Bitcoin (BTC) remains a slave of the U.S. dollar on April 27 as the greenback spells fresh misery for risk assets across the board. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView BTC faces off with the support zone to hold Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed a precarious picture …
Read More »Ethereum Revisits $2.8K, Why Upsides Might Be Limited
Ethereum started another decline from the $3,030 resistance against the US Dollar. ETH even spiked below $2,800 and currently attempting an upside correction. Ethereum started a major decline below the $2,950 and $2,860 support levels. The price is now trading below $2,950 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There …
Read More »Can Terra blockchain sustain its growth? Research report digs deeper
Cointelegraph Research fundamentally evaluates Terra in its 50-page report to provide an in-depth analysis of its recent updates, including Columbus-5, the Bitcoin (BTC) acquisition and others. Decentralized algorithmic stablecoins, blockchain integration in real-world payments and 20% APYs on decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols — what is all of this, and is …
Read More »GEMS Esports 3.0 Platform to Launch TGE on Top Launchpad – Seedify
[HONG KONG, April 22, 2022] – Looking into the second quarter of 2022, GEMS is excited to announce its next great step. We will be launching on three launchpads in the coming weeks, including Seedify, a blockchain gaming-focused incubator and launchpad ecosystem. GEMS, the combination of GameFi, Esports, Metaverse and …
Read More »Sustainable energy usage for BTC mining grows nearly 60% in a year
Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies are further adopting green energy as the global Bitcoin mining industry increased its sustainable energy mix by approximately 59% year over year. The Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) is group of 44 Bitcoin mining companies claiming to represent 50% of the global Bitcoin network, or 100.9 exahash …
Read More »OpenSea top-10 NFT projects soar as new liquidity enters the market
Spring is here and with it came a new found awakening for nonfungible tokens (NFTs). In the last week of March, total sales volume rallied to $20 billion, but this metric took a dive from mid April to $17.6 billion. However, on April 16, the newly landed Moonbirds NFT, pumped …
Read More »What is impermanent loss and how to avoid it?
The difference between the LP tokens’ value and the underlying tokens’ theoretical value if they hadn’t been paired leads to IL. Let’s look at a hypothetical situation to see how impermanent/temporary loss occurs. Suppose a liquidity provider with 10 ETH wants to offer liquidity to a 50/50 ETH/USDT pool. They’ll …
Read More »Looking to take out a crypto loan? Here’s what you need to know
Loans based on cryptocurrencies have become a mainstay of the decentralized finance (DeFi) universe ever since the smart contract-based lending/borrowing platforms began offering the service to crypto users. The Ethereum network, the first blockchain that scaled the smart contract functionality, sees most of the total value locked (TVL) on DeFi …
Read More »Increased adoption of Metaverse NFTs will power the next NFT growth cycle
Metaverses and blue-chip nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are the driving forces behind the dramatic growth in the NFT market. Projects like the Bored Apes, Crypto Punks, Azuki, Clone X and Doodles collections have steadily attracted collectors’ interest in the past year. As a result, these NFT projects have helped the NFT …
Read More »Bitcoin funding rates show demand to short BTC as $40K becomes resistance
Bitcoin (BTC) consolidated under $40,000 on April 23 as market expectations favored further losses. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView “Extreme fear” accompanies Bitcoin’s descent to $39,200 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed a bearish BTC/USD after the pair touched $39,200 on Friday’s Wall Street open. Falling in …
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