Altcoins

Dash – which stands for “digital cash” – is a cryptocurrency that has really seen its horizons grow over the past several years. The asset presently has a new payment app that allows people to make everyday purchases. It is presently supported by more than 155,000 stores and retailers all over the world, along with 125 separate online retailers, making it far more prominent as a payment currency than BTC. Dash Is Becoming a Major Payment Currency At the time of writing,...

The bitcoin bulls continued their offensive in the past 24 hours as the asset reached yet another 2-month high of over $42,500. Most alternative coins have outperformed their leader, including ETH, BNB, and DOT, which has jumped by more than 16% in a day. Green Altcoins; DOT Adds 16% of Value The altcoins were relatively stagnant yesterday, but the situation is significantly different today. Ethereum traded around $2,450, but a 6% increase has driven it to approximately...

Over the past week, talk surrounding bitcoin has been invigorated considering the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has shot up to just under $40,000 for the first time in well over a month. As good as the news is, it is easy to allow bitcoin to overshadow Ethereum and many other heavy hitters within the crypto space, but one panel of experts refuses to turn away from competing altcoins. Ethereum Is Climbing Up the Financial Ladder Ethereum is the second...

As cryptocurrency adoption enters a mainstream stage, traditional financial services platforms are trying to adapt to the changing financial ecosystem. To maintain their importance in this industry, payment processors like Mastercard and Visa intend to use their large client base and international reach to attract both government and private entities when they are testing their CBDC or stablecoin projects. During an earnings call yesterday, Mastercard’s CEO, Michael Miebach,...

After weeks of prolonged consolidation and choppy sideways action in a very squeezed and narrow range, Bitcoin finally broke out. Fortunately, it was to the upside. Over the past week, BTC is up by a considerable 20%. At the time of this writing, it’s trading at around $39K, having pulled back slightly from the psychological and technical resistance at the coveted $40K level. It’s also worth noting that we saw an increased trading volume over the past week, and even though...

Bitcoin cash price started a decent increase above the $500 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above the $500 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $505 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to accelerate higher above the $550 and $555 resistance levels. Bitcoin cash price is gaining pace above the $500 zone against the US...

It seems the number of crypto users has doubled since January 21 this year, according to research on global crypto adoption by Crypto.com.  The report gathered information from 24 leading crypto exchanges using on-chain data based on various parameters —identifying over 220 million users by the end of June. February and May were the months when the inflow of new users reached their peak: 203 million.  Altcoin Market Surged Largely Thanks to SHIB and DOGE The altcoin market...

The past 24 hours saw bitcoin’s price being relatively stable around the crucial $40K mark. The majority of the market is also fairly neutral, with a lot of the altcoins charting rather insignificant losses. Bitcoin Stable Around $40K Bitcoin is circling the $40K mark over the past 24 hours, seemingly unable to make a move in either direction. However, a consolidation around this area, which is also serious support, could potentially be positive. At the tie of this writing,...

EOS started a fresh increase above the $3.50 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above the $3.50 support and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $3.75 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to continue higher if it breaks the $4.00 and $4.02 resistance levels in the near term. EOS price is showing positive signs above $3.50 against the...

Litecoin price started a fresh increase above the $125 resistance zone against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading nicely above $132 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key contracting triangle forming with resistance near $142 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to accelerate higher if there is a clear break above $142 and $145. Litecoin price is attempting a recovery above $132 against the US...