Small Cap Altcoins Have Outperformed Bitcoin By 5x in 2020

Over the last several years of crypto bear market, Bitcoin has vastly outperformed altcoins of all types. However, now that the first half of the year is in the books, data shows that alts have shined compared to Bitcoin in 2020. In fact, small-cap altcoins alone have grown by five times as much as BTCUSD over the last six months of 2020. First Half...

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Analysts Discuss If Stellar Lumens (XLM) Has Peaked After 50% Rally in 4 Days

It isn’t only Cardano and DeFi tokens that have performed extremely well over recent days. Stellar Lumens (XLM) is up over 50% in the past four days, having rallied from around $0.06 on the weekend to $0.09 as of the time of this article’s writing. At the local highs, the popular altcoin traded just a few dozen basis points shy of $0.10. Stellar...

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This Prominent Bitcoin Advocate Just Went Long on Ethereum; Here’s Why

Ethereum has been expressing some notable strength against Bitcoin over the past couple of days. This comes as it was able to rally past a significant resistance level that was previously forcing it lower. Analysts are now noting that the cryptocurrency could be poised to see further upside, with one veteran trader offering a target that is nearly...

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Interview: Colin Steil Offers an Insight Into the Cartesi Project

The Cartesi project has been making waves in the crypto and blockchain industry as it aims to make dApps more practical and scalable so that it can meet the ever-evolving real-world requirements. In order to understand more about the project, we asked Colin Steil, the COO and Co-founder of Cartesi a few questions. Q: Let us start with the basic question...

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Bitcoin Could be Following Gold’s Price, Signaling a Breakout is Imminent

Bitcoin’s multi-month consolidation phase has caused its correlation with other assets to degrade, leaving investors to question where it might trend next. One analyst is now floating the possibility that the cryptocurrency’s price is currently lagging just behind that of gold. He points to a potential accumulation pattern that could confirm this...

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Stellar (XLM) Hits New Yearly Highs, But Several Indexes Spell Trouble

Stellar Lumens is back in the spotlight of the cryptocurrency market after the impressive bull run it has gone through in the last three days. The cross-border remittances token surged over 50% to hit price levels not seen in over a year. As the buying pressure behind it skyrocketed, XLM reached a new yearly high of nearly $0.10. Stellar Lumens...

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Dogecoin 140% Joke Rally Goes Serious with Perpetual Contract Launch

Dogecoin surged by circa 140 percent this week as a new TikTok challenge urged users to pump it to $1. The meme cryptocurrency is still trading about 1,800 percent below its viral price target. Meanwhile, Malta-based Binance announced today that it would launch DOGE/USDT Perpetual Contract with up to 50x leverage. It was all a joke for Dogecoin....

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Forex Analyst Explains Why Chainlink Price Could Surge 80% Higher

Chainlink’s LINK token is amid a “full-blown parabolic advance,” according to forex analyst Cole Garner. The on-chain data investigator mentioned a string of technical and fundamental indicators that hint further gains for the altcoin. The analogy appeared as LINK climbed to its lifetime high against Bitcoin on Wednesday. LINK, an altcoin powering...

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Binance At Last Confirms Autumn 2020 Launch of UK Platform

Binance first announced plans for a UK crypto trading platform in mid-June. The company has now confirmed an Autumn 2020 rollout. Source: binance.com The UK platform will provide GBP and Euro on/off ramps via bank transfer through the UK’s Faster Payments service, as well as the equivalent function in Europe, the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)...

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There’s “Heavy Doubt” Chainlink Will Continue to Rally After 300% Surge

Calling Chainlink’s (LINK) recent price performance impressive would almost be an understatement. The cryptocurrency has been on a tear over the past three days. After printing a topping pattern near $4.70, the altcoin rocketed higher by around 50%, reaching a high of $6.60 on Wednesday. Despite the pullback to $6.30, LINK is still up by over 300%...

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