Bitcoin (BTC) sought cues from the United States Federal Reserve on Dec. 14 as markets waited anxiously for news on policy.  BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView BTC higher lows remain safe Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD continuing in a range around $47,000 as Wall St. opened on Dec. 15. The pair had hit local highs of $48,785 on Bitstamp overnight but was down 3% at the time of writing ahead of a key Fed meeting. The Federal Open… Source link

“In Nova, the deposit amount doesn’t have to be equal to withdrawal amount,” said core contributor Roman Semenov. “But if a user deposits, say, 0.1337 ETH and then withdraws 0.1337 ETH it will be kinda obvious for everyone that it’s the same user.” Source link

Since its debut in 2015, Ethereum has played a crucial role in advancing blockchain utility. Specifically, it introduced the concept of programmability, allowing developers to write self-executing code (smart contracts) to the blockchain. In turn, that technology has evolved into decentralized applications (dApps) and decentralized finance (DeFi) products. Powered by that innovation, Ethereum’s price has skyrocketed 881,500% since hitting a low in October 2015, and it’s currently… Source link

Polygon moves closer to bringing EIP 1559-style fee markets to their proof-of-stake scaling platform. BACKGROUND: Internal analysis showed that the fee burn would remove 0.27% of Polygon’s total supply annually. Unlike Ethereum, Polygon has a fixed supply and will immediately become deflationary when the upgrade takes place on mainnet. Outside of burning token supply, the upgrade will help bring predictability to the Polygon fee market, and software providers will be better able to predict… Source link

LiteCoin Ultra achieves a high risk analysis based on InvestorsObserver research. The proprietary system gauges how much a coin can be manipulated by analyzing much money it took to shift its price over the last 24 hour period along with analysis of recent changes in volume and market cap. The gauge is between 0 and 100 with lower scores equating to higher risk while higher values represent lower risk. InvestorsObserver is giving… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) is back in fashion for regular investors at $48,000 as data confirms the biggest buying spree since March 2020. In a tweet on Dec. 14, statistician Willy Woo eyed a key trend that had previously been absent from the Bitcoin market for over 18 months. Retail adds BTC like it’s March 2020 After crashing to $3,600 in March 2020, BTC/USD was a hot pick for those able and willing to invest — and now, that phenomenon is back. The changes in balances for wallets holding 1 BTC or less… Source link

Cryptocurrency has had quite the year, with many cryptocurrencies experiencing explosive growth. Bitcoin ( BTC -0.38% ) remains the most popular, with a market cap of nearly $900 billion. However, Ethereum ( ETH -0.13% ) has been steadily gaining traction and catching up with its larger competitor. As the second most popular cryptocurrency, Ethereum currently has a market cap of just over $450 billion. Its price is also up around 466% so far this year, while Bitcoin is up by… Source link

The single largest Ethereum contract containing 8,641,954 Ether (ETH) worth $33.5 billion is sitting idle because it cannot be spent or sent. A Twitter user highlighted the Beacon chain contract claiming it to be the largest Ethereum contract with billions of dollars worth of ETH “trapped” inside it.  BREAKING: 8,641,954 ETH ($32 billion) trapped in single largest Ethereum contract and unable to be sent or spent. Will require hard fork that hasn’t been written or specified yet. Timing and… Source link

Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) has been a success story no matter how you look at it. Its native Ether token now ranks as the second-biggest cryptocurrency based on market cap, behind only Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC). Since the second half of 2015, Ethereum has delivered a gain of nearly 310,000%.  What’s potentially in store for the cryptocurrency in the new year? Here’s why one famous billionaire thinks Ethereum could be a monster winner in 2022. Image source:… Source link

Bitcoin has minted more than a few millionaires in recent years as its value has surged since its inception more than a decade ago, but an apparent display issue made investors substantially wealthier — at least on paper — for a time Tuesday. Crypto sites, including digital-asset exchange Coinbase Global COIN, +1.79% and CoinMarketCap.com, were acknowledging issues with displayed quotes of some of the most popular cryptocurrencies,… Source link