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Crypto Payments Firm MoonPay Set For $5 Billion Valuation With NYSE Owner’s Backing

Crypto Payments Firm MoonPay Set For $5 Billion Valuation With NYSE Owner’s Backing

Crypto payment platform MoonPay is poised to receive a significant fundraising boost as recent reports suggest that Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is exploring an investment in the company.  According to a Bloomberg report, which cited sources familiar with the discussions, MoonPay is close to finalizing this fundraising […]

Bitcoin Mirrors Q1 2025 Playbook, Is It Headed To $70,000 Before Year’s End?

Bitcoin Mirrors Q1 2025 Playbook, Is It Headed To $70,000 Before Year’s End?

As the market volatility continues, Bitcoin (BTC) has failed to hold its short-lived momentum and reclaim a key resistance level for the second time this week. Some market watchers have affirmed that the flagship crypto may continue to have a disappointing end-of-year rally and potentially reach new lows before the pain is over. New Lows […]

Dogecoin (DOGE) Sinks Further Into Red as Momentum Turns Sharply Bearish

Dogecoin (DOGE) Sinks Further Into Red as Momentum Turns Sharply Bearish

Dogecoin started a fresh decline below the $0.1250 zone against the US Dollar. DOGE is now consolidating losses and might face hurdles near $0.1235. DOGE price started a fresh decline below the $0.1250 level. The price is trading below the $0.1220 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a key bearish trend line […]

Bitcoin & Ethereum Diverge: Longs Dominate BTC, While ETH Shorts Rise

Bitcoin & Ethereum Diverge: Longs Dominate BTC, While ETH Shorts Rise

Data shows Bitcoin and Ethereum have formed a divergence in the Funding Rate indicator, with traders going long on BTC, short on ETH. Bitcoin & Ethereum Funding Rates Are Showing Opposite Values In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Santiment has talked about how the Funding Rate has developed for Bitcoin and Ethereum […]

XRP Price Turns Lower as a Familiar Pattern Reappears Again

XRP Price Turns Lower as a Familiar Pattern Reappears Again

XRP price failed to gain pace above $1.920 and trimmed gains. The price is now struggling and faces resistance near the $1.820 level. XRP price started a fresh decline below the $1.850 zone. The price is now trading below $1.850 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance […]

Flight To Metals? Gold And Silver Hit Records While Bitcoin Drops

Flight To Metals? Gold And Silver Hit Records While Bitcoin Drops

Gold and silver hit fresh highs on Tuesday while Bitcoin slid back under $89,000, sending a clear message that some investors are favoring metal over riskier bets. According to Reuters and market data, gold traded above $4,330 an ounce and silver pushed past $66 an ounce in what market participants called a strong run for […]

Ethereum Price Sinks Again—Are Bulls Running Out of Defenses?

Ethereum Price Sinks Again—Are Bulls Running Out of Defenses?

Ethereum price failed to stay above $2,950 and declined again. ETH is now consolidating and might soon aim to attempt another recovery wave if it clears $2,850. Ethereum started a fresh decline below the $2,920 zone. The price is trading below $2,900 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a connecting bearish trend line […]

Bitcoin Faces Elevated Downside Risk: Loss Selling Takes Hold As STH SOPR Falls Below 1

Bitcoin Faces Elevated Downside Risk: Loss Selling Takes Hold As STH SOPR Falls Below 1

Bitcoin has been under intense selling pressure in recent sessions, leaving market participants increasingly cautious about near-term direction. On Wednesday, BTC briefly surged from the $86,000 area toward $90,000, offering short-term investors a moment of relief after weeks of downside volatility. That rebound, however, proved short-lived. Price quickly retraced back to the $86,000 level, once […]

Bitcoin Price Retests Support—Is the Market Bracing for Volatility?

Bitcoin Price Retests Support—Is the Market Bracing for Volatility?

Bitcoin price attempted to start a fresh increase but failed at $89,500. BTC is now struggling below $86,500 and might continue to move down. Bitcoin started a fresh decline below the $86,500 zone. The price is trading below $86,500 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There was a break below a bullish trend line […]

XRP Ledger Upgrade Locks Out Almost Half Of Outdated Nodes

XRP Ledger Upgrade Locks Out Almost Half Of Outdated Nodes

XRP Ledger operators are staring down a familiar kind of “deadline drama” on Thursday, after one community tracker warned that a large chunk of XRPL servers are about to get amendment blocked, basically pushed to the sidelines until they upgrade. “In about ~10 hours 418 (!!) out of 999 XRPL servers will go DOWN as […]