It was a tough week in the cryptocurrency market as the majority of it is in the red. The big exception this week is THETA which skyrocketed and found a place in the top 10.BitcoinBitcoin is down by a total of 8% over the past week of trading as the cryptocurrency currently trades at $53,330. It attempted to break resistance at $60,000 last weekend but failed. As a result, it started to head lower on Sunday and went on to break beneath the March ascending trend line on Monday.After that,...
Read More »Charles Hoskinson Reveals Timeline for Cardano Smart Contracts Testnet
The founder of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson, tuned in through another video, explaining some of the next steps ahead of the team. In the laid-out roadmap, he outlined that a testnet for the long-awaited smart contracts on Cardano should be rolled out in late April or early May.Cardano Smart Contracts Getting CloserAt the time of this writing, Cardano’s native cryptocurrency, ADA, is trading at around $1.20 and sits on a market cap of almost $40 billion. This makes it the fourth-largest project...
Read More »Cardano to Support NFT Marketplaces, Hints Charles Hoskinson
While doing the necessary work on the upcoming hard fork Alonzo, Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson said that his project would also focus on NFTs and NFT marketplaces. He noted that Cardano has already carried conversations with several such marketplaces about potentially transitioning to its blockchain.Cardano and the NFT ManiaNon-fungible Tokens (NFTs) are undoubtedly the hottest trend in the cryptocurrency space this year. It enabled representatives of other industries, such as artists,...
Read More »Cardano is Overwhelmingly Subscribed Despite Having no Smart Contracts Yet: Charles Hoskinson
The founder of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson, has stated that his company has seen “overwhelming demand” despite only being in the second stage of its Goguen upgrade.Currently, Cardano does not have programmability at the base layer, with no smart contracts for the moment, but this didn’t stop companies from subscribing to it, according to Hoskinson. Several applications, such as BeefChain, are already using Cardano’s metadata features.Over 100 Companies Migrating to Cardano“At the moment our...
Read More »Cardano Price Analysis: ADA Slumps 20% in 4 Days as Bulls Defend a Crucial Support
ADA/USD – Market Falls Into .618 Fib SupportKey Support Levels: $1.17, $1.10, $1.00.Key Resistance Levels: $1.30, $1.47, $1.46.ADA is up by a total of 10.5% since rebounding from support at an ascending trend line at $1.00 last week. After the rebound, ADA went on to surge as high as $1.46. The price surge was driven by the fact that ADA had been added to the Coinbase Pro platform.Unfortunately, it was unable to close a daily candle above resistance at $1.37 (1.414 Fib Extension level) and...
Read More »Bitcoin Fails At $60K, Lost $3000 In Hours: XRP Soars 8% (Weekend Watch)
After a few days of flirting with the $60,000 line, BTC has failed at breaching the milestone and has dropped to $57,000. Most large-cap alternative coins are also well in the red, except Ripple (XRP), which has surged by 8% to over $0.51.Bitcoin Drops $3K after Failing at $60K: Whales In Charge?Following a somewhat sharp recovery after the latest steep decline to $53,200, and for the past few days, bitcoin remained relatively stagnant, just beneath the $60,000 price tag. The primary...
Read More »Bitcoin Stable Above $58K as Polkadot (DOT) Eyes $40 Following 8% Increase (Weekend Watch)
Following a few days of enhanced volatility, bitcoin has calmed slightly north of the $58,000 mark. Some altcoins have used the opportunity to reduce BTC’s market dominance with impressive gains, including DOT nearing $40 and UNI jumping by 10%.Bitcoin Calmed Above $58KThe past several days were quite volatile for the primary cryptocurrency. BTC went from briefly breaching above $60,000 to a sudden drop to $53,000 before reclaiming $7,000 again on Thursday.Since then, though, BTC has calmed a...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis & Overview March 19th: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Binance Coin, and Cardano
We saw a rollercoaster of price action over the past seven days as Bitcoin went to set a new all-time high slightly below $62K, only to retrace to about $53K a couple of days later. Most of the altcoins followed suit, though some came out of it better than others.BitcoinBitcoin is up by a small 2% over the past week as it trades at the $59,000 level. The cryptocurrency had surged higher last weekend to set a new ATH at $61,781. It was trading inside an ascending price channel for the majority...
Read More »Charles Hoskinson: Cardano Can Help Millions of Africans Have Digital Identities
Cardano is working on new deals that will bring millions of users into its ecosystem, said the project’s founder Charles Hoskinson. He added that his team is negotiating contracts with several African nations to enable citizens to have digital identities linked to wallets and payment systems.Millions of Users Coming on CardanoWhile speaking during the annual Blockchain Africa Conference, Cardano’s founder touched upon the continent’s need for revolutionary technology that could enhance its...
Read More »Cardano Drops Out of Top 3 as Bitcoin Struggles at $58K (Market Watch)
After a highly volatile day in which BTC touched $60,000, the primary cryptocurrency has slipped to 58,000. The altcoin market is even more fluctuating, as Cardano has retraced following the latest gains and has lost its top three spot to Binance Coin.Top Ten Rotations Continue; BNB Ahead of ADAThe past several days were quite volatile for the altcoin space. However, most larger-cap alternative coins have calmed on a 24-hour scale.Ethereum, Polkadot, Ripple, UNI, Litecoin, and Chainlink have...
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