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Ethereum Classic (ETC) Struggles to Overcome $7.50 Resistance

Ethereum Classic (ETC) is currently making another attempt at breaking out above $7.50, something it has struggled to do since May. The price action and a variety of technical indicators suggest that ETC will be successful in breaking out.   Ethereum Classic Long-Term Support Levels ETC has been following an ascending support line since November 2018 and has validated it four times since. Since April 2020, ETC has also made several breakout attempts above the $7.50 resistance area, which is the 0.382 Fib retracement level of the most recent downward

Bitcoin Consolidates Below $24,000 After Bullish Weekend Rally

The Bitcoin (BTC) price has reached a bullish weekly close well above the previous long-term resistance area. BTC is currently consolidating just below $24,000 and is expected to break out once more.   Bitcoin Long-Term Movement During the week of Dec 14-21, BTC created a massive bullish candlestick, convincingly breaking through the $19,500 area to reach a high of $24,295. BTC is now in price discovery, having no resistances left to clear above the current price. Technical indicators are still bullish, despite showing that the rally is extremely overbought. BTC

Massive Ledger Data Leak Increases SIM Swapping Threat

Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has suffered another massive data breach for the second time this year. The exposure of thousands of clients’ personal information has increased the threat of SIM swapping as an attack vector. For the second time this year, personal data from Ledger wallet buyers has been dumped online. The leak was posted by several members of the crypto community who found files allegedly containing the ‘full database’ of Ledger customers containing emails, phone numbers, and even physical addresses. Ledger Data Leaked (Again) Ledger played down the data

XRP Reverses and Pumps By Nearly 50%

While the XRP price has been decreasing since Nov. 24, it reversed its trend on Dec 16, at one point having increased by 50% in less than two days. XRP could correct towards $0.52 and is likely to resume its upward movement afterward. *Note – This article will mostly deal with the short-term movement that has been taking place over the past three days. For a longer-term analysis, please click here. Reversal Leads to Breakout XRP has been falling since Nov. 24, when it reached a high of $0.79. The

Cardano (ADA) Breakout Could Mean New Yearly Highs on the Horizon

The Cardano (ADA) price has been rejected by a long-term resistance level at $0.17. It has not reached a long-term close above this resistance since June 2018. As long as Cardano is trading inside this bullish structure, it is expected to break out and eventually be successful in finally moving above this resistance zone.   Long-Term Cardano Levels The ADA price has been increasing since March. It moved above the $0.095 resistance area in June, reaching a high of $0.171 before dropping in order to validate the $0.095 area as

Cryptocurrency News Roundup for August 18, 2020

Since the start of 2020, the net worth of assets locked in DeFi smart contracts have increased nearly 10x from $680 million to more than $6 billion. BeInCrypto covered it in-depth here, in case you missed it earlier. To bank in on that phenomenal growth and encourage greater cooperation among industry stakeholders, Huobi DeFi Lab has launched a new initiative called the Global DeFi Alliance. Several major players in the DeFi space have already joined the initiative to create a united front and pave the way for mainstream adoption in

Key Timing for Adoption? Crypto Goes Mainstream With TV, Newspaper Ads

Amid turbulent times for the world at large, the cryptocurrency space seems to be cruising on its own steam in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has put a major strain on economies around the world, and countries such as the United States have seen their central banks resort to extended quantitative easing in order to stimulate their financial ecosystems.Some analysts believe that this continual fiscal stimulus is part of the reason that the cryptocurrency market is enjoying relative success compared with its traditional financial counterparts.The likes of Anthony Pompliano, co-founder of

Weekly Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Market Analysis

Simon Peters, market analyst: Bitcoin Teases Us At $12,000  Suffice it to say, it was a busy week, with mixed performance in equity markets and odd – but not unpromising – movements for bitcoin. The FTSE All-Share index and the STOXX600 both recorded steady rises, while the S&P500, which started the week at 3,352, took a turn for the worse on Wednesday. After its drop to 3,335, it has since recovered to 3,372. Bitcoin broke through $12,000 on Monday, only to suffer a significant fall to $11,275 by Wednesday morning.

Cryptocurrency News Roundup for August 17, 2020

More than nine out of ten bitcoins in supply are currently in the money, meaning they have yielded a higher return-on-investment for their owners over time. And this profitability is not just confined to the alpha-crypto. According to new data from cryptocurrency analytics firm, IntoTheBlock, nearly 95% of all Chainlink (LINK) and 94% of all VeChain (VET) addresses are currently in profit. In fact, barring a few exceptions such as Litecoin (LTC), most of the major wallet-bound altcoins are earning sizeable profits for their holders. More on that and other

Coinbase‌ ‌to‌ ‌Offer‌‌ ‌Bitcoin-Backed‌‌ ‌‌Loans‌‌ ‌to‌ ‌US‌ ‌Customers | Bitcoin News Summary Aug 17, 2020

 Coinbase will allow U.S. retail customers to borrow fiat loans against as much as 30% of their bitcoin holdings. One of the largest and most regulated crypto exchanges is capping credit lines at $20,000 per customer and offering an interest rate of 8% for bitcoin-backed loans with terms of one year or less. Yam, a DeFi token, suffered a fatal Code flaw which saw about $750,000 worth of tokens get locked up permanently and irretrievably. The project launched on Tuesday and had already accumulated over half a billion Dollars