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Considering the tight market conditions, Nio has also put its expansion plans on hold for the time being. It has stopped any additional incentive programs such as free battery swaps for new users. In the latest development on Monday, June 12, Chinese electric carmaker Nio announced cutting the prices of its cars by around $4,200 with immediate effect. Furthermore, the company shall also be ending free battery swaps for new buyers. This is quite surprising since back in April 2023, Nio CEO...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Stellar lumen price is struggling below the $0.0880 resistance zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading below $0.0880 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.0855 on the 4-hour chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Ripple price started a downside correction from the $0.5450 zone against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $0.520 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.530 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The...

EOS once charted in the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap. Now it stands in the top 50. The setbacks in its journey have been one of the most talked about in the industry. But EOS Network Foundation’s La Rose believes the formative years of EOS have taught them a lot and that the blockchain project is just getting started, all thanks to the community. EOS Network Bumpy Ride EOS – which launched with great fanfare, an active community, and strong tech – faced several...

The Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that some of the largest altcoins, such as ADA, MATIC, and SOL, are unregistered securities. Most assets slumped in value shortly after the allegations went out. Now, though, the organizations between the blockchains and the tokens have published official statements to refute the SEC’s claims. Polygon Responds MATIC traded at $0.9 last week, just a few days before the SEC went after Binance and Coinbase, alleging in the lawsuits...

Arbitrum has managed to rake in a significant market share as demand for Ethereum rollups soars. According to data shared by CoinShares, Arbitrum remains the top destination for capital flows away from Ethereum, among other protocols as well as layer 2s. As of May-end, the network attracted capital worth $4 billion. Closely following Arbitrum is Polygon raking in capital worth $3 billion, followed by Optimism with $983 million, and dYdX with $342 million, the stats revealed....

Albeit in a more modest fashion than the alts, bitcoin slumped hard yesterday by almost a grand before experiencing more volatility throughout the day. Most alternative coins, though, plummeted hard by double digits. The past 24 hours have been more positive as ADA, SOL, SHIB, and many others have managed to bounce off. Alts’ Rollercoaster It’s safe to say that the recent allegations made by the US Securities and Exchange Commission that many cryptocurrencies could actually...

The market took a beating over the past 24 hours, and certain altcoins performed a lot worse than others. A lot of the worst-performing cryptocurrencies were also named in the lawsuit that the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed against Coinbase. The agency alleges that they are securities. These include Cardano’s ADA, Solana’s SOL, NEAR, Polygon’s MATIC, and so forth. Bitcoin is down 3.4%, while Ethereum – 5.7%. Even though both of them decreased, it’s nowhere near...

The past 24 hours saw the majority of altcoins crash by a considerable margin and there are no signs of slowing down. However, there’s also a clear discrepancy between the price performance of certain altcoins to that of Bitcoin and Ethereum, both of which have remained relatively resilient. Bitcoin Dominance Soars Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin’s dominance increased to around 46% (data from CoinGecko). This is a major difference. The metric tracks Bitcoin’s share relative...

The altcoin market is under fire. Major cryptocurrencies like Solana (SOL), Polygon (MATIC), Cardano (ADA), and many others – are plummeting in value. The heatmap below is pretty indicative of the troubles that the market is going through. It also reveals that investors are anything but confident right now. Source: Coin360While it’s anyone’s guess why exactly that might be, two things happened in the past few days that might provide some sort of an explanation. SEC Names 13...