Category: LTC

Many altcoins are seeing sharp corrections as Bitcoin price struggles to hold $19,000 as support. A few years back, Bitcoin’s (BTC) price was controlled by whales as the crypto market lacked depth and was relatively illiquid. If whales were selling in unison, no one wanted to venture out and buy. Similarly, the whale’s concerted buying…

S&P Dow Jones Indices has made it official: they will launch cryptocurrency indexes in 2021, becoming the latest major finance company to make its inception into the digital asset industry. More than 550 of the top traded coins to be included in the indexes As Reuters reported initially on December 3, 2020, such indexes will…

Bitcoin’s Best Competitors: The Top Altcoins of 2013 Bitcoin has dominated the headlines this year, with massive price fluctuations, regulatory developments, and even Senate hearings by the US government. All these factors indicate that people are beginning to take the young currency seriously. But let’s not forget about the alternative coins out there. 2013 has…

Third largest cryptocurrency peercoin moves into spotlight with Vault of Satoshi deal Everyone knows the first person who walked on the moon. Lots of people know the second. But whoever remembers the third? As the third largest cryptocurrency in the world, peercoin (also know as Peer-to-Peer Coin or PPCoin) is trying to bolster its reputation. It isn’t…

All Things Alt: The MintPal Fallout, Viacoin’s Big Haul and an Altcoin for Kids With the summer (or winter, depending on where you are) nearly half over, there’s been seemingly no end to the exciting times in the world of alt. Events both positive and negative have shaped the space in the past two weeks,…

Nov 9, 2020 at 9:25 p.m. UTC CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drops as Low as $14.8K; ETH Options Open Interest at Record High Bitcoin is gyrating amid rallying global stock markets while ether options traders ramp up open interest as the Ethereum network heads for an ambitious upgrade. Bitcoin (BTC) trading…

Nov 25, 2020 at 9:31 p.m. UTC CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index Market Wrap: Bitcoin Loses Momentum at $19.4K; Ethereum Fees Increasing The number of billion-dollar spot volume days in the bitcoin market is increasing, pushing prices higher. Ethereum’s transaction fees are also increasing as general cryptocurrency interest fuels demand. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $18,883…

The Litening: Will Litecoin Be the First Big Blockchain With Lightning? A new test version of the Lightning Network is launching in the coming days, marking its latest step toward a long-awaited live debut. But, what’s most notable about the news isn’t that it’s occurring (the idea has, after all, been in the works since 2015),…

Bitcoin and most major altcoins could consolidate for a few days before starting the next big move. The crypto market has been in a strong bull run over the past few days, and that has pushed Bitcoin (BTC) to its second-best day ever. Almost every trader now seems to be fixated on the magical figure of $20,000…

Nov 10, 2020 at 9:31 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 11, 2020 at 2:49 p.m. UTC CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index Market Wrap: Bitcoin Flat at $15.3K; Crypto Locked in DeFi at All-Time High Bitcoin is sideways Tuesday, with little price action. However, traders seem to be jumping into decentralized finance to maximize their crypto yield. Bitcoin…