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After the enhanced fluctuations in the past several days, bitcoin finally calmed around $42,000. The situation with the altcoin is quite similar, except for Chainlink. LINK surged by 13% and trades above $26. Bitcoin Sits Still at $42K It’s safe to say that the past few days didn’t go well for the primary cryptocurrency. On January 5th, it traded at $47,000 after failing to overcome $48,000 despite numerous attempts. This is where the landscape changed rapidly for the worse....

Bugs and vulnerabilities are part of a blockchain network. Polygon revealed how it dodged a bullet after detecting a vulnerability, introduced a fix, upgraded the network, paid off a bounty to the whitehat hackers, all with a silent patch. Polygon’s Silent Patch According to the latest blog post by the team, it all started when two whitehat hackers informed the bug bounty platform, Immunefi of an issue in the Polygon PoS genesis contract on December 3rd. The vulnerability in...

After nearing $52,000 earlier this weekend, bitcoin has lost some ground but still stands around the coveted $50,000 mark. The altcoins are untypically calm, with ETH close to $4,000. In contrast, MATIC is up by more than 6% on a daily scale. Bitcoin Down to $50K Just days before Christmas, the primary cryptocurrency had dropped to $48,000 after failing to overcome $50,000. However, the bulls came to play at this point and pushed the asset north. In the following hours,...

Despite retracing after the latest two-week high by several hundred dollars, bitcoin has remained above $50,000. Most altcoins are also slightly in the red following yesterday’s gains, with a few exceptions, such as Bitcoin Cash ABC, which is up by 50%. Bitcoin Maintains $50K Following a few consecutive weeks of consistent price drops, bitcoin finally initiated an impressive leg up yesterday, in which it broke above $50,000. Moreover, the cryptocurrency kept going upwards in...

The global investment manager – VanEck – expanded its cryptocurrency offerings by adding two new Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) tracking the performance of Avalanche and Polygon. The company has already launched such products on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polkadot, Solana, and Tron. Avalanche And Polygon ETNs Joined The List The global investment management company – VanEck – disclosed the news in a recent post on Twitter. As a result, investors will be able to gain exposure to Polygon...

The popular Ethereum layer 2 solution Polygon has introduced a new javascript library to interact with its own bridge. Shortly after the announcement went live, the protocol’s native token surged by double-digits to a six-month high. Polygon’s New Javascript Library The announcement informed that the new open-source javascript library, dubbed matic.js, will provide APIs for deposits, withdrawals, and other types of transfers on the Polygon network. This is the latest version...

San Francisco-based digital asset management firm – Bitwise Asset Management – has announced the launch of its Bitwise Polygon (MATIC) Fund. According to an official press release shared with CryptoPotato, the Fund will serve as a professionally managed investment vehicle that will give Bitwise’s wealthy clients access to MATIC, the Polygon network native cryptocurrency. The firm noted that only accredited Bitwise clients can qualify for private placement subscriptions to the...

Ethereum Ethereum managed to increase by 6.4% this week as it continues to climb higher inside an ascending price channel. The price channel formed at the start of October after ETH found support and reversed at $2800. Last week, ETH found resistance at $3600, causing it to fall into the support at $3400. It bounced from $3400 on Wednesday as it hit the lower boundary of the price channel. Yesterday, ETH managed to break $3600 and push higher into resistance at $3790 (bearish...

Playing “what if” is a dangerous game, especially when it comes down to investing. Sometimes, however, it could be rather intriguing to review what could have happened if investors made a particular investment. The highly volatile cryptocurrency market could produce some impressive scenarios. For example, putting $1,000 in Solana on January 1st, 2021, would have resulted in nearly $140,000 today. The Cryptocurrency Landscape Change in a Year It’s safe to say that the past...

Ethereum Ethereum dropped a sharp 10% this week as the cryptocurrency currently sits at around $3400. The cryptocurrency surged to $3975 last Friday, where it met the resistance at a 1.272 Fib Extension level. It was unable to overcome it over the weekend and eventually collapsed from there on Tuesday during the market wipeout. ETH dropped as low as $3000 during the sell-off but eventually recovered by the end of the day to close the daily candle at $3428 (.382 Fib). It held...