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Bullish Bitcoin Price Trend Intact Even After BTC Retests $11.4K Support

 Bitcoin (BTC) price swiftly fell to $11,322 after reaching a daily high at $11,909The drop came as U.S. jobless claims fell to $1.2 million but lawmakers inability to reach a deal on the next coronavirus stimulus package has worried some investorsDespite the pullback to the $11.4K support, Bitcoin price remains in an uptrend Crypto market daily price chart. Source: Coin360Earlier today Bitcoin (BTC) price abruptly dropped to $11,322 after topping out at $11,909.The mild correction came as U.S. jobless claims fell to 1.2 million and U.S. markets opened slightly in the

Why Toppling Silver and Gold Prices Could Be Especially Bad for Bitcoin

In March 2020, the stock market dragged cryptocurrencies down to their Black Thursday bottom. Since then, however, soaring gold and silver prices have helped restore interest in Bitcoin and altcoins. These hard, digitally scarce assets are expected to perform similarly to precious metals due to similar supply attributes. Still, it also could cause a disastrous crash in crypto as a result. Silver and Gold Rally Ready For Pullback And Dollar Stages Overdue Recovery The dollar has been in steady decline, with top financial market analysts from the likes of Goldman

MCO Price Spikes After Crypto.com Announces Token Merging

The Hong-Kong-based company Crypto.com announced a token swap program on Monday. All MCO token holders have until the 2nd of November 2020 to swap their MCO for CRO. The announcement catalyzed MCO trading volume and caused the price to surge. However, several users note some red flags around the whole merging process. Is this operation legit? Is it possible that there’s been insider trading? The Year of Crypto.com 2020 is proving to be very profitable for Crypto.com. As BeInCrypto reported not long ago, the CRO token has been one of

Weekend Market Action Signals DeFi-Driven Bull Market Has Arrived

This weekend’s epic crypto market momentum has been a remnant of the volatile action witnessed in late 2017. Ethereum has been in the driver’s seat, but instead of the ICO-saturated market of yesteryear, DeFi platforms are now dominating the sector in 2020. Cryptocurrency markets have reached their highest levels this year in terms of total market capitalization. Trouncing February’s highs of $300 billion, the total market cap surged to $360 billion this past Sunday. The figure has yet to top the 2019 peak in mid-June when the total cap exceeded

Ethereum’s Compound (COMP) Slides to Multi-Month Low Despite DeFi Explosion

While Bitcoin and Ethereum have seen notable bounces since imploding on Saturday evening, Compound and other altcoins are underperforming. The Ethereum-based coin is down 7.5% in the past 24 hours as per data from Coin Market Cap. This comes in spite of the fact that decentralized finance (DeFi), which Compound is a market leader in, has seen strong adoption. Altcoins could see further losses against Bitcoin and the dollar if the market leaders continue to undergo bouts of volatility. Compound Slides Lower In Spite of DeFi Strength The Ethereum-based Compound

Ampleforth: A Guide to the AMPL DeFi Protocol

Imagine the possibilities of reinventing money. One that is powered by blockchain and crypto-based solutions. That is what Ampleforth hopes to achieve within and beyond the crypto community. Since the inception of decentralized finance (DeFi), various notable projects have spawned, giving life to a new sector in the cryptosphere. At the moment, investors and crypto traders alike are quite stoked with DeFi and liquidity mining. We have witnessed several protocols like Maker, Aave, and Compound attracting hundreds of thousands of users, enabling the DeFi ecosystem to proliferate far and wide.

Apple gained the same value on Friday as Bitcoin’s entire market cap

While Bitcoin has rallied millions of percent since its launch in 2008, the asset remains relatively small on a macro scale. This much was made clear on Friday, Jul. 31, when the shares of Apple (AAPL) surged on the back of extremely strong revenue numbers.Apple stock surges 11% on Friday to gain more value than BTC’s market capAt a market capitalization of just over $200 billion, Bitcoin has reached a size where it is being noticed by Wall Street and Main Street alike. JPMorgan is now servicing cryptocurrency companies, blockchain is

DeFi Market Cap Surpasses $8 Billion

DeFi is all the rage as the booming crypto landscape’s total market cap surpassed $8 billion today, per data from CoinGecko. DeFi Continues to Grow Exponentially The DeFi market cap continues to increase as more money gets poured into the nascent space. According to the latest data from CoinGecko, the total market capitalization of the top 100 DeFi coins is now over $8 billion. That said, the figure should be taken with a pinch of salt as different websites have different metrics to determine the DeFi market cap. For instance,

Bitcoin breaks $11,500 as sentiment metrics show it’s still undervalued

The DeFi-induced bullrun has arguably pushed the crypto market upwards the past week, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major cryptocurrencies giving gains of over 10-15 percent to investors.Data feeds from one quantitative on-chain data provider prove the above, with sentiment metrics, in particular, paving the path for even higher prices.Bitcoin public sentiment increasesData on The TIE — a provider of alternative data for digital assets that quantifies investor perceptions on hundreds of digital assets — shows Bitcoin is showing bullish action in both short- and mid-term trades.The chart below maps