Category: Altcoin

Decentralized finance (DeFi) remains one of the fastest-growing subsectors of the cryptocurrency ecosystem and newly launched platforms looking to grow their userbase and attract liquidity typically offer high-interest staking pools for the first few weeks after launching.  One new project that has steadily gained traction in terms of user growth and total value locked (TVL) since

Powers On… is a monthly opinion column from Marc Powers, who spent much of his 40-year legal career working with complex securities-related cases in the United States after a stint with the SEC. He is now an adjunct professor at Florida International University College of Law, where he teaches a course on “Blockchain, Crypto and

Crypto trader Tyler Swope is unveiling his top 10 assets to hold as volatility returns to the crypto markets. In a new video, Swope tells his 259,00 YouTube subscribers that number one on his list is decentralized oracle network Chainlink (LINK).   While LINK is at the top of the trader’s list, Swope says that

Developers of privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) have identified a bug that could potentially impact users’ transaction privacy. On Monday, the official Monero Twitter account warned users of a “rather significant bug” that has been spotted in Monero’s decoy selection algorithm, a system designed to hide real output transactions among 10 decoys in a ring. First

As the crypto market shows signs of recovery, top trader Michaël van de Poppe is charting the paths ahead for six altcoins. In a new video, Van de Poppe says he’s looking at Cardano and notes that it is showing signs of weakness against Bitcoin (ADA/BTC) as it forms a descending triangle pattern.   “Given

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is outlining the speeds at which several crypto assets, including Cardano, XRP, Solana, Celo, Alogrand and Stellar Lumens, can process transactions. In its recently published community paper, the Swiss-based international organization for public-private cooperation looks at smart contract platform Cardano (ADA) and provides details on the number of transactions it

Traders are hopeful that Bitcoin’s bounce from $29,000 to $40,000 and the strong rally seen in altcoins is a signal that the bull market has resumed.

Crypto analyst and trader Michaël van de Poppe says one under-the-radar altcoin is poised for a massive surge. The closely followed analyst tells his 356,000 followers that he’s convinced layer-2 scaling platform Celer Network (CELR) is ready for exponential gains in its Bitcoin pair (CELR/BTC).   “I’m still convinced that CELR is ready for a

Spartan Black, a partner at the Singapore-based Spartan Group, a blockchain investment and advisory firm, believes an emerging crypto sector could ignite a broad market rally – provided Bitcoin can trade above $40,000 again. Spartan Black tells his nearly 30,000 Twitter followers that decentralized gaming tokens are on the verge of a send-off after having

Blockchain analytics firm Santiment says Litecoin (LTC) is experiencing a strong wave of accumulation from whales, or wallets with at least 1,000 to 100,000 LTC. In a new report, Santiment says that Litecoin whales have increased their holdings by roughly 270,000 LTC, or about $30,000,000 since the beginning of July.   The crypto insights firm