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Key Highlights ETH price failed to move above the $203 resistance and declined recently against the US Dollar. There is a new bearish trend line formed with resistance at $201 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair remains supported on the downside near the $196 and $197 levels. Ethereum price declined towards the range low against the US Dollar and bitcoin. ETH/USD could drop further towards the $197 support level. Ethereum Price Analysis Yesterday, we saw a nice upside move above the $200 level in ETH price against the US Dollar. The ETH/USD pair traded above the $202 level and the 100 hourly simple moving average. It even broke the 50% Fib retracement level of the last drop from the $207 swing high to $198 low. However, the price struggled to clear the $203 resistance zone, which acted as a solid barrier. The price was also rejected near the 61.8% Fib retracement level of the last drop from the $207 swing high to $198 low. As a result, there was ...

Key Highlights ETH price failed to stay above the $202 support and declined recently against the US Dollar. Yesterday’s highlighted important bullish trend line was breached with support at $202 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair is currently under pressure below $202 and it could extend its slide in the near term. Ethereum price broke key support levels against the US Dollar and bitcoin. ETH/USD may decline in the short term towards $198 or $196. Ethereum Price Analysis Yesterday, we saw a short term top near the $207 level in ETH price against the US Dollar. The ETH/USD pair started a downside correction and traded below the $205 level. Later, sellers gained traction and pushed the price below the $202 support. Moreover, there was a break below the 100 hourly simple moving average, which is currently at $202. During the drop, the price moved below the 50% Fib retracement level of the last wave from the $196 low to $207 swing high. More importa...

A multi-million dollar worth of transaction that could have cost senders over $5 million in commissions on legacy systems was made with $0.06 on Ethereum. The Ethereum block  6556384  went through 5080 confirmations and took over 19 hours to transfer more than $183,000,000 without having to go through expensive intermediaries. The scene is pretty typical to those who transfer value on the blockchain on a regular basis. But, simultaneously, it is a clear attestation for one of the blockchain’s most killer applications: remittance. More than $183,000,000 in $ETH transferred almost instantly for $0.06. Bullish on real use cases. https://t.co/HdLIsUcPId — Crypto Thoreau (@cvrbonbased) October 21, 2018 A legacy payment system like PayPal – after removing the remittance limit – should have transferred $183 million by charging a $5.3 million transaction fees in an average East-to-West payment corridor. Western Union, another global remittance service, should have sent t...

Key Highlights ETH price declined recently below the $200 level before buyers emerged near $196 against the US Dollar. There is a major bullish trend line with support at $201 on the 4-hours chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair must clear the $207 hurdle and the 100 simple moving average (4-hours) to gain momentum. Ethereum price is trading near crucial levels versus the US Dollar and Bitcoin. ETH/USD must surpass the $207 and $214 levels to gain upside momentum. Ethereum Price Analysis This past week, there was a slow and steady decline below the $215 level in ETH price against the US Dollar. The ETH/USD pair even traded below the $200 support and settled below the 100 simple moving average (4-hours). The price traded as low as $196 and later started an upside correction. It traded above the $200 level and recovered more than 2%. During the climb, it broke the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the recent decline from the $219 high to $196 low. However, there is a...

Key Highlights ETH price declined heavily and traded as low as $184.5 against the US Dollar. There are two important bearish trend lines in place with resistance at $208 and $218 on the 4-hours chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair may correct higher, but there are many hurdles near $207 and $212 on the upside. Ethereum price is facing many barriers versus the US Dollar and Bitcoin. ETH/USD remains at a risk of more losses as long as it is below $212. Ethereum Price Analysis This past week, there was a sharp downside move from the $234 resistance zone in ETH price against the US Dollar. The ETH/USD pair tumbled and broke the $206 and $200 support levels. It tested the $184-185 support and formed a low at $184.5. The price later started an upside correction above $190, but it is still way below the 100 simple moving average (4-hours). It has moved above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the last decline from the $230 high to $184 low. However, there are many res...

Key Highlights ETH price found support near the $213-214 zone after yesterday’s decline against the US Dollar. There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $221 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair is currently trading with a positive bias above the $218 and $220 levels. Ethereum price is slowly recovering against the US Dollar and bitcoin. ETH/USD is likely to correct further higher towards the $230 level in the near term. Ethereum Price Analysis Yesterday, we saw a major downside move below $220 in ETH price against the US Dollar. The ETH/USD pair even broke the $218 level and traded towards the $213-214 support zone. A low was formed near $214 and later the price started an upward move. There was a break above the $218 resistance and the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the recent decline from the $239 high to $214 low. More importantly, there was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $221 on the hourly ...

Police in China has detained three men suspected of pulling the country’s biggest ever cryptocurrency heist — worth 600 million yuan ($87 million).  Theft is China’s Biggest: Reports As multiple outlets report quoting local news publication Huashang News  on August 19, authorities concluded an investigation spanning almost six months into three men who allegedly hacked a computer for Bitcoin and Ether. “Our bureau has not dealt with this kind of case before,” South China Morning Post quotes a police officer as telling Huashang .  “It’s the first virtual currency-related case in Shaanxi.” According to Huashang , the investigation behind the arrest of the men — known as Zhang, Cui and Zhou — began in March, when the victim came forward to report a hacking of his computer. At the time, losses were thought to total 100 million yuan. Having analyzed “30,000 pieces of information” related to the event and the alleged perpetrators, the arrests were made on Wednesda...

While investors entered this past week expecting for the crypto market to fall further, it has become apparent that the market has temporarily staved off a move lower. Whether this recovery was a result of positive fundamentals or just a “dead cat bounce” remains to be seen. Nonetheless, this week has had its fair share of positive news that will only better this nascent industry’s fundamentals. Network Hashrates Continue To Rise , Despite Questionable Market Conditions Since the start of 2018, the cryptocurrency market has undergone a strong pullback. Contrary to what one may think, the Bitcoin network’s hashrate has continued to see a monumental rise even amidst a bearish market. In fact, Bitcoin’s hashrate has nearly quadrupled in the past eight months, even as Bitcoin fell by upwards of 65% and investors exited the market en-masse. Not only was Bitcoin affected by a runaway influx of hashing power, but the amount of computational power allocated to altcoin networks have ...

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. The cryptocurrency market capitalization has risen above the $215 billion mark once again. A resilient Bitcoin was the main reason for the pullback. If the leader holds ground, the investors gain confidence and start entering the markets. Crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital is looking to raise $175 million for its third venture fund. They had previously raised $13 million in 2013 for the first fund and $25 million for the second. This shows that the demand for cryptocurrencies and related investments is still alive. While the decline was purportedly caused by the rejection of the ETF proposal by the SEC, some experts still hope to see a Bitcoin ETF in the near future. Others , however, are ...

Canadian Coinberry and Swiss-based BRD announced a partnership, which is set to introduce 1.2 million BRD customers to crypto trading. New Crypto Trading Platforms Streaming Into the Market Trading bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies continues to attract investors. For instance, despite a bear market, cryptocurrency trading platforms are still being added to the market. On August 15, 2018, Coinberry and BRD announced a partnership “which will introduce 1.2 million BRD customers to the Canadian crypto trading platform.” Better together. We’re happy to announce the @BRDHQ & @coinberryio partnership at @Futurist_conf . Now it’s easier than ever to buy and safely store your #crypto . Stay tuned, we heard there’s another announcement coming soon! #FUTURIST18 pic.twitter.com/HFN0gEWRDR — Coinberry (@coinberryio) August 15, 2018 BRD claims to have been the first cryptocurrency app available in the iOS space. According to the announcement: Now available via iPhone and Andr...

Ethereum has a gambling problem. Since July, products resembling Ponzi schemes , a fraudulent form of investment promising high returns for little cost, have  topped the charts  among decentralized applications ( dapps ) running on the world’s second-largest blockchain, outpacing even the popular CryptoKitties . But if user counts and transaction volumes observed on these applications are high, so too is the level of concern over the risks consumers face when using them. Already mounting are warning cries from technologists who aren’t exactly known for their risk reticence, a group that includes gambling dapp developers themselves. Such was the case for Team JUST, the group of anonymous developers behind the infamous gambling dapp FOMO 3D, who warned last week that what looked to be a near identical copy of its game was eating up one-third of the network’s total computational power, raising over $7 million in ETH within the span of seven days. Team JUST has g...

Ethereum co-founder and ConsenSys Inc. CEO Joseph Lubin said in an interview with Bloomberg Aug. 14, that he does not see the recent cryptocurrency price collapse as a constraint to further growth. In а recent discussion on the state of the cryptocurrency market with Bloomberg, Lubin said that the value surges of the past year were just another bubble like the previous “six big bubbles, each more epic than the previous one, and each bubble is astonishing when they’re happening.” He added that on close scrutiny those peaks look like “pimples on a chart.” Lubin said that each bubble, such as the current one, has brought a significant burst of activity. He stated: “…we build more fundamental infrastructure, we see a correction, and the potential gets even more impressive… I absolutely expect that there is a strong correlation between the rise in price and the growth of fundamental infrastructure in the ecosystem and the growth of development in the ecosystem. We are probably t...

The cryptocurrency market attain a nine-month low since November 2017, as a huge sell-off is triggered in Bitcoin and altcoins. The Digital Currency market has made a new low for 2018 today as the overall market valuations have dropped below $200 billion. The market is reeling under a heavy selling pressure as over $25 billion have been wiped off the market in the last 24-hours. Bitcoin has lost nearly 7% in the last 24-hours as the world’s largest digital currency dipped below $6000 mark, momentarily, before finally recovering back. As per the global charts on CoinMarketCap, the cryptocurrency market has dipped to a low of $189 billion which is the lowest in the last nine months since November 2017. However, today’s price fall in Bitcoin is relatively low in comparison to other altcoins which have been the major reason for the huge slump in the market valuations. Data on the CoinMarketCap shows that except the Bitcoin, almost all the other top-twenty cryptocurrencies have ...

This biggest one day dump this year, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, EOS and Cardano dropping double digits The crypto winter is getting colder as markets tanked yet again over night to a new 2018 low. Total market capitalization plunged below $200 billion and kept going to reach its lowest level since the end of October 2017. Bitcoin briefly dipped below $6k once again and is holding the level just above it. With a loss of 6.5% on the day BTC is down to $6,050 and poised for further declines. Trade volume has dropped from $6.6 billion to just over $5 billion at the time of writing. Ethereum has crashed, taking an epic nosedive of 17.5% to trade at $265. This puts it back to mid-2017 price ranges when sentiment was largely bullish. Over the past week ETH has shed 35% as its market cap dumped nearly $15 billion. From a July high of just over $500 Ethereum has crashed almost 50% marking its biggest decline since early January. Ethereum has not been this low since September 15 last year...

In what is being called a world first, the World Bank has ordered the creation of a blockchain-based bond through Australia’s Commonwealth Bank (CBA). It marks a very clear move by some of the world’s most influential financial institutions to start leveraging blockchain technology to improve their offerings. CBA has already developed the blockchain-based system, using a private Ethereum blockchain. The Blockchain Offered New Debt Instrument (bond-i) will be issued by the World Bank in Washington. The project has been spearheaded by the World Bank, which is looking to use blockchain technology to improve the way it issues bonds around the world. Today we make history by creating the first global blockchain bond. The World Bank has mandated the Commonwealth Bank of Australia as the sole arranger for bond-i, the first global bond to use distributed ledger technology. Learn more: https://t.co/tieQoQ9uLe #blockchain #bond pic.twitter.com/LhEu4oKR37 — The World Bank Treasury (...

Key Highlights Ethereum classic price tumbled and broke the $12.50 and $11.20 support levels against the US dollar. There is a key connecting bearish trend line forming with resistance at $11.30 on the hourly chart of the ETC/USD pair (Data feed via Kraken). The pair is slowly correcting higher towards the $11.00 and $11.30 resistance levels. Ethereum classic price made a sharp U-turn against the US Dollar and Bitcoin. ETC/USD broke the $12.50 support and is currently at risk of clearing $10.00. Ethereum Classic Price Support It seems like ETC price was rejected from well above the $14.00 level against the US dollar. The ETC/USD pair traded and consolidated above the $12.50 support for some time. However, sellers had the upper hand as they succeeded in clearing the $12.50 support. The price declined sharply below the $12.00 and $11.50 levels. The decline was such that the price even broke the $11.20 and $10.50 support levels. A new monthly low was formed at $10.11 and the p...

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Earlier this week, the cryptocurrency markets slumped : Bitcoin (BTC) lost its $6,500 support, and Ethereum (ETC) dropped well below the $400 mark (rates stand at $6,620 and $319 respectively by the press time). While it’s important to remember that on such a volatile and scarcely regulated market, news might affect the prices to a lesser degree, and the recent drop correlated with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decision to postpone its verdict on the listing and trading of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) until late September. The SEC has gained the reputation of being a major news-maker in the cryptocurrency field: The watchdog’s decisions toward the market have been associated with a number of price drops and bull run...