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Stellar lumen price started a fresh increase above the $0.080 resistance zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading above $0.080 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $0.086 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to rise if it stays above the $0.0860 and $0.0850 support levels. Stellar lumen price is trading above $0.0850 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin....

Ripple price is moving higher above the $0.38 level against the US dollar. The price is now trading above $0.380 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $0.3820 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could gain bullish momentum if it clears the $0.4080 resistance zone in the near term. Ripple price is rising steadily above $0.380 against the US Dollar, unlike bitcoin....

Regulators in Hong Kong will soon decide which crypto tokens its citizens can invest in amid a raft of new digital asset policies coming this year. The move is the latest crypto regulatory step taken by Hong Kong in a market that has a long association with significant digital asset trading volume. Hong Kong to Issue Consultation Paper Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is preparing a list of crypto assets open to retail traders, Reuters reported on...

Despite everything that’s happened in 2022, Mark Cuban is doubling down on his love of bitcoin and says he’s hoping to purchase more of the world’s number one digital currency by market cap should it drop even lower. Mark Cuban Doesn’t Like Gold That Much 2022 was a rough year for bitcoin and the crypto space. Bitcoin fell by more than 70 percent in value and ended the year trading in the high $16,000 range. This is way off the mark from the $68,000 per unit that it...

The Bitcoin price has taken a battering over the past year. But at the same time, its volatility is at a historic low. Will BTC critics finally admit it’s a currency yet? Crypto markets are making a rebound in January, but there’s no certainty as to whether the bottom is in. Nearly all the major cryptocurrencies are up by double digits on the seven-day chart. The Bitcoin price has soared over 20% to breach the $20,000 level. Crypto Markets Explode to Start 2023: BTC Surges...

2022 was a year of loss, and many crypto billionaires – from Changpeng Zhao of Binance fame to the Winklevoss Twins who run the Gemini exchange – have lost a ton of money. So much in fact, that in just nine short months, many of them have seen their net worth virtually collapse – in some cases, to zero. Changpeng Zhao and Others Have Lost Tons of Money Changpeng Zhao, for instance, had a net worth of approximately $65 billion in March of last year. By the end of...

Bitcoin’s dominance has recovered more than 2% in the past week or so and tapped a multi-month high as the asset maintains above $20,000. This comes even though the altcoins experienced notable gains yesterday, but many have retraced hard today. BTC Dominance Above 41% Ever since bitcoin finally broke above $17,000 at the start of this week, the landscape around the asset has seemed significantly more bullish than it was at the end of 2022. The past few days saw gains that...

The mining data site Hashrate Index has released a report reflecting on the state of the Bitcoin mining industry throughout 2022.  The analysis examines the steep decline in mining profitability in 2022 compared to 2021 amid plummeting Bitcoin prices and a rising hash rate.  The Hardest Hitting Bear Market Per the report published on Wednesday, Bitcoin’s hashprice reached an all-time low of $55.94/PH/day in November of last year. Hashprice is a dollar-denominated measure of...

Two weeks into the year, and crypto markets are rebounding. The Bitcoin and Ether price are each up some 20% on the seven-day chart. But a recent study of altcoins aims to give crypto investors pause before they go trading the rally. When the market makes a move like this, crypto traders often shuffle. They make trades to scoop profits, make hedges, or take long positions in the coin they think will gain the most next. This can result in an increase in volatility in crypto...

The rally from the past two weeks has pushed the cumulative market cap of all crypto assets to above $1 trillion for the first time since the FTX debacle. This comes amid the massive price surge from several altcoins, such as Solana, Polkadot, Polygon, Avalanche, and others. The start of 2023 has been quite spectacular for the cryptocurrency market following the painful 2022. The largest digital asset went from around $16,500 to over $21,000 in about two weeks. This 27%...