Amidst an ongoing legal tussle with the securities and exchange commission, Ripple defendants have fired back with a motion to expose the XRP holdings of SEC employees, a token they have alleged is an unregistered security. RIpple’s Recent Motion On August 27th, attorney James Filan unveiled Ripple’s new motion demanding the SEC to produce documents related to its own employees’ XRP holdings. The legal order comes in response to four previous meetings Ripple has had with the...
Read More »Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Loses 9% in a Week But a Big Move Could be Ahead
XRP/USD – XRP Falls Beneath 20-day MA and Forms Triangle. Key Support Levels: $1.10, $1.05, $0.92.Key Resistance Levels: $1.25, $1.28, $1.36. XRP failed to break $1.27 (bearish .618 Fib) last week on the third attempt to overcome the level. As a result, the coin started to fall throughout the week until support was found on Thursday at around $1.05, provided by the lower angle of the triangle. It rebounded from there over the weekend but could not break the upper angle of the...
Read More »Ripple Price Analysis: Risk of a Larger Decline
Ripple price failed to settle above $1.30 and corrected lower against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $1.20 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $1.210 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could continue to move down as long as it is below $1.200 and $1.205. Ripple price is holding gains above the $1.00 support against the US Dollar, similar...
Read More »Bitcoin Struggles Below $49K: Solana (SOL) Now Top 8 Surpassing Polkadot (Market Watch)
Bitcoin attempted to reach $50,000 once more in the past 24 hours, but it was rejected, which drove it south hard. Most altcoins have stalled, which has enabled SOL to outplace Polkadot as the 8th largest cryptocurrency following another impressive surge and ATH. SOL’s Latest ATH Takes it to N8 Most alternative coins have performed rather similarly to bitcoin in the past few days. As such, they have remained relatively stagnant on a daily scale, despite the intraday...
Read More »Bitcoin Tapped $49K as Crypto Markets Recover $100 Billion (Weekend Watch)
Following a few days of price declines, bitcoin has bounced off and jumped to around $49,000. Most alternative coins have also reacted well to the recent slumps, with impressive increases now. ADA leads the pack with a 10% surge to above $2.8. Bitcoin Touched $49K As reported by CryptoPotato, the past few days didn’t go well for the primary cryptocurrency. It had failed to remain above $50,000 after it breached that level for the first time since mid-May and the bears had a...
Read More »Price Analysis Overview August 27: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano & Solana
Bitcoin (BTC) Bitcoin is up a small 1% this week after getting rejected trying to breach above the $50,000 mark on Monday. The current high since May now lies at $50,500. Unfortunately, BTC was unable to sustain this level and ended up closing the daily candle beneath $50K. Following the rejection, BTC headed sharply lower: Yesterday it fell back beneath $47,800, recording its weekly low amid $46.3k, however, the bitcoin price managed to close the day on top of the crucial...
Read More »Bitcoin Reclaims $47K: Solana (SOL) Surges 22% to New All-time High (Market Watch)
Bitcoin continued to trade around the $47,000 line in the past 24 hours after it dropped to a weekly low beneath $46,400. Most altcoins have stalled since yesterday, except for Solana. SOL has gone on to chart another all-time high above $83 after a double-digit surge. SOL’s Latest ATH The alternative coins, similarly to their leader, lost significant chunks of value in the past few days. Ethereum, for example, went from about $3,360 to beneath $3,100. As of now, it has...
Read More »Litecoin (LTC) Price Analysis: $180 Presents Key Resistance
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...
Read More »Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Breaking Down Critical Support, Is $1 Retest Incoming?
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...
Read More »AVAX Is Up 150% in a Week as Over $1B TVL Locked on BENQI
After launching on August 19th, the algorithmic liquidity protocol BENQI has already reached $1B in TVL. Meanwhile, the price of Avalanche’s native cryptocurrency has been soaring. Big Support for BENQI BENQI is collaborating with AVAX in a joint liquidity mining program, in which $3M worth of AVAX will be provided as incentives to users of the former’s protocol. Any user borrowing or exchanging ETH, wBTC, LINK, USDT, DAI, or AVAX will be eligible for these rewards. More...
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