Arbitrum network suffers minor outage due to hardware failure

The Ethereum layer 2 network Arbitrum has suffered its second outage in less than five months following a hardware failure. Arbitrum is back online at the time of writing but the team did report some downtime during the late hours of Jan. 9. The timing of the tweets suggests that the network was down for around seven hours. At the time, the Offchain Labs platform reported that it was experiencing some issues with the sequencer which prevented transactions from being processed for the period. We are currently experiencing Sequencer downtime.…

Bitcoin Key Indicators Suggest A Strengthening Case For More Downsides

Bitcoin extended decline below the $42,000 level against the US Dollar. BTC remains at a risk of more downsides if it stays below the $43,000 pivot zone. Bitcoin extended decline and traded below the key $42,000 support zone. The price is trading below $43,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a key rising channel forming with support near $41,650 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might continue to move down if there is no recovery wave above $43,000. Bitcoin…

Mike Novogratz Says Bitcoin Should Bottom Around $40K, Sees ‘Tremendous’ Demand From Institutional Investors – Bitcoin News

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz expects the price of bitcoin to bottom at around $38K-$40K. “I know big institutions who are going through their process to put positions on. They’re going to see those as attractive levels to buy,” he said. Mike Novogratz on Future Outlook of Crypto Market The CEO of Galaxy Digital, Mike Novogratz, talked about the outlook for the cryptocurrency market in an interview with CNBC last week. He was asked about the falling prices of cryptocurrencies, particularly bitcoin. “Part of the bitcoin story was the debasement…

JPMorgan Shares Predictions on Crypto Markets, Ethereum’s Upgrades, Defi, NFTs – Featured Bitcoin News

Global investment bank JPMorgan has published a report on the future outlook of crypto markets, including Ethereum’s upgrades, decentralized finance (defi), and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The bank sees “the cryptocurrency markets as increasingly relevant to financial services,” its analyst described. JPMorgan Outlines Future Outlook for Crypto Markets JPMorgan analyst Kenneth Worthington published a report on the 2022 outlook for crypto markets Friday. The analyst wrote: The applications from crypto have only just begun. Web3.0, greater use of NFTs tokenization are in the line-of-sight for 2022. JPMorgan sees “the tokenization and…