Ethereum 2.0 is finally undertaking fundamental strides in the developmental direction. Through months of anticipation, delayed launches, online spats with other proponents (i.e BTC maximalists), deposit contract for ETH 2.0 was finally deployed by the community. The immediate effect of the announcement was emphatic. Reports suggested that $1 million worth of ETH was locked in...Read More
After its third-retest within a period of 7-days, Bitcoin finally breached above the $14,000 and it is currently consolidating above $14.5. The current price is at an extremely unfamiliar trading zone, last witnessed in the first week of January 2018. At the moment, there wasn’t any particular resistance to look out for, but the trend...Read More
XRP, Dash, and Compound have all had a bad last month. XRP is down the least -2.94% while Dash is down -2.28% and Compound by -29.17%. This is obvious considering bitcoin’s stellar performance in the month of October, which has even outpaced the likes of FAANGs. XRP Source: XRPUSD TradingView XRP is still the fourth-largest...Read More
Bitcoin is currently trading around $14,500. The asset saw this particular price range back on January 8th, 2018, a whopping 1029 days back. Safe to say, these were unfamiliar trading provinces in the past three years. With Bitcoin building its rally step-step across the past month, the recent entry above $14k is currently creating a...Read More
In anticipation of the upcoming hard fork of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Hardware wallet manufacturer, Trezor announced that it “will not be supporting any coin split that may result from it.” Our official announcement regarding Bitcoin Cash hard fork. Trezor will not be supporting any coin split that may result from it. Read the full statement...Read More
A MetaMask user, attempting to swap Ethereum for a DeFi token, paid over $9,000 transaction fees while transferring only $120 worth of ETH. The user has reached out to the mining pool that processed the transaction for assistance but has yet to receive a response. A Costly ETH-DeFi Swap The user, going by the nickname...Read More
Bitcoin returns have been amazing without a doubt, but it has been touted as the most volatile asset. However, looking at how things have evolved over the last couple of years, we can say that bitcoin isn’t volatile, in fact, it is less volatile than FAANGs. Why institutions hate volatility? Institutions like their holdings [portfolio]...Read More
Out of Ethereum, Tezos, and Maker, only the king of altcoins has positive performance in the last month. ETH has seen a surge of 14.34% while XTZ and MKR are -15.76% and 8.49%. Let’s take a look at these coins individually and if they are bullish or bearish. Ethereum [ETH] Source: ETHUSD TradingView Ethereum 2.0...Read More
En + Group has entered the crypto mining space in a joint venture with bitcoin miner hosting provider BitRiver. Reportedly, the joint venture known as Bit + already saw its first phase of a bitcoin mining facility set up and running with over 10 megawatt-hours of capacity provided by En + The two partners plan...Read More
The journey of Bitcoin in 2020 has been pretty nail-biting. With the global events hitting the crypto market, many investors saw Bitcoin’s recovery and decided to include it as a part of their investment portfolio. BTC has been reporting a 86% returns to investors year-to-date, while this surge in volatility also returned many traders back...Read More
Percent Finance, a community-owned fork of Compound Finance, announced today that some of their money markets experienced an issue that could lead to permanent locking of users’ funds. Reportedly, close to $1 million worth of user funds on the platform are stuck in money market smart contracts. Source: Percent Finance on Medium The amount locked...Read More
Founder of crypto derivates exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has made a contribution of $5.2 million to the campaign of U.S Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden. Data from OpenSecrets.org, noted this donation on their Top Contributers page, which lists the money that came from organization’s PACs, individual members, employees, and their immediate families. According to a...Read More
Another leg up took Bitcoin to a fresh yearly high of over $14,500. Most alternative coins were left behind, and BTC’s dominance over the market has further expanded to nearly 65%. Bitcoin Peaks Yet Again To $14,350 It’s safe to say that the primary cryptocurrency has enjoyed the past several weeks. Bitcoin marked consecutive yearly...Read More
Blockchain adoption has just achieved a major milestone. The Associated Press has chosen the Ethereum blockchain to publish calls for the latest US Presidential election. The nearly 200-year-old New York-based non-profit news agency has been counting votes since its inception in 1848 and will do the same this year too by collecting, verifying votes, and...Read More
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index actually showed a rise from 71 to 74 on the previous day as the US Presidential Election continued to progress with a winner not yet officially announced. Markets hate uncertainty, yet the bullish sentiment appeared stronger. On the charts, Chainlink continued to trend lower as it nestled above a...Read More
Bitcoin Dominance was at 64.75, after briefly spiking as high as 64.95 the previous day. The altcoin market saw crypto-assets slide downward more. Bitcoin Cash continued to post losses as it headed down toward a level of support, and bears were in control of the BCH markets. IOTA and Dogecoin were trading above a level...Read More
While volatility is prevalent for all altcoins at the moment, Cardano is currently dealing with the bearish side of the market, re-testing its monthly support of $0.089 in the charts. While the valuation managed to pull itself back up at press time, the level of uncertainty continues to rise as we are looking forward to...Read More
Yesterday bitcoin observed the second largest negative difficulty adjustment [-16.05%] of all time. The most recent one was after the bitcoin halving when difficulty dopped by -14.56%. There is one interesting connection between these negative adjustments and it will affect not just the miners but also traders. This article talks about what that is and...Read More
While Bitcoin is currently rallying towards a position above $14,000, the rest of the altcoins are struggling to find their bullish groove. Source: CoinStats With most altcoin depreciating over the past 24-hours, the market structure for Crypto.com Coin, Tezos, and Algorand was no different. Facing strong resistance right above their price range, the short-term analysis...Read More
Bitcoin reached as high as $14,049 in the past 24 hours and was trading at $13,807 at press time. Bitcoin’s hold above $13,700 could inspire confidence and perhaps even FOMO among investors in the coming days, especially if the coin moves past $14,000 with strength. This bullish sentiment did not extend to most other large-cap...Read More
The growth of Ethereum has been experiencing a slow down compared to its journey in the first half of the year. As the crypto market deals with a much volatile period right now, ETH’s value has trended lower since the end of October and was currently at $382.10. However, the Ethereum community was met with...Read More
Ethereum avoided a drop beneath $370 over the past week, and its charts highlighted two critical, imminent zones of support and resistance that could decide the direction of the market in the coming weeks. Filecoin was in a phase of consolidation just above support, while Ontology continued its downtrend. Ethereum [ETH] Source: ETH/USD on TradingView...Read More
The 2020 US Elections are on, and there’s no shortage of excitement around them. At the time of this writing, it’s anyone’s guess who the winner will be as ballots are still being counted in certain states. Bookmakers and cryptocurrency exchanges where users can bet on the outcome, however, are strongly favoring Joe Biden currently....Read More
Despite trading above $13000, Bitcoin is not over-leveraged. The overall positioning mix is largely the same as July 2020. This comes as a surprise, as the price has gained 20% in this duration and the sentiment was anticipated to change based on Markets Science’s latest report. The sentiment is similar to July based on the...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article attempt to analyze the emerging patterns in the Bitcoin Cash short-term market and its impact on the price. The votes are being counted and with every wick forming in the stock market, a future is being forecasted. For now, the crypto market has been experiencing a minimal drop,...Read More
Republican candidate Cynthia Lummis, endorsed by President Donald Trump, has won the US Senate race in Wyoming. She will become the first woman to serve as US Senator in Wyoming’s history and one of the first Bitcoin proponents in Senate as she initially purchased BTC back in 2013. Bitcoin HODLer To Become Wyoming Senator Lummis...Read More
Bitcoin closed a trading session above $14,000 but was unable to hold on to the level. However, this was still quite a recovery from yesterday’s dip as low as $13,200. XRP and EOS faced strong bearish momentum and could drop to a level of support, while Basic Attention Token appeared likely to lack momentum toward...Read More
Bitcoin briefly spiked above $14,000 again, this time perhaps on news from the US Presidential elections. The altcoins have erased most of yesterday’s losses, and the market capitalization has added about $10 billion. Bitcoin Reacts On US Election News? Bitcoin broke above the coveted $14,000 mark on Saturday for the first time since January 2018....Read More
One of the most famous Bitcoin wallets among hackers and treasure hunters in the crypto-verse is now empty. Someone moved over 69.369 BTC from a legacy wallet to a new native SegWit format address (a more modern format aimed at optimizing transactions by lowering their transaction fees). Everything about the wallet is a mystery: Nobody...Read More
The bears seemed to have had a significant impact on the prices of altcoins today. Barring Bitcoin, most of the entire crypto market was once again painted in red. Bitcoin at press time was being traded at $13,491 with a 24-hour trading volume of $298 billion. Source: CoinStats Both Bitcoin SV (BSV) and FTX Token...Read More
