Category: Cryptocurrency News

The decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap has seen a massive amount of trade volume during the last seven days. Following Uniswap’s rapid increase in global trade volumes, the platform’s founder Hayden Adams celebrated the dex outpacing the centralized exchange Coinbase’s volumes this past weekend. News.Bitcoin.com recently reported on the decentralized finance (defi) economy’s total value locked (TVL) assets nearing $8 billion in value. While a mad rush toward defi coins and applications has been taking place during the last few months, Read more …

The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov shared some harsh comments about cryptocurrencies amid growing interest in the technology amongst Chechnya’s citizens. According to Pravda, Kadyrov claimed that the media is presenting crypto “as the new gold,” provoking what he calls a kind of Bitcoin (BTC) “fever”: “People take loans, save on themselves and their families, invest their last money in digital assets that promise incredible profits.” The head of the Chechen Republic, a federal subject of the Russian Federation, also warned Read more …

Ethereum has been flashing signs of immense strength throughout the past few days The cryptocurrency is now pushing towards its yearly highs as its bulls come out in full force This has allowed ETH to rally up to $437, with buyers now aiming at it setting fresh highs of over $440 in the near-term That being said, this level may act as strong resistance for the crypto in the near-term, potentially slowing its ascent Analysts are still convinced that this Read more …

Few altcoins have performed better in 2020 than Ethereum. The second-ranked cryptocurrency is up well over 200% on the year, and from the Black Thursday bottom to the 2020 high, Ethereum rose over 400%. Momentum looks to be behind bulls, however, an ominous signal just triggered on ETHUSD weekly price charts. The signal could be warning that a top is in, and Etheruem could soon lead the altcoin market off a cliff. Ethereum Rallies 400% From Black Thursday Bottom, But Read more …

We reported last week about the latest findings of Sergio Dermain Lerner, who is known for his discovery of the so-called “Patoshi pattern”. His latest research suggested that Satoshi Nakamoto likely used a single pc to mine approximately 1.1 million Bitcoin (BTC). However, it appears that there was something of even greater importance lost in the excitement about this discovery. If Lerner’s latest findings are accurate, it would put an end to seven years worth of speculation concerning the meaning Read more …

Bitcoin has been able to avoid seeing any type of intense bearishness today, as the cryptocurrency is now trading near $11,800 Although it has yet to test its key $12,000 resistance, it does appear that buyers are laying the groundwork for a visit to this level One trader is observing that some technical factors are now working heavily in Bitcoin’s favor, including degrading resistance between its current price and $13,000 This comes as Bitcoin rapidly approaches its two-month candle close, Read more …

Open-source Blockchain protocol Secret Network announced its intention to add privacy-based secret contracts to its mainnet. The upgrade will take place on September 15 once the proposal is passed by the community. According to the foundation’s announcement, developers will have the opportunity to build and deploy so-called “secret” smart contracts that use encrypted inputs, outputs, and states. Secret contracts could enable many different blockchains to utilize private data in decentralized apps without compromising their user’s personal security. The foundation explained: Read more …

The blockchain surveillance firm Ciphertrace claims to have created the “world’s first” monero tracing tools for law enforcement. According to the company announcement, Ciphertrace developed forensic tools for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in order to track illicit monero transactions. Despite the firm’s claims, there is zero evidence provided that prove the company actually has such tools. Since the open-source cryptocurrency was first invoked in 2014, the Monero (XMR) project has been heralded for privacy-centric techniques. The digital Read more …

Bitcoin could be in for a “massive” and “devastating” correction ahead, according to the author of Mastering Elliott Wave Theory. The long-time market analyst and expert on the subject sees potentially a couple more months to years of rally in crypto, followed by a “potentially massive change in conditions for Bitcoin.” As wild as it sounds, he even calls for the leading cryptocurrency by market cap to drop to as low as $150 after the current corrective wave is finished. Read more …

Cryptocurrency wallet platform Klever will allow users to stake Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Tron (TRX) and other cryptocurrencies in Cred’s staking programs from within the wallet. Cred is a cryptocurrency staking and lending platform that allows users from across 190 countries to lend their cryptocurrency funds in return for monthly rewards in stablecoins, cryptos and fiat currencies.  The new feature will allow Klever users to opt for any of the staking programs listed on Cred in return for monthly rewards. Read more …

Bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Canaan on Aug. 31 released its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2020. While gross profit was up both year on year and quarter on quarter, the company still posted a net loss, albeit one which has narrowed significantly in the last twelve months. The amount of computing power sold in its application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) hardware was 2.6 million THash/s. This represents an increase of almost 200% on Q1 figures of 0.9 Read more …

As the price of Ethereum’s native digital currency Ether (ETH) has been showing massive strength recently, the path seems to be continuing toward new highs. Ether price ran from $220 to $445 in the previous five weeks and this is one of the biggest surges for the altcoin in the past 18 months.  However, as the rally didn’t provide many opportunities for laggards to hop on the train, is $500 the next target for Ether? Let’s examine the technical setup.  Read more …