The weekend continues with impressive gains for bitcoin as the asset spiked above another coveted price line by reclaiming $45,000. Most altcoins are also well in the green, led by a massive surge from Dogecoin of over 25% in a day. Bitcoin Breaks Above $45K The positive developments in terms of USD price continue in the cryptocurrency market. The largest asset, bitcoin, has been on a roll since mid-July when it dropped below $30,000. Since then, though, the bulls have kept...
Read More »Crypto Market Cap Taps a 2-Month Record as Bitcoin Touched $44K (Market Watch)
The bitcoin bulls came to play once more and pushed the cryptocurrency to a new near three-month high of around $44,000. Most alternative coins have seen gains as well, with ETH closing down to $3,000. The total market cap added another $100 billion in a day. Bitcoin Touched $44K Ever since the middle of the week, bitcoin’s price has been on a roll for most of the time. It recovered thousands of dollars in days and reached $40,000 on Thursday. At the time, though, the bears...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis & Overview August 6th: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Polkadot, & Chainlink
Bitcoin Bitcoin surged 8% today as it reclaims $40K but is just up 2% on the week. Last Friday, Bitcoin was trading inside an ascending price channel as it breached the January 2021 high at $42,000 to reach as high as $42,400 over the weekend. From there, BTC rolled over and broke beneath the ascending price channel on Monday. It then traded downward inside a descending wedge formation – best seen on the 4-hour chart. This wedge saw the price of BTC being driven lower until...
Read More »US Judge Grants Ripple Access to Binance Documents in its Battle Against The SEC
Just a few days after filing a motion to receive access to “obtain international discovery” of records belonging to Binance, US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn has approved Ripple’s request. The documents should shed some light on the company’s XRP sales made on the exchange. Through its legal team, Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, filed a motion in the Southern District of New York on Monday (August 2nd) to request documents relevant to the ongoing legal case against the...
Read More »Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Forms Bull Flag After Getting Rejected at 200 MA
XRP/USD – XRP Forms Bullish Flag Pattern. Key Support Levels: $0.7, $0.658, $0.6.Key Resistance Levels: $0.72, $0.828, $0.9. XRP performed well in the final weeks of July as it surged inside an ascending price channel, allowing it to reach the 200-day MA at $0.78. Unfortunately, it has since been unable to overcome the 200-day MA in August and has since started to retrace to $0.7. The market has now formed a bullish flag pattern as the buyers attempt to defend the lower angle...
Read More »SEC vs Ripple: Ripple to Gain Access to Binance Documents
The request was granted by US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn to Garlinghouse’s motion to Obtain international discovery of Binance records.In what is an unexpected twist in the ongoing case between crypto firm Ripple and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company was earlier this week granted access to the Binance documents.The demand for the records by Ripple became necessary after the selling of unregistered securities was added as part of the case against the...
Read More »Litecoin (LTC) Price Analysis: Fresh Increase Likely Above $145
Litecoin price failed to clear the $150 resistance zone and corrected lower against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading above $140 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $138 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair might start a fresh increase as long as it is above the $135 support. Litecoin price is holding gains above $135 against the US Dollar, similar...
Read More »Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Against a Critical Resistance Following 22% Weekly Gains
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...
Read More »Ripple Price Analysis: Chances of More Upsides Above $0.75
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...
Read More »Crypto Market Cap at 6-Week High: Polkadot (DOT) Explodes 16% (Market Watch)
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...
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