Yearly Archives: 2021

Newegg to Become First Major E-Retailer to Accept Litecoin on BitPay

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Newegg Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEGG) (“Newegg” or “Company”), a leading tech-focused e-retailer in North America with a global customer base, announces that it is expected to become the first merchant to accept Litecoin (LTC) cryptocurrency as a payment method on the BitPay platform starting this week. Customers shopping on Newegg.com will have the option of paying with Litecoin using the BitPay Wallet app. “Newegg has always been able to… Source link

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BitPay Adds Litecoin to Expand Coin Integrations

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BitPay, the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, today announced support for Litecoin in the BitPay Wallet app. Consumers can buy, store and swap crypto in addition to buying gift cards safely and securely. Starting this week, businesses using BitPay are expected to be able to accept Litecoin as a payment method from any wallet. Newegg.com will become the first merchant to accept Litecoin through BitPay just as it was… Source link

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Ethereum price can hit $14K if the March 2020 chart fractal holds

Ethereum’s native asset Ether (ETH) faces prospects of closing above $14,000 sometime in 2021 based on its current trend’s striking similarity with the one from last year. Ether price fractal First spotted by user TradingShot, the Ethereum fractal involves three technical indicators: a 50-day simple moving average (50-day SMA), a Fibonacci channel, and a relative strength index (RSI). Ether closed above its 50-day SMA in July 2021, the first time since the May 2021 bearish correction. As… Source link

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Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple’s XRP – Daily Tech Analysis – July 29th, 2021

Ethereum Ethereum rose by 0.01% on Wednesday. Following a 3.23% gain from Tuesday, Ethereum ended the day at $2,300.42. A mixed start to the day saw Ethereum fall to a mid-morning intraday low $2,245.10 before making a move. Steering clear of the first major support level at $2,195, Ethereum rallied to a late morning intraday high $2,347.88. Falling short of the first major resistance level at $2,364, however, Ethereum briefly fell back to sub-$2,300 and into the red. A late move back through to… Source link

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Monero, MATIC and Binance Coin Price Analysis: July 28

Monero, MATIC and Binance Coin Price Analysis: July 28

Market capitalization of Monero increased, however, despite the rise in prices, MATIC and Binance Coin’s market capitalization witnessed a fall. XMR’s price showed chances of low volatility, while MATIC recorded a 47.2% weekly gain and lastly, Binance Coin could be headed towards a possible price breakout.  Monero XMR/USD, TradingView Monero’s price action was halted after yesterday’s plunge in prices, however, over the last 24 hours XMR rose by 2.5%. At press time, the coin was… Source link

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Expected to Pause Before Next Rally

Bitcoin buyers are in profit-taking mode as the cryptocurrency tests the $40,000 resistance level. Sentiment has significantly improved over the past week, although some analysts think it’s time for a pause before another leg higher. “BTC easily broke through $35K, but I think it will probably have a harder time going through $40K this time,” Justin Chuh, a senior trader at Wave Financial, wrote in an email to CoinDesk. “Miners & sellers are coming in to cash out once more and buyers… Source link

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Bitcoin is ‘more speculative’ than gold: ex-Deutsche Bank exec

Soon after bitcoin (BTC-USD) startled investors with a rare drop below $30,000 last week, the cryptocurrency has rebounded dramatically in recent days, rising well above $40,000.  The sudden bounce back has cheered bitcoin bulls but also underscored a concern among critics that the volatility of the most popular cryptocurrency makes it useless for the buying and selling of goods.  Pavan Sukhdev, the president of environmental advocacy group WWF International and a former managing director at… Source link

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Monero Price Forecast: XMR’s Buy Limit at $220 

Bullish bias continues despite a bug in Monero (XMR) privacy token Bullish bias surrounding the U.S. dollar keeps the XMR/USD pair under pressure Today’s idea is to place a buy limit at $220 to target $230 and $234 levels. The XMR/USD pair maintained its previous-session bullish bias and remained well in demand over the $225.00 level. Monero price forecast remains slightly bullish on Wednesday, as the pair is still trading in between an upward channel. The… Source link

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Ethereum Devs Grapple With Worst-Case Scenarios

This week, I’ll discuss the fallout from last Wednesday’s test network issues that revealed a bug in Ethereum’s majority software client, Geth. Though a patched version of Geth software has since been released for London, some users, developers and mining pools are calling for further testing of the upgrade, which is scheduled to go live next week. This article originally appeared in Valid Points, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter breaking down Ethereum 2.0 and its sweeping impact on crypto… Source link

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