After a sharp drop that led BTC for another retest of $32,000, the asset has recovered and climbed back up to nearly $34,000, as of now. However, its dominance continues to decrease as some alternative coins have outperformed their leader, including XRP surging above $0.60.Bitcoin Eyes $34,000The primary cryptocurrency went through a roller-coaster on Friday after Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk updated his Twitter profile to include “Bitcoin” as the only description.The asset responded with an...
Read More »2020 Established Bitcoin And Ethereum As Institutional Assets, Says Coinbase
The largest US-based crypto exchange Coinbase has classified bitcoin and several altcoins as institutional assets following the developments in 2020. In its yearly report, the company has confirmed the growing institutional interest, the maturing market, and, somewhat surprisingly, the expanding appetite from corporations towards ETH.2020 Established Bitcoin As An Institutional AssetThe challenging last year saw the emergence of Bitcoin as an asset fit to serve the needs of institutional...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Rejected at Key Resistance as Uniswap’s UNI Hits $20 (Market Watch)
Following the highly volatile few days in which BTC displayed $6,000 price moves in both directions, the cryptocurrency has calmed around $34,000. At the same time, XRP and a few more altcoins have exploded in value and reduced BTC’s dominance to 62.5%. Uniswap’s UNI token even hit $20.XRP’s Massive Surge Reclaims #4th SpotThe past few days have been anything but boring in the cryptocurrency space – from the retail-driven hype for Dogecoin and up to four-digit gains, through the Elon...
Read More »Grayscale Has Resumed Private Placement For The Ethereum Trust
The Grayscale Ethereum Trust, which offers its institutional and accredited investors to take advantage of private placements on several occasions throughout the year, has reopened the initiative of its shares.Grayscale announced resuming the Ethereum Trust private placement earlier, thus enabling accredited investors to allocate funds into the company’s product following the second-largest cryptocurrency.Private placement means a sale of an asset to a pre-selected number of investors and...
Read More »Bitcoin Plunged $4000 To Pre-Elon Musk Pump Levels: Weekend Market Watch
After a highly volatile day prompted by Elon Musk’s Bitcoin engagement on social media, BTC has retraced back to around $34,000, as of writing these lines. Most alternative coins also went along the ride, and the total market cap has sustained the $1 trillion mark.Bitcoin’s 24 Hours Wild RideThe primary cryptocurrency was struggling in the past several days as it even dipped beneath $30,000 on a few occasions that were quickly bought by the bulls. As a result, Bitcoin dominance was fading,...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis & Overview January 29th: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Stellar, and Uniswap
BitcoinBitcoin is up by a cool 20% over the past week as it currently trades near the $35,700 handle. The number 1 ranked cryptocurrency had been trapped within a range for the majority of the week as it oscillated between $33,000 and $30,000.Looking at the larger picture, Bitcoin was trading within a descending triangle pattern since hitting the new ATH price at $42,000 in early January 2021. It had spiked beneath the lower boundary of this triangle at $30,000 throughout the week but managed...
Read More »Cartesi Unveils Optimistic Rollups Aiming to Reduce Ethereum Transaction Fees
The off-chain decentralized computation platform Cartesi has launched a layer-2 solution to work on top of the Ethereum blockchain. The so-called Optimistic Rollups aims to decrease the high transaction fees by orders of magnitude and support scaling by taking computational demands off-chain.Cartesi’s Optimistic Rollups For The ETH NetworkThe Ethereum network, arguably the most utilized blockchain in the field with various ERC-20 tokens, stablecoins, and serving as the underlying technology...
Read More »Crypto Market Cap Tops $1T as Bitcoin Price Touched $38K Following Elon Musk’s Engagement
The cryptocurrency market capitalization has exploded above $1 trillion as Bitcoin surged to $38,000 following a recent pro-BTC action taken by Tesla’s Elon Musk.The alternative coins joined the ride as well, including Ethereum touching $1,400 and XRP surging above $0.28.Bitcoin Touches $38K Following Musk’s EngagementCryptoPotato reported earlier that the primary cryptocurrency was struggling with maintaining its price above $32,000. While the bears were looming in, a compelling development...
Read More »Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Reclaims $1300, Facing Huge Resistance
ETH/USD – Ethereum Bounces From .236 Fib SupportKey Support Levels: $1300, $1200, $1080.Key Resistance Levels: $1392, $1425, $1475.Ethereum had set a new ATH price at $1473 on Monday. It could not close a daily candle above the $1392 resistance and ended up rolling over the past few days.It continued to drop until support was found yesterday at $1200 (.236 Fib), which allowed the coin to rebound. It pushed higher today and is now testing resistance at $1350 (1.272 Fib Extension).ETH/USD Daily...
Read More »Reddit Doubles-Down on Blockchain: Partners With The Ethereum Foundation
The giant social media platform Reddit has doubled-down on its blockchain and cryptocurrency involvement with a new partnership with the Ethereum Foundation. As a result, Reddit plans to utilize the Ethereum network to create larger-scale applications like the Community Points introduced last year.Reddit Doubles-Down On BlockchainCryptoPotato reported last year that the San Francisco, US-headquartered platform launched Community Points as tokens built on the Ethereum blockchain. Users from...
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