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The entire globe went from widely denouncing the cryptocurrency industry to applauding it. Several assets, including Ripple’s XRP, were seen emerging from the ashes. As the network closes its battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), XRP is all set to kickstart a new chapter. The next few years are expected to be extremely bullish for the altcoin. The real question is how much Ripple’s cryptocurrency will rise in the next decade. Also Read: Gold Prices Will Reach $4,000 Next: Bloomberg Strategist How Is XRP Faring Today? Source: Coinfomania At the time of writing, the altcoin was trading at $2.09. Throughout the past 24 hours, XRP recorded a rise of 1.34%. It should be noted that the asset has been lingering between $2.06 and $2.11 over the last couple of days. Source: CoinMarketCap The community was also positive about the altcoin’s potential rally. Ripple’s XRP recorded a nearly 300% rise during the past year. This is higher than that of most as...

One of the most prominent meme coins on the market has taken the next step in the evolution of the project. Indeed, Shiba Inu is set to officially launch its TREAT token, with all eyes on what it means for SHIB. Specifically, can it push the altcoin above the $0.00004 mark? In a post to X (formerly Twitter), Shiba Inu announced that the TREAT reward token was officially live. They also noted that traders could currently purchase the asset across its various centralized exchange partnerships. With the highly anticipated asset going live, it should be set to have a notable impact on SHIB’s price this month. $TREAT is officially LIVE! Buy it now on our CEX partners! Stay SAFE! ️ Beware of scam links and tokens mimic or replicate $TREAT. Double-check with https://t.co/5knaVPWmJV and our official brand channels for verification. pic.twitter.com/T26aKgOVVB — Shib | TreatYourself Season (@Shibtoken) January 14, 2025 Also Read: How High Will Shiba Inu (SHIB) Surge In January 2025? Shiba I...

The price of XRP is soaring as it is poised to climb for the third week in a row. This was surprising as most assets in the market were dipping. But Ripple’s XRP has risen beyond the critical resistance level at $1. This further increases the likelihood that it will reach its highest point of the year, $1.98. But the real question is if the altcoin will continue this hot streak and reach a high of $2 or even $3 anytime soon. Also Read: De-Dollarization Rises: 10 ASEAN Nations That May Dump The US Dollar XRP Stays Still At $1.11 Ripple’s cryptocurrency seemed to having a tough time maintaining itself beyond the $1.11 mark. Over the past seven days, XRP surged by a staggering 56% followed by a monthly gain of 108%. Earlier today, the asset surged all the way to a high of $1.15. AT press time, XRP was priced at $1.12. Source XRP hit an all-time high of $3.84 about seven years ago. Currently, the altcoin is 71% below this peak. Since the altcoin has managed to retain itself over...

One Solana (SOL)-based memecoin is going parabolic after earning sudden support from Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange. Binance announced futures contracts in the USDT trading pair support for Comedian (BAN), which soared to a new all-time high of $0.378 on Monday. BAN has since retraced and is trading for $0.292 at time of writing, up more than 1,600% from its low in early November of $0.017. With a market cap of $287.4 million, BAN is the 275th largest crypto project. According to the project’s website, the memecoin was inspired by the 2019 artwork titled “Comedian” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. The artwork, which featured a banana taped to a wall, sold at Sotheby’s for $120,000. “This satirical cryptocurrency doesn’t just ask buyers to invest in a coin; it invites them to consider their own participation in a new meta driven by humor, hype, and, occasionally, the absurd. Comedian becomes not only a cu...

A widely followed analyst and trader is leaning bullish on a blockchain oracle built in the Solana (SOL) ecosystem while offering his outlook on Bitcoin (BTC) and Dogecoin (DOGE). Pseudonymous crypto trader Bluntz tells his 290,400 followers on the social media platform X that the native token of Solana-based blockchain oracle Pyth Network (PYTH) is primed for a strong bullish movement. “God candle loading on PYTH. Perfectly rounded bottom with three months of accumulation. Currently flirting with the final boss as far as accumulation resistance goes [just below the $0.50 price] and once cleared, clear skies ahead. Solana beta is about to start getting some love again in my opinion.” Source: Bluntz/X PYTH is trading at $0.399 at time of writing. Moving on to the flagship digital asset, Bluntz – who regularly utilizes Elliott Wave theory in his technical Analysis – says that Bitcoin “should pop higher” after undergoing a brief correction in a thre...

A widely followed analyst and trader is leaning bullish on the Solana-based pet-themed memecoin cat in a dogs world (MEW) while outlining his forecast for Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB). The analyst pseudonymously known as Bluntz tells his 283,800 followers on the social media platform X that MEW is “about to break out very soon” after trading in a symmetrical triangle over the past few days. A symmetrical triangle can be a bullish continuation pattern if an asset takes out its diagonal resistance. Bluntz shares a chart suggesting that a breakout could send MEW close to $0.011. Source: Bluntz/X MEW is trading at $0.00904 at time of writing, above the pattern’s resistance. Turning to Dogecoin, the pseudonymous analyst says that despite the emergence of new meme tokens, it would be a “huge mistake” to write off the ninth-largest crypto asset by market cap. “The thing with DOGE is, basically since inception, it always runs the hardest and most v...

AAVE and ICP are making waves in the cryptocurrency market. Both tokens have posted double-digit gains recently. This stands out as many other cryptocurrencies are struggling. Also Read: Meme Coins Plummet: Trump vs. Harris Debate Shakes Election Odds Discover How AAVE and ICP are Shaking Up the Cryptocurrency Market AAVE’s Stellar Performance Source: CoinMarketCap AAVE has surged to a two-year high, trading above $150. Recent trading shows a 21.07% rise for the altcoin, making it one of the standout performers currently. Source: TradingView The chart shows AAVE breaking out of a cup-and-handle pattern. The neckline is $142.69. Technical indicators point to more bullish momentum for the altcoin, especially considering AAVE’s performance. ICP’s Impressive Rally Source: CoinMarketCap ICP has also seen substantial gains. It’s up 12%, while Bitcoin stalled at $58,000. This puts ICP among the top performers in more significant cryptocurrencies. The rise of ICP is nota...

Solana slid into the outflow column this week as Bitcoin’s outflows streak continued. Cryptocurrency asset outflows for the week of Sep. 3 through 9 totalled $59.3 million, bringing the current run to $249 million over four consecutive weeks.  Bitcoin experienced the bulk of activity last week, with its $68.9 million in outflows offset by Short Bitcoin inflows in the amount of $15.2 million and $0.7 million from XRP. According to CoinShares, regulatory and financial markets insecurity are to blame for the streak: “We believe continued worries over regulation of the asset class and recent dollar strength are the most likely reasons for this. Trading volumes also dropped significantly, by 73% in comparison to the prior week to just $754 million for the week.” Last week also brought an end to Solana’s recent run. After nine weeks of in flows totalling $14.1 million and prompting CoinShares to suggest that it was “the most loved altcoin amongst investors,” Solana saw $1.1 million in outf...

Cointelegraph also spoke to developers purportedly behind a new PEPE token spin-off, who claim the new one is everything "the old Pepe token should have been." The biggest new memecoin of 2023, Pepe (PEPE) suffered one of the worst possible fates that can befall a new crypto asset; a partial rug pull — after its anonymous developers abruptly sold nearly $16 million worth of the token on Aug. 24.  The official Pepe X (formerly known as Twitter) account explained the drop was due to “three ex-team members” going behind their back and selling the tokens without their knowledge — a move that saw the price of Pepe plummet as much as 26% in the days following, without much respite.  an announcement to the $PEPE community: Yesterday on August 24th, 2023, a series of unexpected transactions took place from the $PEPE multisig CEX Wallet in which ~16 Trillion $PEPE tokens (worth roughly $15m USD) were transferred to various crypto exchanges (OKX, Binance,… pic.twitter.com/iZmXV1TAvw —...

Bitcoin and select altcoins are finding buyers at lower levels, indicating a pick-up in positive sentiment. Bitcoin is still struggling to stay above $31,000. While a tight consolidation near the overhead resistance is a positive sign, the failure to rise above it may result in short-term liquidations. However, a shallow pullback should not be considered a trend change because, many times, the bulls take a step back to regroup and launch another attack at the resistance. If the barrier is overcome, the positive momentum picks up. Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said in an “ask me anything” session on Twitter that Bitcoin (BTC) could witness a bull year after its halving in 2024. CZ added that BlackRock’s foray into cryptocurrencies will be “hugely beneficial” for the industry. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360 BlackRock CEO Larry Fink made positive comments about Bitcoin while speaking in an interview with Fox Business on July 5. Fink said that Bitcoin was an “i...

Starknet's latest upgrade will scale the ZK rollup's throughput by 50X or more. But capacity is very different to real world usage. Starknet’s Quantum Leap upgrade has been deployed on testnet , with the Ethereum layer-2 scaling protocol claiming it's capable of processing "hundreds of transactions per second." If achieved, it would be at least a 50X improvement from its current throughput, thanks to the Version 12 upgrade harmonizing how the sequencer's code interacts with the Cairo programming language. A Starknet fact sheet states that the "time to inclusion" after the upgrade goes live on mainnet "will be under 15 seconds" meaning DApps will be able to confirm transactions on-chain within seconds. Co-founder Uri Kolodny was a little more circumspect in an interview with Cointelegraph, stating that the upgrade has hit " triple figures " during testing so far. If this throughput is mirrored in real-world usage — and high TPS ...

In an open letter, Cameron Winklevoss slammed DCG's Barry Silbert for allegedly playing the victim card while owing $1.2 billion to Gemini’s 232,000 Earn customers. Crypto exchange Gemini founder and CEO Cameron Winklevoss is again threatening to sue Digital Currency Group and its CEO Barry Silbert over delays in the resolution of Genesis for its Earn customers while slamming the CEOfor allegedly trying to play the victim card. In the July 3 “Open Letter to Barry Silbert,” Winklevoss alleged the DCG enterprise had engaged in “fraudulent behavior” via a “culture of lies and deceit” — which have come at the expense of Gemini’s 232,000 Earn users. Earn Update: An Open Letter to @BarrySilbert pic.twitter.com/ErsYpcEjQD — Cameron Winklevoss (@cameron) July 4, 2023 Among the accusations, Winklevoss’ strongly-worded letter alleges that Silbert intentionally delayed resolution through “abuse” of the mediation process, stating:  "Mediation has given DCG an indefinite forbearance on ...

On this week’s episode of The Market Report, Cointelegraph’s resident expert explains why Dogecoin has been pumping and what it has to do with Twitter and Elon Musk. This week on The Market Report, Cointelegraph analyst and writer Marcel Pechman breaks down everything that has been happening between Twitter, Elon Musk and Dogecoin (DOGE). He also covers the Changpeng “CZ” Zhao arrest rumors and Japanese crackdowns on crypto exchanges. Bitcoin price bounces after CZ arrest rumors as traders eye $30K next Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dipping to $27,240 on Bitstamp. Its lowest since March 28, the performance followed an outbreak of claims that Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, already under investigation by United States regulators, is now wanted by Interpol. The claims came from an accidental leak of an encrypted tweet by the private Twitter account Cobie, which appeared to lack evidence, resulting in a market rebound. Bitcoin (BTC), however, quickly...

Bitcoin's performance has outpaced Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway over the past six months as crypto markets appear to have turned a corner. The total crypto market capitalization increased by 26% in seven days, reaching $1.16 trillion on March 17. Bitcoin (BTC) was the biggest winner among the top 20 coins, up 31.5%, though some altcoins gained 50% or more during that period. Total crypto market cap in USD, 12-hour. Source: TradingView The surge in cryptocurrency prices occurred as the United States Federal Reserve was forced to lend banks $300 billion in emergency funds. According to PBS News Hour, nearly half of the money went to failed financial institutions Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and was used to pay uninsured depositors. The remaining $153 billion was obtained through a long-standing program known as the "discount window," which allows banks to borrow funds for up to 90 days. While appearing to protect the banking sector, additional funding ...