Bitcoin (BTC) whales are the center of attention this week as buying and selling habits split the BTC price narrative. New findings from on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant show derivatives investors leading the way when it comes to bullish bets on Bitcoin. “Sick” BTC price indicator favors bulls The second half of November produced a marked uptick in the buy/sell ratio on major derivatives trading platform Deribit, and for contributing analyst Cole Garner, this is a sure sign that price… Source link
Read More »Better Buy: Ethereum vs. Cardano
Investing in the native tokens of blockchains that support smart contracts has been an exceptionally smart move in 2021. So far this year, Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) is up more than sixfold. Cardano (CRYPTO:ADA) has been an even bigger winner, with a nearly eightfold gain. But which of these cryptocurrencies is the better buy now? Two Motley Fool contributors weigh in with opposing views. Image source: Getty Images. About to get even better Keith… Source link
Read More »‘I think BTC is ready’ — 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week on familiar ground below $50,000, but anticipation is building for major disruption to begin. After a fresh push above $50,000 ended in rejection, BTC/USD is keeping traders guessing till the last when it comes to near-term price action — including the end-of-year close. With just two weeks to go, the kind of blow-off tops that characterized both 2013 and 2017 seems unlikely to repeat, but on-chain metrics are all but unanimously pointing to upside. With 90% of… Source link
Read More »Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Ripple’s XRP – Support Levels Kick in Early as Bears Take Control
This is the technical analysis for Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Ripple’s XRP. We will be looking at previous day price action and today’s support, resistance, and pivot levels and, when in play, the Fibonacci’s. Ethereum (ETH) Ethereum (ETH) rose by 1.02% on Sunday. Following a 4.90% rally on Saturday, Ethereum ended the week down by 1.67% to $4,133. A bearish morning saw Ethereum fall to a late morning intraday low $3,989 before making a move. Steering clear of the first major… Source link
Read More »Cryptocurrency bubble risks exposed by Bitcoin’s recent slide
They seem to be almost everywhere. Cool looking hipsters livin’ the dream after amassing a fortune in the world of crypto. Social media sites are overflowing with them. Even old school glossy magazines, barely clinging to life, have dialled in with tales tall and not so true of the fabulous riches to be earned in the ether. There’s no doubt they exist. Those that either got in early or built financial structures that facilitate trades which, none like to admit, replicate old style banks and… Source link
Read More »First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Bounces Above $50K Amid Light Weekend Trading, Altcoins Kick Higher – Coindesk
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Read More »ZK-rollups step into the limelight after the quest to scale Ethereum evolves
Scalability on the Ethereum (ETH) network has been a point of contention within the cryptocurrency ecosystem for years, primarily due to high fees and network congestion during periods of peak demand. The latest solution to emerge as the final fix to Ethereum’s scalability woes are Zero-knowledge rollups (ZK rollups), a form of scaling that runs computations off-chain and submits them on-chain via a validity proof. Zk rollup season — cryptowarlord.eth ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (@CryptoWarlordd)
Read More »Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cardano Continue to Recover From Late-Week Selloffs
What happened As of 1:00 p.m. ET, Bitcoin ( BTC 1.28% ), Ethereum ( ETH 1.13% ), and Cardano ( ADA 0.66% ) appreciated 3.3%, 1.2%, and 4.8%, respectively. Earlier in the day, Ethereum showed a 24-hour gain of 3.8%. These modest moves higher have coincided with a rather strong momentum this weekend, on the heels of an early Saturday sell-off that hit the cryptocurrency market yesterday. Cryptocurrency investors appear to be taking a wait-and-see approach to these large-cap
Read More »3 reasons why Ethereum price can drop below $3K by the end of 2021
Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) reached an all-time high around $4,867 earlier in November, only to plunge by nearly 20% a month later on rising profit-taking sentiment. And now, as the ETH price holds $4,000 as a key support level, risks of further selloffs are emerging in the form of multiple technical and fundamental indicators. ETH price rising wedge First, Ether appears to have been breaking out of “rising wedge,” a bearish reversal pattern that emerges when the price trends upward… Source link
Read More »Alts Find It Tough to Beat Layer 1 King Ethereum – CoinDesk
On a longer-term basis, ALGO, Avalanche’s AVAX, Cosmos’ ATOM and SOL are all weakening and heading toward the “lagging” quadrant, where Cardano’s ASA is now. Polkadot’s DOT, which is the only one currently leading ether, is only barely doing so and appears ready to fall into the “weakening” quadrant. Source link
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