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Solana price started a fresh increase from the $88.00 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $95.00 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key contracting triangle forming with resistance at $104.00 on the 4-hour chart of the SOL/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must clear $104 and $105 to continue higher in the near term. Solana price is trading above $95 against the US Dollar, like Bitcoin. SOL could start a strong...

Bitcoin price started a fresh decline below the $45,000 level against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $44,500 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $44,400 on the 4-hour chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could extend its decline toward the $41,500 and $40,000 levels. Bitcoin price is declining below $45,000 against the US Dollar. BTC might extend losses...

A lucky Bitcoin miner just enjoyed another splash of profits thanks to an abnormally high fee paid by one of the network’s users. Blockchain data shows that an unknown user paid 4 BTC ($172,000) in a transaction fee on Tuesday, dwarfing the amount actually needed to process the transfer. A Costly Blockchain Mistake According to mempool.space, the transaction itself only sent 2.9 BTC to the intended recipient, meaning the attached fee was over 133% the size of the transaction...

The WEF in the Swiss town of Davos kicked off on Jan. 15 with more than 60 heads of state and government in attendance. In previous years, crypto companies were leading the advertising race in the main promenade in Davos; however, the billboards have been taken over by AI firms in 2024, reported CNBC. This shift reflects the explosion in interest and investment in AI over the past year. Meanwhile, crypto has faded from the Davos spotlight after its terrible 2022, lackluster...

Bitcoin is down by almost 10% as it continued to face an uphill battle following the approval of much-anticipated spot ETFs by the SEC. But relief for the flagship crypto-asset might not transpire just yet. In fact, the positive and negative movements of the Korean “Kimchi” Premium and the Coinbase Premium, respectively, signal a potential short-term correction in the Bitcoin market. Bitcoin: Short-Term Correction Imminent The Korea Premium Index (KPI) is a crucial metric for...

Since the launch of the BTC ETFs last week, the industry has recorded a significant inflow of BTC products compared to other ETFs in the market. Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said on Tuesday that the recent approval of the first spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States represents a “watershed moment” for retail investors. On January 10, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted approval to 11 prominent financial companies, including Grayscale...

TL;DR A well-known crypto exchange allowed customers to purchase and send BONE tokens to Shibarium through its platform. BONE’s price experienced a notable increase following the disclosure. Shibarium’s Marketing Strategist, going by the handle LUCIE on X (formerly known as Twitter), praised the crypto exchange Gate.io for supporting the layer-2 blockchain solution. Users are now allowed to purchase and send BONE tokens to Shibarium via the platform. Huge shoutout to...

The overall market value of cryptocurrencies has increased, leading to a decline in the dominance of stablecoins. Their share of the total crypto market cap has dropped from 17.3% to 7.8%. In a market characterized by a consistent rise in short-term US bond yields, approaching 5%, investors holding stablecoins face higher opportunity costs, prompting a shift of assets off-chain for many, according to the latest report by Binance Research. Centralized Stablecoins Dominate...

The trading volume for BRC-20 tokens has surged, rising from $10-15 million to over $500 million since November 2023, according to data from Kaiko. The data indicates a substantial increase in trading activity for tokens minted on the Bitcoin blockchain, with their volumes experiencing a tenfold growth since the close of 2023. BRC-20 Token Trading Volume Surge According to a report on January 15 by the Paris-based blockchain analytics firm, trading volumes for BRC-20 tokens...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed a lack of opposition to postponing the Terraform co-founder Do Kwon’s crypto fraud trial and, instead, is open to waiting until he is extradited. Two court filings were submitted by federal prosecutors, outlining the case against Kwon and Terraform Labs concerning the $40 billion collapse of TerraLuna (LUNC) and TerraUSD (UST) in May 2022. SEC Consents to Delay in Terraform Case The SEC has consented to a “modest...