Tag: Altcoin

Top US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Adds Ethereum Staking Altcoin to Listing Roadmap

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Top US crypto exchange Coinbase has added the altcoin Liquid Staked Ethereum (LSETH) to its listing roadmap. Liquid Staked ETH is a new “receipt token” investors receive when they stake their Ethereum (ETH) with the Liquid Collective, a liquid staking protocol. The Liquid Collective notes its staking method differs from traditional staking, where users lock up their tokens. “Whereas traditional methods of staking are subject to bonding and unbonding periods (ranging from days to weeks), liquid staking provides stakers with increased liquidity and capital efficiency. Token holders stake their token…

Bullish Token Unlocks Buck Bear Market Trend in Spur to Altcoin Season

There is also a sophisticated trading element to the value increase. Historically, in the cases of the IMX and APE tokens late last year, token unlocks caused a period of downside price action. This prompted traders to short the tokens before the event, but based on the recent flurry of short liquidations on AXS, it appears this trade has become overcrowded, leaving it vulnerable to the other side due to a lack of liquidity. Source

Reformed ‘altcoin slayer’ Eric Wall on shitposting and scaling Ethereum – Cointelegraph Magazine

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Although he’s had a variety of jobs in the industry, including a stint as Arcane Asset’s chief investment officer, Eric Wall is probably best known for shitposting and arguing with people on Crypto Twitter. “Just like any other person, I’m scrolling my Twitter feed, and then you see people saying dumb shit that is incorrect, and that is based on a lie. And then I just argue with that person, and then those arguments lead to long-form Medium articles,” he says with just a faint trace of a Swedish accent.…

Altcoin Indexes Outperform Bitcoin, Small Caps Lead Market

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Data shows all the altcoin indexes have outperformed Bitcoin during the past month, with the small caps becoming the market leaders. The Past 30 Days Were Green For Both Bitcoin And Altcoins According to the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, all indexes record positive returns in the 27-31% range during the past month. The “altcoin indexes” here refer to groups of alts divided based on their market caps. The benefit of creating indexes of cryptos is that it makes it easy to assess the performances of the different segments…

Algorand TVL Hits $177 Million As Altcoin Rally Continues

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Algorand is one of the fastest growing crypto in terms of gains. According to CoinGecko, the token has appreciated by 30% in the last two weeks. With the broader crypto market rallying as Bitcoin breaks its crucial $21,000 resistance, ALGO is set to gain more in the next few days.  The Total Value Locked department is where the ecosystem gained the most. According to DeFiLlama, Algorand’s TVL yesterday hit $177 million in value. This uptick in TVL is a bullish indicator that the ecosystem still has the momentum to reach…

Altcoin Dominance Highest Since Jan 2021, Trouble For BTC?

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On-chain data shows that altcoin volume dominance is now at the highest level since January 2021, while Bitcoin’s is at its lowest. Altcoin Dominance By Volume Recently Touched A High Of 64% As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, Bitcoin’s dominance is just at 16% now. The “dominance by volume” is an indicator that measures the percentage of the total crypto market trading volume that’s being contributed by a specific coin. When the value of this metric goes up for any crypto, it means that particular crypto…

5 signs that an altcoin bull run could be underway

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While 2022 ended on a grim note with macro headwinds providing little hope of a revival in 2023, the start of a new year has surprised bears with a surge in Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and altcoin prices. The period of sparse volatility in the crypto market appears to be ending with a breakout to the upside. The increase has been particularly striking in some altcoins such as Lido (LIDO), Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA). The primary factors promoting the spike in these coins are the upcoming Ethereum Shanghai update…

Altcoin Short Squeeze Brings Green Shoots to Dormant Crypto

According to Bloomberg, officials with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Eastern District of New York and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are examining transfers between Digital Currency Group and the conglomerate’s Genesis subsidiary. Genesis and CoinDesk are both owned by the parent company Digital Currency Group. Bernstein’s Gautam Chhugani weighed in. Meanwhile, bitcoin (BTC) decisively pushed past $17,000, appearing to break out of a three-week range. Plus, CoinDesk Research Associate George Kaloudis and Galaxy Digital Head of Firmwide Research Alex Thorn shared their 2022 crypto year in review research.…

Failed FTX Exchange’s FTT, Serum Tokens Lead Altcoin Rally, Triggering Short Squeeze

CryptoX – Cryptocurrency Analysis and News Portal A signal of traders’ extreme bearish positioning before Monday’s price increase was the funding rates for perpetual swaps of solana (SOL) sinking to 1,000% annualized rate. Then, SOL gained 20% and some $15 million of short bets were liquidated, according to Coinglass. Original Source The post Failed FTX Exchange’s FTT, Serum Tokens Lead Altcoin Rally, Triggering Short Squeeze appeared first on CryptoX. CryptoX Portal