Altcoins Thrives While Major Coins Keeps Silent, Where will the Crypto Market Go?

Jul 17, 2020

Altcoins seem to usher in its own spring while major coins keep a stable price. Several times, even dozens of times of increase in price, making people in a trance have the illusion of dreaming back to 2017’s bull run. Is the rise of altcoins’ price a harbinger of a bull run or the sickle of...

Three Altcoins Ready to Outperform Bitcoin (BTC), According to Crypto Analytics Firm Santiment

Jun 14, 2020

Crypto analytics firm Santiment says a handful of crypto market metrics indicate that Ethereum (ETH), Basic Attention Token (BAT) and Maker (MKR) all look more bullish in the short term than Bitcoin (BTC). Santiment looked at each asset's three-day averages in three metrics. ...

Ethereum’s Effect on Altcoins Feeds Bitcoin’s Dominance

Oct 29, 2019

Bitcoin's 12% sudden rise as China’s President Xi Jinping triggered a blockchain frenzy cemented its grip on the market and strengthened its dominance of the entire crypto industry - at its highest range in almost three years (currently at over 67%). The sustained dominance tells of Ethe...

Opinion: What has Changed for Altcoins Since 2017

Aug 23, 2019

Talks of Bitcoin's rising dominance to a point of triggering a general altcoins bull season are becoming more frequent. The dominance level has already surpassed the 65% range which got altcoins running the last time to, particularly with the influence of ICOs, swell the total crypto marke...

Bitcoin Over Two-Third of Crypto Market, Altcoins Shrink to New Low

Aug 9, 2019

As debates continue to sprout on its capability as a safe haven, Bitcoin's rising dominance of the crypto market is becoming a cause for concern for many altcoins whose share continue to dwindle. As at this writing, Coinmarketcap data shows Bitcoin is at 69.2% of the $305 bln-worth market fo...

Litecoin Creator Talks Halving: Everything will be Back to Normal, Community Makes Litecoin Stronger

Aug 6, 2019

Most people believe that cryptocurrency’s halving will soar price up. Litecoin serves as a live example of this process as its halving has shaken the market confidence, the anxiety has sparked several speculations regarding mining profitability. In recent interview, Charlie Lee, the creator...

Bitcoin’s Correlation With Altcoins Declines in Q2

Jul 7, 2019

The average correlation between Bitcoin and most other large cryptoassets declined in Q2 2019 unlike the previous quarter, a Binance's Crypto-Correlations Review has shown. Though general correlations amongst other cryptoassets remained quite high in Q2, the report says Bitcoin's corre...

What Current Bitcoin Price Surge Means for Global Market, Altcoins’ Rise

Jun 27, 2019

Bitcoin's price has been rising for nine consecutive days hitting over the $10,000 price tag across the world's most popular currencies for trading including the USD, EUR and GBP. A pullback is expected soon after Bitcoin hits a 17-month high (especially considering the decision by Koin...

Altcoins’ Fate Dicey as Binance Ends One-Week Deposit/Withdrawal Suspension

May 14, 2019

The proposed move to lift a one-week suspension of deposits and withdrawals on the world’s top cryptocurrency exchange following its hack will trigger a general price action for altcoins which could go both ways. In its third update on ‘the security incident’ on Sunday May 12, Binance notes ...

Lightning Network’s Rising Popularity and Bitcoin, Altcoins

Feb 9, 2019

So much is being said about Lightning Network (LN) of late as its capacity continues to rise - above 659 BTC (about $2.42 mln) as at the time of this writing. The solution's growth rate and the progress it records has seen more wallets running it to achieve the purpose of facilitating small...