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Litecoin price traded to a new monthly high at $60.92 before correcting lower against the US Dollar.LTC price is currently trading above the $55.00 support level and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There was a break below a major ascending channel with support near $56.15 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to continue higher if it stays above the $55.00 support in the near term.Litecoin price is correcting gains from the $61.00 zone...

Bitcoin bulls are trying to regain lost ground after failing to break the high set back on June 26, 2019, at $13,880. This would’ve been the highest price Bitcoin has reached in over 490 days, however, heavy selling pressure and a weakening uptrend caused prices to tank over 7% in under 12 hours. Right now, the leading crypto is back inside a rising channel pattern and stuck under the median line resistance (white dashed middle line on the following chart). Over $17 billion...

Now the United States can boast a new crypto bank: Welcome Avanti. Avanti Financial Group, a firm founded by the former managing director at Morgan Stanley, Caitlin Long, announced that it had been granted a license to offer banking services by the Wyoming State Banking Board. Avanti is The Second Crypto-bank Operating in the United States With this decision, Avanti becomes the second crypto company to receive a banking license after the crypto exchange Kraken was also...

Following news that PayPal would allow its customers to pay for goods and services with crypto assets like bitcoin, the digital payments firm has announced that it is ending its relationship with a venture known as Epik due to alleged risks and other issues stemming from the company’s crypto department.PayPal Says Adios to EpikTypically, the company works with PayPal by registering web domains and hosting the enterprise’s transactions, though these transactions will no longer be processed for...

Well, it looks like bitcoin has taken a fall in the past 24 hours, but why?Bitcoin Dips in the Past DayJust a day ago, the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap had crossed the $13,000 line for the first time in over a year. The asset had shot up to approximately $13,100 and many were celebrating that things were really turning around for the coin, which had had a rather dismal September.The price expansion came following news that PayPal – arguably the largest digital payments...

Mike McGlone of Bloomberg has stated that bitcoin can potentially reach the $100,000 mark over the next five years as it gets closer to becoming a store of value instead of a payment currency.McGlone: $100K Could Be Here SoonOver the past seven months, something rather strange and intriguing has happened with bitcoin. For a long time, the agenda of crypto serving as a payment system has been pushed with little to no success. While there are a few platforms out there that accept BTC as a...

The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced today the launch of a Visa debit card, allowing customers to spend digital assets for everyday purchases. According to the official statement, the Coinbase Card will provide clients the opportunity to earn up to 4% back in cryptocurrency rewards. It will be available in nearly 30 countries, including the US, the UK, and across Europe. It will be connected to customers’ Coinbase accounts, and they can spend the...

Former hedge fund manager and CEO of Real Vision, Raoul Pal, believes that the real impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is about to reach the financial markets. By outlining several upcoming cornerstones among traditional financial assets, he highlighted Bitcoin as the “life raft” in this situation. Raoul Pal: Everything Has Changed In a recent Twitter thread, the Wall Street veteran outlined the rapidly growing COVID-19 cases worldwide. The total number of infected has neared 45...

Michael Saylor, the founder and CEO of the Nasdaq-listed company MicroStrategy, has revealed that he personally HODLs nearly 18,000 bitcoins. Additionally, he announced that his company has instituted a new Bitcoin-oriented treasury reserve policy and plans to make further BTC purchases. Michael Saylor Owns 17,732 Bitcoins The CEO of MicroStrategy has a somewhat compelling history with Bitcoin. As CryptoPotato reported recently, he said in 2013 that BTC’s days are “numbered.”...

ETH/USD – Bulls Defending .382 Fib Retracement Key Support Levels: $377, $370, $364.Key Resistance Levels: $400, $410, $416. Toward the end of last week, Ethereum surged higher from $370 as it climbed above the $400 level and managed to reach as high as $421 (1.414 Fib Extension). More specifically, it was unable to close a daily candle above the $416 resistance (bearish .618 Fib Retracement) throughout the weekend which caused it to drop beneath $400 on Monday. Yesterday,...