Institutions taking profits and rising interest rates have pushed bitcoin down in the past week, said the Director of Research at Forbes Crypto – Steven Ehrlich.Simultaneously, he outlined Ethereum’s growing adoption among institutions and the role it plays behind DeFi and NFT as the main reasons why ETH has outperformed BTC last year and continues to do so in 2021.Bitcoin’s Run Is in Exhaustion PhaseEver since October 2020, the primary cryptocurrency has been on a roll that saw its price...
Read More »Bitcoin’s Q1 2021 – the Best One in Eight Years? Analysis
Despite dumping by nearly $10,000 in a few days, bitcoin’s price has still increased by about 80% in the first quarter of the new year. This makes it the best-performing Q1 in eight years, and history shows that it could propel an even more impressive Q2.BTC’s Best Q1 in Eight YearsThe primary cryptocurrency entered the new year at around $29,000. It didn’t take long to reaffirm its bull run and overcome several round-numbered milestones such as $30,000, $40,000, $50,000, and just a few weeks...
Read More »Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH at 25-Day Low Against Bitcoin, What’s Next?
ETH/USD – Bulls Rebound From Early January Trend LineKey Support Levels: $1652, $1610, $1527.Key Resistance Levels: $1755, $1800, $1875.Over the past week, Etheruem had been trading within a range between $1875 and $1755. This range was penetrated toward the downside on Monday as the coin dropped beneath $1700 to reach support at $1652.This support was further bolstered by an ascending trend line that dates back to early January. After hitting this support, Ethereum bounced higher to climb...
Read More »Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Continues Consolidation Around $1,800, Huge Move Inbound?
ETH/USD – Market Is Rangebound This Past Week.Key Support Levels: $1750, $1695, $1620.Key Resistance Levels: $1800, $1875, $1900.Ethereum has been fairly static over the past week of trading as the cryptocurrency remained trapped between a range of $1875 and $1750 for the past eight days. It attempted to break the upper boundary of this range over the weekend but failed to overcome the resistance and has since dropped into the lower boundary today.Before establishing this range, Ethereum was...
Read More »What Is NFT? Non-Fungible Tokens Guide For Dummies
With the creation of Bitcoin back in 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto would have probably never guessed that the world would buy digital, collectible CryptoKitties, Punks, Hashmasks, celebrity music, and so forth.However, all of the above made use of a whole new Ethereum standard for identifying unique assets on its blockchain – the ERC-721, better known as the solution for the creation and transfer of non-fungible tokens.This article discusses the following questions related to non-fungible...
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 »Record-Breaking Quarter: $4.2 Billion Allocated in Crypto Assets in Q1 2021
Although Q1 2021 has a few more weeks left, it has already broken the record in terms of the most substantial inflows in cryptocurrency assets with over $4.2 billion, informed a report from CoinShares. Interestingly, Ethereum has skyrocketed in popularity among investors as it has garnered roughly 50% of the total flows in recent weeks.$4.2B in Crypto Since 2021’s StartIt’s no longer a mystery whether or not bitcoin and the cryptocurrency space have started to attract heavy inflows, even from...
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 »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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