Category: Altcoin

Cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius has reportedly lost over $50 million in the exploit of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol BadgerDAO. As reported by Cointelegraph on Dec. 2, the attack targeted the protocol on the Ethereum network, reaping an unconfirmed $120 million in assets. According to one Redditor, the biggest alleged victim of the hack was an

After facing a significant price pullback since September, Cardano (ADA) is finally demonstrating “signs of life,” according to crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen. Cowen tells his 638,000 YouTube subscribers that its critical ADA breaks back above what he calls the “bull market support band,” which is a combination of the 20-week simple moving average (SMA) and

Top US crypto exchange Coinbase is expanding support for a little-known Ethereum-based altcoin across its full retail platform. The Biconomy (BICO) token is now available on Coinbase.com and the exchange’s mobile apps. Coinbase Pro listed the crypto asset earlier this week, triggering a massive rally. BICO is an Ethereum-based governance token for the Biconomy Network,

Hedge fund manager Anthony Scaramucci says one Ethereum (ETH) competitor could become the Google of the cryptocurrency market. In a new interview on CNBC’s Halftime Report, Scaramucci says the high speed and low carbon footprint of the smart contract platform Algorand (ALGO) will likely give it a big leg up on the competition. Algorand is

The characteristically volatile nature of the cryptocurrency market is back in full force on Dec. 2 after the optimism of the past couple of days has transformed into fear and Bitcoin price slid back below $57,000. Despite the pressure being exerted on many of the top cryptocurrencies, several altcoins have managed to buck the trend

The host of popular crypto channel Coin Bureau is outlining which metaverse altcoins he believes investors should keep a close eye on. Pseudonymous crypto analyst Guy tells his 1.7 million subscribers about three metaverse projects he thinks will have long-term success, starting with Axie Infinity (AXS). Guy says that AXS started the play-to-earn gaming trend

As the crypto markets move through a period of largely sideways price action, popular strategist and trader Michaël van de Poppe is offering predictions for a number of popular cryptocurrencies. The crypto analyst tells his 513,000 Twitter followers that he believes Bitcoin (BTC) will top out at $350,000 to $450,000 when the current market cycle

The largest crypto whales in the Ethereum ecosystem are utilizing the market dip to purchase more ETH, dollar-pegged stablecoins and seven additional altcoins running on the leading smart contract platform. According to the crypto whale tracker WhaleStats, the largest 1,000 non-exchange Ethereum wallets have accumulated an average amount of approximately $365,000 worth of ETH, $154,000 of Tether (USDT)

An altcoin focused on developing the play-to-earn gaming economy is in a period of intense volatility after being listed by the leading crypto exchange Binance. Merit Circle (MC) is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that invests in metaverse games and lends out non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform allows MC token-holding users to participate in protocol

Join Cointelegraph host and analyst Benton Yaun alongside resident market experts Jordan Finneseth and Marcel Pechman as they break down the latest news in the markets this week. Here’s what to expect in this week’s markets news breakdown:  Bitcoin (BTC) has had the shallowest correction of the year so far, having fallen just 17% from