Ethereum Classic Labs (ETC) announced a partnership with the blockchain analysis company, Chainalysis to offer Chainalysis KYT (Know Your Transaction) that would help cryptocurrency businesses comply with local and global regulations. With regard to this partnership, Chainalysis said it would also offer the ETC Labs startups, projects, and grantees access to Chainalysis subject matter experts...Read More
Binance Coin, Tron, and Cosmos were some of the major altcoins that showed signals of an end to the bearish pressure. Much of the altcoin market continued to see red, as Bitcoin defended $10,000 and Ethereum oscillated between $330 and $360 range. Tron in particular could be swept upward to new highs as Sun Genesis...Read More
U.S blockchain venture capitalist Digital Currency Group (DCG), today announced the acquisition of the U.K-based cryptocurrency exchange and wallet Luno, and that the Group made ‘financial commitments’ to help Luno expand globally. The funds involved in the acquisition, though, were not disclosed according to the release. Luno, which has a customer base of five million...Read More
The cryptocurrency market has been a great place for traders, until recently. Over the weekend there was a major correction setting in the market, that changed the existing trends in the market. As Bitcoin’s price crumbled under $12k, the unprecedented pressure in the market pushed its value briefly under $10k. The lowest price level seen...Read More
Bitcoin was able to defend the $10,000 level but the rest of the cryptocurrency market saw red as selling pressure hadn’t been completely exhausted. At press time the king coin was being traded at $10,192 with a 24-hour trading volume of $86.5 billion. Source: CoinStats Bitcoin SV exhibited a bearish pattern and could be poised...Read More
Cardano has been showing a lack of momentum in the market in the past couple of days, and it could continue as price consolidated between important levels of support and resistance. Ontology showed it might be ready to breach and hold the nearest level of resistance. Algorand also showed signs of neutrality as traders opted...Read More
In a recent announcement today, the widely-used stablecoin tether (USDt) will be launched on Solana, a high-speed blockchain network. This would be the first time a stablecoin has been integrated with Solana and this move will now allow tether holders to exchange their USDt stablecoins at speeds greater than 50,000 transactions per second on the...Read More
XRP saw a small 2.5% price increase today as the support at $0.236 continues to hold firm. The coin is trapped between $0.228 and $0.236 for the past 4-days of trading. Against Bitcoin, the 100-days EMA continues to show its strength as the bears fail to close beneath it. XRP/USD – Bulls Vehemently Defend $0.236...Read More
The Uniswap fork that got all the attention during the past week, Sushiswap, is moving forward with the migration of the liquidity locked in it. According to DeFi monitoring resource Zippo, there’s about $830 million locked in the protocol that will be migrated from Uniswap to Sushiswap. Spearheading the operation is the CEO of FTX....Read More
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced launch of Binance TR, its new subsidiary in Turkey which will allow fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-crypto exchange for users in Turkey and allow them to trade crypto pairs like bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), tether (USDT), XRP and the exchange’s own Binance coin (BNB) and BUSD stablecoin. Introducing the new local exchange...Read More
A report compiled by the blockchain forensics company Chainalysis indicated that cryptocurrency adoption is growing globally. By exploring four key metrics and separating the data country by country, the firm’s Global Crypto Adoption Index 2020 showed that Ukraine, Russia, and Venezuela lead the way. The metrics take into consideration the purchasing power parity (PPP) per...Read More
Over the past 6-days, the collective digital assets industry has taken somewhat of a breather as the bears seemed to have reduced their pressure on the market. Yet, most of the altcoins are still steadily dropping. The bottom was created for Bitcoin and the rest, on 3rd September itself, however, after rallying back above immediate...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] The long-awaited ability to exchange fiat for crypto using bank cards is now available on the KickEX exchange. Many Kick Ecosystem users used to have difficulties buying cryptocurrency via third-party services, so the KickEX team made it possible to buy digital assets for fiat with just a few clicks....Read More
Macro-scale data reveals that the correlation between gold and Bitcoin has surged in 2020, registering a new all-time high. Although both assets are in the green year-to-date, Bitcoin is still outperforming the precious metal, despite the recent price drop. BTC-Gold Correlation At ATH According to data from the analytics company CoinMetrics, the 60-day correlation between...Read More
A month after Binance Uganda, which is the Binance cryptocurrency exchange’s African wing, delisted ETH and LTC, it has now announced to delist the parent company’s very own native crypto, the Binance Coin (ticker: BNB). The move came after Binance Uganda periodically reviewed trading volume and liquidity of all its cryptocurrencies during which BNB coin did...Read More
I get it. With the price still just over $10,000, down from the year-high peak of $12,000, and looking weaker by the day, it’s tempting to sell Bitcoin at this time, but would you gain anything by selling, and more importantly, is anyone selling? To those who’ve simply gotten into cryptocurrency as a form of...Read More
Global financial services company, Mastercard launched a Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) virtual and custom ‘testing’ platform, for central banks to evaluate use cases of national digital currencies and even simulate a CBDC ecosystem, a release stated today. Moreover, Mastercard has called for global partnerships with central banks, commercial banks, and tech and advisory firms...Read More
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange Kraken says that the drop in BTC’s volatility is not the end of the story. Historical observations suggest that after losing gains and remaining lifeless on the trading front, Bitcoin will galvanize into action soon, to end the year on an explosive note. Despite September Crash, Kraken Bitcoin Volatility Report Has...Read More
Crypto processing is an important part of the modern world and a component of a successful business. Therefore, it is essential to choose a quality platform such as B2BinPay. Cryptocurrencies are a new phenomenon in the modern world, which has already become familiar and popular. A successful business today cannot be imagined without using this...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Please See Disclaimer] Decentralized finance activity continues to push related services to new records. This time, Uniswap became the first decentralized exchange protocol to exceed the 1 billion mark in 24 hours. According to the tracking portal CoinGecko, Uniswap is the third largest platform in terms of adjusted trading volume, including centralized ones,...Read More
Hodling as a strategy to drive up prices is still as relevant as 2016 and early 2017. A third of UK companies had stockpiled Bitcoin in 2016, well ahead of the anticipated bull run. Their reason was protection against hacking and ransomware attacks, however, the risk is higher with Bitcoin’s involvement. This Hodling incident was...Read More
Despite the short-term adverse price developments for Ethereum, ETH whales have continued to accumulate. Data from Santiment revealed that the top non-exchange whale addresses had increased their holdings by over 80% in August alone. ETH Whales Increased Their Holdings Similarly to the ICO boom in 2017, Ethereum’s popularity surged in 2020 as its blockchain serves...Read More
An Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) which seeks to radically restructure the Ethereum fee pricing mechanism is gaining traction among developers. Known as EIP-1599, the proposal floats the idea of increasing Ethereum’s gas limit, while setting an elastic base transaction fee which is burned automatically. This is expected to return ETH transaction fees to usable levels,...Read More
Following Bitcoin’s lead, XRP has been consolidating. The value of the fourth-largest digital asset in terms of market cap was close to $0.2391, at press time. Given the recent pressure in the market, XRP has been shedding its value and was currently close to its immediate support of $0.2288. Source: XRP/USD on TradingView The above...Read More
Bitcoin has had a rough week of trading. Roughly about eight days ago, the cryptocurrency was hovering above $12,000, causing many to believe that the bull run will take it above the current yearly highs and push forward. The entire community was ecstatic, and there were little to no signs of bearish sentiment. As it’s...Read More
Ethereum was trading at $337 at press time and displayed bullish divergence yesterday, which played out as ETH briefly spiked past $351 resistance before being forced to drop. Zcash saw a notable lack of momentum, while Synthetix Network was facing strong bearish pressure. Ethereum [ETH] Source: ETH/USDT on TradingView Using the Fibonacci Retracement tool for...Read More
As cryptocurrency markets continue to pull back, the fastest climbers over the last month are becoming the hardest to fall. DeFi tokens have driven gains across digital asset markets during the rally, and they are now the ones leading the losses. Over the past seven days, total market capitalization for all cryptocurrencies has corrected 20%...Read More
Bitcoin slid once again beneath the $10,000 mark, but it stands above it now. Most of the altcoin market retrace today, especially DeFi representatives. BTC’s high correlation with the stock markets could suggest further declines, as Wall Street marked significant losses during yesterday’s trading session. Bitcoin Recovers From Another Sub-$10K Trip As reported yesterday, BTC...Read More
Bitcoin poses a serious challenge to traditional currencies as the world’s first cryptocurrency. However, considering its price history, there should be a lot of volatility along its path. Below are four steps that will help you trade Bitcoin: Mechanisms to deal Bitcoin Bitcoin can be dealt with in two ways: buying the Bitcoin...Read More
