Altcoins

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell took the stand to discuss bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with the U.S. Financial Services Committee. He stated to the panel that if the United States had its own digital currency in play, bitcoin would serve no purpose and would ultimately disappear. Jerome Powell Doesn’t Appear Against the Idea of a National Digital Currency Powell explained: One of the arguments that are offered in favor of a digital currency: you would not...

While BTC’s price continues to trade in a range of around $32,000, all eyes are on today’s largest GBTC unlocking of over 16,000 bitcoins. On the other hand, some of the altcoins have bounced off since the recent price declines, with DOGE jumping by roughly 9% on a 24-hour scale. All Eyes on GBTC Unlocking After briefly exceeding $33,000 on Thursday, bitcoin started to retrace in value and lost about $2,000 in a day. The subsequent unsuccessful attempt by the bulls to recover...

The Japanese government intends to put stablecoins under strict regulation as some authorities consider them a threat to the country’s financial stability. At the same time, the Bank of Japan aims to issue a digital yen that it sees as a safer alternative to private virtual currencies. Japan’s Next Crypto Move According to Reuters, three Japanese officials revealed that the country is looking to increase its efforts to regulate digital assets. Per the report, some local...

It was a tough week price-wise in the cryptocurrency market. The total capitalization lost around $100 billion as every single coin from the top 20 is in the red. Some lost more than others, but we’ll get to that later. Kicking it off with Bitcoin. It had a relatively calm week, and even though it’s down about 3% over the period, it’s still not as bad as a lot of the altcoins. BTC was trading at around $34,000 last Friday, and apart from a brief positive spike on Monday, it...

Bitcoin cash price remained in a bearish zone below the $500 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $475 support and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $472 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could start a decent increase if it clears the $472 and $475 resistance levels. Bitcoin cash price is struggling to move higher above $475...

EOS started a fresh decline after it failed to surpass $4.40 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $4.00 support and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $3.65 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to continue lower if it breaks the $3.50 support zone in the near term. EOS price is showing bearish signs below $4.00 against the US Dollar,...

Litecoin price extended its decline below the $130 support zone against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading below $132 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $133 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could start a fresh decline as long as it is below the $132 and $135 levels in the near term. Litecoin price is struggling to recover above $132 against the...

Tron price started a fresh decline from well above $0.0650 against the US Dollar. TRX price is now trading well below $0.0620 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.0640 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The pair is likely to continue lower below $0.0560 unless the bulls gain strength above $0.0650. TRON price is slowly moving lower below $0.0600 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin....

ADA price started a fresh decline after it failed to surpass $1.50 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading well below $1.35 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a key rising channel with support near $1.38 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The price is likely to continue lower below the $1.25 support level in the near term. Cardano price is trading in a negative zone below $1.35 against the US Dollar, similar to...

Ethereum price failed to recover above $2,200 and started a fresh decline against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading well below $2,200 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $2,100 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to accelerate lower if there is a close below the $2,000 support zone. Ethereum price is struggling to stay above $2,000 against the US Dollar....