altcoins
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John Glover, chief investment officer of Ledn, gave some key levels to watch for bitcoin’s price action
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Bitcoin has been in a bull market for 19 months. If March wasn’t the top, that is.
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The staunch crypto critic’s new crypto reminds me of the worst ICOs of cycles past — inane techno-finance jibber-jabber addled with meaningless buzzwords
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SBF-backed altcoins are rallying despite the disgraced founder being convicted on seven federal counts
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Ripple’s XRP stood at about $0.60 on Thursday at 1 pm ET, up 35% since the news, with ETH, SOL and ADA among others seeing gains
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Small cap digital assets to face “significant” pressure should bankrupt crypto lender Celsius sell or convert assets on reserve
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Smaller cryptoassets largely act as high-beta alternatives to ether and their prices have been positively correlated with ETH performance in recent weeks
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A number of tokens, including Rocket Pool, Aptos and Optimism have each hit all time highs so far this month, potentially setting the scene for a major 2023 turnaround
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Cryptocurrency markets lit up over the past week, with all but three top-100 digital assets booking gains
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Cryptoasset markets haven’t seen a prolonged “altcoin season” for more than a year, but heavy economic pressure on bitcoin miners could change that
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Bitcoin dominance dropped more than 7% over the past week, as smaller names bounce harder relative to BTC
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The US crypto exchange shared its asset listing process after insider trading fears and deteriorating volumes
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Solana (SOL) has become popular in the NFT and DeFi spaces as Ethereum users seek out new platforms with faster and cheaper transactions
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BTC and ETH bearish price action are contributing to a broader market sell-off of altcoins, Bitcoin derivatives open interest retraces
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Cryptocurrency markets fall on news that the People’s Bank of China would restrict access to international crypto exchanges.
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Investors risk appetite rebounds as cryptos make small gains and Wall Street indices advance.
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“The macro spillover came early with crypto markets tumbling this week along with global risk assets in response to the Evergrande headlines,” QCP Capital Broadcast said. “For a market that was starving for directional catalysts and [was] extra edgy from FOMC uncertainty, this ‘risk-off’ was the perfect excuse for a hard dip.”
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The crypto markets had another rocky day. In the last 24 hours, Solana, fell 10.90% to $123.25 and Uniswap fell 10.58% to $19.04.
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Major laggards in the asset class include XRP and Solana, which fell 15% and 12%, respectively.
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