Another wild weekend in the crypto markets as Bitcoin plummeted by about $9,000 in hours amid rumors suggesting the US Treasury Department would charge several financial organizations for laundering money with cryptocurrencies. The altcoin market is also deep in red with double-digit percentages that evaporated more than $350 billion from the crypto market cap. US Treasury FUD Plummeted BTC? As reported yesterday, the primary cryptocurrency had regained over $2,000 of value...
Read More »Crypto Market Cap Recovers $100 Billion as Bitcoin Reclaims $62K (Market Watch)
Following yesterday’s freefall in which bitcoin risked dipping below $60,000, the asset has bounced off and recovered about $2,000 of value. Most altcoins have also regained some ground, with some more than others. Apart from the top performer DOGE, Bitcoin Cash has spiked by 25% and has re-entered the top ten. Bitcoin Reclaims $62K After the latest all-time high registered earlier in the week of $65,000, the primary cryptocurrency reversed its price trajectory. Bitcoin...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis & Overview April 16th: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Binance Coin, and Cardano
This week was quite bullish for the entire cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin charted a fresh all-time high and so did a lot of other cryptocurrencies. Altcoin season is booming as the BTC dominance continues to decline. Bitcoin Bitcoin saw a 4.2% price hike this week as the coin currency sits at around $60,500. BTC had surged higher throughout the week and set a new ATH at around $65,000 on Wednesday. Unfortunately, it could not close a daily candle above resistance at $63,766...
Read More »Turkey to Ban Cryptocurrency Usage as Payment Instruments From April 30
Turkey’s government has introduced a new regulation that will prohibit cryptocurrency assets from being used as payment methods as of April 30th, citing significant risks. Nevertheless, banks are excluded from the legislation, meaning that users can still deposit the Turkish Lira on crypto exchanges through their banking accounts. Turkey’s Ban on Crypto Usage as Payment Methods According to the official statement from the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, the country...
Read More »Bitcoin Slumps Below Previous ATH: ETH Reached $2550 (Market Watch)
After nearing $64,000, bitcoin’s price has plummeted by about $3,000 in a matter of minutes and tested $61,000. Most altcoins have followed along south with the apparent exception of Dogecoin. DOGE has painted a new all-time high at $0.3 after a triple-digit price surge. Bitcoin Falls by $3K The primary cryptocurrency had a mainly bullish week in which it finally overcame $60,000 and went on to register consecutive all-time highs. Following the latest one at just shy of...
Read More »Ethereum’s Berlin Hard Fork is Live but Sync Issues Are Reported
In another step towards reducing the high fees on its blockchain, Ethereum’s latest upgrade, dubbed Berlin, has already come into effect. The hard fork arrives with four Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), but many users have complained about network errors. Berlin Hard Fork is Here for Ethereum The high utilization of the Ethereum blockchain, being the predominant underlying technology of DeFi, NFTs, and having numerous stablecoins on top of it, caused several network...
Read More »TRON-Based USDT Hits $24 Billion, More Than the Tether on Ethereum
Roughly two years after adding Tether (USDT) to its blockchain, TRON has reached a significant milestone by outplacing Ethereum as the network with the highest amount of USDT on it. As of now, over half of all the Tether in circulation is on Justin Sun’s brainchild. TRC-20 USDT Surpasses ERC-20 USDT CryptoPotato reported back in 2019 the partnership between TRON and Tether – the company behind the largest stablecoin provider. Launching on TRON came as a diversification for...
Read More »Ripple Price Skyrockets to Almost $2 as CoinShares Launched a Physically-Backed XRP ETP
After launching ETPs for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, Europe’s largest crypto investment firm, CoinShares, has continued expanding its portfolio with the addition of an XRP exchange-traded product. As with the previous similar initiatives, the XRP ETP will be listed on the regulated Six Swiss Exchange, and each unit will be backed by physical tokens. CoinShares Launches XRP ETP Despite the ongoing legal case in the US against the country’s securities regulator, Ripple’s...
Read More »Ethereum Is Undervalued and Can Go Another 500% From Here: Analysis
Ether could double-down on its recent bull run by surging 500% more which will take it well within a five-digit price territory, suggested a former hedge fund manager and popular crypto analyst, Teeka Tiwari. He further claimed that Ethereum could surpass bitcoin as the most valuable crypto due to the high levels of utilization. ETH to $13,000? The Ethereum blockchain is arguably the most used network in the cryptocurrency space. From several stablecoins running on top of it...
Read More »Cryptocurrency Market Cap Surpassed That of Apple
With bitcoin, ether, and more alternative coins reaching for the stars with new records in the past 24 hours, the cumulative market capitalization of all crypto assets surged to new record levels above $2.2 trillion. Interestingly, this means that the total crypto market cap exceeded that of the world’s most valuable company – Apple. Crypto Market Cap Surpasses Apple’s After weeks of suffering beneath the $60,000 price line, bitcoin finally emerged victorious today. In a...
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