Altcoins

South Korea continues to enforce stricter rules on the cryptocurrency space with the latest legislation to classify exchanges as high-risk entities. The move comes as the Asian country aims to enhance the monitoring of financial transactions and user ID verifications. The Korea Times reported that the Financial Services Commission (FSC), South Korea’s financial watchdog, has implemented a new classification on cryptocurrency exchanges. According to the new legislation,...

Stellar lumen price extended its decline below the $0.4000 support against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading below $0.3600 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.3600 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair is likely to start a steady increase if there is a break above the $0.3600 barrier. Stellar lumen price is facing hurdles near $0.3600 and $0.3800 against the US Dollar,...

Ripple price is trading above the key $0.8000 support zone against the US dollar. The price is now struggling to clear $0.9000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $0.8600 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could start a major increase unless there is a clear downside break below $0.8000. Ripple price is trading in a bearish zone below $1.00 against the...

A group of protestors calling themselves “Stopelon” gathered outside the Tesla processing factory in northern California earlier in the week to voice their anger at Elon Musk and his continued antics in the world of cryptocurrency. Elon Musk Faces More Anger Elon Musk has recently been deemed one of the most disliked figures in the digital currency scene. While at one point, the South African entrepreneur proved himself one of the strongest and most influential figures...

Digital currency research firm Coin Metrics has released a new report claiming that bitcoin is beginning to lag when compared with the likes of competing altcoins such as Ethereum and Dogecoin. Coin Metrics: Altcoins Are Taking Over While bitcoin is still the world’s number one digital currency by market cap (it is currently trading for about $35,000 per unit), the asset has experienced some serious dips over the past month, while by contrast, Dogecoin and Ethereum have...

After yesterday’s price declines, bitcoin has calmed around the $35,000 price line. Most alternative coins are also somewhat stagnant on a 24-hour scale, aside from Polygon (MATIC). The asset has spiked by double-digits to $1.4. Minor Recoveries Among Alts: Polygon 15% Up The weekend didn’t start all that well for the altcoins market. The biggest altcoin, Ethereum, had already retraced from $2,600 to $2,500 before it went even further south to $2,250. Since then, ETH found...

Crypto trading firm Coin Seed has decided to shut its doors for good following a lawsuit brought forth against it earlier in the year by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The company has been accused of fraudulent activity after moving customer funds without permission and for selling “worthless” tokens in what is alleged to have been a phony initial coin offering (ICO). Coin Seed Is Closing Down for Good In a statement, Del Davaasambuu – the CEO and co-founder of...

The past seven days, despite being intensive in terms of important news, were less than exciting when it comes to pricing. Most of the cryptocurrencies experienced substantial losses. Bitcoin, unlike the majority of altcoins, performed relatively well in comparison. It’s still down about 5% on the week, but its market dominance has increased to about 44%, which is a considerable improvement. The downward pressure started last Saturday when the price tanked from about $38K...

It was a rather unfortunate week for the entire cryptocurrency market as most of the coins are trading in the red. Bitcoin is no exclusion, though it’s the one the best performer, relatively speaking, compared to major altcoins. Bitcoin Bitcoin is down by a small 4% over the past week as it currently sits above the 20-day MA at $37,000. The cryptocurrency saw an interesting week after testing $39,200 last week. There, it found resistance at a falling trend line and failed to...

Bitcoin continued with recovering the most recent losses and ever went further to a six-day high at $38,500 before calming down. Most altcoins, though, have failed to produce any gains, and BTC’s market dominance has jumped to 44%. Bitcoin Tapped 6-Day High After bottoming at $31,000 on Tuesday, the primary cryptocurrency started to reclaim its lost ground gradually. It spiked by around $3,000 on Wednesday, added another sizeable chunk on Thursday, and kept climbing higher in...