The cryptocurrency ecosystem has seen a tremendous amount of growth over the past couple of years, as the introduction of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the popularity of nonfungible tokens (NFT) have led to an explosion of projects on more than a dozen blockchain networks. The rapidly growing ecosystem means investors have to keep track of multiple wallet addresses, making portfolio trackers a popular option for traders needing to manage a diverse multichain portfolio. Here are three portfolio-tracking decentralized applications, or DApps, crypto traders can use to help monitor their investments. Zapper Zapper supports the basic management of cryptocurrencies held on …

The U.S. equity markets and Bitcoin (BTC) have rebounded sharply from their Feb. 24 lows while gold has made a retreat from its recent highs. This indicates that investors may be buying risky assets and reducing exposure to assets perceived as a safe haven. Recent reports also suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin may send a delegation to negotiate with Ukraine and this raises hope that the conflict could end sooner than analysts expect. Some analysts believe that the U.S. Federal Reserve may not raise rates aggressively in March due to the geopolitical situation. Allianz chief economic advisor Mohamed El-Erian …

A rebound rally in the Terra (LUNA) market this week risks exhaustion as the price retests a key trendline for a potential pullback. Descending channel risks LUNA decline LUNA has been trending lower inside a falling channel—made up of two parallel descending trendlines—since December 2021. In doing so, the Terra token typically tests the lower trendline as support for a rebound to the upper trendline, as shown in the chart below. Similarly, a pullback from the upper trendline sends the price to the lower trendline. For now, LUNA looks poised to repeat the correction move, taking further cues from its …

Bitcoin (BTC) kept $40,000 in play at the Wall Street open on Feb. 25 after 16% daily gains increased bulls' confidence. Whales "leading the charge" towards $40,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD circling the $39,000 mark at the start of trading Friday, geopolitical turmoil failing to induce a fresh major sell-off. Stocks also benefited as the week came to a close, with Germany's DAX up 3% on the day and the FTSE 100 up 4% in London. Signals from the Russia-Ukraine conflict provided an additional boost, with the prospect of talks being raised by Ukrainian president …

The world’s most popular sport suffered an own goal as European clubs canceled their partnerships with Bitci, a Turkish crypto exchange. However, plenty of substitute crypto companies are on the bench, ready to bring crypto to the mainstream through soccer. Growing yet unclear cryptocurrency regulations in Turkey have reportedly hampered the company’s ability to make payments, leading to a lack of confidence among major soccer clubs. Portugal’s Sporting CP, the green-and-white-striped footballers famed for being the club where Cristiano Ronaldo cut his teeth, whereas Italian club Spezia, play in Italy’s Serie A, have also canceled their partnership with Bitci. The …

Crypto markets are taking a beating but there are still a few standout performers even during this week's volatility. One sector that has managed to rise above the noise are NFT-related altcoins and GameFi tokens. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and CoinMarket Cap shows that three notable gainers over the past 48-hours were Voxies (VOXEL), Smooth Love Potion (SLP) and MyNeighborAlice (ALICE). Voxie Tactics launches its marketplace VOXEL is the native utility currency of Voxie Tactics, a free-to-play, 3-dimensional, role-playing game that combines the classic look of the popular tactical games of the 1990s and 2000s with modern game mechanics. …

Global financial markets and crypto markets were pummeled over the past 24-hours as the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces sent investors scrambling and sell-offs took place across most asset classes. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) hit a low of $34,333 in the early trading hours on Feb. 24, shortly after the Ukraine incursion began, and has since climbed its way back to $38,500 after an unexpected short-squeeze may have rapped bearish investors on the knuckles. Here’s a look at what several analysts are saying about BTC price and how the …

Seemingly frustrated by the amount of ‘meme coin’ spammers flooding his Twitter threads, Billy Markus, the founder of the Dogecoin (DOGE), blasted the crypto shillers through a series of tweets. Markus recounts how DOGE was originally created more than eight years ago as a true meme that pokes fun at “idiotic coins.” However, the creator points out that today’s meme coins are not memes anymore. “They’re made by people trying to get rich off of other people trying to get rich,” wrote Markus. satire has some mildly clever elements to it. jokes are funny. spam advertising, lying about who is …

On Wednesday, decentralized finance, or DeFi, detective @zachxbt published a long thread about TreasureDAO's frontend engineer Just Cheese, or JC, and his alleged past involvement in several nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, projects. According to its whitepaper, TreasureDAO is a "decentralized NFT ecosystem on Arbitrum that is built specifically for metaverse projects." Listed projects use the ecosystem's native token MAGIC for transactions, with TreasureDAO governing the emission of MAGIC. As told by zachxbt, the story began when JC shared his wallet address in the TreasureDAO discord last November. The DeFi detective then claimed to have backtraced a key series of inflows, …

Bitcoin (BTC) and several altcoins have bounced off their immediate support levels after buyers attempted to arrest the current decline. Bloomberg Senior Commodity Strategist Mike McGlone highlighted in a recent Tweet that Bitcoin was trading roughly 20% below its 50-week moving average and such discounted levels have “often resulted in good price support.” The bearish price action of the past few days does not seem to have deterred the institutional traders from accumulating at lower levels. According to CoinShares’ Feb. 22 “Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly” report, institutional investors pumped about $89 million into Bitcoin funds between Feb. 14 and …

The rise of community-oriented blockchain security companies may be making it more difficult for alleged bad actors to get away without a trace. Early Wednesday, CertiK issued a community alert regarding Flurry Finance, where its smart contracts were allegedly breached by hackers, leading to $293,000 worth of funds being stolen. Shortly after the incident, CertiK published the wallet addresses of the alleged perpetrator, the address of the malicious token contract, and a PancakeSwap pair address allegedly involved in the attack, leading to a warning issued on BscScan. While the firm audited the project's smart contracts, it appears that the exploit …

Avalanche (AVAX) rallied by around 20% in the last two days as a new report revealed millions of dollars flowing into AVAX-based investment products. Penned by CoinShares, an institutional crypto fund manager, the report highlighted that Avalanche-based investment vehicles attracted about $25 million in the week ending Feb. 21, the second-biggest inflow recorded in the said period after Bitcoin's (BTC) $89 million. In contrast, Ether (ETH), Avalanche's top rival in the smart contracts sector, witnessed an outflow totaling $15 million. On the whole, Avalanche and similar cryptocurrency investment products attracted around $109 million, recording their fifth week of positive inflows …