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The current "alt season" has produced serious returns but remains subdued when viewed in BTC terms. ADA, the native token of the Cardano smart contract platform, has joined the altcoins hitting new all-time highs this week. ADA/USD 1-day candle chart (Binance). Source: TradingView Cardano...

Ethereum futures data suggests that pro traders believe $3,500 ETH is the next stop for the top altcoin. As Ether (ETH) made a $2,800 all-time on April 29, so did its futures open interest. The $8.5 billion figure marks a 52% monthly increase and shows robust trading activity behind the meteoric...

The price of Bitcoin suddenly dropped below $60,000 days after the Coinbase public listing. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) declined below $60,000 on April 17 after a strong rally throughout the past week in anticipation of the Coinbase public listing on Nasdaq. However, after the COIN listing...

Ethereum is breaking out against Bitcoin and traders are turning bullish on ETH/BTC and altcoins. Ether (ETH) price is seeing green in its Bitcoin (BTC) pair on April 21, reaching the highest levels since early February. Given the technical breakout of ETH/BTC, traders are beginning to expect a...

Fears of regulatory moves come as a brief hash rate crash from a Chinese power blackout already begins to rebound. Bitcoin (BTC) fell to sudden lows of $52,000 on April 18 in a timely reminder of how price action often follows hash rate. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source...

The crypto space can rest easy on Bitcoin’s survival — a lone Reddit user has got you covered. In the years since Bitcoin’s 2009 launch, the crypto industry’s inaugural blockchain-based asset has survived many speculative deaths. While it is true that Bitcoin (BTC) could theoretically crash by...

The tech company has been on a buying spree of late, racking up $100 million worth of Bitcoin and Ether. Hong-Kong tech company Meitu has taken the total value of its cryptocurrency holdings to approximately $100 million, after the firm disclosed the purchase of an additional $10 million worth...

XRP has surpassed $1 for the first time in 37 months as major cap altcoins are starting to follow Ethereum. The price of XRP has surpassed $1 on Tuesday for the first time since March 2018, putting its market valuation at around $47 billion. Moreover, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency in the...

The funds, which are equivalent to roughly $1.3 billion, will be used to bootstrap the Fei decentralized stablecoin. Fei Labs concluded a successful genesis launch of its Fei stablecoin on Saturday, raising nearly $1.3 billion in Ethereum (ETH) from over 17,000 contributors, highlighting once...

The two largest cryptocurrencies revisit significant price levels with sellers rapidly disappearing from exchange orderbooks. Bitcoin (BTC) briefly hit $60,000 on April 2 in the latest installment of its slow grind back to all-time highs. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source...

Ransomware is something the "average American" is worried about, says former cybersecurity top dog Chris Krebs Former Department of Homeland Security official Christopher Krebs called for greater governmental oversight of cryptocurrency in an interview yesterday, saying that anonymous payments...

Elon Musk has announced that Tesla cars can now be purchased using Bitcoin (BTC). The electric car company’s CEO and “Technoking” said the firm would operate Bitcoin nodes directly, and would hold on to the Bitcoin it accumulates without converting it to fiat. Tesla first signaled its...

According to DappRadar, the top four decentralized NFT apps now drive $10 million in volume each day. The excitement surrounding NFTs is showing no signs of slowing down, with the top four decentralized NFT apps driving more than $10 million in daily volume. According to decentralized...

Ethereum's quarterly settlement value is on course to increase by 1,280% year-over-year. Ethereum usage is surging this year, with the value of transactions settled on the network skyrocketing during 2021. According to research from Messari, Ethereum has settled $926 trillion worth of...

The Dead Coins project has been given new lease of life by BTC education portal 99Bitcoins. Bitcoin education portal 99Bitcoins is the newly appointed undertaker of the cryptocurrency industry. It’s taken over the Dead Coins project, which provides a burial ground for more than a thousand dead...

A fundamental shift in technicals suggests that bulls should treat $48,000 like the new $35,000, says Glassnode. Bitcoin (BTC) has seen "unreal" price consolidation since the start of February 2021 — and fundamental support is now at $48,000. According to on-chain monitoring resource Glassnode...

China’s first hardware wallet for the digital yuan supports dual offline payments without an internet connection. A Chinese banking institution has completed the development of a hardware wallet for the country’s central bank digital currency, the digital yuan According to a Feb. 7 announcement...

Bitcoin broke $40,000 in a strong recovery rally over the past three days as BTC could stabilize above the key level in the foreseeable future. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) broke above $40,000 on Feb. 6 for the first time in 23 days. But this time, the market sentiment is a lot calmer with a less...

On-chain Bitcoin activity surged during January, with more than 22.3 million addresses sending or receiving BTC last month. January was a record month for Bitcoin’s price and network activity, with more than 22.3 million unique addresses actively sending or receiving BTC over 31 days. The...

Bitcoin rose above $19,000 on Tuesday after Donald Trump said his administration would assist President-elect Joe Biden’s transition to the White House, easing investors’ concerns about a prolonged period of election uncertainty. The BTC/USD exchange rate rose 3.89 percent to a new year-to-date...