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Axie Infinity Shards (AXS) appear to be one of the only cryptocurrencies to trade up slightly in the past 24 hours, despite the current bear market. Buyers appear optimistic over the blockchain game’s Origin Android APK launch, announced over Discord on Thursday. According to the announcement, the update will include UI improvements, and a “full HD graphic” option in the game’s settings. It will also make the game run at a faster pace by having all status and rune effects...

EOS price started a fresh decline from the $1.80 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $1.5 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $1.60 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could extend its decline below the $1.20 support zone in the near term. EOS price is gaining pace below $1.40 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. The price...

Litecoin started a fresh decline from the $85 resistance against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading below $75 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $66 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could accelerate lower towards the $52 and $50 support levels in the near term. Litecoin price is gaining pace below $70 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. LTC...

The Chairman of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) – Klaas Knot – raised concerns that the cryptocurrency sector could harm the monetary network in the future. In his view, the digital asset market is expanding at a fast pace, while some of the tokens are employed by criminals in illicit activities. “For these reasons, policy work on crypto assets is a priority for the FSB,” the executive outlined. The FSB Wants to Regulate “Unbacked” Crypto The lack of an appropriate...

Grayscale – the world’s largest Bitcoin fund – reportedly met with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in private last week. The company argued that the commission should approve its transition into a Bitcoin Spot ETF to unlock over $8 billion in value for its investors. Why Convert Grayscale? In a presentation shared with CNBC, Grayscale claimed that a Bitcoin spot ETF would be “no riskier than a Bitcoin futures ETF”. The company believes that both spot and futures...

Blockchain intelligence startup Chainalysis has raised $170 million at a valuation of $8.6 billion, double from $4.2 billion in June last year. Given the current market crash where bitcoin fell below $30,000 on Monday, many believed that the rush of investors backing up crypto startups seen last year might cease. But Chainalysis in the latest round has seen its valuation increasing twofold, suggesting that investors are still favoring businesses in the crypto space. $170...

Bitcoin’s price has now broken well below $30,000, touching down to $28,228 just moments ago. That’s Bitcoin’s cheapest price since January 4th, 2021, retracing some of the gains made in its early bull market. On Wednesday at 20:50 UST, Bitcoin’s price slipped from $29,000 to $28,228 within less than 5 minutes. The price remains at $28,551 at the time of writing, down about 8% on the day. The rest of the crypto market is also struggling with Ethereum barely holding $2000 as a...

Coinbase Co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong squarely blamed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for employing “informal pressure” and denying the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services that led to Coinbase halting its trading services three days after the launch on April 7. Coinbase India Launch Experience Speaking for the first time on the issue, Armstrong explained what led to the suspension of the company’s services in India and how it plans to stage a comeback. During the...

Solana price extended decline below the $80 support against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $80 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $67.50 on the 4-hours chart of the SOL/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must clear $68 and $74 to start a fresh recovery wave in the near term. Solano price is struggling below $80 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. SOL could decline...

Terra (LUNA)’s price collapse from Monday continues, now tracing down beneath $16 per coin. Meanwhile, the network’s dollar-pegged stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) continues trading at just $0.8, far below its intended $1.00 value peg. LUNA trades at just $15.84 at the time of writing, down 63.13% in the past 24 hours, and 80.74% over the week. The cryptocurrency doubly serves as a governance token for the Terra blockchain, and the reserve asset made to preserve the stability of its...