Opinion

Recently, a whale moved a significant amount of Bitcoin on the Bitcoin Network. These bitcoins withdrawn from Bittrex amounted to 47 452 BTC, equivalent to 414 million, and the transfer fee was only $0.68.  The Whale Alert recorded the movement of this massive amount of Bitcoin earlier today. The address that received the Bitcoins quickly moved the funds to another address.  BTC Transaction Fees are Decreasing Over the Years It looks like Segwit is trying to bring down fees since…

Recently, Ethereum dropped by 10.54% from $240.47 to $215.13 in three hours. During the collapse, there were liquidations valued at millions of dollars on the BitMEX platform. According to data by Skew, massive liquidations occurred between the 26th of February and early on the 27th of February. Initial liquidations happened at about 16:00 UTC when Ethereum valued at $3 million (longs) liquidated on BitMEX. Seven hours later, liquidation worth $2.5 million occurred. The aggregated sell and buy liquidations recorded were…

One of the concerns of crypto critics is their ability to allow people to do what they like against government regulations. A General in Iran (Saeed Muhammad) has suggested the utilization of crypto to bypass U.S. and UN sanctions. Saeed Muhammad is the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that is under the Armed Forces of Iran. The country has been encountering sanctions from the United States over a long period, thereby disallowing her from participating in international trade.…

The XRP/USD pair is still dropping and showing signs of even bigger downtrends to below $0.2650. The pair hit the $0.2240 support zone, but there is also a likelihood of positive retracement in the near term.  Recently, the asset dropped significantly from $0.265, breaking several support zones near $0.2500, and 0.2450 thus setting a short term plunging-trend.  Later the pair continued to break beneath the 0.2350 support and settled below the 100 hourly SMA. This severe drop led to a…

On February 25, a blog post revealed that the Coinbase wallet began supporting short crypto names that are easily memorable.  The Coinbase Wallet is quite different from Coinbase's main wallet in that in the designation; it allows users to take control of their funds. Moreover, it will enable users to access other decentralized applications (DApps).  Currently, it's tough to complete a transaction since one needs a long Alphanumeric string full of characters to send. Often, users need to copy and…

On February 25, The Malta Financial Services Authority provided a paper highlighting 18 industry stakeholders' feedback on security token offerings (STO). The MFSA in July 2019, requested the stakeholders to help interpret and advise on the definition of STOs, and their basis for legal existence.  However, the published paper gives good feedback on the definition of security tokens and the possible ways of addressing the issues facing the assets within the Maltese market.  However, most respondents disagreed with the MFSA…

Recently the US Congress scheduled a new sitting on hearing about digital currencies. This hearing will majorly focus on the local and global ways to approach digital currencies. This meeting will be taking place on March 24.  The host of the hearing will be the House committees that focus on Financial Services, with the specific subcommittee tasked for that being the subcommittee on National security, international development, and monetary policy.   This is not the first hearing of the kind; several…

The XRP/USD Pair has been noticing some severe falls even below the $0.26 support zone. This price is currently dropping at a 10% rate, and it could lead to an extension below $0.24. Following the drop of price to below $0.27, sellers took over. That led to the start of a massive price drop, even hitting close to the $0.26 near the bearish area.  The price further broke the supports at the $0.25 value and the 100 hourly SMA. As…

Recently the BTC/USD pair has been striving to remain over $9,750 but later fell towards the $9.5k support. BTC price can plunge even more profound, even below the $9.5k support level.   The pair met a barrier at $9,880 but began a downward drop from the $9,847, falling below the $9750 support. It broke even further to below $9,680 and the 100 hourly SMA.  The drop paved the way for even harsher price declines towards the $9.5k support zone where buyers…