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Chainlink Hits Record High, Altcoins Rally Amid Bitcoin Consolidation


Decentralized oracle network Chainlink’s LINK token and other prominent alternative cryptocurrencies (dubbed altcoins) are charting solid gains as the crypto market leader bitcoin takes a bull breather.
LINK set a new record price of $23.68 overnight and is changing hands near $21.73 at press time, a 7.3% gain on a 24-hour basis. The previous lifetime high of $19.90 was reached in August, according to CoinDesk 20 data.
The cryptocurrency has nearly doubled in the first two weeks of the year in a strong follow-through to last year’s 530% rise. Chainlink’s oracles act as a bridge between cryptocurrency smart contracts and off-chain data feeds.
Some altcoins such as OMG and OXT are up over 10% in the past 24 hours, while others including ether, litecoin, bitcoin cash have gained at least 2–8% each.
Bitcoin is currently trading near $36,900, representing a 5% gain in 24 hours, but remains trapped in a week-long tightening range of $30,000 to $40,000. The period of consolidation looks to be paving the way for the rotation of money into the relatively cheap altcoins.
The switch to alts began last week with Polkadot blockchain’s DOT token rallying sharply to become the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, according to Alex Melikhov, CEO and founder of cryptocurrency framework Equilibrium and the EOSDT stablecoin. “Other coins now seem to be following Polkadot higher,” he said.
The record ether-bitcoin implied volatility spread seen earlier this month had suggested a rally in ether and alternative cryptocurrencies in general may be on the way.
Altcoins could continue to “pop hard” while bitcoin is held in a narrowing price range, said market analyst Lark Davis on Twitter.
LINK may receive an additional boost from an impending switch to proof-of-stake (PoS) this year. Staking refers to the process of pledging coins for a period to support the operations on a blockchain network in return for rewards. In layman’s terms, it is similar to earning interest on a fixed-income investment like bonds.
The altcoin rally may pause if bitcoin’s recent narrowing price range ends with a bullish breakout, opening doors for stronger gains. “If bitcoin breaks $42,000, it’s going to run to test $50,000 pretty quickly,” Vinny Lingham, investor and founder of crypto wallet and identity verification firm Civic, tweeted Thursday.
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Bitcoin price is going to ‘infinity’ — Kraken CEO

Bitcoin (BTC) will be worth “infinity” and humanity will soon give up pricing it in U.S. dollars, says the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken.
Speaking to Bloomberg on March 4, Jesse Powell was characteristically bullish on Bitcoin as BTC/USD broke above $50,000.
Powell: $1 million Bitcoin in ten years “reasonable”
“Of course, you know, we can only speculate, but when we measure it in terms of dollars, you have to think it’s going to infinity,” he told Bloomberg TV about future price trajectory.
“This national currency’s only fifty years old, it’s already showing extreme signs of weakness, and pretty soon I think people are going to start measuring the price of things in Bitcoin.”
Powell was commenting as the USD weakened alongside a macro market sell-off on Wednesday, an event which had next to no impact on Bitcoin. At the same time, the U.S. national debt quietly passed $28 trillion for the first time in history.
Despite a rejection of $50,000 support, Bitcoin bulls thus remained more than optimistic.
“The people that are believers in Bitcoin see… it’s going to replace all of the world’s currency, so that basically means whatever the market cap of the dollar is, the euro — all of that combined is what Bitcoin could be worth,” Powell continued.
“I think in the near term, people see it surpassing gold as a store of value, so I think $1 million as a price target within the next ten years is pretty reasonable.”
As Cointelegraph noted, Bitcoin closed February 26% above its target dictated by the stock-to-flow-based price models, with creator PlanB still confident that $100,000 will hit at some time this year.

No time for gold
Meanwhile, the gold ecplise argument has been steadily gaining support on social media in particular, often at the expense of gold bugs, who are left with increasingly little ammunition to defend their anti-Bitcoin stance.
As Cointelegraph reported, it was billionaire and former Bitcoin skeptic Mark Cuban who this week took SchiffGold.com CEO Peter Schiff to task over his love of the precious metal. Gold, he told Schiff, “is dead.”
“Bitcoin has been crushing gold since inception,” Kraken growth lead Dan Held added in response to claims by Schiff that a bet against gold was a losing one.
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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-is-going-to-infinity-kraken-ceo
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Giottus technologies offers access to Bitfinex liquidity


Giottus Technologies (Giottus), a cryptocurrency exchange, today announced that it will provide access to liquidity on Bitfinex, providing its customers with some of the deepest crypto-to-crypto liquidity in the industry.
Giottus is also introducing the most competitive fee structure in India for its customers.
“Giottus customers can now enjoy high liquidity across BTC/USDT, ETH/USDT, XRP/USDT, TRX/USDT, ETH/BTC, and many more. Through the strategic agreement with Bitfinex, we have further strengthened our compliance policies and procedures, both on and off-chain,” said Vikram Subburaj, Co-Founder & CEO at Giottus.
“The commitment to our customers comes first, which is why we have introduced the most competitive fees in India, 0% Maker & 0.075% Taker. Traditionally, the largest global exchanges charge these low fees only to customers trading USD 3Bn+ monthly. Giottus customers can enjoy these fee levels irrespective of their monthly trade volumes,” added Arjun Vijay, Co-Founder & COO at Giottus.
Benefits of this new strategic agreement include,
- Some of the deepest crypto to crypto liquidity in the industry
- The most competitive fees in India – 0% (Maker) & 0.075% (Taker)
- Enhanced on & off-chain compliance and controls
About Giottus
Giottus is changing the way Indian users trade their digital assets by building a platform that is customer-centric along with top-tier customer support on par with the world’s best international exchanges. Preferred by beginners and veterans alike, Giottus offers products and solutions that cater to users of all segments.
Key product features include,
- Trading in 100+ crypto pairs
- One-Click INR Deposit and Buy
- 24×7 Banking Support
- Multilingual Customer Support (English, Hindi, Tamil & Telugu)
- Superfast KYC processing
In the past month, Giottus has launched the trade of 30+ new INR-crypto pairs along with an improved compliance mechanism and upgraded tech-stack to support its growing Indian consumer base.
Giottus is highly rated and loved in India with a greater than 4.8 on 5 average ratings among reviews on Google, Facebook, and Trustscore.
Contact
Srivathsan A R, Chief Marketing Officer, Giottus @ [email protected]
For more details, visit their website or contact them on Telegram
Disclaimer: This is a paid post and should not be taken as news/advice
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Source: https://ambcrypto.com/giottus-technologies-offers-access-to-bitfinex-liquidity
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Coinbase CEO tops China’s Hurun list of blockchain billionaires

The CEO of the United States’ largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has topped the list of global industry billionaires by China’s Hurun Research Institute.
Issued on March 2, the latest Hurun report provides a brief overview of the world’s richest, stating that the number of global billionaires has surged nearly 50% to hit over 3,000 people over the past five years. The report includes 17 “blockchain billionaires,” or industry entrepreneurs who made their fortune “mainly from cryptocurrency” as of January 2021.
According to the report, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is the world’s biggest crypto billionaire, with his net worth surging ten-fold from $1 billion last year.
According to Hurun’s data, Armstrong now has an estimated wealth of $11.5 billion ahead of Coinbase’s imminent initial public offering. The company officially announced its IPO plans in December 2020 in a draft filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of Alameda Research and FTX exchange, is ranked the second-richest blockchain billionaire, with a net worth evaluated at $10 billion. The executive is a new entrant in the Hurun list, following the massive growth of FTX in 2020.
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance, is ranked the third, with total wealth estimated at $8 billion, up more than 200% from last year. In 2020, Zhao was featured as the richest crypto billionaire in the Hurun list, overtaking Bitmain’s co-founder Micree Zhan Ketuan.
The Hurun’s new blockchain billionaires list includes a number of major industry players like Ripple co-founders Chris Larsen, Stellar co-founder Jed McCaleb, Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert, the Winklevoss brothers, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor, and others. The list features a total of 11 new entrants in the list including major industry investor Tim Draper and Galaxy Digital founder and CEO Michael Novogratz.

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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-ceo-tops-china-s-hurun-list-of-blockchain-billionaires
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