Tag Archives: featured1

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...

Following the past few days of enhanced volatility, bitcoin has calmed around $64,000. Most alternative coins have also remained untypically stagnant on a 24-hour scale, with the apparent exception of Avalanche, which went on a roll and registered a new ATH. Bitcoin’s Consolidation Rolls On Last week was going quite well for the primary cryptocurrency as it had recovered from its dip to $60,000 and went on to chart new records. It broke the October peak of $67,000 on Tuesday...

The bears continued to push bitcoin south in the past 24 hours, and the asset dropped to a weekly low of just over $62,000. Most altcoins are also in the red, with Litecoin losing the most value in a day. Bitcoin Saw a Weekly Low Just a few days ago, the primary cryptocurrency broke its previous ATH two times in a row, and the latest peak came at $69,000. As the community was anticipating another run up to $70,000, the entire landscape changed. Instead of going upwards,...

The cryptocurrency market had a tumultuous week where many projects went up considerably and then stalled and declined. Starting with Bitcoin, this time last week, the price was hovering around $61K, but it had no plans of staying there for long. BTC started climbing immediately and by Monday, it was above $65K. This continued and on Wednesday, propelled by fresh inflation woes, the cryptocurrency charted its current all-time high around $69,000. Unfortunately, right after...

Yesterday, Bitcoin’s price surged past $65k and consolidated just below the previous all-time high set on October 20, 2021. Moments ago, the primary cryptocurrency took off and as of writing these lines, the BTC price recorded a new all-time high above $67.8K, according to Bitstamp exchange. This comes shortly after the total cryptocurrency market cap crossed the $3 trillion milestone for the first time, whereas Bitcoin’s market cap is entitled for 43.6% of it. Furthermore,...

Bitcoin’s indecisive price movements have continued in the past 24 hours, with the cryptocurrency staying above $60,000. Binance Coin has been among the best performers from the larger-cap alts as the asset has neared its ATH. BNB Eyes New ATH; AVAX Up 12% Most alternative coins were slightly in the red yesterday, as reported, but the landscape is relatively different today. Ethereum had fallen below $4,500, but a minor 2% increase on a 24-hour scale has driven the...

Bitcoin continues with its untypically flat price movements as the cryptocurrency has stalled around $61,000 once again. Most altcoins have marked minor losses in a day, while Shiba Inu has recovered roughly 20%. Shiba Inu Bounces Off Most of the altcoin space is in the red today after the recent gains. Ethereum, which saw new all-time highs just days ago, is down by a bit more than 1% on a 24-hour scale and stands below $4,500. Cardano has slipped to $2, while Ripple,...

It was a very dynamic week in the cryptocurrency industry, even though it may not seem that way judging by Bitcoin’s price. And yet, we saw a lot of action in the altcoin scene, especially with memecoins and play-to-earn projects, so let’s dive in. Starting off, Bitcoin failed to produce any meaningful gains over the past week and is only up by about 0.6% throughout the period. Yet, it wasn’t exactly a smooth sail as the price dipped to $60K on Monday, only to bounce above...