The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s [SEC] lawsuit against Ripple and its executives has been widely discussed, with the nature of XRP debated extensively as well. While the case feels like yet another securities case, it is different in a lot of aspects, especially since in none of the other cases, namely Kik or...Read More
Binance Coin could be poised for a bounce to $41.5, but at the time of writing, it was facing south and the $40.4-region could pose some resistance to the price as well. Ethereum Classic clung to a level of support at $7 while VeChain was likely to rise to $0.031 and retest the boundary of...Read More
As of 22 January 2021, publicly-traded company, MicroStrategy increased its Bitcoin holding by making an additional purchase of the asset. According to its latest announcement, MicroStrategy acquired $10 million worth of Bitcoin, paying roughly $31,808 per coin on average. The firm managed to gain from its earlier holdings during bull market conditions. At the very...Read More
Bitcoin’s price fell to $30,800 on Thursday, with echoes of Black Thursday sounding in a lot of people’s minds. This was the biggest price drop in 3 weeks and this may have been due to fears of double spending in Bitcoin, something that shook the faith of users. Though BitMEX confirmed that there was no...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Bitcoin Cash’s price was still in the red following Bitcoin’s crash, and it might continue to head lower on the charts. At press time, BCH had a market cap of $8 billion and was...Read More
Bitcoin’s price saw a steep price correction over the last 24 hours, with the cryptocurrency noting an 8 percent dip on the charts. As expected, given the high correlation the altcoin market shares with BTC, notable altcoins like Chainlink, Aave, and Sushi all moved closer to their respective levels of support as their prices fell...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice The Bitcoin market registered an important price drop recently, one wherein the value of the digital asset dipped briefly under $30k on the charts. Although the cryptocurrency’s value later bounced back above the $30k-level,...Read More
According to a filing published today by the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission, New York-based investment management firm VanEck intends to launch a Digital Assets ETF, one that will track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, “the price and yield performance of the MVIS® Global Digital Assets Equity Index.” The fund will...Read More
Stellar Lumens registered significant losses recently. However, since a lot of the asset wasn’t sold on the market, XLM could see some upside in the next day or two. STEEM also showed signs that it was poised for a bounce while Maker slipped under a triangle pattern and could move towards $1000 on the price...Read More
Bitcoin’s price seemed to have recuperated as it bounced off the yearly open at $28,956. However, on-chain indicators are suggesting that this expansion was a fluke. In fact, buyers with no real volume or momentum are trying to push the price higher on the charts. The first sign of resistance weakened these buyers’ already weak...Read More
Thanks to its growing popularity among all demographics, major financial institutions are jumping on-board to research and analyze the emerging asset class of cryptocurrencies. J.P Morgan is one such institution, with its latest Cross-Asset Strategy report observing that the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies leads to underperformance during crises. According to its analysis, over shorter intra-month...Read More
Experts often say the altcoins rally with Bitcoin, and even fall with it. On 21 January, Longhash revealed that in the last seven days, 92% of crypto tokens “outperformed Bitcoin.” Bitcoin rallied to new ATHs and has remained over the $30,000 range, which still accounted for less volatility compared to previous rallies. However, with increasing...Read More
When stories of Bitcoin millionaires began to emerge alongside the asset’s rally, Ether’s users also had a tale or two to share. An anonymous hodler who bought Ether, when it was trading at $2, is apparently “fully out of the game.” The trader who goes by the handle “u/FollowMe22” on Reddit apparently sold Ether recently....Read More
Bitcoin Cash, Synthetix, and Algorand posted losses over the past few hours as Bitcoin saw a wave of selling pressure. The defense of $32,000 for Bitcoin, or the lack of defense, would have a major impact on the altcoin market as well. Bitcoin Cash [BCH] Source: BCH/USDT on TradingView BCH formed a descending triangle pattern...Read More
Polkadot price was showing good buying pressure even though it hit a new ATH at $19.5. The price consolidated for almost 3 days before it proceeded to surge a whopping 18.86% in a single 4-hour candle. However, this surge was put to a halt as Bitcoin began falling on the charts. As a result, Polkadot’s...Read More
For the third time, China’s southeastern city of Shenzhen will issue the nation’s digital currency as part of an ongoing pilot program to test China’s central bank project among its citizens. Authorities will giveaway digital currency in the “red envelopes” event, which will be worth 200 yuan (about $31) each, through a random draw. In...Read More
Bitcoin’s dominance is currently at 64.8% in comparison to 2017 in which its dominance was over 68%. The current crypto market cap is well distributed among top altcoins and stablecoins. After the price rallies in the current market cycle, nearly 100% of crypto wallet addresses are profitable. However, the same doesn’t hold true for altcoins...Read More
Litecoin was under short-term bearish pressure and was likely to head toward the $135 level of support over the next few hours. Dash was on the verge of losing $113 as a level of support as it saw a wave of selling pressure rise and FTX Token showed a dip in buying volume, even as...Read More
Grayscale Investments have one of the largest total-assets under management in the cryptocurrency industry. With the likes of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major assets under their belt, their net AUM on 13th January was reportedly worth close to $25 billion. With GBTC or Grayscale Bitcoin Trust being the most popular among other products, Grayscale’s Ethereum...Read More
On-chain liquidity protocol, Kyber Network announced a host of improvements to its architecture primarily due to a proposed upgrade to Kyber 3.0, which will transition “Kyber from a single protocol into a hub of purpose-driven liquidity protocols.” According to a blog post, Kyber’s architecture change will be implemented in two phases dubbed Katana and Kaizen,...Read More
Thanks to its overwhelming dominance and market share, Bitcoin’s performance on the charts is bound to affect the performance of the market’s altcoins. At press time, the king coin was trading at $34,811 with a trading volume of 40.5 billion. Source: CoinStats BTC’s insistence on consolidating below the $37,000-mark for most of the week pinched...Read More
Binance Coin like every other altcoin is undergoing a correction that has caused a drop of 14% in 48 hours. By the looks of it, this drop will continue, at least until Bitcoin stops crashing. However, Bitcoin whales are depositing their holdings on exchanges suggesting that the whales might not stop anytime soon. Hence, BNB...Read More
Is Ethereum recovering from the correction post the new ATH or approaching a sell-off? This is a burning question for many retail traders as the bloodbath across the altcoin market continues. Ethereum was ranking #1 in terms of transaction volume, though the asset beat Bitcoin to it, the top driving factor was the social volume...Read More
After weeks of bullish movement, it would seem that Bitcoin is finally consolidating on the price charts. Interestingly, due to the high correlation most of the market’s altcoins share with the world’s largest cryptocurrency – BTC, altcoins such as Tezos, BAT, and Zcash mirrored its movement. However, these cryptos didn’t do so equally, especially since...Read More
Over $3 billion worth of ETH is now staked in ETH 2.0, representing 2% of the total supply of ETH in existence. Vitalik Buterin called this the ‘ultimate bet on progress’ as over 4800 users have now deposited 32 ETH or more. However, data from etherscan reveals that 31.2% of deposits come from Exchanges and...Read More
Ethereum’s price rally was in full swing, before the 5.9% drop in the past 24 hours. The price has dropped from the ATH and Ethereum is now trading at the $1300 level. Nearly all cryptocurrencies are bleeding currently, including Bitcoin, with a massive 24-hour price drop of 5.2%. This hasn’t affected the sentiment of retail traders...Read More
Bitcoin price crashed by around 7.7% as of Thursday after experiencing a similar crash of 9.5% the day before. Unlike yesterday, today’s crash seems to be whales dumping their holdings and this is happening on Coinbase. Bitcoin price crash: What caused it? Source: CryptoQuant Bitcoin whales have begun depositing their holdings on to exchanges since...Read More
XRP tested the $0.3 level of resistance repeatedly, and flipping this level of resistance to support would be a significant development for the bulls. EOS showed neutral short-term momentum as it traded above a level of support. IOTA climbed past $0.45 and targeted the $0.54 level of resistance. XRP Source: XRP/USD on TradingView XRP has...Read More
According to reports, ETH miners raked in nearly 20K ETH in gas fees last week on top of block rewards. This was largely due to Ethereum’s price rise over the past few weeks as the cryptocurrency recorded gains of over 108% since last month. In fact, ETH is poised to become even more valuable going...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice The past week has seen Cardano trade between the $0.32 and $0.385 price range. Levels of importance within this range are highlighted and the short-term outlook for the coin appeared to take a turn...Read More
