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The past 24 hours were somewhat positive for most financial markets, including the cryptocurrency field. While Bitcoin was on the rise and gained $300 intraday, the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones are up by nearly 2%. Nasdaq marked a new all-time high after an increase of 2.2%Crypto Market Goes UpAlthough Bitcoin was fighting to remain above the coveted $9,000 mark hours ago, the bulls managed to gain control and pushed it upwards. The primary cryptocurrency registered price increases as...

The sudden rise of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications in 2020 has rearranged the cryptocurrency landscape. In a little over two years, a combined sum of $2 billion has made its way into various DeFi protocols, while giving birth to the “yield mining” meme in the meantime.With this in mind, it perhaps shouldn’t be a surprise to learn that searches for Aave have exploded on Google Trends. Aave (LEND) is the third-largest lending protocol on Ethereum, with over $138 million locked in, and...

Three blockchain projects have teamed up to develop a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) savings project that allows investors to earn high-interest yields on stablecoin deposits, according to a Monday release.Anchor Savings ProtocolDubbed Anchor, the savings protocol is a joint venture between interoperable, scalable blockchain network Cosmos, decentralized web 3.0 blockchain interoperability network Polkadot, and decentralized stablecoin Terra.Per the announcement, the partners claim Anchor’s...

BitcoinBitcoin pretty much moved sideways this week after slipping by a small 1%. While predominantly trading in a tight range, BTC did slip beneath a critical level on a couple of occasions but has managed to recover.Last week, Bitcoin fell beneath a rising trend line formation that had been in play since mid-March. This provided the first alert that the uptrend could be stalling. This week, BTC has found support at a shorter termed rising trend line, adding to the strength of the support at...

Decentralized finance markets have reached their highest ever levels in terms of the total amount of crypto collateral locked in smart contracts across the nascent ecosystem.DeFi: The Quickest Growing Sector in CryptoThe recent liquidity farming craze has catalyzed DeFi markets so much that they have now become the quickest growing sector in the crypto industry. Total value locked (TVL), which is a measure of how much crypto collateral is locked up in smart contracts, has just hit an all-time...

The trading volume of decentralized exchanges (DEX) has gone past the $5 billion milestone in the first six months of 2020, which is a significant increase from the 2019 performance.June 2020 Sets DEX Trading Volume ATHIn a tweet on Wednesday, Dune Analytics informed that the DEX trading volume for the first half of 2020 totaled about $5.1B. This figure represents a five-fold increase from the same period in 2019, providing further evidence of the significant growth of DEX platforms.We are...

A year after the famous Hollywood actor William Shatner tweeted that Elon Musk and Vitalik Buterin were deciding what to build on Ethereum, the Tesla CEO refuted the rumor but said that he had nothing against the network.Musk: Not Building On EthereumThe Canadian actor, arguably most well-known for his role as Captain Kirk on Star Trek, has been quite favorable towards blockchain and cryptocurrencies in the past.William Shatner (and his role as Captain Kirk). Source: Daily MailAside from...

After failing to reclaim the $9,300 mark yesterday, Bitcoin’s price went on a negative spiral down to $8,950 on some exchanges.As it typically happens, most alternative coins followed the adverse move and have charted losses in the past 24 hours.Bitcoin Dips Below $9kAs reported yesterday, the primary cryptocurrency made an indecisive attempt to reconquer the $9,300 level. Although it failed, the asset managed to hover around $9,200.In just a few hourly candles, however, BTC went on a sharp...

Median transaction fees on Ethereum just hit their highest point in almost two years, as the network struggles under heavy congestion.Meanwhile, Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin confirmed on June 30 that the network would have to make do with current off-chain scaling solutions for the next two years. That’s until the planned scaling capabilities of Ethereum 2.0 are finally brought to fruition.Ethereum Median Transaction Fees SpikeIn the 48 hours leading up to June 30, the median transaction...

Ethereum moved sideways over the past 24 hours as the bulls battle for the $225 level.The cryptocurrency has been falling all week as it drops by 5% after failing to break $250 last week.Against Bitcoin, Ethereum is attempting to reclaim the 0.025 BTC level.Key Support & Resistance LevelsETH/USD:Support: $225, $215, $210.Resistance: $245, $250, $265.ETH/BTC:Support: 0.0243 BTC, 0.0239 BTC, 0.0236 BTC.Resistance: 0.025 BTC, 0.0253 BTC, 0.026 BTC.ETH/USD: Ethereum Bulls Battling To Defend...