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Ethereum’s price has been going through a frustrating consolidation period over the past few months following the price’s failure to break above the $4,000 resistance level. Technical Analysis By TradingRage The Daily Chart On the daily chart, the price has recently rebounded from the $2,800 mark and rallied toward the $3,500 resistance level. However, the latter has rejected the price to the downside. The market has also dropped below the 200-day moving average, located...

The economic uncertainty in the US pushed bitcoin’s price south hard in the past day or so, and the asset plunged to $60,500 for the first time in almost three weeks. The altcoins are in an even worse state, with SOL, TON, and UNI plummeting by over 5% in the past day. ETH has slipped below $3,000. BTC Sees 3-Week Low The start of the business week couldn’t have foreseen what transpired just several days later. The asset soared to $70,000 on Monday after Donald Trump’s...

TL;DR Adopting BTC as a legal tender in the US would enhance its legitimacy and attract substantial investment, potentially boosting the price. This move could lead to market volatility with sharp movements due to speculative buying and unpredictable investor reactions. What if the US Embrace BTC? The United States will soon have a new President, with the elections scheduled for November this year. Those going to the ballot boxes will have to pick from the Democratic nominee...

Marathon Digital (MARA) saw its shares drop over 8% in after-hours trading on Thursday following a second-quarter revenue report that fell short of Wall Street’s forecasts. However, the stock has since recovered some of these losses. Marathon Digital Sees a Revenue Miss Marathon Digital reported second-quarter revenue of $145.1 million, falling short of Wall Street’s forecast of $157.9 million, approximately 9% lower. The company attributed the revenue miss to operational...

The DeFi protocol Convergence was hit with a hack on August 1, stemming from its team removing a single line of code to optimize gas fees for users. A hacker noticed the deletion of the code and took advantage to mint and drain $210,000 worth of tokens and $2000 worth of staking rewards. Blockchain security and analytics firm PeckShield took to X to report the occurrence, “It seems @Convergence_fiwas just exploited (w/ ~$210k loss) to mint 58m $CVG (58,718,395.05681812), which are swapped to...

MicroStrategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, has announced plans to raise up to $2 billion through the sale of its class A shares. The company made this revelation in a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1. Details From the Filing MicroStrategy has not disclosed the specific timeline for the sale of its class A shares. However, the company stated in its filing that the funds raised would be allocated for “general...

Marathon Digital (MARA) observed declining stock price as it did not meet Wall Street’s profit expectations. The price fell as much as 8% on Thursday with the announcement of its second-quarter revenues. It reported $145.1 million, falling short of the $157.9 million estimate. Marathon faced numerous obstacles, including operational ones that hampered its ability to mine at its usual capacity and the reduced mining rewards caused by April’s halving event. In a statement, Marathon CEO Fred...

TL;DR Input Output launched the alpha v1 release of the partner chains toolkit for Cardano to enhance network security by leveraging stake pool operators (SPOs). Despite the disclosure, Cardano’s native token ADA remained around $0.38, with no significant price change. The Alpha V1 Release Input Output – a technology company responsible for the research and development of the Cardano blockchain – launched the alpha v1 release of the partner chains toolkit. The move aims to...

The Casper network has resumed operations after being halted for a few days due to an attack on 26 July. The attacker conducted illicit transactions worth $6.7 million before the core team behind the blockchain noticed suspicious activity. Since then, it has identified the vulnerability, offered a fix, which its validators have manually updated, and scanned the entire chain for illicit transactions from its genesis block. “We are happy to report that Casper has resumed consensus, and network...

Coinbase reported a total revenue of $1.449 billion for the second quarter, surpassing the market consensus estimate of $1.396 billion. However, this figure represents an 11% decrease from the first quarter, partly attributed to falling consumer transaction revenues. Coinbase Q2 Revenue Drops 29% Coinbase’s Q2 consumer transaction revenues fell 29% to $665 million, down from $1.07 billion in Q1. However, stablecoin revenue increased to $240.4 million from $197.3 million. The...