Bitcoin (BTC) available on exchanges is about to hit its lowest levels ever, the latest data shows. As noted by Ki Young Ju, CEO of on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant, exchange reserves have returned to all-time lows last seen in early May. Time for another Bitcoin “sell-side liquidity crisis?” As of Thursday, the latest date for which figures are available, there was 2.399 million BTC available across major exchanges. May’s low measured 2.390 million. Bitcoin traders have thus reversed a deposit trend that ensued during the mid-May price upheaval, which points to a clear return to an investment-focused — not speculation-focused …

Bitcoin (BTC) ranged below a critical weekly close target on Friday as analysis warned its multi-week uptrend was in danger. BTC price lags $1,500 below crucial level Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD trading at around $46,000 Friday after rejecting near $47,450 the day before. That level marks the lower bound of Bitcoin’s uptrend on the weekly chart, one that has continued since mid-July. Now, BTC/USD needs to reclaim it, trader and analyst Rekt Capital said, in order to preserve that trend. #BTC bounces from Weekly support (blue) However, it is still below the black Weekly Higher …

Real-world adoption is what really matters when it comes to being a successful blockchain project and one project that benefited from a recent uptick in adoption is Algorand (ALGO), a pure proof-of-stake protocol aiming to become the go-to base layer for the global financial industry. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that since bottoming out at $0.67 on July 20, the price of ALGO has rocketed 268% to a daily high at $2.47 on Sept. 9 as its 24-hour trading volume surged to a record-high $4.83 billion. El Salvador builds on Algorand The sudden surge in price and …

Fantom’s FTM asset has been one of the top trending tokens of the week, and it barely noticed Bitcoin’s midweek swoon that halted many altcoin rallies. Despite Bitcoin (BTC) dropping below $43,000, FTM added 114% in U.S. dollar terms and 127% in its BTC pair over the last seven days. FTM’s monthly stats look even more impressive, with nearly 500% growth against both benchmarks. While it is par for the course for altcoins to rally when Bitcoin consolidates, FTM’s price movement is completely asymmetrical to most of its peers. Let’s investigate what’s behind the record-breaking run and whether there is …

On Sept. 9, bulls made a strong showing as Algorand (ALGO) and Solana (SOL) each steamrolled to new highs even as Bitcoin (BTC) continues to flounder under the $47,000 mark. The strong performance from the altcoins gives further credence to the argument that the market is in an "altseason," a phase that is typically characterized by surging altcoin prices when BTC is range-bound. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the biggest gainers over the past 24 hours were Presearch (PRE), Frontier (FRONT) and Algorand (ALGO). Presearch integrates Wyre into its marketplace Presearch, a blockchain-based decentralized search protocol, …

The nonfungible token (NFT) sector has seen an explosion of interest all throughout 2021 and the month of August witnessed record-breaking trading volumes as one-of-a-kind digital collectibles sold for prices in excess of $1 million dollars on a regular basis. As is usually the case in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hot sectors can cool down in the span of mere hours or days and this appears to be the case for the NFT sector. According to data from Dune Analytics, the total volume of NFTs traded on the top NFT marketplaces has seen a significant decline since Sept. 2 and the …

“The Market Report” with Cointelegraph is live right now! Tune in to watch Cointelegraph host and analyst Benton Yaun alongside resident market experts Jordan Finneseth and Yashu Gola. Today’s menu: the dramatic Bitcoin (BTC) price flash crash to $43,000 on Tuesday. What caused the crash? Was it market manipulation, leverage liquidations, El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law, the SEC going after Coinbase — or a combination of these factors? This week’s markets news segment will break down the latest news and research to find out. Next up, Gola and Finneseth will do a dive deep on the most important factors driving the …

A high-flying Solana (SOL) refused to land even in the face of a brutal sell-off in the cryptocurrency market on Tuesday. Two days later, the price of SOL rebounded to another new all-time high. The SOL/USD exchange rate averted a big pullback over the previous 48 hours and reached $217 for the first time in history. The pair’s ability to sustain bearish pressure underscored investors’ growing interest in Solana’s blockchain as an emerging rival to Ethereum, a public ledger currently leading the decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible token (NFT) sector boom. “The SOL outperformance in the market recently is more …

Bitcoin (BTC) volatility is again overdue, and one analyst is favoring an “impulsive” move toward $50,000. Trader: “Chill and wait” for Bitcoin breakout Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD continuing to circle $46,000 on Thursd as an eerie calm lingered over the market. Tuesday saw mass upheaval as a cascade of unwound positions sparked a huge $9,000 daily loss for Bitcoin, something analysts have since pinned on overleveraged traders. While the event’s lows of $42,800 have not been retested, a breakdown is not off the cards, popular trader Crypto Ed says. “Looks like a bullish pennant to …

A sharp sell-off across the cryptocurrency market on Tuesday — that saw top tokens Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL) fall by double-digital percentages — created a venue for stablecoins to prove their worth. The fixed-price cryptocurrencies offered interim protection to traders from the notorious crypto price volatility. They did so by almost maintaining their one dollar-peg and offering sufficient liquidity to traders who looked for a safety net during the market decline. Blockchain analytics service CryptoQuant reported dramatic spikes in stablecoin transfers as the cryptocurrency market capitalizati fell from $2.38 trillion to $2.103 trillion on Tuesday. …

Airdrops have been a fan-favorite in the cryptocurrency ecosystem for years because they offer projects a way to reward early adopters and increase token distribution. The latest project to surprise its community of supporters with retroactive rewards for its newly minted token is dYdX, a non-custodial decentralized derivatives exchange that operates on a layer-two version of the Ethereum network. Data from CoinGecko shows that on its first day of trading live in the markets, DYDX is trading at a price of $10.28 at the time of writing after hitting an intra-day high at $14.24. The number of tokens received by …

Analysts are attributing Bitcoin’s (BTC) plunge on Sept. 7 to the liquidation of over-leveraged positions. According to Bybt data, about $3.68 billion worth of long positions were liquidated in the last 24 hours in the Bitcoin options market. On-chain monitoring resource Whalemap said the decline was largely due to selling by whales who had bought their Bitcoin recently and not by the HODLers. Separately, analyst Willy Woo also said: “Leverage markets sold off but investor buying just got stronger.” Every bull market has its share of corrections where weaker hands are shaken out and the stronger hands solidify their position. …