Category: Altcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) briefly hit $60,000 on April 2 in the latest installment of its slow grind back to all-time highs. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: Tradingview BTC price taps $60,000 Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed bullish tendencies remaining overnight for BTC/USD, with local highs of $60,110 on Bitstamp. A correction brought the pair

Cryptocurrency trader and YouTuber Tyler Swope is naming three relatively undiscussed altcoins that he believes will likely break out in the short-term. In a new video, Swope kicks off the list with Chainlink’s (LINK) node service provider LinkPool (LPL), arguing that it is the most established project within the niche segment it occupies. “LinkPool is

Crypto analytics provider Messari has compiled a report concluding that the fabled “Coinbase effect” — the popular belief that new token listings on Coinbase tend to outperform launches on other exchanges — is true. But the effect is far from consistent, and after controlling for outliers, it’s not as great as many assume. Messari analyzed

The fully diluted valuation of Filecoin (FIL), a digital payment and cryptocurrency system built on top of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), has reached $450 billion. Filecoin is a blockchain that enables users to rent unused hard drive space to store and retrieve data. Its model is similar to Snowflake, which completed the biggest software

According to data from, Bitcoin’s (BTC) Q1 2021 performance was the best since 2013. With strong tailwinds, Bitcoin now enters Q2 which historically has been a good period for BTC price. Data shows that BTC has only closed Q2 in the red twice and both times the decline was less than 10%. If history repeats

The crypto market continues to search for scaling solutions as decentralized finance (DeFi) applications struggle with surging fees, but some alternative solutions are piquing investors’ interest.  For example, Nervos Network has enticed investors’ appetites with a 341% rally in a month. The project also carries the Chinese government’s stamp of approval, further increasing the odds

There’s no denying the fact that Theta is one of the most discussed cryptocurrency projects on the market in 2021, so much so that the Theta token has already made its way into the top 10 list of cryptocurrencies by overall market capitalization, in what feels like almost no time at all. In its most

Cinedigm, a major American content distribution company, is applying blockchain technology to one of its streaming channels. The company has partnered with decentralized video delivery network Theta Labs to integrate Theta’s peer-to-peer streaming technology and cryptocurrency rewards into its CONtv Anime channel airing a wide range of anime series and movies. CONtv Anime will feature

It may be an April Fool’s prank, but when it comes to meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE), it hardly matters. DOGE/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bittrex). Source: Tradingview Musk: SpaceX taking Dogecoin to “literal moon” After a fresh tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, DOGE/USD shot up 35% in minutes on April 1, hitting six-week highs. Musk,

Prominent crypto trader and analyst Michaël van de Poppe is hyper-bullish on six altcoins. For starters, Van de Poppe tells his 184,500 Twitter followers that he thinks huge price spikes are incoming for Ethereum (ETH) and Cardano (ADA). Van de Poppe, believes it is “inevitable” that Ethereum, which is trading at $1,938.23 at time of