After several months of gradual declines, the number of Ethereum wallets containing between 1,000 and 100,000 ETH jumped to a local peak. At the same time, smaller ETH addresses have also been on the rise, perhaps stacking for the upcoming Merge. ETH Whales Increase The data provided by Santiment revealed that the so-called whales (holding...Read More
Arthur Hayes, the co-founder and former CEO of leading crypto derivatives platform BitMEX, said Terra’s failure was a byproduct of the macroeconomic environment as the Feds raised rates and tightened up its balance sheet. He also expressed conviction on the broader market in the medium and long term, reiterating that Ethereum could still reach $10,000...Read More
Ethereum whales have registered a sharp uptick in activity in the past few days, making nearly 2,600 transactions worth over $1 million each yesterday alone. This is the highest number of such transaction activities in a day since January. 🐳 #Ethereum‘s whales have been extremely active today, firing off 2,596 transactions valued at $1M or...Read More
The recent market correction doesn’t seem to be a one-day thing, as the entire crypto space is covered in red once more. Consequently, over-leveraged traders continue to get liquidated with almost $700 million in hours. CryptoPotato reported yesterday’s market crash in which bitcoin dumped by $5,000 in a day to a six-month low at $38,000....Read More
The past seven were somewhat successful for Bitcoin, and the total market capitalization managed to increase by some $150 million. Some altcoins are really taking off, while others are seemingly in a stalemate situation. But let’s start with Bitcoin. The market leader failed to produce any meaningful gains but is up slightly above 2% in...Read More
According to Etherscan, the Ethereum Foundation has once again sent tens of thousands of Ether to Kraken. Etherscan recorded the transaction only hours ago at 2:56 PM UTC The transaction shows an Ethereum dev sending a contract of 20 000 Ether to Kraken’s public address. That’s worth over $95 million at today’s prices. A similar...Read More
The Ethereum London upgrade has been eagerly awaited, not because it will reduce fees (gas has actually gone up since it launched), but because it is burning them. EIP-1559 introduced a mechanism that burns some of the gas or base fee. This is very important for supply and issuance economics which are currently inflationary for...Read More
Bitcoin Bitcoin saw an impressive 20% price hike this week as it reached the $40K resistance level. The cryptocurrency penetrated above a descending wedge formation last Thursday and continued above the 20-day MA level last Friday. Since breaking the wedge, BTC surged higher inside an ascending price channel as it broke the 50-day MA level...Read More
ETH/USD – Ether Forms Short Term Rising Wedge Key Support Levels: $2200, $2100, $2035 – $2000.Key Resistance Levels: $2340, $2400, $2440. Ethereum has seen a promising start to July as it breaks above the 20-day MA and heads above $2200. The cryptocurrency now faces resistance at $2340, provided by a .236 Fib Retracement, and is...Read More
ETH/USD – New 16-Day High. Key Support Levels: $2300, $2250, $2130. Key Resistance Levels: $2350, $2440, $2540, $2640. Ethereum rebounded from support at $1700 (mid-March support) at the beginning of last week and surged into resistance at $2300 (bearish .5 Fib) on the first day of July. However, the second-largest crypto quickly got rejected and...Read More
Bitcoin’s weekend struggles seem to be nowhere near as the cryptocurrency initiated another leg up and reclaimed $35,000. Most of the altcoins have charted gains as well, with Ethereum jumping above $2,300 for the first time since mid-June. Bitcoin Reconquers $35K After the volatile week in which BTC reached a multi-day high of $36,600 and...Read More
After the enhanced volatility in the past few days in which BTC displayed several multi-thousand dollar moves, the cryptocurrency has calmed around $35,000. Some altcoins have charted more significant gains, with ETH reclaiming $2,100 and DOT surging 6%. ETH Above $2,100; DOT Reconquers $16 The alternative coins mimicked BTC’s performance in the past several days...Read More
This week was a complete rollercoaster in the cryptocurrency market. Unfortunately, things failed to turn out for the better and the majority is trading in the red. Bitcoin Bitcoin is down a steep 11.7% this week as it currently trades beneath $34,000. The cryptocurrency started the week by dropping into support at $31,185 (downside 1.618...Read More
Ethereum’s London hard fork launched on the Ropsten testnet on June 24 in preparation for the mainnet rollout in July. The upgrade will usher in the implementation of the highly anticipated EIP-1559 modification that will adjust the Ethereum transaction fee calculation mechanism. Ropsten in #London!Welcome #EIP1559https://t.co/oKhEMR83fz — Nethermind (@nethermindeth) June 24, 2021 The next phase...Read More
ETH/USD – Ether Rebounds From 200-day MA Support Key Support Levels: $1888, $1710, $1625.Key Resistance Levels: $2160, $2300, $2400. Ethereum dropped beneath its consolidation pattern toward the end of last week and fell into the support around $2150 over the weekend. Unfortunately, on Monday, ETH slipped beneath $2200 and continued lower until finding support at...Read More
The total liquidations in the cryptocurrency market have reached $1 billion as all assets have dumped in a matter of hours. Following new FUD from China, bitcoin slumped to a two-week low at just over $32,000, ETH below $2,000, and so on. After the somewhat positive weekend when BTC recovered some losses and traded at...Read More
Tom Tugendhat, a member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, urged the nation towards implementing more innovations in its financial sphere. Interestingly, he also outlined the growth of the cryptocurrency sector and hinted he was more bullish on ether rather than bitcoin. UK Member of Parliament Bullish on ETH Tugendhat is a British Conservative Party...Read More
Buterin, who has had a sizeable chunk of his personal wealth wiped out over the past week, told CNN that he is not concerned about the market crash stating that we have had several of them before. He likened the current situation to a bubble stating that knowing when they will pop is “notoriously hard...Read More
Ethereum prices hit another all-time high of $2,800 in late trading on April 29 according to Tradingview. It has built upon a move that has added 14% to ETH prices since the same time last Friday. According to Santiment, the gap between the two assets in terms of market share is now tighter than ever....Read More
In a note to investors on April 27, analysts at U.S. banking giant JPMorgan appear to have turned extremely bullish on Ethereum, noting that it has beaten its big brother in terms of gains this year. In April so far, Ethereum has made 45% to current levels whereas Bitcoin, which has seen market dominance slump...Read More
The enhanced volatility in the past day caused nearly $10 billion in liquidations in less than a day as bitcoin, and all altcoins fell hard. Naturally, over 90% of the liquidated amount came from long positions. CryptoPotato reported earlier today the adverse price developments in the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin fell by more than $9,000 in...Read More
Ether could double-down on its recent bull run by surging 500% more which will take it well within a five-digit price territory, suggested a former hedge fund manager and popular crypto analyst, Teeka Tiwari. He further claimed that Ethereum could surpass bitcoin as the most valuable crypto due to the high levels of utilization. ETH...Read More
With bitcoin, ether, and more alternative coins reaching for the stars with new records in the past 24 hours, the cumulative market capitalization of all crypto assets surged to new record levels above $2.2 trillion. Interestingly, this means that the total crypto market cap exceeded that of the world’s most valuable company – Apple. Crypto...Read More
Institutions taking profits and rising interest rates have pushed bitcoin down in the past week, said the Director of Research at Forbes Crypto – Steven Ehrlich. Simultaneously, he outlined Ethereum’s growing adoption among institutions and the role it plays behind DeFi and NFT as the main reasons why ETH has outperformed BTC last year and...Read More
It has been precisely a year since one of the worst trading days in the history of all financial markets. On March 12th, 2020, the day that became known as Black Thursday, every market was painted in dark red as the health and financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic became real to the entire world....Read More
The contentious Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559, will be included in its codebase in July this year. This became clear during the All Core Developers call today. EIP 1559: What Does it Mean for Fees? Ethereum’s Improvement Proposal 1559 is aimed at improving the overall Ethereum’s user experience when it comes to transaction fees. Typically,...Read More
Futures contracts allow institutional investors to hedge against future price movements of an asset with the possibility of shorting them. Just like with Bitcoin, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange launched its products when Ethereum was trading on its way to an all-time high. It is unsurprising then that the first month of trading futures has been...Read More
The veteran US-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is reportedly in talks to raise more than $5 billion and double its valuation to over $10 billion. Some of the giant names potentially participating in the latest funding round include Fidelity, General Atlantic, and Tribe Capital. Kraken to Increase its Valuation to $10B? Based in San Francisco, California,...Read More
A bitcoin investment worth $1,200 following the first stimulus checks sent by the US government in April 2020 would have skyrocketed by more than 600% until today to over $8,500. Although this is a spectacular growth for less than a year, the same investment put in Ether would have presented an even better ROI of...Read More
Ethereum has been hitting milestone after milestone this year, and the latest is the amount of it staked on the Beacon Chain deposit contract. There is now just over 3 million ETH staked on the ETH 2.0 blockchain, worth a staggering $5.4 billion at current prices. According to the beaconcha.in analytics platform, there are currently...Read More
