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Here’s How High One Trader Expects Bitcoin to Climb Before Forming a Top

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Time Stamp: August 16, 2020 12:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin faced yet another $12,000 rejection yesterday that caused the cryptocurrency’s price to reel down towards $11,700 This level appears to have been established as support, as buyers ardently defended against any break below it It now appears that the crypto’s short-term technical outlook remains unchanged, as BTC is still consolidating within the upper-$11,000 region As for where it may go next, one analyst explained that he is looking towards $13,000 as a near-term target He does note that the visit to this level may mark a mid-term top for

Two Attacks on ETC Network Leave Community Needing a Solution, Fast

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Time Stamp: August 16, 2020 9:15 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Ethereum Classic, a 2016 hard fork from Ethereum’s main blockchain, has suffered multiple concerning network attacks over the last two years. Two such attacks occurred within a seven-day span, totaling millions of dollars in losses. With the dust settling from the two 51% attacks, further details are now coming forward, as provided by a number of industry experts.“There is no debate about the attacks,” ETC Labs CEO Terry Culver told Cointelegraph on Aug. 7, answering a question on whether or not the network difficulties were in fact 51% attacks. “Community

Bitcoin ‘Whale Clusters’ Show $14K as Pivotal for BTC Price Bull Run

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Time Stamp: August 16, 2020 8:35 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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David Puell, an on-chain analyst, laid out several key data points on Aug. 16 based on the past 4-year cycle of Bitcoin (BTC). Data show that the $14,000 level is a crucial price point for Bitcoin due to whale clusters.According to Puell, whale clusters show many large buyers bought in the $9,000 to $12,000 range. Whales that bought at $9,000 are seeing relatively high profits, and those that bought the top are at a breakeven point.The clusters could result in a volatile price action where buyers and sellers aggressively try

Record Ethereum Network Use and Gas Fees Pose Risk to DeFi Expansion

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Time Stamp: August 15, 2020 5:31 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The number of Ethereum network transactions more than doubled in 2020 and is now virtually identical to the January 2018 all-time high. As shown on the chart below, the number of transactions doubled in the past six months to stand at 1.23 million per day. Ethereum 7-day average daily transactions. Source: CoinMetricsThis situation might seem very bullish at first, but one must remember both EOS and Tron (TRX) started as ERC-20 tokens before launching their own mainnet and running fully independent blockchains.A similar chain migration is happening on Tether’s USDT, a stablecoin

Could Buffett’s Change in Gold Strategy Move Him Toward Bitcoin?

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Time Stamp: August 15, 2020 2:59 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Warren Buffett’s investment firm Berkshire Hathaway Group has invested in gold production for the first time ever. The firm purchased 20.9 million shares of Barrick Gold Corp., one of the larger producers of gold. The purchase reflects the growing investment move into store-of-value (SOV) assets like Gold, Silver, and Bitcoin. Inflation, economic struggles, and treasury yield curves have left the dollar weak. Buffet’s Big Policy Reversal The purchase reveals a substantial change in Buffett’s investment strategy. The so-called ‘Oracle of Omaha’ has been a strong advocate against purchasing the precious

Samsung Phone Support for Gemini Exchange Can Further Crypto Adoption

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Time Stamp: August 15, 2020 4:30 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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In a major new partnership, Samsung has announced that the Samsung Blockchain Wallet will be integrated with Gemini, a New York-based crypto exchange. This integration will allow owners of newer Samsung Galaxy phones to not only use their devices as cold storage wallets but to buy and sell crypto via the Gemini exchange as well.Samsung is the global leader in the smartphone market, with 298.1 million units shipped and a 21.8% market share in 2019, according to tech analytic firm Canalys. Adding support for Gemini will lower the barrier to

Analysts Are Expecting Chainlink (LINK) to Pull Back After Parabolic Advance

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Time Stamp: August 15, 2020 12:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Chainlink (LINK) has been embroiled in a parabolic rally in recent weeks. The asset has gained hundreds of percent since the March capitulation lows. Chainlink could undergo a correction as technical signals suggest that the asset is overbought. There are also on-chain signals that show LINK investors are hesitant to believe the rally will continue. What may boost the asset’s bull case, though, is an increasing number of short position holders. This increases the likelihood of a “short squeeze” that will transpire, pushing prices higher once again. Chainlink Could See

Cryptocurrency News Roundup for August 14, 2020

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Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 4:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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In a polarising move that has drawn mixed reaction from the company’s user-base, cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX announced today that it’s making KYC verification mandatory on the platform. The noises surrounding the move are hardly surprising given that privacy and easy-registration were two of the primary factors that contributed to the exchange’s growing popularity. Some BitMEX users are, however, in favor of the decision as it may help the exchange improve its security and appeal to would-be customers. All said and done, the u-turn into a conventional exchange underlines the impact

Yam Finance Proposes Migration Plan After Rebase Failure Fiasco

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Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 3:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Fresh from the failure of an attempted rebasing, Yam Finance is looking to engineer a migration to a new version of the protocol. Despite the initial hype that greeted its launch as the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) sensation, the project soon ran into trouble. A bug discovered in the rebasing contract meant inflation in YAM token minting. Yam Rescue, Take Two: Migration Yam Finance announced the proposal for the migration via a blog post on its Medium page on Friday. According to the statement issued, the move, if approved, will

$12K Bitcoin Price in Sight as Retail, Institutional Traders Turn ‘Greedy’

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Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 12:14 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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After recovering 6.3% from a drop to $11,200 on Aug. 11, Bitcoin (BTC) price appears to be gearing up for a third run on the $12K mark. This comes after a week of bullish news which included Nasdaq-listed investment firm MicroStrategy purchasing 21,454 BTC as protection against the weakening U.S. dollar, Coinbase exchange offering Bitcoin-backed loans, and the revelation that BlackRock and Vanguard are major holders of MicroStrategy shares.Cryptocurrency daily market performance snapshot. Source: Coin360The increasingly bullish sentiment extends across the entire crypto sector and proof of this comes from altcoins

Analyst: Bitcoin Likely to Tap $10,000 Unless Bulls Spark Strong Movement

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Time Stamp: August 13, 2020 2:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin has been oscillating between the lower and mid-$11,000 region throughout the past few days This rocky price action comes close on the heels of the harsh rejection at $12,000 that it posted this past weekend The cryptocurrency will likely continue struggling to garner any momentum as long as hovers below the upper-$11,000 region, which is where it faces some resistance Analysts do believe that some near-term downside could be imminent in the days and weeks ahead One trader is setting his sights on a move towards $10,000 Bitcoin and

TRON and Waves Tap Gravity to Connect Their Blockchains

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Time Stamp: August 13, 2020 12:29 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Blockchain projects TRON and Waves have inked a strategic partnership with the aim of achieving mass adoption of inter-chain DeFi. The landmark inter-chain initiative owes a debt to Gravity, the decentralized blockchain-agnostic oracle network that facilitated the integration. When Chains Collide TRON and Waves use completely different smart contract languages, the former having been written in Solidity and the latter using Ride. To bring the pair onto the same page, Gravity’s interoperable oracle queries data on each chain, thereby enabling the ecosystems to increase access to services for both user