Tornado Cash has become a common money laundering platform with rapidly growing incidents across Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain on a consistent uptrend. A substantial magnitude of the illicit funds has lost their trail after going through the mixer. According to a new report by blockchain security platform SlowMist, 74.6% of stolen funds (or nearly 300,160 ETH) on the Ethereum network were transferred to the controversial cryptocurrency tumbler during the first half of...
Read More »It’s Time to Go Shopping, Says Arthur Hayes After the Crash
Bitcoin and Ethereum slumped by double-digit percentages weekly after tapping multi-month highs last weekend. This resulted in over $150 billion gone from the entire market cap. Somewhat expectedly, the Fear and Greed Index has returned to a state of fear, but BitMEX’s co-founder – Arthur Hayes – believes this retracement could be an opportunity to stack up. Time to Buy, Says Hayes In its latest Twitter thread on the price actions in the crypto market, the former BitMEX...
Read More »Ethereum Crashes 9% in a Day, Where’s the Next Support? (ETH Price Analysis)
Negative sentiment has dominated the market this week as Ethereum failed to reclaim the $2000 level. The bears are attempting to pull the price back below the breakout level and trap the bulls. Technical Analysis By: Grizzly The Daily Chart The bears stepped in to induce a 16% decline over the past six days after Ethereum was rejected from $2,000. Consequently, the appearance of the rising wedge pattern (in yellow) could be a signal that the bearish trend might extend. The...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis August-19: Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Dogecoin
This week, we take a closer look at Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Dogecoin. Ethereum (ETH) This past week Ethereum broke below its uptrend, which was a major bearish signal, and lost 9.4% in the process. Moreover, today, the bears dominated the charts, and Ethereum lost almost 8.5% of its valuation in less than an hour when the market suddenly crashed. At the time of this post, bulls have managed to stop the downtrend at the $1,700 support level, but bears...
Read More »Vitalik Buterin and Ripple’s CTO Engage in Twitter Spat Over XRP
While Ripple execs claim that the company has been unfairly treated by the SEC, Ethereum frontman Vitalik Buterin hasn’t been exactly silent either. In a fresh jibe, the latter accused the former of throwing Ethereum under the bus as “China-controlled.” The latest feud also started with a discussion of new regulatory changes in Canada with Ontario-based crypto exchanges – Bitbuy and Newton – imposing a 30,000 CAD annual “buy limit” for “restricted coins” for their users to...
Read More »Staked ETH at New All-Time Highs in Anticipation of September’s Merge
Ethereum sent to the ETH 2.0 staking contract continues to gradually increase, despite the asset’s price movements. This comes just a month or so before the Merge is supposed to take place, according to the development team. As data from Dune Analytics shows, the number of ETH sent to the staking contract has exceeded 13.2 million, while the unique depositors are just under 80,000. The graph below demonstrates the gradual increase of ETH locked in the staking contract and...
Read More »Is Ethereum Headed for $1,600 After a 4-Day 8% Correction? (ETH Price Analysis)
Ethereum’s correction continues for the 4th day in a row, hat the excitement about the upcoming Merge in September is beginning to slow down. That said, the mid-term structure of ETH remains somewhat bullish, although bears currently seem to have the upper hand. Technical Analysis By Grizzly The Daily Chart After 74 days, the bulls aspired once again on August 13 to reclaim $2,000 (in red) but were unsuccessful. Bears managed to barrel the price down about 8% from the...
Read More »ETH Rejected From $2K, Here’s the Critical Support to Hold (Ethereum Price Analysis)
Ethereum has experienced a 6.6% correction from the daily high it recorded at $2012. The critical support level lies in the price range between $1700 and $1800, and it is very important for ETH to keep above it to prevent any further declines. Technical Analysis By Grizzly The Daily Chart Ethereum is moving along inside a rising wedge (in yellow), which is technically a bearish pattern. Simultaneously, the trading volume on Binance is decreasing. This suggests that buyers are...
Read More »Hackers Have Drained $1.4 Billion Worth of Crypto Since the Beginning of 2022 (Research)
According to a study conducted by Chainalysis, wrongdoers have stolen approximately $1.4 billion worth of digital assets between January 2022 and now. Targeting cryptocurrency bridges seems to have been a preferred method. Some examples of such attacks in 2022 include the exploit of the Horizon bridge, the $190 million breach on Nomad Bridge, and one of the largest attacks in crypto’s history: the $615 million Ronin attack. Cybercriminal’s Favorite Target: Crypto Bridges It...
Read More »Ethereum Tests $2,000 For The First Time in 74 Days, Here’s What’s Next (ETH Price Analysis)
The bulls have been in control of the market for more than a month. They have managed to push the price by more than 100%. The majority of this rally has been without a considerable correction, begging the question if one is pending following the test of the critical $2K level. Technical Analysis By Grizzly The Daily Chart Buyers still dominate the market and push the price up. They were able to return to the $2,000 level after 74 days. In the meantime, a critical resistance...
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