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ALGO price in danger of 25% correction despite Algorand–FIFA partnership hype
Algorand (ALGO) prices rallied higher on May 3 after becoming FIFA's official blockchain solution provider. Nonetheless, the ALGO/USD pair continues to face selloff risks. High-profile partnership ALGO's price jumped 20% to $0.74, its highest level since April 22. Its move upside came as a part of a broader rebound that started April 30, gaining 37.5% in just three days of trading. As visible in the chart above, a large portion of the ALGO's upside move took cues from FIFA's announcement. Late on May 2, the official football governing body revealed that it had teamed up with Algorand to develop its …
Markets / May 3, 2022
Ethereum risks 35% drop by June with ETH price confirming ‘ascending triangle’ fakeout
Ethereum's native token Ether (ETH) faces the possibility of a 35% price correction in Q2 as it comes closer to breaking below its "ascending triangle" pattern. ETH price breakdown ahead? Ether's price swung between profits and losses on May 2 while trading around $2,825, showing indecisiveness among traders about their next bias. Interestingly, the Ethereum token wobbled in the proximity of a rising trendline that constitutes an ascending triangle pattern in conjunction with a horizontal line resistance. To recap, ascending triangles are typically continuation patterns. That being said, Ether's price was trending lower before forming its ascending triangle, raising its …
Markets / May 2, 2022
Bitcoin whale holdings at 7-month highs despite warnings of BTC price crash to $20K
Bitcoin (BTC) prices could drop by 20% in the next few months, but that has not deterred its richest investors from stacking. The amount of Bitcoin held by "unique entities" with a balance of at least 1,000 BTC, or so-called "whales," has increased to its best levels since September 2021, data on Glassnode shows. Interestingly, the number in the past week grew despite Bitcoin's price decline from $43,000 to around $38,000. Marcus Sotiriou, an analyst at GlobalBlock, a U.K.-based digital asset broker, considered the latest spike in Bitcoin whale holdings as a bullish indicator, recalling a similar move in September …
Bitcoin / April 29, 2022
Altcoins sell-off as Bitcoin price drops to its ‘macro level support’ at $38K
The cryptocurrency market and wider global financial markets fell under pressure on April 26 after the hype surrounding Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter began to fade and concerns about the state of the global economy took the forefront again. Tech-related stocks were some of the hardest-hit assets on April 26 and this pullback was followed by sharp declines in crypto prices as risk assets become persona non grata in these turbulent markets. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that after holding support at $40,500 through the early trading hours on April 26, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dumped …
Blockchain / April 26, 2022
Solana's STEPN hits record high as GMT price skyrockets 34,000% in over a month
STEPN (GMT), a so-called "move-to-earn" token using the Solana (SOL) blockchain, has soared incredibly since its market debut in March. GMT's price jumped from $0.01 on March 9 to a record high of $3.45 on April 19 — a 34,000% upside move in just 41 days (data from Binance). Its massive uptrend appeared primarily due to the hype surrounding decentralized finance (DeFi) projects that reward users in tokens for staying active. For instance, the prices of GMT and its top rivals, including Genopets (GENE) and dotmoovs (MOOV), exploded massively on a 24-hour adjusted timeframe, data on CoinGecko shows. Nonetheless, STEPN …
Markets / April 19, 2022
Terra price key support level breaks after 30% weekly drop — more pain for LUNA ahead?
Terra (LUNA) price slid on April 11 as a broader correction across crypto assets added to the uncertainties concerning its token burning mechanism. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) led to a decline in the rest of the cryptocurrency market, with LUNA's price dropping by over 8% to nearly $91.50, and about 30% from its record high of $120, set on April 6. The overall drop tailed similar moves in the U.S. stock market after the Federal Reserve last week signaled its intentions to raise interest rates and shrink balance sheets sharply to curb rising inflation. Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of …
Markets / April 11, 2022
Axie Infinity sees 'no signs of buyers' as AXS price tumbles 30% in two weeks
Axie Infinity (AXS) price has fallen by nearly 30% two weeks after losing $625 million to a hacking incident involving its play-to-earn gaming platform's underlying blockchain, the Ronin Network. AXS/USD dropped to $46.69 on Monday, its lowest level since March 16, signaling a dampening buying sentiment among traders and investors following the hacking incident. Independent market analyst TJ asserted that there is "no sign of buyers" even with the price entering areas with a history of attracting accumulators. For instance, AXS broke below the demand zone that TJ highlighted as a potential inflection point during the weekend, a move that …
Markets / April 11, 2022
Solana risks 35% price crash with SOL price chart 'megaphone' pattern
Solana (SOL) risks crashing 35% in the coming days as it comes closer to painting a so-called "megaphone" pattern. SOL price "megaphone" pattern In detail, megaphone setups consist of a minimum of lower lows and two higher highs and form during a period of high market volatility. But generally, these patterns consist of five consecutive swings, with the final one typically acting as a breakout signal. SOL has been sketching a similar pattern since the beginning of 2022, with the coin undergoing a pullback after testing the megaphone's upper trendline near $140 as resistance — the fourth wing. As a …
Markets / April 9, 2022
WAVES price crashes 50% in one week — watch these support levels next
Waves (WAVES) lost around half its value in April so far and risks further correction due to weakening technical and fundamental factors. WAVES price risks another 30% decline WAVES dropped from nearly $64 on March 31 to around $27.50 on April 7 — down by over 55%. As it fell, the WAVES/USD pair also broke below a key support confluence, hinting further correction. Notably, the confluence comprises WAVES' 50-day exponential moving average (50-day EMA; the red wave) and the 61.8% Fib line of the Fibonacci retracement graph — drawn from $64-swing high to $8.34-swing low. Now broken, they suggest that …
Bitcoin Price / April 7, 2022
Elon Musk's Twitter investment puts a 150% rally into play for Dogecoin
Dogecoin (DOGE) continues its rebound move four weeks after bottoming near $0.10 and is now promising more upside moves in Q2/2022. Dogecoin price nears two-month highs DOGE's price had risen by nearly 6.5% week-to-date to $0.15 a token. The coin's recent gains surfaced after Elon Musk disclosed his $3-billion stake in Twitter on Monday, reiterating his influence on its market. Musk has been a big supporter of the Dogecoin community, including his decision to accept DOGE payments at his company Tesla's online merchandise store. As Cointelegraph reported, Musk’s investment could help push Twitter’s crypto initiatives forward and even see DOGE …
Markets / April 5, 2022
Terra LUNA hits new all-time high after 100% rebound from 2022 lows — Correction ahead?
Terra (LUNA) rose to its best level to date on March 29 as the Luna Foundation Guard's (LFG) plans to increase its Bitcoin (BTC) reserves eased anxiety about the impact of an increasingly hawkish Federal Reserve and the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war on crypto markets. LUNA price hits new record high above $106 LUNA's price breached above the previous record high of $106.29 by minuscule margins, reversing the losses incurred during the selloff between December 2021 and January 2022. The latest price rally pushed Terra token's net capitalization crossed $37.17 billion, now making up 1.76% of the entire crypto market, compared …
Markets / March 29, 2022
Bitcoin to $58K next? A 2019-like 'reversal ascending triangle' hints at more upside for BTC
A sharp reversal in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) out of an otherwise bearish technical setup has raised its chances of reaching $58,000 in Q2. Bitcoin price bottoming out? On the daily timeframe, Bitcoin broke out of its ascending triangle on March 27 to the upside, bringing the much-anticipated level of $50,000 within its range. Interestingly, ascending triangles are continuation patterns, meaning they typically resolve by sending the price in the direction of its previous trend once it breaks out of their tightening range. Bitcoin, which was trending downwards before forming an ascending triangle, avoided further downside. Instead, it managed …
Bitcoin / March 28, 2022