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Portfolio manager at Los Angeles-based TCW Group, Bryan Whalen, has stated that crypto investors are asking big institutions for loans against their digital assets. The comments came at a Morningstar Investment Conference this week, according to Bloomberg. Whalen went on to indicate that: “The market is starting to knock on the doors of big institutions, even in the bond world.” Borrowers issue bonds to raise money from investors who are willing to lend them money for a...

Following a few days of adverse price developments, bitcoin has started to recover some value and currently sits around $45,000. Most altcoins have stalled in the same timeframe, with a few exceptions from Polkadot and Terra. Bitcoin Taps $45K The start of the week was highly damaging for the bitcoin bulls as the price of the cryptocurrency plummeted on Monday from $48,000 to around $43,000 in hours. The situation only worsened in the following two days as BTC dumped by a few...

Bitcoin cash price started a major decline below the $600 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading well below the $600 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $572 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to decline unless there is a clear break above $572 and $600. Bitcoin cash price is eyeing recovery above $580 against the US Dollar,...

El Salvador has been making huge headlines as of late. The country is among the first to declare bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – legal tender, meaning it can now be used to purchase items and services in the same way one might use fiat, credit cards, or even checks. El Salvador Might Be Doing Something Right However, the country has experienced some serious rollout issues, between people protesting that they don’t want life to change to...

A lot can change in the cryptocurrency markets in two months. Avalanche and its native cryptocurrency – AVAX – are prime examples. The token traded around $9 during the market-wide crash on July 20th but surged by triple-digits in this timeframe to reach a new all-time high at nearly $80 earlier today. This came after numerous consecutive records last week, before the market-wide crash. Registering such massive price increases in a relatively short time has caught the...

EOS price extended its decline and traded below $4.00 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading well below $4.80 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $5.30 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could recover higher if there is a clear break above the $4.50 and $4.80 resistance levels. EOS price is trading in a bearish zone below $5.00 against the US...

Litecoin price declined heavily below $180 and tested $145 against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading below $170 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $164 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must move above the $175 resistance to start a decent recovery in the near term. Litecoin price is recovering losses from $145 against the US Dollar, similar to...

The legendary football player – Tom Brady – once again demonstrated his support towards the digital asset industry. He said he would “love” to receive some of his earnings in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), or Solana (SOL) tokens. ‘The Digital Age Is Upon Us’ Tom Brady – the seven-time Super Bowl champion and arguably one of the greatest football players – is, by all means, a strong crypto proponent. During a recent interview with Jim Gray on the Let’s Go Sirius XM podcast, he...

Global risk-off, uncertainty over Evergrande’s debt crisis, and large liquidations have been pressuring Bitcoin lately. The near-term chart may look bearish, but the fundamental and on-chain trend remain firmly bullish, making this pullback a potential buying opportunity. In just over two weeks, BTC fell from a high of $52.9k to a low of $39.5k, mainly driven by massive liquidations in derivatives and panic selling from younger coins. It’s easy to look at the chart with a...

ETH/USD – Ether Finds .786 Fib Support. Key Support Levels: $2770, $2720, $2600.Key Resistance Levels: $3000, $3200, $3290. Ethereum is now down a steep 15% on the week as it plummeted beneath $3000. The coin started the week off by falling beneath a rising trend line and the 50-day MA. The trend line also formed the neck of a head and shoulders pattern that could send it as low as $2400. Since breaking the 50-day MA, ETH continued to decrease until it hit yesterday’s low at...