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There is no doubt that the hottest thing in the crypto industry at the moment is decentralized finance. However, Ethereum as its foundation still hasn’t caught up.Another day has heralded another all-time high for the total dollar value of collateral locked up in DeFi markets. That milestone has just hit $2.15 billion as more investors lock up their crypto, according to Defipulse.com.The Year of Decentralized Finance (DeFi)In less than a month, the amount of collateral locked into smart...

Ethereum saw a 1% price hike over the past 24 hours as the coin reached $240.The cryptocurrency rebounded from the strong support at $225 as it edges toward $250.Against Bitcoin, Ethereum finally managed to break the strong resistance at 0.0253 BTC.Key Support & Resistance LevelsETH/USD:Support: $225, $215, $210.Resistance: $245, $250, $265.ETH/BTC:Support: 0.0253 BTC, 0.025 BTC, 0.0243 BTC.Resistance: 0.026 BTC, 0.0263 BTC, 0.0266 BTC.ETH/USD: Ethereum Bulls Set Sights For $250...

The past 24 hours were somewhat positive for most financial markets, including the cryptocurrency field. While Bitcoin was on the rise and gained $300 intraday, the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones are up by nearly 2%. Nasdaq marked a new all-time high after an increase of 2.2%Crypto Market Goes UpAlthough Bitcoin was fighting to remain above the coveted $9,000 mark hours ago, the bulls managed to gain control and pushed it upwards. The primary cryptocurrency registered price increases as...

The sudden rise of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications in 2020 has rearranged the cryptocurrency landscape. In a little over two years, a combined sum of $2 billion has made its way into various DeFi protocols, while giving birth to the “yield mining” meme in the meantime.With this in mind, it perhaps shouldn’t be a surprise to learn that searches for Aave have exploded on Google Trends. Aave (LEND) is the third-largest lending protocol on Ethereum, with over $138 million locked in, and...

Three blockchain projects have teamed up to develop a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) savings project that allows investors to earn high-interest yields on stablecoin deposits, according to a Monday release.Anchor Savings ProtocolDubbed Anchor, the savings protocol is a joint venture between interoperable, scalable blockchain network Cosmos, decentralized web 3.0 blockchain interoperability network Polkadot, and decentralized stablecoin Terra.Per the announcement, the partners claim Anchor’s...

BitcoinBitcoin pretty much moved sideways this week after slipping by a small 1%. While predominantly trading in a tight range, BTC did slip beneath a critical level on a couple of occasions but has managed to recover.Last week, Bitcoin fell beneath a rising trend line formation that had been in play since mid-March. This provided the first alert that the uptrend could be stalling. This week, BTC has found support at a shorter termed rising trend line, adding to the strength of the support at...

Decentralized finance markets have reached their highest ever levels in terms of the total amount of crypto collateral locked in smart contracts across the nascent ecosystem.DeFi: The Quickest Growing Sector in CryptoThe recent liquidity farming craze has catalyzed DeFi markets so much that they have now become the quickest growing sector in the crypto industry. Total value locked (TVL), which is a measure of how much crypto collateral is locked up in smart contracts, has just hit an all-time...

The trading volume of decentralized exchanges (DEX) has gone past the $5 billion milestone in the first six months of 2020, which is a significant increase from the 2019 performance.June 2020 Sets DEX Trading Volume ATHIn a tweet on Wednesday, Dune Analytics informed that the DEX trading volume for the first half of 2020 totaled about $5.1B. This figure represents a five-fold increase from the same period in 2019, providing further evidence of the significant growth of DEX platforms.We are...

A year after the famous Hollywood actor William Shatner tweeted that Elon Musk and Vitalik Buterin were deciding what to build on Ethereum, the Tesla CEO refuted the rumor but said that he had nothing against the network.Musk: Not Building On EthereumThe Canadian actor, arguably most well-known for his role as Captain Kirk on Star Trek, has been quite favorable towards blockchain and cryptocurrencies in the past.William Shatner (and his role as Captain Kirk). Source: Daily MailAside from...

After failing to reclaim the $9,300 mark yesterday, Bitcoin’s price went on a negative spiral down to $8,950 on some exchanges.As it typically happens, most alternative coins followed the adverse move and have charted losses in the past 24 hours.Bitcoin Dips Below $9kAs reported yesterday, the primary cryptocurrency made an indecisive attempt to reconquer the $9,300 level. Although it failed, the asset managed to hover around $9,200.In just a few hourly candles, however, BTC went on a sharp...