Ethereum’s growth in the year 2020 has been quite astounding. Not only has the decentralized finance platform built on top of it prospered, but the integration of prominent stablecoins like Tether [USDT] has contributed to the same too. While the onboarding of projects did attract a lot of interest from crypto-users, it also highlighted cracks...Read More
The expiry of contracts worth $80M on 28 August 2020 was accompanied by a 3.29% change in Ethereum’s price on spot exchanges. Usually, major expiry events such as this affect the price of Ethereum since they bring about change in liquidity, Open Interest, and Put/Call ratios. However, off-late, the relationship between the expiry of contracts...Read More
At the time of writing, Ethereum was trading just beneath a level that could be pivotal for setting an uptrend. Failure to breach this resistance might consign Ethereum to testing lower ranges on the charts for a while. Further, Algorand and Decred were noting very little momentum in the market, with traders watching from the...Read More
Disclaimer: The following article attempts to analyze the emerging patterns in XRP’s long-term market and its impact on the price Despite being the market’s third-largest cryptocurrency, the price of XRP has failed to sustain the growth it registered during its most recent market rally. XRP’s yearly peak was observed back in February, a time when...Read More
Binance Coin regained most of the losses following its most recent pullback, with BNB prepping for another upward move on the charts. At the time of writing, VeChain was showing strong bearish signals, while also exhibiting signs of a potential reversal that could play out in the coming days. EOS was another cryptocurrency that was...Read More
A recent report released by Chainalysis revealed how U.S officials including the FBI, among other agencies, investigated the recent case of cryptocurrencies stolen by the Lazarus Group, a North Korea-affiliated hacker group. It was published soon after the U.S. Department of Justice forfeited 280 crypto-accounts involved in the laundering of approximately $28.7 million worth of...Read More
Tezos and Monero seemed to be caught in a downtrend from mid-August. However, while Tezos showed signs of continuing bearish momentum at press time, Monero might just have turned a corner by showing signals of bullishness. Dogecoin remains the Internet’s favorite memecoin, but traders and investors seem to have lost their interest in the asset....Read More
Bitcoin’s on-chain fundamentals grew stronger post its second halving in 2016. However, while most traders have historically been focused on the world’s largest cryptocurrency’s price action, there is a degree of ignorance when it comes to studying metrics for building a trading strategy. Here are just a few of them that highlight such growth in...Read More
Disclaimer: The following article expands on what might be expected from Bitcoin SV’s price movement over the next few weeks Bitcoin SV’s downtrend started the day it registered its high of $260 on the 2nd of this month. While the forked asset managed to recover from $197 mid-month, over the last week, the bearish pressure...Read More
Halvings are important events in Bitcoin’s price cycle, especially because a lot of expectations are tied to these events. However, while Bitcoin’s price did end up higher post the first two halvings, it did take quite a few months for the price to do the same. Post the first halving, the price rose by over...Read More
2017 was a breakthrough year for cryptocurrencies. With Bitcoin reaching $20,000, a lot of attention was garnered on the digital asset ecosystem. However, with investors taking a serious interest in other crypto projects as well, the ICO boom was born, which left a black mark on the industry. ICO scams became a major issue as...Read More
Ethereum has been the leader of the market’s altcoins for a long time now, with the cryptocurrency marking out its own route for the season with its own rallies. However, while it did follow a similar trend as Bitcoin, it also managed to report greater growth, with traders supporting its high price on the charts....Read More
Decentralized Finance, frequently shortened to DeFi, is a new type of electronic banking system that has been generating buzz within the crypto community and beyond. To date, the DeFi space accounts for more than 4 billion in crypto-assets and is shaping the future of digital finance. What is DeFi and What Sets It Apart within...Read More
Bitcoin‘s price was once again consolidating yesterday as many of the market’s traders awaited the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech. The market anticipated the Fed to raise the inflation rate, but Powell introduced new plans to target inflation averaging at 2% over time. However, while the Fed Reserve chair shared his insights, Bitcoin’s spot...Read More
A persistent market downtrend has been the norm over the past few days, with Bitcoin’s price fortunes having a ripple effect on the rest of the market’s altcoins. This was the case with Chainlink, Zcash, and Ethereum Classic as well, and it is likely that these altcoins will continue to note significant corrections on the...Read More
Disclaimer: The following article attempts to analyze the emerging patterns in the long-term Ethereum market and its impact on the price Etheruem has gotten off its rallying horse, with the cryptocurrency noting a significant dip in value over the past week. There have also been issues related to the gas price due to congestion on...Read More
After weeks of bullish movement, it would seem that the larger crypto-market has come to a grinding halt, with bears ruling the roost now. When Bitcoin gradually fell on the charts after having failed to sustain a beach of $12k, so did the market’s altcoins. At the time of writing, most of these alts, including...Read More
With another month coming to an end, it is important to note that month-ends are generally associated with the expiration of Bitcoin derivatives products. With the Futures and the Options market noting great interest from traders, there are now nearly 66,400 BTC Options set t0 expire on 28 August, as per data provider Skew. Source:...Read More
The cryptocurrency market has provided an alternative to the age-old banking system, with the year 2020 at the fore of showcasing its ability to swiftly bounce back after the pandemic hit global markets. More and more people have been shifting their focus to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a hedge against global events. Joining Bitcoin...Read More
As the rallying market came to a grinding halt over the past week, most cryptocurrencies recorded corrections on their charts. The impact of the downtrend suffered by the Bitcoin market was also shared by its hard fork, Bitcoin Cash [BCH], as well as other major cryptos in the market, including the likes of IOTA and...Read More
Tezos, the cryptocurrency ranked 14th on the charts with a market cap of $2.38 billion, has been hurt following the token’s recent depreciation. The fall in question was worth around 26%, with respect to the price’s press time position at $3.29. There are two trades that can be taken here; the first is the short...Read More
The selling pressure bearing down on Bitcoin seemed to be exceptionally high, at the time of writing. Since the end of July, Bitcoin has now re-tested its support at $11,400-$11,200 more times than it has breached $12,000 on the charts. With every passing day, bullish momentum has lagged in terms of intensity and with altcoins...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article should not be taken as investment advice and the latter is the sole opinion of the writer Bitcoin has been under immense bearish pressure lately. For the 2nd time in a week, Bitcoin tested its support line at $11,361. In fact, it was also observed that Bitcoin had...Read More
China is in the news a lot. Whether it be Bitcoin, a trade war, or a pandemic, a closer look usually reveals that much more is happening under the hood, especially when it comes to all things crypto-related. In addition to altcoin trading or trading in general, stablecoin transactions are also highly concentrated in China....Read More
The cryptocurrency market has for long been eagerly waiting for an opportunity to participate in a rallying market, especially since the Bitcoin halving in May. Now, it would seem that it has finally got this opportunity. At the time of writing, the market was noting a rising number of BTC holders, especially among whales. In...Read More
Synthetix is the only bullish crypto among the likes of Ethereum and Maker, with the latter two pointing to a bearish retracement on the charts soon. Ethereum’s development has been slow. However, altcoins like Synthetix and Maker are playing a crucial role in DeFi – a budding ecosystem. Ethereum [ETH] Source: ETHUSD on TradingView Stuck...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article attempt to analyze the emerging patterns in Chainlink’s long-term market and its impact on the price The last few weeks have contributed to the crypto-market noting a rally and later, a correction. Chainlink [LINK] has proven to be a popular altcoin lately, with its low correlation with the...Read More
With the present market overwhelmingly bearish, many major altcoins seemed to be struggling to hold their high valuations on the charts as a series of corrections ensued. While the decline has remained minimal over the last 24-hours, the charts of a few crypto-assets seemed to suggest that further downtrend movement could follow in the coming...Read More
The cryptocurrency market witnessed a slow week. The values of major crypto assets were witnessing corrections. However, on one hand, where major assets were reporting only 9% gains in August, small-cap assets were up by more than 50%. XRP Source: XRP/USD on TradingView The XRP market had been deprived of volatility since the second-half of...Read More
The rise in volatility has made the cryptocurrency market a very competitive space as every coin strives to make the most of the active market. Bitcoin, the largest digital asset has been also a spectator of sudden volatility pushing it to a yearly peak of $12,400 on 17 August. After the sudden boost in volatility,...Read More
