Tag Archives: Altcoin Season

Bitcoin has been surging in the past few weeks to consecutive yearly highs. Speculations emerged within the community if or when BTC will even surpass its 2017 ATH of nearly $20,000. At the same time, though, most alternative coins seemed to be dragging behind their leader. Bitcoin’s dominance highlights this – a metric that surged by nearly 7% in less than a month. As such, it would be compelling to follow how altcoins have performed in relation to Bitcoin before, during,...

Chanpeng Zhao, CEO of the leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance, believes that there’s an ongoing altcoin season in the digital asset market.In a recent interview, he also emphasized on Bitcoin’s increased stability, joking that it has become a stablecoin now.CZ Suggests An Altcoin SeasonDuring the past several weeks, the altcoin market has boomed with double-digital increases charted almost daily. These events pushed cryptocurrencies such as Chainlink’s LINK to new highs. The DeFi sector...

The lack of substantial price movements from Bitcoin during the past 24 hours, while simultaneously altcoins and, DeFi tokens, in particular, rise, means that BTC’s dominance over the market continues to decline to its yearly low.Altcoins And DeFi On The RiseThe altcoin market indicates several impressive gainers throughout the past 24 hours. Above all now stands Ampleforth (AMPL), with a significant increase of over 30% to $4.This surge comes merely weeks after the company announced the...

Bitcoin prices followed stock markets down on Friday, sliding to an intraday low of $9,050; however, the primary cryptocurrency was able to recover in order to reclaim $9,300 over the past day but failed to break resistance there, sliding again to around $9,200 during most of Saturday.BTC/USD, Bitstamp. Source: TradingViewThe move has kept BTC within its range-bound channel as the consolidation, which began in early May, resumes. Trading volumes and volatility is dwindling, which could signal...

Binance Futures traders held more open positions in June compared to May, even though trading volumes declined month-on-month. Open interest on Binance Futures rose 180% in June compared to May, from 220 million USDT to 580 million USDT. Binance concluded that this might anticipate an increase in Bitcoin volatility.Traders Held More Open Positions in BTC Contracts Than in MayBinance released its monthly report discussing the activity on its futures trading platform. While trading volume...

Decentralized finance tokens have outperformed their crypto brethren over the past month, with some hitting two-year highs. As the nascent industry keeps growing, which ones will be next?DeFi has been the darling of the crypto industry over the past month, doubling in total value locked (TVL) in just a few weeks. A new all-time high of $2.12 billion has just been reached, according to Defipulse.com. This represents the dollar equivalent value of all the crypto collateral locked in smart...

Bitcoin surged above $10,000 for the first time since February, and it took the entire market with it. Altcoins are all flashing in green, as the total capitalization increased by more than $13 billion overnight.Now, a popular cryptocurrency trader pointed out that the chart of the total market cap went through the same pattern it did back in 2017, months before altcoins shot off through the roof.Altcoin Season 2020 Incoming?Bitcoin is up 6% in the past 24 hours as it trades at around $10,100...

After last week’s surge to nearly $9,200 and the following retracement, Bitcoin has been trading mostly in a range between $8,500 and $8,750. Yesterday, it noted a quick dip to $8,480 on Bitstamp and immediately surged back to over $8,700, which is where it currently stands.If Bitcoin’s bullish 2020 price movements are to continue, it has to break the first major resistance level of $8,730, which is also the 38.2% Fib level. If successful, $8,900 will follow, which is the Golden Fib of...

Last week was nothing but volatile for Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market. Fortunately, the volatility did well. Seven days ago, Bitcoin was trading at around $7,950, while today, the cryptocurrency stands at almost $8,900. This marks an increase upwards of 13% for the past seven days.It’s worth noting, however, that this time altcoins did a great job following. All of the top 20 cryptocurrency projects are trading in the green, with some marking more than notable gains. Bitcoin SV,...