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Ripple price started a fresh decline from the $0.3900 resistance against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $0.355 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $0.3780 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could continue to move down if it breaks the $0.330 and $0.325 support levels. Ripple price is declining below $0.355 against the US Dollar, similar...

Ronin hackers have transferred the stolen assets from Ethereum to the Bitcoin network, according to new findings by blockchain investigator and developer ₿liteZero. Recall that after the Ronin bridge hack in March, the attackers moved the $625 million worth of USDC and ETH to Ethereum-based crypto mixer Tornado Cash, making it difficult for authorities to trace the movement of the funds. But Tornado wasn’t the end as the hackers took further steps in obscuring the...

The high number of fake crypto trading apps has earned the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The organization is now issuing warnings to traders saying they need to do their due diligence before utilizing a crypto investing platform or application so that they don’t fall victim to potential scams. The FBI Is Noticing a Lot of Fake Crypto Apps The FBI says since the beginning of 2022, nearly 30 separate individuals have lost close to $4 million after...

The crypto market has experienced a deep correction in the last two days. A downward movement from a high of $0.392 on August 17 caused Ripple to lose more than 13% of its market capitalization at the time of this writing. Technical Analysis By: Grizzly The Weekly Chart After three weeks of swinging below horizontal resistance at $0.39 (in red), the bears finally aggressively pushed the price down. This formed a giant red daily candle over the last two months. The key is that...

Following a drop to a 3.5-week lohasETH had seen a slight recovery in today’s market action as the price is struggling to maintain above Now of now, all eyes are on the support, which lies on yesterday’s low at $1500, where lies the 50-day moving average line. Technical Analysis By: Grizzly The Daily Chart The ETH/USDT trading pair could not avoid the recent crypto correction, which triggered a rapid downward move from around $2,000, which was recorded just a week ago....

Not long ago, Tesla – the electric car company brought to the financial forefront by South African entrepreneur Elon Musk – announced it had sold a lot of its bitcoin. No doubt the company experienced heavy losses given that when it first bought BTC in 2021, the asset was trading in the $50K range. Elon Musk Will Still Buy BTC in the Future Now, bitcoin is not even half that and trading for about $24,000 per unit, though Elon Musk says that his company would be open to...

Tornado Cash has become a common money laundering platform with rapidly growing incidents across Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain on a consistent uptrend. A substantial magnitude of the illicit funds has lost their trail after going through the mixer. According to a new report by blockchain security platform SlowMist, 74.6% of stolen funds (or nearly 300,160 ETH) on the Ethereum network were transferred to the controversial cryptocurrency tumbler during the first half of...

A former Coinbase employee and two of his comrades have been arrested by the Department of Justice (DOJ) following reports that the employee had conducted insider trading and passed along confidential information to his cohorts about which coins would be listed on the exchange in the future. A Man Who Worked with Coinbase Has Been Arrested The former employee – a man named Ishan Wahi – was part of the team at Coinbase that listed assets on the trading platform. The data...

The European Central Bank unveiled a discussion paper this week on the pros, cons, and economics of implementing central bank digital currency (CBDC). It suggested that CBDCs could help stave off dominance from BigTech firms in the payments market due to “network externalities” surrounding the use of a medium of exchange.  Ultimately, the paper posits that CBDC may be “the only solution to guarantee a smooth continuation of the current monetary system.” The Threat of Digital...

Bitcoin’s situation took another turn for the worse in the past 24 hours as the asset slipped to $20,750. Most altcoins are in a similar position this week, making it the worst performing trading one since the massive crash in mid-June. Bitcoin Down 15% Weekly A lot can change in the cryptocurrency markets within a week. Bitcoin, for instance, was riding high last weekend when it jumped above $25,000 on two separate occasions to mark new multi-month peaks. While the bulls...