stablecoins, which make up a huge chunk of those steep fees, could all switch to Layer 2 for some relief, according to one industry expert. Yearn Finance founder, Andre Cronje, has suggested that USDC and USDT will soon be available on Layer 2 as stablecoins make the transition away from Ethereum. USDC and USDT will...Read More
Bitcoin dived once more under the $10,000 mark, but it rapidly bounced off and sits above it now. The rest of the market resembled BTC’s movements with initial dumps and quick recovery. Given the high correlation, all eyes are now on Wall Street as the market will open today for the first time since Friday...Read More
The whole fever of DeFi and high-risk investments may soon turn into Ethereum’s worst nightmare, and those responsible for this debacle may not be the yield farmers. Rather, it could be the participants of a giant investment plan cataloged as a Ponzi/MLM scheme by several experts and authorities around the world. For those unfamiliar with...Read More
Ethereum’s price has been freefalling in the past few days, losing nearly $200 of value at one point. According to a recent report, the price drop came shortly after the top 100 ETH exchange addresses dumped over 1 million tokens. ETH’s Recent Price Dump Predicted By Sell-Offs? Just until a few days ago, ETH’s price...Read More
Bitcoin has reduced its high volatility as of late and remains above $10,000. The rest of the market shows recovery signs, including Chainlink, which is back in the top 5, and SushiSwap’s triple-digit price surge has returned SUSHI in the top 100. Bitcoin Stays Above $10K After a few consecutive days of massive price fluctuations,...Read More
Ethereum recovered 15% today after dropping almost as low as $300 on Binance. The coin has been on a freefall in September but recently bounced from the .618 Fib Retracement. Against Bitcoin, ETH dropped as low as 0.0311 BTC but managed to close the daily candle above the 0.0329 BTC support (.5 Fib). ETH/USD: Etheruem...Read More
Bitcoin continues above $10,000, while Ethereum’s free fall has only intensified in the past 24 hours. The DeFi space is also facing major hurdles, but over the past few hours, a lot of DeFi coins have bounced following new developments with SUSHI. Bitcoin Fights To Stay Above $10K As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, Bitcoin bottomed at...Read More
Earlier on Saturday, the lead developer behind the popular Sushiswap protocol sold all of his tokens, causing a massive drop upwards of 50% in the token’s price. Elsewhere, the entire cryptocurrency market is feeling the pressure as the total capitalization is down by more than $11 billion in the last few hours. Sushi Seloff Headstarts...Read More
The number of web developers building applications on Ethereum has increased year-on-year since 2018. According to data from npm.stat, which displays the number of times a JavaScript code library has been downloaded, more Ethereum-specific code packages were downloaded in 2020 than in 2018 and 2019 combined. Ethereum ‘Buidlers’ Keep on Building The two most commonly...Read More
