Price discovery beyond $20,000 was a pipe dream for both institutional and retail traders two weeks ago. Now, with Bitcoin trading at $23,511 at the time of writing, there is a lot of anticipation around further price discovery. Interestingly, Bitcoin’s mean transaction volume (2d MA) has fallen significantly in the past 24-hours, with the current...Read More
Monero traded within a range over the past week and while it lacked momentum in the short-term, its long-term outlook remained strongly bullish. Polkadot formed a bullish reversal pattern, one that could break out to see the price move towards $5.8, while Compound treaded water above the $152-support level to denote a phase of consolidation....Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Bitcoin has seen a good surge since September began. In fact, the price surge has been more than a hyperbole since 12 December. Although not surprising, this surge could be something to be wary...Read More
Bitcoin’s decoupling with Gold and its inverse relationship with stocks has been covered widely by mainstream media. The missing link is its impact on U.S Government bonds. Previously considered to be a non-issue, the negative yields on government bonds have got on-chain analysts and investors thinking about this perspective. Preston Pysh is one of them,...Read More
Bitcoin SV rocketed past a crucial retracement level, but it recorded some underwhelming trading volume when doing so. Basic Attention Token was on a strong uptrend, one that could take it past the $0.27-resistance level in the coming days, while OKB noted a possible lack of buyers’ conviction, despite its recent gains. Bitcoin SV [BSV]...Read More
Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy and the man who put $800 million in Bitcoin this year, is possibly one of the strongest advocates for the bullish narrative around Bitcoin, despite his skepticism about the same a few years ago. Unsurprisingly, today he is of the opinion that more institutions should make allocations to the crypto-asset,...Read More
Stellar Lumens was in a consolidation phase after its strong performance in November. In the short-term, it lacked any momentum and the $0.172-level of support can be expected to hold. Synthetix’s charts noted a bearish divergence, but the bulls could be back in control after a minor dip. Nano retraced some gains from late-November and...Read More
Earlier today, the Filecoin network was brought to a halt due to a bug, one which led to most nodes being stuck at height 336459 with mismatched state compute errors due to indeterminate behavior. The bug in question was quickly identified, however, with the team able to get the network back and running in just...Read More
The altcoin market did not move as a unit. In fact, while some large-cap coins such as Litecoin saw huge gains and EOS, NEM registered strong performances across the board, Zcash underlined short-term bearishness. EOS Source: EOS/USDT on TradingView EOS formed a falling wedge, one that broke out above the $3-level of resistance, and at the...Read More
The market is hot with cryptos’ prices going through the roof, with hardly any altcoins having a very rough time in the market recently. Chainlink’s native token, LINK, has also boomed with growth, despite its inconsistencies. In fact, LINK was returning 667% to its investors year-to-date. Although the price of the digital asset seemed to...Read More
With Bitcoin trading above $23,000 emerging to become the new normal, institutions and Bitcoin whales are driving price discovery into previously unchartered territories on the price charts. This doesn’t come as a shock to maxis and on-chain analysts, however, with Willy Woo recently quoted as saying, “$100,000, I would rate as very conservative, probably overly...Read More
What does Bitcoin’s latest hike tell us about its investors? Bitcoin has been in the news for all the right reasons lately. With 2020 drawing to a close, the coin has managed to do a repeat of the 2017 bull run and in the process, it has managed to create a new ATH by quite...Read More
Ethereum clocked in a new price high for the year on the 17th of December, surging to $676 on the price charts. Soon after the new ATH was attained, however, the CME Group revealed a very important addition to its platform. According to an official announcement, the CME Group will be adding Ether Futures to...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice XRP’s price hasn’t really fared well since the start of December. While the world’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin managed to go past key resistance levels, the price of XRP continued to trade within the confines...Read More
The past week saw Bitcoin come close to $24,000 as it shattered previous resistance levels and registered a new ATH on the charts. Such bullish momentum has translated well for the altcoin market, thanks to its high correlation with the world’s largest and most dominant cryptocurrency. Popular altcoins like Binance Coin, Dash, and Augur all...Read More
An interesting observation recently made by Willy Woo on the 18th of December 2020 was that over a period of 11.2 years, $1 invested in Gold appreciated to $1.82 whereas Bitcoin appreciated to $2,98,31,200. Now, there is enough literature associated with how Gold and Bitcoin are correlated and how the correlation drops periodically. However, this...Read More
With the world of decentralized finance [DeFi] becoming an important part of the crypto-ecosystem, many projects from the field are gaining a lot of attention lately. Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network has been one of the most popular projects in the world of DeFi. Adding to this popularity, Bounce Finance, a decentralized auction protocol, has just...Read More
The bulls are here and Bitcoin’s price is once again raging. The market’s top cryptocurrency successfully marked a new all-time high at $23,777 a few days ago. In fact, despite corrections, BTC’s value was continuing to hold above $22k with a press time price of $22,863 and a market cap of $425.68 billion. So, what...Read More
When Bitcoin’s price crossed $23,000, the market volatility dropped. With Bitcoin’s price trading within its newly-discovered price range, it seemed to be closely bound to the $22,500-level. In fact, at the time of writing, Bitcoin was valued at well over $23,000. In such a scenario, $22,300 comes across as the support level, an observation supported...Read More
Only a week after the launch of Apple Pay as a new payment option for Bitcoin purchases on Lumi Wallet, in-wallet transactions have risen by over 200%, according to a report shared with AMBCrypto. The introduction of Apple Pay has reportedly led to a simplification of the crypto-purchase procedure, with the time involved in 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 Bitcoin Cash has seen its price rise steadily on the charts. This bullish momentum can be attributed to its correlation with Bitcoin and with the latter going past a few key price levels above...Read More
The cryptocurrency market seemed to rally alongside Bitcoin. However, once the cryptocurrency hit an ATH on the charts, it retraced, and so did the remaining altcoins in the market. Bitcoin’s latest price drop also pushed many into a consolidating zone and as the price moved sideways, the trend appeared to be changing on the charts....Read More
The digital asset trading venue has reportedly doubled-down on its endeavors for its planned stock market listing. The US multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs, which has a somewhat controversial history with the cryptocurrency industry, will lead the preparations. CryptoPotato reported recently that the exchange had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the US Securities...Read More
The long-awaited proposed FinCEN rule, one that would extend AML regulations to non-custodial wallets, has finally been issued, ending much speculation around what the rule would entail and creating significant unrest among the crypto-community. The proposed rule will require Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) such as exchanges and custodians to record the physical name and...Read More
Cardano is in the news today after Founder Charles Hoskinson announced that Cardano has launched an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) developer net. Alright, the EVM DevNet is up: https://t.co/fp4iKJvRnZ start writing smart contracts on Cardano. I want to see what you all come up with. I’ll retweet projects — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) December 17, 2020...Read More
Bitcoin’s recent performance on the price charts had a corresponding effect on the rest of the crypto-market. Many of the market’s alts, including the likes of EOS, Ethereum Classic, and Zcash, surged as BTC climbed to breach one resistance level after another. However, such correlation also had the opposite effect, something evidenced by the fact...Read More
Alongside Bitcoin reaching a new all-time high above $20k, Ethereum continued to gain a new high valuation for 2020. Ethereum crossed its previous local top at $637, registering a new high at $676. While at press time, it was down to $644, there is a sense of optimism regarding a possible move upwards. Ethereum 4-hour...Read More
Ever since the DeFi craze kicked-off this summer, the ecosystem has only grown in size with more protocols expanding their use cases, and even some interesting mergers aimed to make the space more interoperable. A particularly popular segment of DeFi is its lending protocols that have captured a significant part of the market. However, currently...Read More
Bitcoin’s market dominance was on display over the past 10 days after the larger crypto-market rallied on the back of BTC’s performance on the price charts. Thanks to the high correlation most of the market’s alts share with BTC, the former, by and large, pumped. Despite some degree of corrections setting in, at the time...Read More
2020 is drawing to a close and is leaving us with another important milestone. On 16th December, Bitcoin reached a new all-time high in the charts, registering a valuation above $20,000. At press time, it was as high at $23,200 but surprisingly certain attributes of Bitcoin failed to register many distinctive changes. While the price...Read More
