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The last day was particularly tumultuous throughout the entire cryptocurrency market and bears clearly had the upper hand. While an argument can be made that this is a correction that (so far) failed to damage the long-term market structure, it’s a fact that BTC’s price saw its worst day of trading since September 7th. Bitcoin Price Tumbled Below $54K Yesterday, bears took full control over the market, and this resulted in the worst daily candle Bitcoin’s had since September...

It’s been a very volatile week in the cryptocurrency market. Despite the turbulence, some altcoins managed to hold their ground and even appreciated in value, but the same can’t be said for Bitcoin. The primary cryptocurrency is down about 4% on a weekly basis, but this comes after a week of serious volatility. On Monday, the price wicked from $57K to upwards of $59k, only to get rejected almost immediately and drop to below $56K. From there, it started consolidating and...

Bitcoin’s price trading below $60,000 for over a week now has allowed some whales to accumulate more portions of the asset. On-chain data suggests that long-term holders and whales have bought 0.29% of the total supply in just a week. Bitcoin Whales Accumulating Ever since its peak at $69,000 on November 10th, bitcoin’s price has been on the downfall, losing roughly 20% of its value and bottoming below $56,000 just a week later. While this vigorous price drop in a relatively...

In a matter of two weeks, one of the largest BTC whales has accumulated more than 6,600 coins as the price of the asset has declined by more than 10% in the same timeframe. CryptoPotato frequently reports the sales and purchases of this particular whale, which tends to sell when the asset’s price has appreciated significantly in a short period of time and vice-versa. In the past several weeks, though, they have been focused on accumulating only, as CryptoQuant’s analyst...

Bitcoin continues its recovery attempts by touching $59,000, while most of the altcoins have remained stagnant since yesterday. Avalanche is once again the most significant gainer. AVAX charted a new all-time high (again) and is close to surpassing Dogecoin in terms of market cap. AVAX on a Roll Most altcoins plummeted in value in the past week or so and tried to bounce off yesterday. Ethereum, for example, went below $4,000 for the first time in over a month shortly after...

Just months after adopting BTC as legal tender, the small Central American country plans to create a Bitcoin City with the help of Blockstream and Bitfinex. Separately, the country said it will buy $500 million more of BTC. Bitcoin City in El Salvador The country made the news earlier this year by indicating that it will vote to accept the primary cryptocurrency as legal tender. Despite enhanced backlash from global organizations like the IMF, El Salvador’s authorities...

Following a few days of price nosedives, bitcoin finally bounced off and added more than $2,000 of value. Most altcoins are also well in the green, with Shiba Inu adding double-digit percentages and Avalanche registering a new ATH. Bitcoin Reclaims $58K The past several days didn’t go well for the primary cryptocurrency. Shortly after tapping $69,000 for its latest price peak, the asset headed straight down and lost $9,000 in days. This culminated in a drop to $60,000 on...

This week brings both good and bad news, depending on where you look it from. For Metaverse aficionados, the week was quite great, but for the rest of the market – it was downright bleak. So, let’s start with the broader market. Bitcoin is down over 10% in the past seven days, and there’s no other way of looking at it – it wasn’t pleasant. The cryptocurrency tumbled below $56K for the first time since late October and liquidated millions worth of both long and short positions...

Solana is one of this year’s hottest topics, surging in value, popularity, and overall usage. The cryptocurrency itself is up over 13,000% so far in 2021 and this comes on the back of over $14 billion in value locked in the various decentralized protocols built on Solana. This growth drew the community’s attention and Solana quickly became one of the most commonly discussed blockchains. We met Yakovenko on the second day of Lisbon’s Breakpoint 2021 – a 3-day conference...

The Bitcoin network made history today as its most ambitious upgrade, Taproot, went live at block 709,632, 5:15 UTC on Sunday – November 14, 2021. Taproot Upgrade is Live The implementation is a milestone for Bitcoin, considering that Taproot is the first significant upgrade in the network since August 2017 after the Lightning Network and Segregated Witness (SegWit) upgrades. While SegWit and the Lightning Network focus on making transactions faster and cheaper, Taproot...