Altcoins

Bitcoin’s nosedives continued in the past 24 hours, with the cryptocurrency falling to its lowest position in April of $27,000. Most altcoins have suffered even more. Dogecoin keeps plunging hard, while APT and OKB have dumped the most from the mid-cap alts. Bitcoin’s April Low The primary cryptocurrency went on a roll on April 10 when it skyrocketed to and beyond $30,000 for the first time since last June. It went on to chart its highest price point at just over $31,000...

Silicon Valley Bank is in the process of filing bankruptcy, bringing back rough memories of the FTX debacle five months ago. However, the effects appear to be the opposite of what they were back in November. During that time, bitcoin and its altcoin cousins fell to new lows, whereas this time around, bitcoin and several of its counterparts appear to be surging like crazy. Silicon Valley Dips While BTC Rises At the time of writing, BTC – the world’s number one...

Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino called the minting of the new stablecoins as part of replenishing its inventory. USDT-stablecoin issuer Tether is making yet another move to extend its dominance in the $132 billion stablecoin market. Last night, Tether announced the minting of another one-billion USD-pegged token on the Ethereum blockchain network. Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino called the minting of the new stablecoins as part of replenishing its inventory. He further added that it was “an authorized...

According to the Binance Launchpad schedule for the Open Campus (EDU) token sale, there will be a total of 4 stages involved in the event. Binance Launchpad has introduced its latest Web 3.0 project billed for listing and it is dubbed the Open Campus (EDU) token. As announced by the platform, the Open Campus token sale is the 31st project where the launchpad will be floating and it is set to follow the recording of user balances as of April 23 at 00:00 UTC. Being the launchpad of the...

The Merge represented the Ethereum network’s transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. 218 days later, more than 103,092 ETH has been eliminated from the supply of the world’s largest altcoin. At current prices, this amounts to a little over $197 million. Deflation on the network is on the rise as the supply declined by 0.146% per year. According to the latest data from the Ethereum monitoring site ‘ultrasound.money,’ the current supply of ether stands at nearly...

Bitcoin’s price drops continued in the past 24 hours, with the asset falling below $28,000 for the first time since April 9. The altcoins are also deep in the red. The total market cap has lost almost $90 billion in the past two days. BTC Slides Under $28K Bitcoin was trading sideways during the weekend, and it wasn’t until Tuesday that it finally made a move, dropping by a grand to $29,100. However, the bulls quickly intercepted the move and pushed the asset north, which...

Bitcoin cash price started a fresh decline from the $135 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $130 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $131 on the 4-hour chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could start a decent increase if it stays above the $120 support zone. Bitcoin cash price is declining from the $135 zone against the US Dollar, similar...

Societe Generale’s crypto arm – SG Forge – has announced the launch of a stablecoin pegged to the euro on Ethereum, dubbed EUR CoinVertible. The latest offering will be accessible to only those institutional investors qualified on the basis of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) procedures. The EURCV Stablecoin According to the official press release, EUR CoinVertible is based on the Ethereum blockchain and will be traded under the ticker symbol EURCV....

Move over Shiba-Inu fashioned tokens. There’s a new memecoin in town – PEPE – and this one’s after the internet meme Pepe the Frog. The team behind PEPE declared that “the dog days are over,” while branding PEPE as “the most memeable memecoin in existence.” The token was launched on April 17th and has been rallying ever since. In less than a week, PEPE ascended to a market capitalization of $137 million and gained a tremendous amount during the period. Following the explosive...

SG-Forge CEO stated that the EUR CoinVertible smart contract was audited by the professional services network PwC before launch. Societe Generale-Forge (SG-Forge), a regulated subsidiary of the French banking firm Societe Generale, on April 20 announced the launch of EUR CoinVertible, a euro-pegged stablecoin. The Ethereum-based stablecoin will trade under the ticker EURCV and will be available to qualified institutional investors. Investors will have to go through SG-Forge’s Know Your...