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Early traders of Polkadot’s new DOT token have come in for an unfortunate surprise, as two prominent exchanges decided to list the token ahead of its “redenomination” despite warnings from the project.The redenomination, due to take place on August 21, will see the new DOT denominated at one-hundredth of the value of the DOT (old), following a community vote. However, the project hasn’t sanctioned any exchange listing before the event on August 21 due to the risks involved.DOT’s Road So...

The global crypto market continues to slide today as another $11 billion pours out.This exodus of investment has now kicked Bitcoin outside of the rising channel that it’s been tracking inside of (mostly) for the past 22 days. What was acting as reliable support has now flipped into a strong resistance level and could prevent the leading cryptocurrency from retracing back to $12,000 in the short-term.Could this be the start of a bearish decline towards the unfilled CME gap down at...

As the DeFi and yield farming craze continues to entertain the cryptocurrency industry, the price of yEarn. Finance’s native token YFI has gone parabolic, surpassing Bitcoin’s by almost $1,000. This makes YFI the most expensive crypto asset in the market.1 YFI = 1.15 BTCAccording to data on Binance, the DeFi token is trading at $12,770 at the time of writing, while Bitcoin’s dollar value is currently around $11,790. Earlier today, YFI traded at an All-Time High (ATH) of $13,444 before...

EOS price climbed to a new multi-week high at $3.950 before correcting lower against the US Dollar.The price corrected lower below $3.5501 and even spiked below 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 of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to start a fresh increase as long as it is above $3.200 and $3.150.EOS price is correcting gains from the monthly high against the US Dollar,...

Litecoin price started a major downside correction from the $69.00 swing high against the US Dollar.LTC price is currently holding the key $60.00 support zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $62.10 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could rise again, but the bulls need to clear the $65.00 resistance for a sustained upward move.Litecoin price is holding a couple of important...

Bitcoin appears to be turning people left and right. Who were once bitcoin haters are now bitcoin lovers, and George Ball – the former Prudential exec who in a recent interview discussed the potential safety of using and holding the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap – has explained in a follow-up discussion that the asset’s price is about to explode after Labor Day of this year.George Ball: Bitcoin Will Surge Further in SeptemberBitcoin has been on a serious roll over the past...

Bitcoin has incurred another slight period of growth this morning that took it all the way to $12,400. At the time of writing, the currency has settled down a bit just beyond the $12K mark.Bitcoin Has a High Price; This Keeps Some Traders OutNo matter how you look at the situation, it’s easy to say that the price of bitcoin – the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency by market cap – has seemingly entered one of its best bull phases in recent years. At the same time, however, there...

After updating their respective highs once again, all assets have started descending corrections, which may be considered just as another movement to the downside before a further uptrend.Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, a senior analyst at foreign exchange broker RoboForex, provides his vision of the possible tendencies in price changes for Bitcoin as well as for other major cryptos.On charts of many assets, the currently forming structures point at further growth. So, if bulls continue their pressure,...

[Featured content]Cryptocurrency derivatives are becoming more and more popular as the market continues to enjoy increased retail attention.Back in June, CryptoPotato reported that the monthly trading volume for cryptocurrency derivatives hit a new all-time high (ATH) with over $602 billion traded in a month. In the first quarter of 2020, Bitcoin-oriented products accounted for 78% of the entire derivatives market.One of the more exciting things to consider is the increasing interest in...

Google trends data reveals that the number of “buy crypto” searches has exploded worldwide in the past few weeks to a two-year high.Simultaneously, the “buy Bitcoin” searches, which jumped prior to the 2020 halving and decreased immediately after, have increased since late July.Buy Crypto Searches To A Two-Year HighAccording to Google trends, “buy crypto” searches reached an all-time high rather expectedly during the parabolic price increase of late 2017 and early 2018. As the market was...