The store of value and digital gold narrative has taken markets across spot exchanges by storm. Imagine moving ahead from the store of value narrative, as Bitcoin continues to trade above $18000 and consider the fact that $1000 of Bitcoin purchased a decade ago would be worth approximately $100,000,000 today. When @danheld tweeted about this,...Read More
Cardano’s rise during the bitcoin rally was parabolic but unlike the king coin, it wasn’t sustainable. The retracement pushed ADA down by a whopping 35% and since then, the coin has been consolidating. For now, we can expect ADA to keep continuing its consolidation until it reaches a boiling point. Post which, we can see...Read More
Bitcoin fell after breaching its ATH and this volatility caused many altcoins to drop on the charts. Litecoin had a bullish short to medium-term outlook but appeared to form a bearish reversal pattern on the daily timeframe. Cosmos appeared to be headed toward $5 support once more, and Zcash also sought a level of support...Read More
Ripple has been working hard to increase crypto adoption using the digital asset, XRP, and striving to find use cases, beyond just an investment. As scheduled, Ripple received 1 billion XRP from escrow on 1 December, which was paid to it in three installments of 500 million, 400 million, and 100 million. Whale Alert, tracks...Read More
Ethereum’s mining difficulty has noted a significant drop over the past 24-hours, after having reached an all-time high. The Ethereum difficulty decreased to 3,430 terahashes on 2 December. This was a 9.6% fall from its all-time high of 3,794 terahashes, according to data provider, Glassnode. The mining difficulty showed how hard it is to mine...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice The value of Bitcoin Cash has been noting a sharp downtrend over the past couple of days. Given the drop witnessed in the Bitcoin market, even its hard fork has been following a similar...Read More
In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin has had a high of $19915 and a low of $18,100. This volatility saw some altcoins shed a few percentage points worth in value. Ethereum dipped from $620 and moved beneath the $580 support, although it remains to be seen if that level will be flipped to resistance in...Read More
Bitcoin surged to $19,788 at the time of writing and the ATH was a stone’s throw away for the king of crypto. Cardano exhibited a bearish divergence and dipped almost 4% before the bulls got back in the driving seat. Tron was set to test the level of resistance at $0.0355 in the near-term, while...Read More
Bitcoin’s market cap was at $361 billion as the market eagerly anticipated a daily close above ATH. Chainlink was trading within an ascending channel and recently flipped the $14 psychological level to support, and could do the same to $14.5 resistance over the next few trading sessions. Crypto.com Coin attempted to recover from its recent...Read More
China has been tightening its grip around crypto and crypto businesses. According to recent reports, authorities from Baoshan city in the Yunnan province have cracked down on Bitcoin miners. The authorities have ordered the electricity suppliers to cease supply to the miners in the area. According to Colin Wu, a Chinese reporter on Twitter, on...Read More
Bitcoin inched toward $20k and altcoins posted moderate gains in the past week and undid much of the damage that Bitcoin’s dip to $16,400 wrought. At press time BTC was trading at 19,507 with a 24-hour trading volume of $31.8 billion. Source: CoinStats Bitcoin Cash performed strongly and rose above the psychological $300 barrier once...Read More
Bitcoin has hit a new ATH of 19,865 as of November 30, 2020, however, it hasn’t hit $20,000 yet. This calls for a celebration as the highs set in 2017 were finally reached after 1080 days. So, what to expect next? Long term, bitcoin is bullish without a shadow of a doubt. However, the short...Read More
Is Bitcoin still in the green despite its 15 percent fall from its $19,000 high? This three-part piece will clear up how much of Bitcoin’s daily losses it has managed to recoup in the past year. In the previous piece, we looked at the top-10 declining and top-10 recovery days for the cryptocurrency. To reiterate,...Read More
Ethereum has taken its first step towards Proof of Stake [PoS] today, with the Beacon Chain going live. The excitement was visible all across Twitter as people celebrated the new beginning for ETH. Adding to this celebration, Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, launched ETH 2.0 Staking service from 2 December. The announcement noted:...Read More
As Bitcoin’s price hit a new ATH before closing in November 2020, it is the ideal time to check Bitcoin’s correlation with Gold and the impact on price. Bitcoin and Gold decoupled earlier in November 2020, based on data from skew. The quarterly gain posted by Bitcoin is 72% and the monthly gain is 35%....Read More
The Universal Protocol Alliance [UPA] which included prominent blockchain companies like Bittrex Global, Ledger, CertiK, InfiniGold, and Uphold launched the Universal Carbon [UPCO2] on a public blockchain. It can be bought and held as an investment, or burnt to offset an individual’s carbon footprint. According to the press release shared with AMBCrypto: “… the UPCO2...Read More
Bitcoin Dominance stood steady at around 63% even as Ethereum and the altcoin market posted gains over the past few days and matched Bitcoin’s performance. Longer-term analysis pointed toward a possible pullback to $400 for Ether, while in the short-term ETH could see the $580 region retested as support. Tezos was trading within an ascending...Read More
Ethereum is trading above $600, just as it did over the past weekend. What’s interesting however is that despite its dropping correlation with Bitcoin, the price has sustained at the current level. The latest developments in Ethereum charts indicate that the narrative that led to the BTC price rally may be brewing for Ethereum as...Read More
Ethereum is finally going to kickstart its journey towards ETH 2.0 today, with the Beacon chain going live. This was possible only after the ETH holders stakes over 867,000 ETH, more than the required 524,288 in order to set this in motion. As Ethereum sets on the transition path, users will only have to wait...Read More
Bitcoin’s price crossed ATH on most exchanges on November 30, 2020 chasing after a high monthly close. Interestingly enough, @Danheld of Kraken has been asking traders to be patient and wait to get rewarded. In his recent tweet, he said there will be several dips in this cycle as well, and HODLing is the only...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice The Litecoin market has been witnessing a resurgence on the back of Bitcoin’s recovery. The price of the asset has been close to $89.24 and has been consolidating between $90.83 and $85.26. The current...Read More
Bitcoin reached its all-time high on many exchanges a few hours ago and was trading at $19,371 at press time. XRP and Dash had buyer interest and momentum behind them and moved back toward their local highs. IOTA saw some indecision in the market, and at the time of writing was headed for a minor...Read More
BitMEX has long been a pioneer when it comes to bitcoin derivative products. However, due to its recent tussle with the American authorities, the exchange faced a major setback. With the new CEO appointed, it is yet to see how he will guide the exchange to a safer place. According to the blog, the new...Read More
United States Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Southern District of New York (SDNY) extradited a member of an alleged AirBit Club ponzi scheme for “internationally coordinated fraud and money laundering ring” and being allegedly involved in defrauding individuals “through investments in AirBit Club.” In a release published on Monday, 30 November DoJ identified one...Read More
The post COVID-19 pandemic economy might see certain economies crashing and local currencies plummeting, which would make Bitcoin theft “a lot more attractive,” according to new research. The study, titled ‘Cyberthreats to financial organizations in 2021,’ was published by Kaspersky’s cyberthreat research team. In it, the authors expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC, due to...Read More
Yearn Finance’s YFI has been rallying strongly over the past few days, with some in the crypto-community expecting YFI to surge past $30k soon enough. The protocol’s Andre Cronje has been in the news a lot too, especially since Yearn Finance announced multiple integrations within the DeFi ecosystem over the past week. In a recent...Read More
Calling central bank money “unique,” Christine Lagarde, President of European Central Bank, spoke about the future of money and pointed out the positive aspects of the digital euro. While she maintained that the digital euro would only complement physical cash, she did emphasize that issuing a digital euro might become necessary to “ensure monetary sovereignty” in...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be considered as investment advice Both the 30-day and 60-day correlations of Bitcoin with Ethereum have dropped since May 2020 from 0.95 to 0.51. While this is news to rejoice over, especially for ETH enthusiasts, it may just be...Read More
Crypto exchange Gemini’s co-founders, the Winklevoss twins think Bitcoin will be gaining 25 times its current value as more global investors adopt the leading crypto as a hedge against inflation. In a recent interview with CNBC’s “Squak Box” Tyler Winklevoss said that Bitcoin will be “the best performing asset of the current decade” and stated:...Read More
When the weekend started, Bitcoin’s price had slumped to $16,788. By the end of it, however, Bitcoin was trading close to $18,147. The positive commentary from institutional buyer Guggenheim Partners helped retail traders remain optimistic about the Bitcoin market, despite the 15.6 percent retracement seen on Thanksgiving. This was evidenced by the latest surge in...Read More
