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Litecoin price failed to clear the $190-$192 resistance zone against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading below $180 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $182 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must stay above the $162 support to avoid more downsides in the near term. Litecoin price is correcting gains from $192 against the US Dollar, similar to...

Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman nominee Koh Seung-beom opined that digital assets would not work successfully as financial instruments. He went further, stating they “could not function as a real currency.” Are Digital Assets Real Money? Koh Seung-beom – nominated by the Korean President to be the next Chairman of the FSC – expressed his skepticism regarding the successful role of cryptocurrencies in the economic system. He agreed with the International Monetary...

Jayson Stewart – the mayor of a small, Missouri town – wants to give each of his residents about $1,000 in BTC. Jayson Stewart Has a Big Love of BTC Stewart is the mayor of Cool Valley, Missouri, which presently houses approximately 1,500 people at the time of writing. The costs of the bitcoin giveaway would amount to about $1.5 million, though the mayor thinks it is worth it given the benefits that come with investing in the world’s number one digital currency by market...

Bitcoin is picking up speed. After several months of traveling through the doldrums, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap appears to be moving back up the financial ladder once again. The currency is presently trading for just over $50,000 per unit, meaning it has gained approximately $5,000 over just the past few days alone. Bitcoin Is Moving Back Up Bitcoin has been going through a hard time as of late. The asset – which spiked to a new all-time high...

ETH/USD – Will the 20-day MA Hold? Key Support Levels: $3150, $3080, $3000, $2960. Key Resistance Levels: $3190, $3350, $3400. Despite ETH is up by a solid 47% over the past month and 6% weekly (according to CoinGecko), it failed in breaching the critical resistance at $3350. The latter resistance is provided by a bearish .618 Fib Retracement level, and it prevented the market from pushing higher in mid-August. After the previous failed attempt, ETH retraced into the 20-day...

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has settled all of its issues with the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – Binance. The regulator published an update on August 25th to clear the company’s name two months after imposing restrictions on some of its operations. Back in late June this year, the FCA issued a warning shot against the exchange, saying that Binance Markets Limited “is not permitted to undertake any regulated activity in the UK.” The watchdog further asserted...

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XRP/USD – XRP Breaking Down the Ascending Channel. Key Support Levels: $1.10, $1.00, $0.92. Key Resistance Levels: $1.25, $1.28, $1.36. Following the market’s heavy correction, XRP dropped a sharp 8% over the past 24 hours as it fell from the Feb 2018 highs of $1.25 towards the current $1.14 level. The cryptocurrency was trading inside an ascending price channel since the start of August and struggled to break previous resistance at $1.28 (bearish .618 Fib) over the past...

Tron price started a fresh decline from the $0.0960 zone against the US Dollar. TRX price is now trading below $0.0880 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $0.0880 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The pair is likely to continue lower as long as it is below the $0.0880 and $0.0900 levels. TRON price is slowly moving lower below $0.0900 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. TRX...