Bitcoin has failed to break above $40,000 again and has stalled beneath $39,000. The altcoin situation is significantly more volatile, with Ethereum jumping north of $1,200 and Polkadot surpassing XRP as the fourth-largest crypto following a 30% surge.ETH Above $1,200, DOT Takes The 4th SpotThe alternative coins demonstrated high volatility levels in the past week, with massive drops during the Black Monday crash and rapid recovery sessions in the days that followed.Most large-cap ones have...
Read More »Litecoin (LTC) Price Analysis: Bulls Eye Crucial Upside Break
Litecoin price started a fresh increase after testing the $110 zone against the US Dollar.LTC price is back above $140, but it is still below the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There was a break above a major contracting triangle with resistance near $140 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to continue higher once it clears the $150 resistance zone in the near term.Litecoin price is showing positive signs above $140 and $142 against the US...
Read More »EU Crypto Payment Processor To Remove XRP Following The SEC Charges
European cryptocurrency payments company CoinGate has joined the likes of Coinbase and Binance US to remove Ripple (XRP) from its services. The firm justified its decision with the SEC charges brought on the payment processor as many of its partners had already stopped doing utilizing the XRP token.CoinGate Removes XRPHeadquartered in Lithuania, CoinGate enables bitcoin, ETH, and other digital assets to be used as a means of payment with traditional merchants. The company has a reported...
Read More »Bakkt CEO Confirms Firm Has No Plans to Support XRP
The move from Bakkt further complements the decision of Coinbase and other exchanges including Binance US, OKCoin which had removed XRP coin from their platforms.Bakkt, the digital asset marketplace backed by Intercontinental Exchange Inc, has revealed that it has no plans to support XRP coin, the digital asset closely associated with blockchain-based payment firm Ripple Labs Inc. Per a report from Cointelegraph, the no-plan prospects for XRP coin by Bakkt was revealed by the company’s Chief...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Reclaims $36K As Crypto Market Cap Eyes $1 Trillion Again (Market Watch)
After the severe crash that drove BTC to about $30,000, the cryptocurrency has recovered some losses and reclaimed $36,000. Most alternative coins have also bounced off yesterday’s lows as the market cap looks to reconquer the $1 trillion level.Bitcoin Back Above $36KFollowing the highly positive first ten days of the new year, BTC headed for its worst 24-hour correction since the mid-March 2020 liquidity crisis.The primary cryptocurrency sat near its all-time high of $42,000 before the bears...
Read More »Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Plunges 18% As Crypto Markets Correct, Support Nearby?
XRP/USD – XRP Drops From 200-Days EMAKey Support Levels: $0.263, $0.25, $0.23.Key Resistance Levels: $0.3, $0.32, $0.35.Last week, XRP bounced higher from $0.25 to reach the resistance at the 200-days EMA. It traded sideways along with the 200-days EMA for the past five days but the 15% price drop in Bitcoin today caused XRP to drop by 18% as it slides from the 200-days EMA at $0.32 to reach the current $0.273 level.XRP had spiked further lower earlier in the day but managed to find support...
Read More »Black Monday: Over $200 Billion Erased From The Market Cap As Bitcoin Crashes Below $33K
It seems that the long-anticipated cryptocurrency correction has finally materialized as over $200 billion vanished from the market cap. Bitcoin plummeted to below $33,000, while most alternative coins have it even worse with massive double-digit price drops.Bitcoin Loses $9K In A DayAfter a highly volatile and positive first ten days of the new year, in which BTC broke above $40,000 for the first time and charted an all-time high of $42,000, the cryptocurrency headed south.During the...
Read More »Ripple Price Analysis: Strong Decline, Key Support Near $0.25
Ripple price failed to clear $0.3700 and started a strong decline below $0.3000 against the US dollar.The price is now holding the key $0.2550 support level and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $0.2560 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex).The pair could start a strong recovery wave as long as the price above $0.2550 and $0.2560.Ripple price is down over 20% from well above $0.3500 against the US...
Read More »Altcoins Party: Bitcoin Cash Skyrockets 50% As ETH Just Inches Away From All-Time High
Most alternative coins have resumed their recent bull run, including double-digit increases on behalf of most of the large-caps, including Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, Chainlink (LINK), Ripple, Litecoin, and Cardano. The second-largest, Ethereum, has also surged to new highs and has come about $100 away from the 2018 record of $1,450.Simultaneously, BTC has stalled slightly around the $41,000 mark, and its dominance over the market has reduced to 68.5%.Exploding Alts: Ethereum Nearing...
Read More »Bitcoin Strong At $40K: Will It Be Another Wild Weekend? (Market Watch)
Following another all-time high and a wildly volatile day, bitcoin has retraced slightly and calmed around the $40,000 price mark. Most large-cap alternative coins have also lost some steam, but some lower- and mid-cap ones have skyrocketed in the past 24 hours.Bitcoin Stalls Beneath $40KThe past several days have been quite bullish for the cryptocurrency. After it dipped briefly beneath $28,000 on Monday, bitcoin went on a roll. It reclaimed the $30,000 tag almost immediately and continued...
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