As the classic weather forecast goes in the Northern Hemisphere, April showers bring May flowers. Will it hold up for crypto exchange markets in Q2 of 2024 after a sharp correction this April? And if the market does recover in May, whose flowers will bloom brightest? Bitcoin price‘s four-year bull run seems imminent, but will...Read More
Data from IntoTheBlock revealed that investors withdrew approximately half a billion ETH from centralized exchanges last week, the highest the asset has seen since February. $500M ETH Leaves CEXs The withdrawal of large amounts of ETH from centralized exchanges signals investor confidence in the long-term price trajectory of the asset. Market participants usually withdraw their...Read More
It may sound counter-intuitive that a decentralized network can generate a profit, but that is exactly what Ethereum has done so far this year. According to an April 18 Token Terminal report, the Ethereum blockchain generated a $369 million profit in the first quarter of 2024. If this level of profit is sustained, the blockchain...Read More
Ethereum may have lagged behind its peer altcoins this bull season, but its rebound has been swift. Over the past week, ETH has climbed by nearly 10%, pushing its price above $3,600. In fact, LunarCrush’s latest analysis indicates that Ethereum is displaying “ultra strong” activity and even outshining numerous other assets in the market. Renewed...Read More
Bitcoin’s second quarter started on a turbulent note, with the options market once again serving as a harbinger of sharp movements, notably in the downside skew of risk reversals. Bitcoin briefly plummeted to $65,500 from the lofty height of $70k. During the same period, Ethereum saw its value dip to lows of $3,320. Q2 Begins...Read More
After a decade of waiting, rejecting, and delaying at best, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission finally greenlighted nearly a dozen spot Bitcoin ETFs at the start of 2024. Their impact on BTC’s price has been undeniable as the demand for those products among traditional investors has skyrocketed. Now that there are existing exchange-traded...Read More
Ether (ETH) has lost more than 11% of its value in the past six days, falling from $4,000 to $3,500, but a vast majority of its holders are still in profit. According to a tweet by crypto market intelligence platform IntoTheBlock, around 89% of ETH holding addresses are currently in the green. 89% of ETH...Read More
The Ethereum network’s activity and supply dynamics have remained positive over the first hours after Dencun, the most complex hard fork since the Merge, was launched on the blockchain. The latest weekly report from CryptoQuant said Ether (ETH) faces a risk of price correction in the short term despite positive network activity. Ethereum Network Dynamics...Read More
Solana has been highly favored among altcoins, yet its reputation took a hit due to significant network outages. Despite the overall market surge and renewed investor confidence in 2024, inflows into digital asset investment products associated with Solana were not substantial. However, there are signs of a gradual shift in this trend as Solana investment...Read More
Since spot Bitcoin ETFs were approved in mid-January, crypto markets have surged a further 60% adding a trillion dollars to total capitalization. Bitcoin charted a new all-time high, but Ethereum did not and has been unable to overcome the $4,000 level decisively. On March 11, Fox Business correspondent Eleanor Terrett said optimism about the U.S. Securities...Read More
The price of Ether (ETH), the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, could soar to $10,000 or even higher this year despite the asset being overshadowed by Bitcoin (BTC) in the past months. These were the words of Juan Leon, crypto research analyst at asset manager Bitwise. According to Leon, ETH, worth $3,950 at the...Read More
Bitcoin reached a fresh all-time peak, surpassing $69,300 this week, only to swiftly correct by over 10%. Prior to this event, the open interest in Bitcoin futures and perpetual pairs surged to unprecedented levels. Despite Bitcoin’s overall gain of almost 55% in the past month, the sudden drop in its value has left investors uncertain...Read More
The crypto market may be at the onset of an altcoin season, say analysts at crypto exchange Bitfinex, due to Ether’s (ETH) latest performance. According to this week’s Bitfinex Alpha report, the resurgence in ETH’s value is rekindling investor interest in the broader altcoin market, indicating a shift in focus from Bitcoin (BTC) to other...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) has surged above $56K, an all-time high achieved almost three years ago on February 20, 2021. The last time BTC was at these levels was in November of the same year. Monday 26th has been one of the most intense days for the crypto industry, with the two leading assets, BTC and ETH,...Read More
Ether’s (ETH) latest price rally and surge past the $3,000 level has been followed by whales on an accumulation spree. A tweet from on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain revealed that ETH whales withdrew over $64 million worth of the crypto asset in the last six days for different purposes, including staking. ETH Whales Withdraw $64.2M According...Read More
Ethereum prices reached a 22-month high of $3,125 during the Monday morning trading session in Asia. It is the highest price the asset has seen since April 2022. The move has added a further 2.5% gain to the price of ETH, which is now up 36% over the past month. Ethereum is currently leading crypto...Read More
Renowned crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe has made a bullish prediction for Ethereum, suggesting that it could soar to $4,500. Van de Poppe believes Ethereum is soaking up Bitcoin’s upward momentum as investment capital shifts to ETH. According to the analyst, this is a “massive period to be rotating from Bitcoin towards Ethereum.” #Ethereum...Read More
ETH has been one of the best-performing assets lately, witnessing a remarkable surge above $2,900 as it reached its highest point in almost two years. Currently, Ethereum futures traders appear to be increasingly confident about the leading altcoin’s trajectory. This was evident by the significant surge in open interest which reached its peak to levels...Read More
ETH has been experiencing a surge alongside the overall market’s rebound, climbing nearly 20% in the last week. With a significant rise approaching $3,000, the altcoin’s price increase has been backed by substantial accumulation by whale entities. The buying spree by influential investors of the altcoin reflects the growing confidence as the industry anticipates the...Read More
DeFi TVL is at its highest level in 20 months, and several blockchains and layer-2s are contributing to this upward trend. According to data from DefiLlama, Total value locked (TVL) across various protocols has just surpassed $69 billion for the first time since June 2022. This milestone marks a significant resurgence in DeFi activity across multiple...Read More
Many industry experts have given their two cents on the future of the crypto market in the next 12 months, and most of them lean bullish. The most common reason is Bitcoin. In April 2024, the cryptocurrency will go through its pre-programmed halving, which will slash block rewards in half. This means that the supply...Read More
Altcoin analyst Altcoin Gordon told over 400,000 X followers Friday that his year-end target for Ethereum is $11,250. That would be a 3.4X increase compared to current prices. Bitcoin has received plenty of attention from the media since October between the SEC approval of Bitcoin ETFs in January and the upcoming fourth Bitcoin halving in April....Read More
Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe says altcoin season is “now.” However, according to the MN Trading Consultancy CEO and founder, there are only three months left to make entries at value. The value-based investing and trading analyst with nearly 700K followers on X, wrote in a recent post, “Pretty clear that 3-8 months before...Read More
Ethereum has currently found itself situated within a crucial demand zone after falling below the $2,300 threshold. While the risk of additional decline in the altcoin’s value, the recent dynamics in Ethereum’s futures market sentiment have been underscored by a critical analysis of funding rates, which serves as a crucial indicator, shedding light on the...Read More
In Ethereum, six major buying points have emerged since ’23, with the second largest liquidation of long positions occurring on January 12, coinciding with the approval of the spot Bitcoin ETFs and triggering a significant price correction. Based on a recent examination, the liquidation of long positions has set a tail low at $2,450. A...Read More
The US Securities and Exchange Commission finally greenlighted a spot Bitcoin ETF earlier this week, although in a slightly reluctant fashion. Now, speculations are starting to arise on when the agency will do the same in terms of an exchange-traded fund tracking the performance of the second-largest cryptocurrency. When ETH ETF? 2023 will go down...Read More
Ethereum’s recent lackluster price movement had many calling it an ‘ETH death’ as rivals Solana and Avalanche skyrocketed. However, the fourth quarter layer-1 rotation was similar to that in 2021, observed crypto analyst ‘Metaquant’ on Jan. 5. Moreover, Solana and Avalanche are slowing down after weeks of upward price action, so where is the capital...Read More
The Dec. 28 blog post reiterated the core values of Ethereum, harking back to its early days when it was more “cypherpunk.” The early vision of Bitcoin and Ethereum was deeply idealistic, aiming to build a more open, decentralized, and censorship-resistant internet and economy. However, Buterin lamented that over time, this vision faded as transaction...Read More
Total crypto market capitalization has increased 4% over the past 24 hours to reach a 2023 high of $1.79 trillion on CoinGecko during Thursday morning Asian trading. The big move has pushed markets to their highest levels since early May 2022, almost 20 months ago. However, unlike in recent weeks, it is not Bitcoin driving...Read More
On Dec. 26, crypto YouTuber Lark Davis said, “Ethereum is going to make a lot of new millionaires in 2024.” However, he added that those with a lot of ETH, purchased at much lower prices and staked, will do well in the next bull market. But those getting into the market now, with the asset...Read More
