The cryptocurrency market took a hit today as its capitalization lost around $150 billion in the past few hours. This also saw a little over $900 million worth of long and short positions liquidated. As we reported earlier today, bitcoin’s price tumbled below $60K and tested the support found at $58.3K. This sent the entire market downwards as almost all cryptocurrencies saw double-digit declines with the exception of a few. Shiba Inu’s SHIB, AAVE, and 1inch were the major...
Read More »Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Dips Below $4K, Can Bulls Defend the Important Level?
Key Support level: $3,969 , $3,500 Key Resistance level: $4,380 Ethereum’s (ETH) failure to break the all-time high early this morning quickly changed the market sentiment, and bears took full control for a brief period. In the early hours of this morning, Ethereum attempted to break the all-time high, but it was stopped at $4,332 – just $50 below it. Once bulls realized they can’t push the price higher, the action was in the hands of the bears that did not hesitate and...
Read More »Tron (TRX) Price Analysis: More Gains Possible Above $0.105
Tron price is forming a base above the $0.1000 zone against the US Dollar. TRX price is now trading above $0.1000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support near $0.0995 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The pair could start a major increase if there is a clear break above the $0.1050 resistance. TRON price remained well bid above $0.0980 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. TRX price is...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Could Correct Lower Below $60K
Bitcoin price started a downside correction from well above the $64,000 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $62,000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $63,000 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down if there is a break below $59,500. Bitcoin price is back below the $62,000 pivot level against the US Dollar....
Read More »Crypto Exchange FTX Buys Ad for the Super Bowl
FTX, the booming cryptocurrency and crypto derivatives exchange founded by Sam Bankman Fried, recently purchased an ad for next year’s Super Bowl, according to reports. The Super Bowl is the most significant event in American football. It is the annual championship game of the National Football League. The NFL is the most valuable professional sports league in U.S. and Canada, with some US$13 billion in revenue, according to Sport Casting data. For reference only, the MLB and...
Read More »JPMorgan: Bitcoin Is Big Only Due to Inflation
Bitcoin has risen to $66,000 per unit over the past few days. The currency is trading higher than it ever has in roughly 12 years, and everyone seems to be ogling the asset that at one point was considered a bubble and a tool for crime. Bitcoin Is Helping People Cope with the Wounds of Fiat As of late, there is plenty of speculation regarding what could have made bitcoin surge in such a way. Some believe it’s the fact that a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) is...
Read More »DeFi TVL Smashes Past $236B, Biggest Contributors include Ethereum, Fantom, Solana
The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) sector is riding strong in October after a month-long market lull. The latest charts show figures hitting all-time highs with respect to liquidity stored on these protocols. The total value locked (USD) has established a new peak after soaring above $236 billion on October 26th. According to Defi Llama, the TVL figures have maintained a steady uptrend over the past month. In addition to the broader cryptocurrency realm, DeFi too had a rather...
Read More »PayPal’s Peter Thiel Wishes He Had Bought More BTC
Peter Thiel feels he underestimated bitcoin. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap recently hit a new all-time high of approximately $66,000, though the asset is now down by a few thousand and trading for just over $62,000. Peter Thiel Wishes He Had Invested More in BTC Either way, Thiel implied in a recent interview that he wishes he had gotten more involved with the cryptocurrency and added more units to his portfolio, and he thinks the opportunity to...
Read More »Tether To Test Notabene’s Travel Rule System to Comply With AML Laws
Tether Holdings Limited, the issuer of the largest stablecoin by market cap, USDT, recently announced integrating Notabene to manage regulatory and counterparty risk in crypto transactions. Tether to Crack Down on Illegal Transfers As per an announcement on Tuesday, Tether will be testing the Notabene platform to comply with the Crypto Travel Rule —a mandate established on June 20, 2021, by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Notabene’s end-to-end solution will allow...
Read More »Worldcoin Will Give You Free Crypto if You Let It Scan Your Eyes
A new startup is looking to scan everybody’s eyes in exchange for cryptocurrency. The process sounds like something out of the movie “Minority Report.” Scan your eyes, get paid in a token known as Worldcoin. Worldcoin Is Here to Scan Your Eyeballs The currency is named so because the idea is to give everyone in the world cryptocurrency. There’s just one thing: you need to let a small, metallic orb examine and sweep your eyes. This will add your data (DNA) to the system...
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