Cryptocurrency

Cardano (ADA) addresses with a balance greater than $1 million have surged by 173% during the latest ADA price rally. Specifically, the ADA/USD exchange rate surged by almost 200% after bottoming out at $1.007 on July 20. The pair reached its record high of $3.02 in the previous session, a move that followed up with a 6.42%

The latest rally in the Cardano (ADA) market has activated a classic bearish pattern that threatens to lower its prices by as much as 15%. Dubbed as Rising Wedge, the textbook pattern forms when the price consolidates between upward sloping resistance and support trendlines. Its occurrence typically prompts a bearish reversal, confirmed by a voluminous

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Everyone is wild about nonfungible tokens (NFTs). The first half of 2021 alone saw NFTs from Andy Warhol, NFTs of the code for the World Wide Web, the first-ever Tweet and, of course, the famous $69 million NFT sale of Beeple’s “Everydays.” Whether this explosive rise of NFTs is a flash in the pan or

The nonfungible token (NFT) sector of the cryptocurrency ecosystem has made waves that splashed across the headlines of even mainstream news outlets in 2021. Celebrities, musicians, sports teams, established auction houses and even fast-food restaurants got involved with the creation and/or sale of one-of-a-kind digital items.  With the top NFT marketplaces like OpenSea seeing record-breaking

A recent price rally in the Polygon (MATIC) market pushed its prices above $1.56 for the first time in more than two months. In detail, the MATIC/USDT exchange rate rose 20.65% in just two days to reclaim the June 17 high. Traders raised their bids for the pair after Polygon announced that it would create

Dune Analytics, a decentralized finance (DeFi) analytics service, has voiced its opposition to a Uniswap (UNI) governance vote for “Community-Enabled Analytics” that would see fellow analytics provider Flipside Crypto managing about $25 million worth of UNI tokens. Tweeting on Thursday, Dune highlighted the lack of community attention to the matter while also stating that grants

Tether Holdings Ltd, the issuer of the largest stablecoin, USDt, reported that its total market capitalization had crossed over $64 billion for the first time in history. The company called the event a “milestone,” adding that it is another indication of the cryptocurrency market’s “continued trust and confidence” in their stablecoin, USDt. Tether’s $USDt market

Ethereum‘s native Ether token (ETH) may beat Bitcoin (BTC) to new all-time highs, fresh analysis reveals. In a tweet on Aug. 18, Ki Young Ju, CEO of on-chain analytics service CryptoQuant, highlighted a “sell-side liquidity crisis” which could yet give ETH the edge over BTC. Ethereum liquidity shortfall “intensifying” With Bitcoin up over 50% versus

Solana blockchain’s native asset, SOL, soared to a new record high on Monday. The SOL/USD exchange rate rose by 26.12% to $65.467 on the Binance exchange after traders assessed a flurry of infrastructural developments in the Solana ecosystem, including a recent $70-million crowdfund to support its blockchain-powered decentralized exchange, Mango Markets. Solana ecosystem upgrades Mango

Being a crypto-friendly country has paid off in terms of adoption, as a new study about Singapore revealed.  “The State of Crypto in Singapore Report 2021,” conducted by crypto exchange Gemini in partnership with CoinMarketCap and Seedly, found that more than two-thirds of Singaporeans who have financial investments currently hold crypto. The report, which sampled 4,348

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A KPMG report titled “Pulse of Fintech H1 2021,” shows that the total investment in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector in the first half of this year has risen to $8.7 billion, which is more than double the $4.3 billion worth of deals done in 2020.  KPMG global fintech co-leader Anton Ruddenklau said: “Cryptocurrency and blockchain

PSG, a fan token launched by Paris Saint-Germain, resumed its uptrend Thursday after Lionel Messi confirmed that he is joining the French football club. The PSG/USD pair jumped by 10.57% to hit an intraday high of $41.90. The pair’s latest upside move followed an almost 40% bearish correction from its all-time high of $61.53, achieved on

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has been a big part of the explosive growth seen across the cryptocurrency ecosystem in 2021 as decentralized exchanges like Uniswap and SushiSwap and lending protocols like Aave and Compound have added a new dimension of token utility.  Data from Messari’s DeFi Asset index shows that over the past 30 days, a majority

Cardano (ADA) has been in the spotlight lately and this is partially because of its early 2021 price performance and the fact that its huge fan base has been anxiously awaiting the launch of the network’s smart contract capability in the upcoming Alonzo upgrade.  While the rise of DeFi took place and the total value

It probably came as little surprise last year when crypto intelligence firm Chainalysis declared East Asia “the world’s largest cryptocurrency market,” accounting for 31% of all cryptocurrency transacted during the previous 12 months. The region has a broad base of retail users along with a solid foundation of crypto traders and institutions, and China alone

Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery from $29,482.61 on July 21 has continued to surpass one resistance after another. Today, Bitcoin has risen above the 200-day simple moving average, an indicator watched by institutional investors to determine whether the asset is bullish or bearish. A positive sign about today’s rally has been that Bitcoin was not affected by

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This week Ethereum’s London hardfork was completed without a hiccup and investors have now reset their eyes on new highs above $3,100. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the price of Ether (ETH)  did in fact experience a “sell the news” sell-off shortly after London went live but dip buyers quickly rushed in