ETH bulls penetrated above a symmetrical triangle pattern, as the price rose from $350 to over $370 as of writing these lines.Against Bitcoin, ETH rebounded from the 0.0329 BTC support to resistance at 0.0361 BTC, which is the current daily high.ETH/USD – Ethereum Penetrated Above The Symmetrical TriangleKey Support Levels: $364, $350, $340.Key Resistance Levels: $380, $400, $410.After finding support at the $324 level over the past week, Ethereum was forced into a short period of...
Read More »Tracked: $5.4 Million Eterbase Hacked Funds Sent To Binance and Huobi
A few days after being hacked and drained for $5.4 million worth of digital assets, the European cryptocurrency exchange Eterbase claimed that it had tracked part of the stolen funds to Binance, Huobi, and HitBTC.The company asked for assistance from those exchanges and reassured its users that Eterbase will endure.$5.4M In Crypto Stolen From EterbaseLaunched in 2019, Eterbase is a relatively small Slovakia-based platform that describes itself as “the first regulation-compliant European...
Read More »Ethereum Flips Bitcoin For Average Weekly Transfer Value
This year has certainly been a test of the Ethereum network, pushing it to its limits under unprecedented loads. Users have been disgruntled with sky-high gas fees, but other on-chain metrics have been good for the overall Ethereum ecosystem.Economic Activity SurgesA recent report by analytics firm CoinMetrics has revealed that Ethereum has flipped Bitcoin in terms of seven-day average weekly transfer, which has now reached $3.08 billion compared to $3.01 for BTC.ETH’s 7-day average adjusted...
Read More »Crypto Market Cap Gains $22 Billion As Bitcoin, Wall-Street And Gold Rebound Massively
Bitcoin has followed Wednesday’s increases on Wall Street and has risen to about $10,400. Most altcoins are also in green, as the total market cap sees a $22 billion addition over the past day.Ethereum, Polkadot, and Chainlink surge by approximately 10%, while DeFi tokens lead the way with the most gains, as YFI touches the 3 BTC mark once again.ETH Above $370The altcoin market sustained some severe losses in the past week. Nevertheless, they are displaying signs of recovery today, with green...
Read More »Stacking ETH: Non-Exchange Whales Increased Holdings By 84% in August
Despite the short-term adverse price developments for Ethereum, ETH whales have continued to accumulate. Data from Santiment revealed that the top non-exchange whale addresses had increased their holdings by over 80% in August alone.ETH Whales Increased Their HoldingsSimilarly to the ICO boom in 2017, Ethereum’s popularity surged in 2020 as its blockchain serves as the underlying technology behind the hottest trend this year – DeFi.ETH reacted with a massive YTD increase. Ether is up by 170%...
Read More »The Plan to Cut Ethereum Transaction Fees Gains Steam: Meet EIP-1599
An Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) which seeks to radically restructure the Ethereum fee pricing mechanism is gaining traction among developers. Known as EIP-1599, the proposal floats the idea of increasing Ethereum’s gas limit, while setting an elastic base transaction fee which is burned automatically.This is expected to return ETH transaction fees to usable levels, after heavy congestion saw unwanted all-time highs recorded all throughout 2020.What Will EIP-1559 Change?Currently,...
Read More »What Is Yield Farming? DeFi’s Hottest Trend Explained
Yield farming is a popular topic in the DeFi space for some time now. We know you may have many questions regarding yield farming – What is it? Why is it generating so much buzz?Let’s start with a simple statistic. In 2020, the DeFi space is so far growing at a rate of 150% in terms of total value locked (TVL) in dollars. In comparison, the crypto market capitalization has so far grown at a rate of only 37%.Many experts give credit to yield farming for the astounding growth of the DeFi space...
Read More »ETH Price Analysis: After Losing Over 30% Weekly, Ethereum Struggles To Maintain This Level
Ethereum dropped by a very sharp 30% this week as it plummets into the $335 level.The bulls are currently attempting to defend the 100-day EMA, but it looks likely to break with the increased bearish pressure.Against Bitcoin, ETH remains supported at the 0.0329 BTC level provided by a .5 Fib Retracement.ETH/USD: Ethereum Forms Short Term Symmetrical Triangle PatternKey Support Levels: $325, $300, $280.Key Resistance Levels: $355, $364, $380.Ethereum has been battling the $355 resistance level...
Read More »Around 73,000 Tokenized Bitcoins Worth $750 Million Circulating On Ethereum
The total USD value locked in DeFi may have taken a hit after topping at $9.5 billion. But that hasn’t stopped the proliferation of tokenized Bitcoin tokens on the Ethereum blockchain.Data shows that the ‘BTC on Ethereum’ number has now gone up to a little over 72,000. That implies that around $750 million worth of Bitcoin is doing rounds on Ethereum.‘BTC on Ethereum’ Number Going up ExponentiallyAccording to data published by Elias Simos on the on-chain analytics platform, Dune Analytics,...
Read More »YFI Founder: USDT and USDC Will Soon Be Available on Layer Two
Stablecoins, which make up a huge chunk of those steep fees, could all switch to Layer 2 for some relief, according to one industry expert.Yearn Finance founder, Andre Cronje, has suggested that USDC and USDT will soon be available on Layer 2 as stablecoins make the transition away from Ethereum.USDC and USDT will soon both be available on L2.This will allows non-congested transfers of USDC and USDT.This is great if you do payments in USDC and USDT.From my experience USDT and USDC are trade...
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