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Beeple, an artist who made quite a few headlines as of late around the NFT hype, managed to get his ‘The First 5000 Days’ NFT sold for a whopping $69,346,250 at an auction on Christie’s.Just a few hours ago, CryptoPotato reported that someone had bought a CryptoPunk NFT for $8 million.Now, as the auction on “The First 5000 Days” – a digital art piece by the popular Beeple, closed for a whopping, record-breaking $69,346,250.That’s more than anything that anyone has ever paid when it comes to...

Ethereum’s scaling issues have been a hot topic for discussion for quite some time now. With the explosion of the DeFi space last summer, many investors found themselves shocked at how expensive it had become to use the network, making mundane and small transactions less than viable.The author of Ethereum’s whitepaper and one of its co-founders, Vitalik Buterin, addressed the issues recently on the Tim Ferris podcast.100X Scalability in the Next Few MonthsSpeaking to Naval Ravikant on the Tim...

Bitcoin has managed to hit a high at nearly $56,000 today but has since retraced a bit and it now hovers above $54,000. However, BTC’s dominance suffers as some altcoins, including Binance Coin, have surged in the past 24 hours, and the metric is just slightly above 60%.Bitcoin’s Stays Above $54KEver since the primary cryptocurrency dipped to $47,000 on March 6th, the bulls took control and pushed the asset north. In the following days, BTC firstly reclaimed the coveted $50,000 before heading...

It’s been approximately one year since the COVID-19 threat infiltrated the Western World and caused massive disruptions. Consequently, it has been a little less than twelve months since the US government initiated considerable relief packages and sent $1,200 to every adult earning less than $75,000 per year.While highly unlikely, this particular amount could have resulted in mindboggling returns if the US citizens had decided to allocate the funds in some assets. One stands out the most as...

Although Ethereum’s price has tumbled by a few hundred dollars since its peak in February, whales have continued to accumulate large portions of the second-largest digital asset. Recent data revealed that large ETH investors own nearly 70% of the total supply – the highest level since late 2017.ETH Whales At a 3-Year HighThe price of ETH has been on a roller-coaster since the start of the year. The asset entered 2021 at $720 before the bull run took it above the previous all-time high at...

The market for non-fungible tokens, more popular for their abbreviation, NFTs, is booming. It’s no secret that interest in it is growing, having many to believe that it’s in a state of a bubble.Now, data shows that retail interest in NFTs has surpassed that for ICOs back in the peak of initial coin offerings in early 2018.NFT Craze Surpassing ICO MadnessThose who’ve been here long enough are aware of how crazy the market was back in the second half of 2017 and early 2018. Major...

After flirting with the coveted $50,000 price tag, BTC has initiated a leg up that has spiked the price above it. Will this flit be longer than the last ones? only time will tell.Meanwhile, most altcoins have also followed their leader on its way north. Ethereum, the second-largest crypto, has neared $1,700 just two days after bottoming at $1440. The total market cap has added $100 billion in a day.Bitcoin Takes Down $50K (Once Again)Ever since BTC retraced by $7,000 from the $52,500 price...

Following a few days of price slides and choppy price action, bitcoin has bounced off from yesterday’s low and eyes $50,000 once again. The altcoins have also reacted positively, with Ethereum surging by 8% to nearly $1,600, as of writing these lines.Bitcoin Has $50K In Sight (Once Again)The BTC bulls didn’t seem to like the price action since Wednesday, when the situation seemed to be going in the cryptocurrency’s way as it reached as high as $52,500 just days after bottoming at $43K....

This week was tough across the board, not just in the cryptocurrency market. It was marked by a serious correlation between Bitcoin and the S&P 500, as well as the entire legacy market, in general.As CryptoPotato reported, the abovementioned correlation reached a 5-month high. While this seems to be bearish in the short term, given that the stock market slumped following government bond yield that gave the market a jolt, there’s also a bullish argument to be made.Last weekend, the US...

Bitcoin and traditional financial markets have been highly correlated over the past couple of months. This was clearly displayed over the past couple of weeks where the cryptocurrency followed stocks closely.BTC and S&P 500 Correlation SurgingData from the cryptocurrency analytics resource skew shows that the realized correlation between Bitcoin’s price and the S&p 500 has surged to a 5-month high. The last time it was at these levels was back in November 2020.Bitcoin – S&P 500...