Markets

Russia remains one of the most prospective and controversial markets for cryptocurrencies development. On the one hand, Russians show an active interest in bitcoin and other digital coins. On the other hand, the immaturity of the cryptocurrency regulations restrains the development of the market by making crypto businesses register legal entities under other jurisdictions. As a result, the budget is missing millions of rubles from these businesses’ taxes yearly. Will...

In recent months, the NFT market has witnessed significant growth in the number of investors getting on board, allowing artists and art enthusiasts to gain access to the global digital art market. Although non-fungible tokens are a relatively new asset class in the crypto space, they have continued to outlive the hype as millions of dollars are being poured into the market daily. OpenSea’s Trading Volume Hits Record High Over the last 48 hours, trade volume on OpenSea, the...

XRP/USD – XRP Struggles With 200-day MA Resistance Key Support Levels: $0.71, $0.667, $0.638.Key Resistance Levels: $0.781, $0.828, $0.89. This week’s 21.5% surge for XRP saw the coin climb above the 20-day MA around $0.6 to reach the current $0.74 level. It broke above a descending wedge formation over the past fortnight and started to surge inside an ascending price channel. The price channel allowed XRP to break the 50-day MA last week, but the coin is now struggling to...

After the false breakdown below $30k and the subsequent recovery, BTC continued higher, closing the week up 12.45%. Overall, price action has been bullish, as the cryptocurrency pushed above the 50-day MA and hit an intra-week high above the top of the trading range at $42.6k. Chart by TradingViewIt’s important to note that BTC has printed 10 consecutive green daily candles, is extremely overbought and overextended on the 4-hour and daily chart. With near-term overbought...

Stellar lumen price started a decent increase above the $0.2500 resistance against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading above $0.2500 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $0.2700 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair is likely to start another increase if there is a break above the $0.2850 resistance. Stellar lumen price is showing positive signs above $0.2500 against the US Dollar,...

Ripple price gained traction and it rallied above $0.7000 against the US dollar. The price is now trading well above the $0.6500 resistance and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $0.7000 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could continue to rise if it clears the $0.7500 and $0.7650 resistance levels. Ripple price is trading in a positive zone above $0.7000 against...

The Bitcoin fear and greed index, which tracks the community’s general sentiment on the primary cryptocurrency, has gone into a state of greed for the first time in nearly three months. This comes as BTC’s price has gone on a tear in the past few weeks, adding more than $10,000. Greed Among Bitcoin Investors The fear and greed index is a popular metric that follows several aspects within the cryptocurrency community to determine the general feelings towards BTC and other...

The bitcoin bulls continued their offensive in the past 24 hours as the asset reached yet another 2-month high of over $42,500. Most alternative coins have outperformed their leader, including ETH, BNB, and DOT, which has jumped by more than 16% in a day. Green Altcoins; DOT Adds 16% of Value The altcoins were relatively stagnant yesterday, but the situation is significantly different today. Ethereum traded around $2,450, but a 6% increase has driven it to approximately...

Leading digital currency exchange Binance – arguably the biggest cryptocurrency trading platform in the world – is taking heavy action against unverified users. Binance Moves Towards Limiting Unverified Customers In a series of tweets, Changpeng Zhao – the company’s CEO – announced that Binance would be limiting how much money customers can remove or withdraw from their accounts daily, granted they have not gone through the verification process with the exchange. Zhao...

Over the past week, talk surrounding bitcoin has been invigorated considering the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has shot up to just under $40,000 for the first time in well over a month. As good as the news is, it is easy to allow bitcoin to overshadow Ethereum and many other heavy hitters within the crypto space, but one panel of experts refuses to turn away from competing altcoins. Ethereum Is Climbing Up the Financial Ladder Ethereum is the second...