Category: Price Watch
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History shows Ethereum’s mid-term uptrend isn’t over despite 30% pullback
Ethereum has been hit hard by the recent market-wide downturn, with the retrace seen by the decentralized finance sector likely being the main suspect behind this weakness. The cryptocurrency rallied up towards $500 earlier this month, marking a massive extension of the uptrend that started in mid-March when it plummeted beneath $100. Over the past…
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Hype is growing about the “v3” upgrade for Ethereum DeFi’s leading app, Uniswap
Hands down, Uniswap is one of the most important decentralized apps on Ethereum. The decentralized exchange, which operates on an automated market maker system, has rapidly become the biggest consumer of gas on the blockchain. Uniswap regularly processes over 100,000 trades that contain hundreds of millions in volume each day. Even still, Uniswap has room…
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Yearn.finance (YFI) yields are plunging: is this a risk for the Ethereum DeFi darling?
It’s fair to say that it’s been a slow past few weeks for the decentralized finance space. Due to a confluence of trends including but not limited to DeFi becoming crowded, venture capital firms launching “industrial-scale farms,” and Ethereum-based coins dropping, the yields offered through the top “farms” have plunged. Case in point: Yearn.finance‘s yCRV/yUSD…
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CEO: Dropping whale inflows positive for Bitcoin, lifeline for DeFi market?
According to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju, Bitcoin whale inflows are decreasing. The drop in whale activity suggests high-net-worth investors are not currently selling large amounts of BTC. For decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens that have been underperforming, it could serve as a lifeline. In the past week, both major and small-cap DeFi tokens have struggled…
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Uniswap locks up $1.79 billion two days after token launch, UNI surges to $7.50
Decentralized exchange Uniswap has locked up a staggering $1.79 billion in total assets just two days after the launch of UNI, its native governance token. Uniswap shows who is boss As per data on DeFi Pulse, Uniswap liquidity pools now lock up over 2.4 million ETH alone, with other assets combining to make a total…
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Here’s how Nasdaq-listed MicroStrategy went about buying $175m in Bitcoin
MicroStrategy has become the poster child of mainstream Bitcoin adoption amongst corporations. It is the only publicly listed company to turn towards BTC as a reserve asset to store their capital in. Their announcement last month regarding their decision to ditch the US Dollar in favor of BTC to store their capital was a big…
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This crypto VC giant just threw its weight behind DeFi’s Yearn.finance (YFI)
Despite pulling back by 25 percent from its all-time high of $44,000, Yearn.finance (YFI) remains an integral part of the Ethereum decentralized finance narrative. So much so that a prominent venture and hedge fund in the space announced that they recently threw their weight behind the protocol. YFI is valued at over $1 billion, making…
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Bitcoin volume profile shows major demand for BTC is building
Bitcoin’s price action has done little to offer investors with insight into its mid-term trend, as the cryptocurrency has formed a massive trading range between $10,000 and $12,000 throughout the past few weeks. While zooming in and looking at BTC’s short-term trend, it does appear that the crypto is well-positioned to see some upside, as…
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Bitcoin futures volumes on US exchange Bakkt hits record
Bakkt, the fully-regulated institutional US exchange for cryptocurrencies, reported the highest-ever volume for its Bitcoin futures product yesterday, after several dismal months. The demand came on the back of enterprise software firm MicroStrategy stating it scooped up an additional $175 million in Bitcoin yesterday. Record day for Bakkt Bakkt said it traded over $200 million…
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After predicting a $2,000 drop, a top on-chain analyst is now bullish on Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s recent correction that brought it from the $12,000 highs to $9,800 didn’t catch all analysts off guard. In late August, approximately 10 days before everything began trending lower, on-chain and technical analyst Willy Woo said that the “next move is [likely to be] bearish,” referencing the high-$9,000s as a likely landing point for BTC.…