Market Analysis

Ether’s futures premium has gone through a complete cycle, from April’s extreme euphoria to the present level, which is the most bearish in six months.  Believe it or not, in both situations, Ether’s (ETH) price was roughly $2,100. This change shows how investors’ mood depends on a few weeks’ performances and holds no relation to

Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $40,000 on May 19 as bearish sentiment continued to dictate price direction resulting in the cryptocurrency market losing $350 billion in value. Analysts calm as BTC/USD hits 15-week lows Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked BTC/USD as it put in lows of $38,500 before bouncing higher. Coming after a week

As Bitcoin (BTC) tested the $43,000 support for the third consecutive day, whales bought the dip on derivatives exchanges. While there has been no significant price change, the Bitcoin futures premium reached its lowest level in six months. This indicator matches Dec. 11, 2020, when Bitcoin hit a $17,600 low just 10 days after making

It is well known that as goes Bitcoin (BTC), so goes the rest of the cryptocurrency market, as time and again, major price moves from Bitcoin create ripples across the altcoin market, impacting sentiment and momentum. This appears to be the same for blockchain-related stocks that trade in the traditional financial markets, and a quick glance

Tesla and SpaceX CEO and self-proclaimed “Dogefather” Elon Musk should sell his Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, say hodlers. A new petition hosted by Change.org is currently gathering signatures to make Musk divest himself of his personal stash of Bitcoin. “Elon Musk: Sell your Bitcoin” Its goal is modest — 100 signatures at first, of which a

Bitcoin (BTC) is facing a make or break moment this week as a classic indicator signals a price watershed.  According to the network value to transaction (NVT) price, BTC/USD is in line for a reset at recent lows of just above $42,000. NVT calls a significant BTC move After dipping on negative sentiment as a

This year decentralized finance (DeFi) has proven to be a transformative sector for the cryptocurrency ecosystem and it is also making waves in among global financial markets as institutional investors become entranced with the potential to earn high yields on stablecoins, altcoins and Bitcoin.  While the price action from Dogecoin (DOGE) has dominated the headlines

Historically, activity surrounding the Bitcoin (BTC) monthly futures and options expiry has been blamed for weakening bullish momentum. A few studies from 2019 found a 2.3% average drop in BTC price 40 hours before the CME futures settlement date.  However, as Cointelegraph reported in June 2020, the effect faded away. While 2020 seems to have

Bitcoin (BTC) has performed “very well” as traders send more coins to exchanges than at any time since the March 2020 crash. Data from on-chain monitoring resources CryptoQuant and Glassnode shows that BTC exchange inflows hit a one-year high on May 13. Nearly 30,000 BTC hits exchanges Bitcoin saw intense pressure from sellers this week

Like most crypto journalists, Will Foxley has a horror story about a bad encounter he had with a dodgy PR person. The former tech reporter at CoinDesk recalls being embarrassed in his first few days on the job after he relied on bad information fed to him in an announcement. “I got burned by a

The number of Ethereum addresses that hold more than or equal to 32 Ether (ETH) is declining, pointing at a possible lack of interest among traders and investors to become “full validators” for its upcoming proof-of-stake blockchain. At the same time, the price of ETH has rebounded back above $4,000 on May 14, and Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) could see a price drop to as low as $40,000 if higher support levels fail to hold, an industry CEO says. Speaking to Bloomberg on May 11, Pankaj Balani, the CEO of digital asset derivatives exchange Delta Exchange, warned that there is a danger of fresh significant losses for BTC/USD. Balani doubts altcoins’ resilience

Cryptocurrency traders awoke to an altcoin bonanza as a handful of meme tokens, along with some of the more established projects, staged double-digit rallies while Bitcoin (BTC) price slowly recovers to the $57,000 level.  The biggest event generating conversations across the crypto sector and social media is the rise of dog-themed tokens inspired by the

The last couple of weeks have been nothing short of astonishing for Ether (ETH), as the cryptocurrency hiked over 80% to reach a $4,200 all-time high. Even after a 7% correction, the gains accumulated in 2021 surpass 300%, and Ether currently holds a market capitalization that exceeds $450 billion. In the face of such a

A lackluster cryptocurrency market did little in offsetting Yearn Finance’s bullish bias as the price of its governance token YFI reached new record highs in USD terms on May 11 — just shy of $70,000. YFI price hits new highs in USD The YFI/USD exchange rate added $6,258, or 10.02%, to reach $68,748 ahead of

The cryptocurrency market corrected sharply on May 12 after the hype surrounding dog-themed tokens was deflated when Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin dumped vast amounts of the previously hot Shiba Inu (SHIB), Dogelon Mars (ELON) and Akita Inu (AKITA) on the market and donated the proceeds to charity.  Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that as meme