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There is increasingly little room for maneuver on hourly and 4-hourly charts as the week’s trading comes to a close. Bitcoin (BTC) hovered above $43,000 on Feb. 11 as volatility waned after a fresh local peak.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewSupport and resistance zones narrowData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD awaiting a…

Stock headwinds contrast with a lack of short sellers to produce an array of forecasts on where Bitcoin price action may head next. Bitcoin (BTC) hovered around $44,000 on Feb. 9 as a modest uptick towards the Wall Street open provided relief for support levels. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewMelt-up or breakdown?Data from Cointelegraph…

Blockchain venture funds are shifting their focus to Web3 development and are placing greater emphasis on scalability. Layer-2 scaling solution Polygon has raised $450 million in a funding round that was backed by some of blockchain’s biggest venture funds — offering further evidence that major investors are looking to support the future of Web3 development. The…

Ethereum price is back above its 50-week exponential moving average, a credible support level from the 2020-2021 market boom. Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) looks poised to hit $3,500 in the coming sessions as it reclaimed a historically strong support level on Feb. 5.Ethereum price back above key trendlineETH price rising above its 50-week exponential…

Ali Yahya, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, told Cointelegraph that TrueFi will “bring the unique advantages of DeFi to a wider and global user base.” Stablecoin operator TrustToken has launched a new lending marketplace that allows asset managers to create their own decentralized finance products, potentially opening the door to wider mainstream adoption of…

MicroStrategy bought significantly less BTC in January than in previous months, according to official data. Major Bitcoin (BTC) investor ​​MicroStrategy has announced another major BTC purchase during a market dip to collect a total of 125,051 BTC as of Monday.According to an official form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed on…

Some of the key areas of blockchain development include manufacturing, energy, government data sharing and services, law enforcement, taxation, criminal trials, inspection, and cross-border finance. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced the commencement of an in-house effort to expedite blockchain development and innovation across 15 zones and 164 entities. The initiative aims for the large-scale…

Funds will be used for hiring industry-leading engineers to implement both EVM and WASM and to invest and nurture Astar native ecosystem projects. Astar, a multichain DApp protocol formerly known as Plasm, has raised $22 million in its latest strategic fundraise.The funding round was led by Polychain and saw participation from the likes of Alameda…

Turkish officials have recently identified the metaverse as a priority area for policy development. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and ruling Ak Party officials met earlier this week to discuss the metaverse, with the president calling for comprehensive research on the subject.Erdoğan has reportedly urged the Ak Party to study the metaverse, cryptocurrencies, and how…

The NFT marketplace bug was reportedly discovered on Dec. 31, which showed transferred NFTs as listed on OpenSea. A bug in the front end of popular nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has reportedly led to an exploit allowing users to buy popular NFTs at their previous listing price.The bug seems to be prevalent with Bored…

There are several ways in which users can get started using the Uniswap DEX such as the MetaMask wallet, the Trust Wallet, and the Coinbase wallet. The Uniswap decentralized exchange (DEX) is the most popular DEX built on the Ethereum blockchain. For users wondering, “What is Uniswap?,” this article provides an overview of what it…

Changpeng Zhao said that the majority of crypto demand and user adoption come from word-of-mouth marketing. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) claimed that the growing restrictions on crypto advertisement won’t impact the demand.During his interview with CNBC, CZ stressed that physical crypto advertisements and crypto ads, in general, have not had much impact on user…

The Hong Kong-based game software and venture capital firm will deepen its exposure to NFTs, gaming and metaverse projects. Hong Kong-based software and venture firm Animoca Brands has secured $358.8 million in capital investments to fuel new acquisitions in the nonfungible token (NFT), gaming and metaverse sectors, further cementing crypto’s biggest trends in 2022. The funding…

Michael J. Hsu said that the mainstreaming of crypto has occurred despite regulatory and legal uncertainty, and a series of scams, hacks, and other disruptive events. The Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Michael J. Hsu, highlighted the need for collaboration and coordination with large crypto intermediaries to better understand the risks within the growing $2…

The WTF token airdrop got off to a wild launch. Users reportedly lost thousands of dollars while one bot disappeared with 58 ETH. Fees.wtf is a simple service that shows Ether (ETH) users their lifetime spend on Ethereum blockchain transactions by measuring gas. You plug in your wallet address on their website and they tell…

The Layer 2 protocol addresses the historic limitations of the BTC blockchain to improve speeds while reducing the costs associated with the transactions. Popular mobile payment service Cash App has integrated the Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network as a part of an update, allowing faster and cheaper BTC transfers using the Layer 2 (L2) payment protocol. Cash…