The 2020 market crash was godsent for the likes of Bitcoin and gold. These ‘safe-haven’ assets surged under the spotlight, climbing to record highs as stock markets and long-term treasury bonds both collapsed and countries reacted by slashing interest rates. The main reasons for buying these assets were immediately enhanced, and the price reacted as...Read More
When Bitcoin’s price action gets hotter, altcoins start rallying towards double-digit growth on their charts. That’s not exactly a guess either, as this insight can be gained from previous altcoin rallies. Now, consider the opposite for a second. What if the narrative was flipped on its head and this time, the altcoins pumped well before...Read More
Chainlink‘s bulls have been successful in pushing the crypto-asset past the important level at $10.5, and more gains could be in store for LINK. Further down the crypto-ladder, Augur was another coin backed by strong buyer interest while FTT Token broke to the upside of the longer-term trendline resistance. Chainlink [LINK] Source: LINK/USD on TradingView...Read More
A recent survey, a survey that claimed to be the “largest and most comprehensive XRP poll ever conducted,” has come out with quite a few interesting observations, findings that have been welcomed by many in the community with a degree of bemusement. For starters, one of the more startling findings was that 1/3rd of the...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Ethereum seems to be following Bitcoin’s footsteps like a disciple, mirroring every single one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency’s ‘up and down’ movements. Although unsurprising, this can help predict ETH’s moves. The following article...Read More
The deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), Chen Yulu, called for speeding up the process of launching China’s digital currency, the e-yuan, and to make CBDC part of an “independent” financial infrastructure in the digital era, according to a report in the South China Morning Post. In an article published in the...Read More
Elliptic, the crypto-asset risk management and blockchain analytics platform, announced today that the Singapore dollar-backed stablecoin, XSGD, has been added to its crypto-risk monitoring solutions to assure compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) regulations. This announcement comes following the public release of StraitsX – the first Travel Rule-compliant stablecoin,...Read More
Bitcoin Future CME gap filled! Bitcoin futures trading is gaining traction in the recent days with many investors getting attracted towards the derivatives trading. However, the trades are closed on weekends and for the reason, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange(CME) gaps are formed. Post the recent pump of Bitcoin, some analyst discovered a massive CME gap...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Bitcoin SV, like many altcoins in the market, was undergoing a consolidation on the charts after a recent surge of 10-12%. Unlike many, BSV‘s charts pointed to a bullish consolidation pattern over a long-term...Read More
CEO of IOHK Charles Hoskinson, in a recently concluded surprise AMA, addressed viewers and provided the community with important updates on the much-anticipated Goguen Roadmap which will reportedly be released on 29 October. According to Hoskinson, Goguen will be released in a series of updates and hard fork events, each of which will add another...Read More
Crypto-space is among the sectors labelled as highly volatile and filled with uncertainty. Among them are some of the coins that could have a massive uptrend. Having kept a close watch one can make some yield this week. Let us have a look at some of these coins which could probably be a feast on...Read More
Bitcoin’s latest pump towards $11,500 changed the outlook of many altcoins from bearish to neutral or bullish. While Cardano bounced strongly off a level of support and formed a continuation pattern on the charts, Compound moved above its long-term descending trendline, although a rise in price was yet to take place with momentum. Waves, on...Read More
Bitfinex Derivatives today announced the launch of perpetual contracts for EOS, Litecoin, and Polkadot. According to a press release received by AMBCrypto, trading went live on Bitfinex on 12 October at 9:00 AM UTC. Under this offering, each contract will be promising users up to 100x leverage and will be settled in Tether (USDt). The...Read More
Bitcoin could be the investment of the decade. However, it still has significant hurdles to cross. A sustained breach of the $12,000-mark could usher in huge gains, pushing Bitcoin to new heights and altcoins with it. As far as some of the latter are concerned, in the near term, Stellar Lumens and Enjin were ready...Read More
The market cap of Bitcoin was $210 billion, at the time of writing. Would it be a long shot to say that Bitcoin will overtake Google [$1 trillion] and perhaps, even Apple [$2 trillion], in terms of market cap very soon? Well, probably not. A few years ago, the same idea would have seemed completely...Read More
When volatility is low and the market sentiment is neutral, copy trading may be the best bet for retail traders. Social trading platforms have been around for a while, however, they are even more relevant now. Consider this – Finance Illustrated recently released a list of the top traders on the social trading platform, eToro....Read More
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index stood at 55 on a day when Bitcoin bulls were attempting to push its price past $11,400. XRP showed signs of bullishness on the chart too, and interest from buyers in the crypto-asset could rise over the coming days as it also appeared to be on the verge of...Read More
Cardano noted a surge of over 12% in the last 48 hours, with ADA’s price chart picturing $0.0089 as its temporary bottom. At press time, however, the market was still deciding if this pump was an impulse wave or a fake pump. Should it turn out to be the latter, then we can expect the...Read More
Bitcoin Cash rose to test its resistance at $245, with the crypto expecting to note a minor pullback before another rise above its resistance. Synthetix Network Token was quite volatile in the short-term, but was likely to lose a strong level of support in the coming days. OKB was in a phase of consolidation and...Read More
Bitcoin registered a strong surge in price over the last few days, with the world’s largest crypto finally surpassing its $11k resistance to be valued at $11,363, at press time. However, the altcoin market too has been noting strong growth on the charts. Source: Coinstats Chainlink has been one of these alts, with LINK climbing...Read More
The altcoin market, in general, appeared to follow the movement of Bitcoin, with the latter trading at $11,348, at press time. Polkadot formed a bullish pattern and could break out to test the next level of resistance. EOS was in a short-term uptrend, but it was unclear if buyers’ interest would facilitate the coin’s recovery....Read More
In an official announcement earlier today, popular exchange KuCoin revealed that it will be launching USDT-Margined Polkadot (DOT) and EOS (EOS) Perpetual Futures at 16:00:00 on 12 October 2020 (UTC+8), supporting 1-50x leverage. Polkadot, an open-source project founded by the Web3 Foundation, is a sharded protocol that enables blockchain networks to operate together. After its...Read More
Bitcoin’s search results on Google are one of the hottest topics in the correlation narrative. You have for long read stories of Bitcoin’s correlation with gold, with the S&P 500, or specific tech stocks in particular – like Apple. However, this one is different because when you zoom out, it all starts blending in. In...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Bitcoin has surged by 8% over the last 48 hours, a figure that is not really uncommon to a volatile asset like Bitcoin. However, the surge included 2-3% candles with consolidation separating them. At...Read More
There are only three reasons why you take pleasure in an asset’s price fall. Either, you shorted it, knew it would tank, and didn’t buy it, or you enjoy seeing it lose value. In the Bitcoin market, or should we say the anti-Bitcoin market, this sentiment is quite popular. Given the deep disruptive nature of...Read More
Bitcoin’s adoption narrative over the past few years has been rather promising. With institutional investors stepping in along with more regulatory and tax clarity for digital assets and the larger crypto-market, 2020 has seen renewed interest in assets like Bitcoin. This has led to some of the suspicions surrounding crypto being debunked, while also contributing...Read More
The last few days have seen a lot of public debate and questions emerge around the use of FTX’s FTT token by Alameda and Sam Bankman-Fried to borrow assets for short-selling. The issue in question initially arose after people accused SBF, a well-known industry figure and CEO of FTX, of borrowing YFI, allegedly destroying its...Read More
11 days have passed since the CFTC issued its indictment against BitMEX’s senior management. However, despite its legal troubles, the popular crypto-exchange continues to operate with respectable daily trading volumes. This fuels the question – How important is BitMEX really to the larger crypto-ecosystem? Now, worst-case scenario, if the accused are found guilty, the exchange’s...Read More
Monero and Maker could be set for a minor pullback on the charts, before resuming their previous uptrend. Cosmos might break to the upside and post healthy gains, although a few more trading sessions would make Cosmos’ scenario clearer. Monero [XMR] source: XMR/USD on TradingView XMR was forming higher highs, while the momentum indicator (RSI)...Read More
Many investors in Uniswap’s governance token, UNI, were hurt by the token’s crashing price. While UNI had peaked in early-September with a value of $8.59 within days of its launch, it could not hold onto this value and soon began its gradual descent on the charts. Further, the low volatility period in September was followed...Read More
