Category: Altcoins

This Ethereum-based DeFi token is up 3,000% in the past week alone

It appears that “aping” into new decentralized finance (DeFi) coins is back in vogue with Bitcoin pumping, Ethereum moving towards its summer highs, and money moving right down the DeFi risk curve. A new Ethereum-based coin has surged 3,000 percent in the past week. ZLOT surges 3,000 percent in a week One of the biggest…

November 17, 2020
Bitcoin Touches $17K Price Zone, BTC Dominance Levels High, Altcoins Still Way Behind

On November 17, the price of bitcoin touched another 2020 all-time high (ATH) when the crypto asset surpassed the $17k price zone on Tuesday. Bitcoin dominance has risen higher during the last few months and currently hovers at 65% this week. Despite the massive rise in bitcoin value during the last few months, altcoins are…

November 17, 2020
3 key on-chain metrics suggest Ethereum price is in a 2017-style bull run

Numerous on-chain indicators suggest Ethereum price is on the verge of another 2017-style bull run.

November 16, 2020
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ETH, XRP, XMR, UNI

If Bitcoin consolidates near $16,000 for a few days, traders may shift their attention to altcoins and DeFi tokens.

November 15, 2020
How $150m in Ethereum & DAI was used to steal $7m from a Yearn.finance competitor

It may seem like a broken record at this point but yet another decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol was recently exploited. And, once again, the exploit took place on a competitor of Yearn.finance (YFI). Here’s more about what happened, and what DeFi users can do to prevent their funds from being attacked moving forward. Yearn.finance fork…

November 15, 2020
This $700m cryptocurrency is about to see its first halving six months after Bitcoin

In May, Bitcoin underwent its long-awaited block reward halving. The number of coins mined per block was cut in half, leading many to expect a massive surge as the market supply of BTC was technically supposed to decrease relative to demand. And it did… kinda. Since the halving, Bitcoin has gained 70 to 80 percent…

November 14, 2020
$3b DeFi protocol Uniswap (UNI) just had its first governance call: here’s how it went

Yesterday, holders of the UNI coin and other members of the DeFi ecosystem were invited to join an unofficial-though-important Uniswap governance call. The idea was to give stakeholders a chance to talk about Uniswap’s governance structure, along with discussing important matters like the UNI liquidity mining program set to end next week. Here are some…

November 14, 2020
Bitcoin Cash Might Split Again This Weekend. This Is Why (And How)

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) might split again this weekend. The Bitcoin ABC software client forked away from the Bitcoin protocol in mid-2017 to form a cryptocurrency of its own: Bitcoin Cash. Since then, Bitcoin Cash has deployed a backwards-incompatible hard fork upgrade every six months, requiring a network-wide upgrade across all Bitcoin Cash clients. While most…

November 13, 2020
Impending CME gap close could propel Bitcoin price to $18,000

Bitcoin bulls are aiming to close the overhead CME gap in order to create a path to $18,000.

November 12, 2020
The crypto fund that has been shorting Chainlink (LINK) since $5 has returned

Months ago, a Twitter account called “Zeus Capital” was registered, along with a respective web page. Zeus Capital claimed to be a cryptocurrency hedge fund with knowledge that could send the price of Chainlink (LINK) to $0.07. At the time the fund began slinging accusations of fraud, LINK traded for $4-5. Zeus Capital expected a…

November 12, 2020