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To say that the past seven days were bad in the cryptocurrency market would be kind of an understatement. Most of the coins are down by solid double digits as the total capitalization lost around $250 billion and fell below $2 trillion. Let’s start with Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency was behaving relatively well throughout most of the week, and it even managed to reach above $43K earlier on Thursday, attempting to conquer the resistance above that – at $44K. On Friday, though,...

An individual Ethereum miner who mined a complete block hit the jackpot by receiving 170 ETH for his efforts. Converted in USD value, the reward equals nearly $540,000 (calculated by the time when the block reward was mined). Beating the Odds Despite some people claiming that Ethereum mining (still being proof-of-work) is harmful to the environment, the process is still thriving, and even single individuals are constantly trying their luck to mine blocks on their own. One...

The cryptocurrency lending platform – Nexo – joined forces with the Nasdaq-listed digital asset company – Bakkt Holdings. As a result, the latter will custody a portion of Nexo’s Bitcoin and Ethereum holdings in the Bakkt Warehouse. Bakkt’s Newest Partnership The Bakkt Warehouse comprises both online (“warm”) and offline (“cold”) digital asset storage. The company balances between the two tiers to minimize risks associated with cryptocurrency custody services. In a recent...

Eric Adams – newly elected mayor of New York City – is following through on his promise to receive his first paycheck in Bitcoin. Some of his salary will even be converted to Ether – the second-largest cryptocurrency. The Paycheck Promise The City of New York confirmed the payment decision from its official site earlier today. The Mayor’s paycheck will automatically be converted into Bitcoin and Ethereum when he receives it tomorrow. In November, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez...

The vice-chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) – Erik Thedéen – urged the EU financial regulators to prohibit the cryptocurrency mining model known as proof-of-work. He also claimed that bitcoin has turned into a “national issue” for his homeland Sweden because of the amount of renewable energy devoted to mining the asset. ‘The Solution Is to Ban Proof-of-Work’ In a recent interview for the Financial Times, Erik Thedéen (also Director-General of...

The number of Ethereum addresses holding ETH is at an all-time high. Meanwhile, transaction count on the network remains near record highs, showing that user activity continues to grow. According to on-chain data, Ethereum addresses holding a balance now total over 68.26 million. This number seldom declined despite a rocky price history last year, maintaining steady growth besides the June to August period. Transactions are also trending upward, with the number of daily ETH...

Key Support levels: $3,000, $2,750 Key Resistance levels: $3,600, $4,000 ETH has been in a flat trend around the $3,300 level for some time now, unable to rally or go much lower. A strange equilibrium between market forces has kept the cryptocurrency at this level for the past week. The support at $3,000 has not been retested, nor was the resistance at $3,600 put under any pressure. The result is a sideways price action that shows indecision. Chart by TradingViewTechnical...

ETH has been hovering around $3,300 for a few days, unable to move beyond this key level. However, there are several bullish signals that can break this impasse. Key Support levels: $3,000, $2,750 Key Resistance levels: $3,600, $4,000 ETH is consolidating and so far was unable to move higher towards the key resistance at $3,600. The weekend is unlikely to help the cryptocurrency as volume is usually low. ETH has good support at $3,000, and there are several signals that we...

After yesterday’s drop to sub-$42,000 levels, bitcoin bounced off and spiked to around $43,000. Most altcoins are slightly in the green as well on a daily scale, with BNB nearing $500 and more impressive gains from Litecoin and ATOM. Bitcoin Touches $43K The past several days seemed quite positive for the primary cryptocurrency. The asset had recovered from its dip below $40,000 on Monday and was increasing in value gradually. In just a few days, it added more than $4,000 of...

Alkesh Shah – analyst at Bank of America – predicted Solana could continue to steal some of Ethereum’s market share as it’s easy to use and has significantly lower transaction fees. The strategist further asserted that Solana could become “the Visa” of the cryptocurrency industry. High Hopes for Solana Solana has been one of the top-performing cryptocurrency projects in the past 12 months. Its native token has increased its USD value by nearly 4,300% in one year and is...