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Ethereum price is holding gains above the $3,150 support against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading near $3,200 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $3,150 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to rise as long as it is above $3,150 and $3,140. Ethereum price is showing bearish signs below $3,250 against the US Dollar. ETH/USD must stay above the $3,150 support to...

Amidst an ongoing legal tussle with the securities and exchange commission, Ripple defendants have fired back with a motion to expose the XRP holdings of SEC employees, a token they have alleged is an unregistered security. RIpple’s Recent Motion On August 27th, attorney James Filan unveiled Ripple’s new motion demanding the SEC to produce documents related to its own employees’ XRP holdings. The legal order comes in response to four previous meetings Ripple has had with the...

Michigan football player Cade McNamara has teamed up with a company called More Management. The clincher? The up-and-coming quarterback is signing a new deal that will allow him to get paid in crypto for appearances and social media posts. Cade McNamara Is Working with More Management More Management deals in crypto membership services and digital collectibles like non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The firm also boasts its own digital asset known as “MORE,” which trades on...

The British multinational banking institution – Standard Chartered – has teamed up with the financial technology company – Linklogis – to launch a new blockchain-based digital trade finance platform. It comes by the name of Olea, and its goal would be to bring together “institutional investors seeking opportunities in an alternative asset class with businesses requiring supply chain financing.” ‘Olea is Positioned to Reinvent Finance’ London-based bank Standard Chartered...

Benyamin Ahmed is a 12-year-old kid that recently discovered the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). He’s become so intrigued that he’s made a serious career choice before he’s even a teenager. Ahmed is now making NFTs and selling them online, and he’s gotten nearly $400,000 for doing so. Benyamin Ahmed Has Made NFTs His Life Ahmed is a typical kid in many ways. He goes to school like everyone else, and when he’s out for the day, he’s got a solid list of hobbies that...

A slew of leading Ethereum based DeFi protocols– including Aave, Sushi, Curve, and PoolTogether– recently announced a $100M DeFi adoption initiative with Celo, a mobile platform for financial dApps. Adoption Initiative: “DeFi for the People” Announced today, the recent “DeFi for the People” initiative’s numerous founders include Aave, Curve, Sushi, PoolTogether, 0x, UMA, Valora, Ubeswap, and Moola Market, alongside educational and infrastructure partners including Chainlink,...

A new survey suggests that many of the young people that garnered stimulus money from the government during the COVID-19 pandemic spent their funds on stocks and cryptocurrency. Survey Says, “Young People Enjoy Crypto!” This is to be expected in many ways considering the extraordinary level of distrust that many millennials and members of younger generations have towards standard banks and financial institutions. Many of these individuals grew up during the time of the...

XRP/USD – XRP Falls Beneath 20-day MA and Forms Triangle. Key Support Levels: $1.10, $1.05, $0.92.Key Resistance Levels: $1.25, $1.28, $1.36. XRP failed to break $1.27 (bearish .618 Fib) last week on the third attempt to overcome the level. As a result, the coin started to fall throughout the week until support was found on Thursday at around $1.05, provided by the lower angle of the triangle. It rebounded from there over the weekend but could not break the upper angle of the...

ETH/USD – Ether Forms Symmetrical Triangle Key Support Levels: $3150, $2985, $2890.Key Resistance Levels: $3350, $3540, $3700. Since surging from $1800 at the end of July to meet resistance at $3350 in the first half of August, Ethereum has been consolidating inside a symmetrical triangle pattern. It has made over four attempts to break the $3350 resistance, provided by a bearish .618 Fib, and failed on each attempt. Recently, ETH has been using the 20-day MA as support as it...

While the price of bitcoin seems stuck beneath the $50,000 line, the network has actually seen a few all-time highs lately. On-chain data revealed that the weekly BTC transaction volume has exploded to a fresh record, while the number of token holders is recovering nicely. Transactions on the Bitcoin Network to New Highs The analytics company Glassnode recently highlighted the massive uptick in transaction volume on the Bitcoin network. The firm’s data shows that the average...