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While the Federal Reserve continues to threaten interest rate hikes amid rising inflation, the ECB has taken a different approach. Bank President Christine Lagarde stated they will “not rush into a decision,” deeming inflation as merely a short-term problem. Interest Rates Remain Unchanged As reported by CNBC, the ECB’s refinancing rate will remain at 0%. Meanwhile, its marginal lending rate will stay at 0.25%, and its deposit facility rate will be kept at -0.5%. The decision...

The technical indicators are showing weakness in the short term. The onchian activity of retailers as a reaction to volatile market is still rising. This can be translated to the high probability of a side chopping market in the mid-term. In a low trade volume phase, such as the current market condition, capitulation events are expected more than ever. Technical Analysis By: Grizzley Long-Term: On the daily timeframe, the recent uptrend was stopped by touching the low band of...

Anton Siluanov – Russia’s Minister of Finance – believes local financial institutions should have a universal license to facilitate cryptocurrency trading services. His viewpoint stands far from the central bank’s proposal to impose a complete ban on all digital asset endeavors. Another Vote in Favor of Regulation A few weeks ago, Russia’s central bank urged the local government to impose a blanket ban on all digital asset endeavors inside its borders. The institution argued...

Wormhole Bridge is back up with developers claiming that all funds are restored following the $320 million hack. Wormhole, a cross-chain bridge from Solana to other networks, suffered a major breach on Wednesday. Hackers managed to take control of 120,000 wrapped Ether worth $320 million. The breach impacted all users that held Ethereum tokens (wETH) on the Solana blockchain. Shortly after the attack, Wormhole updated its users on the situation. They also said that they...

Key Support levels: $2,550, $2,200 Key Resistance levels: $2,800, $3,000 Despite a worthy attempt by ETH to move higher, the sellers stood firm at the $2,800 resistance, which rejected the price and propelled it into a pullback. The buyers will have to defend the support at $2,500 to avoid further losses as the next key support is found at $2,200. So long the current support holds, this can be an expected pullback after a 30% rally. Chart by TradingViewTechnical Indicators...

The team behind the popular memecoin has forayed into its first “real-world” venture by partnering with a small Italian fast-food brand called Welly’s. The duo promised healthy, not just fast food options, and to grow globally together. The announcement from Shiba Inu developer – Shytoshi Kusama – explained that the memecoin’s team chose Welly’s because they were looking for someone who shares the same values. As such, they refrained from partnering with “huge centralized...

EOS price is struggling to clear the $2.45 resistance zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $2.30 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key rising channel forming with support near $2.20 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could extend decline if there is a clear break below the $2.20 support zone. EOS price is showing bearish signs below $2.40 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. The...

Litecoin price again failed to clear $115 and corrected lower against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading below $110 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major rising channel forming with support near $106 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down if it stays below the $115 resistance zone. Litecoin price is struggling below $1115 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. LTC price...

Blockchain software technology company ConsenSys has acquired Ethereum wallet interface provider, MyCrypto, to integrate it with its popular MetaMask wallet. ConsenSys Acquires MyCrypto Announcing the acquisition in an official blog post on Tuesday, the company noted that MetaMask and MyCrypto will combine their efforts to “improve the security of all the products and create a cohesive user experience across desktop, mobile, extension, and browser wallets.” Currently,...

Dune Analytics – a free blockchain research tool – recently announced an additional $69 420 000 in funding. The round was led by Coatue – a global investment manager focused on tech. According to an announcement from Dune’s blog, the funding will be used to empower another generation of “Dune Wizards” – aka Web 3 data analysts. The group currently only has 16 employees, but will now be hiring many more. While Dune currently provides free blockchain data, it will now invest in...