Warp Finance was in the news last month after it took to Twitter to expand on a “complex flash loan attack” it was a victim of. In the said incident, bad actors managed to borrow more than the collateral value, while also resulting in the loss of $7.7 million worth of stablecoins from the protocol. ...Read More
The price of XRP, one of the world’s largest altcoins, has been rather volatile over the last couple of months. While for a brief time in late November 2020 hodlers did expect XRP’s prices to surge, all hope was lost after the Securities Exchange Commission sued Ripple for an illegal securities offering. Not only did...Read More
The Vietnamese financial institution will reportedly initiate the provision of letters of credit (L/C) on the blockchain, aiming at better and safer transactions for its clients. Becoming a “Happy Digital Bank” Vietnamese bank HDBank has announced it will issue letters of credit (L/C) using blockchain technology. According to a recent report, the major financial institution will...Read More
Polkadot failed to break out of a bullish pattern and was headed back down toward the $9 mark, and could see a move as far south as $8 if Bitcoin or Ethereum experience some volatility. Monero rebounded strongly off the $130 support level and was knocking on the doors of $150 with intent. Ethereum Classic...Read More
As Bitcoin’s price rallies there are a few traders wishing for one last price drop so they can fill their bags. This isn’t what retail traders would conventionally ask for, but back in 2017, there were nearly 7 opportunities for buying more Bitcoin, before the price skyrocketed to the ATH. 2020 didn’t exactly see a...Read More
Bitcoin’s market cap, briefly, went past Tesla’s, as the cryptocurrency’s price surged to a new ATH of $41,940. Despite BTC falling at press time owing to a wave of corrections, bullish sentiments claim Bitcoin will be heading towards higher figures amid the U.S dollar’s weakness and growing institutional demand. While some metrics anticipate a coming...Read More
With Bitcoin touching new ATHs every other day, many have an opinion about how high the world’s largest cryptocurrency might go. Morgan Creek Digital’s Anthony Pompliano is one of them, with the exec recently sharing some thoughts on where Bitcoin will be heading, especially in comparison with other assets. In an interview with CNBC FastMoney,...Read More
XRP appeared to have turned a corner as it reclaimed the $0.3 level from the bears, and its rally from $0.17 lows did not show signs of halting yet. EOS also reclaimed a key level in the past few days and looked to defend it from selling pressure. Dogecoin might be set to retrace more...Read More
Over the past seven days, Bitcoin gained more than $11,000 to break above the coveted mark of $40,000. Meanwhile, the entire cryptocurrency market cap surged above $1 trillion for the first time in history. The week started off with bitcoin’s price trading around $29,000, but no one was expecting what happened next. Day after day,...Read More
2020 has been a very consequential year for Bitcoin and it went past its previous ATH established in the infamous bull run of 2017. Taking a cue from the past year, the past 7-days of 2021 have been no different. Bitcoin has been repeatedly in the news for outdoing itself by surging all the way...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis is the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Litecoin [LTC] has been visiting unseen price levels off-late owing to Bitcoin’s surging price. Despite the rallying market, downwards pressure has put the LTC market in an indecisive position in the short-term. LTC was...Read More
When the volatility in the cryptocurrency market is high enough to gain over 12% in price in 24 hours, there is a persistent fear of making mistakes. Bitcoin’s price chart has broken nearly all ceilings to hit the new ATH of $41780 on most top exchanges. While price discovery beyond the new ATH is yet...Read More
After an unplanned four-year holding of nearly 2,000 bitcoins, Finland’s Customs has decided to sell them now. Local authorities seized most of them after Darknet drug-trafficking investigations in 2016, but their value has expanded by about 100x since then. The Right Moment to Sell Finland’s Customs is planning to sell 1,981 bitcoins, most of which...Read More
Since the inception of Bitcoin, people in the community have classified Bitcoin’s rally in terms of its halving period. One cycle is considered from the 1st halving to the 2nd and so on and so forth. We are presently in the 3rd cycle of Bitcoin’s rally and based on the previous 4-year period, users are...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article is the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice There was no stopping Bitcoin (yet) as it sailed past $40k and was trading at $41780 at the time of writing. Chainlink was also strongly bullish, but it also experienced some bumps on...Read More
The 2021 alt season may have kicked off with Ethereum’s high OI. Currently, the open interest in Ethereum is higher than $3.5 Billion. It is a rare occurrence that a bullish trend emerges so clearly in Ethereum, but Bitcoin’s price rally has supported the trend. During the past weekend, the OI broke all records and...Read More
Decentralized exchange Mettalex has integrated Chainlink price feeds into its platform, according to an announcement earlier today. Chainlink’s integration will enable decentralized price oracles for a variety of new assets including cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, real-world indices, fiat currencies, and the world’s most popular commodities. Mettalex will also be able to utilize Chainlink’s price feeds on...Read More
Project Catalyst, the first stage of Voltaire roadmap has been kicked-off as IOHK announced the launch of a $500,000 fund for the next step. According to the announcement by IOHK, the fund is a part of the launch of the Voltaire era and will be destined to promote groundbreaking ideas that boost the development of...Read More
Bitcoin’s active addresses reached a new all-time high, according to data from on-chain analytics platform Glassnode. Source: Glassnode The previous cycle that saw a record number of active addresses was during the bull run in late 2017, which saw a significant amount of interest from retail traders. Many have postulated that this bull run is...Read More
The bitcoin market hit a new all-time high at $40k on 7 January keeping up with its ‘new-day, new- peak’ motto. As traders saw this new price of the world’s largest crypto, it resulted in large scale activity in the derivatives market. Following the market frenzy on Thursday, BTC futures volume hit a peak at...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis is the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Bitcoin’s value hit another all-time high at $40k and as expected the value of other cryptos including its hard fork, Bitcoin Cash [BCH] has also been rallying. However, the digital asset has currently been...Read More
The BitMEX platform performed exceptionally well with zero overloads during the surge in trading throughout yesterday as XBTUSD hit an all time high (ATH) of US$40,567. This is a result of the extensive work our dedicated engineering team has completed over the past year to significantly scale the platform through zero-downtime releases and other behind-the-scenes...Read More
Bakkt, the Bitcoin futures platform owned and operated by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is reportedly planning to go public after a merger with the Chicago-based blank-check company VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings. Bakkt To Go Public? By citing “people with knowledge of the matter,” Bloomberg reported the news earlier, saying that the Bitcoin futures platform is already...Read More
The prominent cryptocurrency exchange platform, Bakkt may be going public as it has been reported to be in preliminary talks with VPC Impact Acquitision Holdings. Bakkt, owned by Intercontinental Exchange Inc., may go public through a merger with the blank-check firm, as per Bloomberg’s sources. The transaction is set to value the combined entity at...Read More
Bitcoin is currently trading at around $38,200 as it pulls back slightly after blasting past $40,000 during late trading on Thursday, January 7. At current prices, the asset is up 33% since the same time last week and it still doesn’t look like it is ready to correct yet. Looking at centralized exchange movements could...Read More
2021 has started off well for most of the crypto ecosystem, except for Ripple. The company is on the verge of one of the riskiest lawsuits in the history of the industry, and the pessimism surrounding its XRP token has led it into a downward spiral that is causing significant losses to those who still...Read More
