Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week Cardano launches smart contracts after successful hard fork After years of anticipation, Charles Hoskinson’s brainchild, Cardano, finally launched its smart contract functionality via the Alonzo hard fork on… Source link

Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) shares have soared more than 55% and counting in the past year. Of course, the iconic platform is best known as a micro-blogging social network. But it’s quickly evolving into something that’s potentially even more influential and lucrative with the rise of cryptocurrencies.  Back in July, Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said that Bitcoin would become a “big part” of Twitter via integration with the company’s products and… Source link

Ethereum Ethereum slid by 4.73% on Friday. Following a 1.30% loss on Thursday, Ethereum ended the day at $3,400.00. A mixed start to the day saw Ethereum rise to an early morning intraday high $3,595.00 before hitting reverse. Falling short of the first major resistance level at $3,669, Ethereum slid to a late intraday low $3,350.06. Ethereum fell through the first major support level at $3,476 and the second major support level at $3,383. The extended sell-off also saw Ethereum fall through the… Source link

Litecoin price rejected from moving above $200. Head-and-shoulders pattern warns of strong moves lower, surpassing August lows. Oscillator values void any near-term support holding. Litecoin price has not done very well since the false report on Walmart accepting Litecoin news came out on Monday. Despite the fake news, many bulls and bears thought there might have been some strong follow-through higher, but the past two trading sessions have resulted in lower… Source link

“Cards 17, 18 and 19 were all initially misprinted, but there was a mistake that made 18 and 19 unsellable,” explained Uhrig. “Back in 2017, nobody cared that you had test code on Ethereum. We just re-deployed all three after fixing [the error]. People eventually found [card #17b] because it lives on the blockchain. The market has definitely spoken, people think of it as an essential in a full set.” Source link

“The combination of fundamental metrics presented on-chain, bullish technical indicators and soft macro picture allows us to confirm our view of a bullish run through the remainder of the year,” FundStrat, a global advisory firm, wrote in a Wednesday report. “We are buyers of BTC and ETH into any near-term selling.” Source link

The general mood across the cryptocurrency market is one of anticipation on Sept. 17 as the price of Bitcoin has traded in an increasingly tighter range over the past couple of days and looks to be coiling in preparation for a move one way or another.  Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) has oscillated between $47,150 and $48,150 in trading on Friday as the lack of any major developments or headline-grabbing stories has led to a… Source link

Monero lost 2% of its valuation over the last 24 hours and could attempt to revisit its month-long low of $233.25. Ethereum Classic depreciated by 1.7% while Dogecoin rose by 3.9%. However, key parameters for the coin still indicated bearishness.  Monero [XMR] XMR/USD, TradingView Monero declined by 2% over the last 24 hours and was trading at $260.30. The nearest support zone for the altcoin was around $252.32. On the four-hour chart, the altcoin’s price was well below the 20-SMA line… Source link

Incremental steps towards broader adoption occurred this week, highlighted by Cuba and its release of new regulations surrounding digital assets.  On the technical side of things, a ‘golden cross’ has traders excited, despite scammers toying with markets earlier in the week. Cuba Regulates El Salvador has made BTC legal tender, Ukraine has formally recognized digital assets, and now Cuba has officially recognized and released regulations for digital assets and service providers.  This is… Source link

The cryptocurrency ether runs on the ethereum network. Dado Ruvic/Reuters Ether’s fair value is around $1,500 based on measures of network activity, a JPMorgan strategist has said. That’s roughly 55% lower than Friday’s price of around $3,470 for ethereum’s token. Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said ethereum is facing growing smart-contract competition from other blockchains. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Ether’s fair value is around $1,500 based on measures of… Source link