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Crypto Valley Roundup – Fall 2021

The Crypto Valley is known to be one of the most “crypto-friendly” regions in the world. But what specifically is happening within the Blockchain ecosystem? The “Crypto Valley Roundup” aims to provide insight and highlights from selected events every two months.Sponsored Sponsored With the first Blockchain companies settling in the area of Zug from 2013 onwards, the term “Crypto Valley” was soon born in reference to the “Silicon Valley”. Thanks to politics and regulation, Switzerland was able to create the necessary legal certainty for a flourishing ecosystem around Blockchain and

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Drifts Lower After Taproot Upgrade; Ether Drops

Good morning, Here’s what’s happening this morning: Market Moves: Bitcoin’s highly anticipated Taproot upgrade fails to produce any noticeable price pop. Technician’s take: Short-term upside appears to be limited given the loss of positive momentum. Catch the latest episodes of CoinDesk TV for insightful interviews with crypto industry leaders and analysis. Prices Bitcoin (BTC): $64,514 +0.4% Ether (ETH): $4,562 -1.7% Market moves Bitcoin was trading flat after Taproot, the blockchain’s biggest network upgrade in four years, went live. The upgrade, which took effect at 5:15 coordinated universal time (1:15 a.m.

Litecoin Is in a Deadlock, Unable to Breach $200 High

Nov 02, 2021 at 11:43 // News Litecoin (LTC) price is trading above the moving average but faces a rejection of the $200 high. Today, the LTC price has fallen to a low of $196. Buyers have been desperately trying to break above the resistance level since October 21. On the breakout on October 20, buyers pushed the altcoin to the high of $210, but were rejected. The LTC price dropped to $187 and corrected to the upside. The upward correction led to another decline on the downside. The market

Bitcoin Records Highest Monthly Close Ever, What’s Next for BTC?

Bitcoin closed the month of October at $61,343, which is its highest monthly close ever recorded. As Bitcoin Archive notes on Twitter, all-time high monthly closes are quite often a sign of more strength to come.  Bitcoin’s closing price was roughly 3% away from analyst PlanB’s floor price prediction of $63,000, though that level was already hit earlier in the month. PlanB is now shooting for $98,000 in November, or about a 58% gain over the next 30 days.  Some analysts are looking to previous bull markets to forecast what’s

Bitcoin Below $60K for the First Time in 10 Days – Should You Buy the Dip?

Bitcoin is below $60,000 for the first time in over 10 days after what many crypto investors saw as an anticlimactic break of all-time highs. After spending 6 months below its previous all-time high just short of $65,000, Bitcoin made it all the way back and managed to break $66,000 before losing steam. At the time of writing, BTC is trading just above $59,000.  Aside from a few select altcoins, almost the entire crypto market followed Bitcoin’s lead today by making a downward move. As is often the case, excess

DeFi Deep Dive — Covalent, Blockchain Data Unifier

One of the problems facing Web 3.0 is the unification of scattered decentralized networks. Covalent is addressing this issue. It gives developers access to smart contract data to survey the entire blockchain ecosystem.Sponsored Sponsored Covalent makes it easier for investors to glean insights and performance of digital assets. This is done through its unified API (application programming interface) that indexes blockchains. These range from NFTs to DeFi protocols. A brief history Ganesh Swami and Levi Aul started Covalent, expanding to a 35-person team. Across all personnel, they have extensive cumulative

Could ‘perverted’ CBDCs stop you from buying candy

NSA whistleblower and journalist Edward Snowden is known to comment on Bitcoin and crypto-adoption. However, in the latest issue of his newsletter, Continuing Ed, Snowden cited an article discussing whether the U.S could mint a platinum coin worth $1 trillion. In doing so, Snowden also spurred a discussion on centralized money, CBDCs, and their possible use case as surveillance tools. On banking, bitcoin, and the future of money: a response to a governor of the Federal Reserve, Christopher J. Waller.https://t.co/720SYvqzZM — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) October 9, 2021 To be or not to

Chainlink has high upside potential, but are there true entry points

With Bitcoin leading the market gains showing close to 16.90% weekly price rise, the rest of the market has stayed rather calm. While on the back of Bitcoin gains, the market seems to be witnessing a steady upward movement, most alts have failed to surprise the market. Chainlink, the 15th ranked alt by market cap, has also had a rather stagnant price action.  Nonetheless, while the alt’s long-term prospects looked appealing the market confidence around the alt seemed to be lacking, so where could LINK go from here? Classic case

Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC/USD Swings Above $55,000 Resistance

Bitcoin Price Prediction – October 6 The Bitcoin price restarts the uptrend after touching the daily low of $50,416 to hit the daily high of $55,416. BTC/USD Long-term Trend: Bullish (Daily Chart) Key levels: Resistance Levels: $60,000, $62,000, $64,000 Support Levels: $46,000, $44,000, $42,000 BTCUSD – Daily Chart BTC/USD looks green today as the price hovers above the resistance level of $54,000 from the low of $50,416. However, a daily close above the $55,000 level can continue to increase the Bitcoin price to $58,000. However, traders should note that a

Ripple Price Prediction: XRP/USD Touches $1.171 Resistance

Ripple Price Prediction – October 6 The Ripple price is improving as the coin is now facing up in an intraday zone above the moving averages. XRP/USD Market Key Levels: Resistance levels: $1.30, $1.35, $1.40 Support levels: $0.85, $0.80, $0.75 XRPUSD – Daily Chart XRP/USD is now hovering above the 9-day and 21-day moving averages amid global recovery on the cryptocurrency market. The Ripple price keeps improving as the coin touched the intraday high at $1.171 level. At the time of writing, XRP/USD is still warming up to gain more

Bitcoin Bulls Sustain Recent Rallies but Are Overwhelm Above $48,000 High

Oct 04, 2021 at 09:09 // News The Bitcoin (BTC) exchange rate has been on a positive run as the price broke out above the high of $48,000. Although buyers failed to sustain the bullish momentum above the $48,000 high, the BTC price fell back to support at $47,000. Since October 1, buyers have made a concerted effort to resume upside momentum, but the cryptocurrency faces rejection at the recent high. The bottom line is that bitcoin will continue to rise as long as the cryptocurrency's price remains above its