Bitcoin (BTC) is on the verge of closing another week that saw the price dip closer to $30,000 but the same bearish observation cannot be made for all altcoins. On Friday, several smaller-cap altcoins managed to shake off the bearish assault and post-double-digit gains before traditional markets closed for the weekend. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the top movers over the past 24 hours were NEM (XEM), Augur (REP) and district0x (DNT). It's worth noting that four of the top seven gainers are layer-one protocols, an interesting development that comes at a time when Ether’s (ETH) …

Bitcoin (BTC) price has been correcting in the past few days and traders are curious to know whether this is a minor pullback or the start of a deeper decline. The problem is that no one has a crystal ball and analysts can only point to critical support levels that may hold based on historical data and evidence. However, in a bear phase, the price tends to slip below key support levels as traders panic and sell out of fear, similar to how the price exceeds the upside targets during a bull run as traders buy due to FOMO. March …

As Bitcoin price rallied to a new 2020 high, the open interest on CME Bitcoin (BTC) futures rose to $1.16 billion, making it the world’s largest Bitcoin futures market, according to Arcane Research. This suggests that institutional investors are relatively unmoved by the recent sharp correction in Bitcoin price. Guggenheim Partners has become the latest and the largest Wall Street institution that plans to invest in Bitcoin. Guggenheim has sought the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) nod to invest up to 10% of its Macro Opportunities Fund’s net asset value in Bitcoin through the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. The fund currently …

Sections of the NEM (XEM) community were in uproar this week after NEM Foundation President Alexandra Tinsman announced her intention to take a 6-month paid sabbatical. Tinsman’s decision to step back from the day-to-day running of the foundation was motivated partly by serious health issues, she revealed to Cointelegraph. However, some NEM supporters weren’t sold on the idea of their leader taking a 6-month paid holiday after just over a year in the job. NEM restructures operations The NEM Foundation announced on April 8th plans for a large-scale restructuring of the project’s operations. That includes plans to pull three separate …

Saturday, Feb. 23 — the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting mixed movements on the day by press time. Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering under the $4,000 mark again, according to Coin360 data. Market visualization from Coin360 At press time, Bitcoin is down 0.26 percent on the day, trading at around $3,976 after a brief mid-day high of $4,005, according to CoinMarketCap data. Looking at its weekly chart, the current price is over 8 percent lower than $3,643, the price at which Bitcoin started the week. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap Ethereum (ETH) is keeping its position as the largest altcoin …

In a bear market, the sentiment is most bearish right at the bottom of the trend. The entire heard says to sell. Short sellers laugh away to the bank and many analysts call for a further fall. With majority of the news being negative, it sounds logically correct. However, when the downtrend enters a capitulation, it usually signals a bottom. Going against the trend, at such times, turns out to be a profitable decision. A prolonged downtrend is also a good time to sell out the positions that don’t have sound fundamentals and shift into cryptocurrencies that have a bright …

Critics are pointing to large energy consumption by the Bitcoin mining industry as a threat to the global climate. However, CoinShares, a digital asset management firm, estimates that about 77.6 percent of Bitcoin mining is done using renewable energy, arguing the harm to the environment is much less than what it is made out to be. After the mayhem in November, crypto markets are showing the first signs of buying at lower levels. The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies peaked just above $138 billion today, a 20 percent increase over the year-to-date lows of about $115.101 billion. The markets …