Layer-1 smart contract platforms increased their market share throughout August after the Ethereum network London hard fork did little to solve the major issues of high transaction fees and network congestion. One top-10 protocol that has been gaining momentum, but has yet to experience a significant price breakout to new highs like some of its competitors
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“Ethereum’s ascent to the top of the cryptoverse seems unstoppable,” declared Nigel Green in mid-August, and it’s not hard to see why the deVere CEO thinks this. DeFi is on a tear, NFTs are mushrooming, Ethereum (ETH) remains more scalable than Bitcoin (BTC) and it also offers more uses including smart contracts. Moreover, Ethereum will
There is an old proverb which says that history does not always repeat, but it tends to rhyme. If that holds true for Bitcoin (BTC), then a strong up-move may not happen in the month of September. Bybit data shows that since 2013, Bitcoin has closed September in the red for six years and has
Cream Finance, a major decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol focused on lending, has suffered a major exploit, with a hacker stealing nearly $19 million from its platform. An unknown hacker has managed to gain $18.8 million in the latest flash loan exploit of the Cream Finance protocol through a reentrancy bug introduced by the Amp (AMP)
Momentum for the top layer-one protocols has been on the rise throughout August as the highly anticipated rollout of the London hard fork on the Ethereum (ETH) network has done little to address the network’s high transaction fees and delayed confirmations. One of the biggest beneficiaries of the quest to find a more welcoming smart
Solana (SOL) prices printed another milestone of nearly $85 high on Aug. 27 as traders assessed a flurry of optimistic fundamentals, including Solana’s potential foray into Wall Street. On Aug. 24, digital asset management firm Osprey Funds registered a first-of-its-kind Solana fund with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In doing so, the New
The cryptocurrency market has been on a tear over the last month as Bitcoin price climbed 73% from a low of $29,200 on July 20 to a high of $50,478 on Aug. 26, a move that has warranted caution from Dan McDermitt, cryptocurrency market analyst and co-founder of TheChartGuys. According to McDermitt, Bitcoin’s relentless march
Cardano (ADA) appears to be heading towards a new record high as its downside move takes the shape of a bull flag. In detail, the ADA/USD exchange rate plunged 16.91% to $2.47. But the pair’s decline came after a strong move higher, wherein it surged over 120% month-to-date to reach an all-time high of $2.97 on
Bitcoin (BTC) gave traders a serious sense of deja vu on Aug. 26 after a fresh attack on $50,000 ended in a firm rejection. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin optimism wavers Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD falling to local lows of $46,540 on Bitstamp, having passed $49,300 hours before.
Chainlink (LINK) is the leading oracle provider, and the project has onboarded over 281 crypto projects in 2021. Some of these include heavyweights like Huobi’s ECO Chain, the Hedera Governing Council, and Alchemix. Launched in Oct. 2020, Chainlink’s verifiable randomness function, or VRF, has also gained notoriety among decentralized applications (dApps). VRF provides an automated
Web3, interoperability, and layer 0 are all terms tossed around when describing Polkadot. But what do they mean, and how will they impact the internet and cryptocurrency market? Cointelegraph Research’s new report explores how Polkadot is tackling distributed ledger scalability and centralization of the web simultaneously. For starters, imagine a world where Facebook is replaced
The wider crypto market has a wait-and-see feel to it on Aug. 25 as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dipped to $47,360 before rebounding off the lower support of the ascending channel to reclaim the $48,000 level. Despite the swift turnaround, analysts are still wary and well-known financial analyst John Bollinger warned investors that it
Ether (ETH) will face a critical $820 million monthly options expiry on Friday, Aug. 27. That will be the first time that $3,000 and higher options will have a real fighting chance, even though bulls seem to have missed a good opportunity to dominate the expiry because they were too optimistic about Ether’s price potential.
Bitcoin (BTC) headed down to test new support on Wednesday after a breakdown of bullish trajectory sparked predictions of $44,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Old resistance provides a backdrop for BTC price rethink Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD losing around 2% overnight Wednesday. A rejection after an attempt to
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Cardano (ADA) addresses with a balance greater than $1 million have surged by 173% during the latest ADA price rally. Specifically, the ADA/USD exchange rate surged by almost 200% after bottoming out at $1.007 on July 20. The pair reached its record high of $3.02 in the previous session, a move that followed up with a 6.42%
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed tantalizingly close to $50,000 on Aug. 24 as bulls contended with a classic resistance level. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Too late for “dirt cheap” Bitcoin? Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD holding necessary support levels for bullish continuation through Tu The pair had dipped to within the
Economics Professor Jason Potts is co-director of the Blockchain Innovation Hub at RMIT University. He sees blockchain technology as a fundamental institutional technology revolution comparable to the emergence of companies and the internet — perhaps even as world-changing as the invention of electricity. What’s the last big technological change that had the same sort of
Liquidity market protocol BENQI has reached $1 billion in total value locked, or TVL, less than a week after launching on the Avalanche (AVAX) network, a major milestone that highlights the explosive growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) lending services. Benqi Finance announced the milestone on Twitter late Sunday, where it thanked its community for the
Cardano blockchain’s native asset ADA reached a new record high on Aug. 23 as investors pinned hopes on an upcoming smart contracts feature that expects to boost the cryptocurrency’s adoption. The ADA/USD exchange rate topped out at $2.899 around 09:00 UTC, raising anticipations that it would easily close above $3 in the coming sessions. Many