Monero [XMR] is among the few cryptos that have seen healthy recovery from its 2022 lows. In fact, it is up by more than 44% from its $96.50 June low. Even so, its press time position seemed to suggest that a bearish retracement is imminent. XMR peaked at $141.45 during Friday’s trading session. This represented a healthy upside of more than 44% from its lowest level in June. This move placed it within January 2022’s support level. More notably, the latest peak placed it… Source link

Arman Shirinyan “Classic” version of Ethereum gaining momentum as miners expect massive migration after PoW shutdown Ethereum’s hard fork Ethereum Classic, launched back in July 2016, gains an insane momentum on the cryptocurrency market ahead of one of the biggest updates in the history of the “main” Ethereum network. Since its launch, Ethereum Classic has been presenting itself as a “true” version of the Ethereum network and has preserved the integrity of the existing Ethereum… Source link

Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) saw a modest pullback on July 17 after ramming into a critical technical resistance confluence. Merge-led Ethereum price breakout ETH’s price dropped by 1.8% to $1,328 after struggling to move above two strong resistance levels: the 50-day exponential moving average (5-day EMA; the red wave) and a descending trendline (black) serving as a price ceiling since May. ETH/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingView Previously, Ether rallied by over 40% from $1,000 on… Source link

You may have recently seen some of the unhealthy internecine drama engulfing the Bitcoiner “community,” notably around who is—and who is most certainly not—a “maximalist.” A Bitcoin maximalist, in the broadest definition possible, is a person heavily invested in Bitcoin who believes Bitcoin is the only cryptocurrency that matters and all other cryptocurrencies are, if not scams, distractions from this one worthy, earth-shattering project.  The purpose of that project remains a… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) spiked to one-week highs on July 17 amid warnings that traders should not trust current BTC price action. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Binance inflows see multi-week high Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $21,600 on Bitstamp, its best performance since last Sunday.  The pair saw a fresh leg up during the weekend, this nonetheless coming on the back of thin, retail-driven “out-of-hours” liquidity with… Source link

Whales are held responsible for sudden price fluctuations in the crypto and traditional markets every so often. Given their capability to manipulate market prices, it becomes paramount for the general Bitcoin (BTC) investors to understand the nuances that make one a whale and their overall impact on trading. Wallet addresses that contain large amounts of BTC are identified as Bitcoin whales. Dumping or transferring large amounts of BTC from one wallet to another negatively impacts the prices,… Source link

Billionaire Thomas Peterffy, founder of Interactive Brokers, says he plans to buy more bitcoin if the price of the cryptocurrency hits $12K. However, he remains concerned that bitcoin could “become worthless or outlawed.” Thomas Peterffy on the U.S. Economy and Bitcoin Billionaire Thomas Peterffy shared his outlook for bitcoin and the U.S. economy in an interview with Forbes last week. Peterffy is the founder and chairman of the board of directors of Interactive Brokers, an… Source link

On February 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested a couple that is accused of laundering 94,636 bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. The DOJ alleges that the tech entrepreneur, Ilya Lichtenstein, and his wife Heather Morgan, conspired to launder billions of dollars worth of bitcoin. The duo could face 25 years in federal prison if convicted. Five months later, a report indicates that a federal judge has given Morgan permission to get a job and “engage in… Source link

Key Takeaways ETH is outperforming in the market. It touched $1,363 today following a 12% surge. The latest rally comes days after the Ethereum Foundation set a tentative September 19 launch date for “the Merge.” Ethereum’s Merge to Proof-of-Stake is the network’s most anticipated update in history. Share this article The latest rally comes two days after Tim Beiko gave a tentative September 19 date for Ethereum’s long-awaited Merge to Proof-of-Stake to go live. Ethereum Rallies… Source link

In roughly 65 days, there’s a chance Ethereum’s highly anticipated transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), otherwise known as The Merge, could be implemented. The information was shared via “a planning timeline” on Twitter, which noted the shift from PoW to PoS could happen on September 19. The source stemmed from Ethereum Beacon chain community director, Superphiz, who further stressed that The Merge “timeline isn’t final,” and that people should… Source link