Blockchain
On-chain data: Institutional players likely bought Bitcoin’s weekend dip to $30k


Bitcoin faced a strong dip last weekend and early this week. The cryptocurrency fell from the $42,000 highs set late last week to lows at $30,000 on some spot exchanges.
During the move lower, there was a large ejection of leveraged traders. As CryptoSlate reported previously, in excess of $2.8 billion worth of cryptocurrency market futures positions were liquidated. This was the biggest liquidation event for the Bitcoin market since the Mar. 13 “Black Thursday” blowup of 2020.
Bitcoin has since recovered to $35,000 as of this article’s writing, per CryptoSlate market data.
The market may have bottomed, according to analysts looking at on-chain and overall exchange trends.
Institutions bought the Bitcoin dip, says CryptoQuant CEO
According to Ki Young Ju of CryptoQuant, a crypto analytics startup, there were many institutional players that bought the Bitcoin dip when it dropped into the $30,000 range.
Commenting on on-chain trends that indicate that Coinbase, an exchange often used by institutional players and over-the-counter desks, has seen strong Bitcoin outflows, he wrote:
“There are many institutional investors who bought $BTC at the 30-32k level. The Coinbase outflow on Jan 2nd was a three-year high.”
There are many institutional investors who bought $BTC at the 30-32k level. The Coinbase outflow on Jan 2nd was a three-year high.
Speculative guess, but if these guys are behind this bull-run, they’ll protect the 30k level. Even if we have a dip, it wouldn’t go down below 28k. pic.twitter.com/3GXLpjyWbp
— Ki Young Ju 주기영 (@ki_young_ju) January 13, 2021
He suggested that this means that there are institutional players ready to buy any dip into the $30,000 region, which is where there is technical and on-chain support for Bitcoin:
“Speculative guess, but if these guys are behind this bull-run, they’ll protect the 30k level. Even if we have a dip, it wouldn’t go down below 28k.”
There also appears to be an exchange data-based case that the Bitcoin price bottom is in.
A trader commented that Bitcoin’s correction this past week was marked by extremely high volume across all trading platforms.
In fact, per his data, the drop actually marked the highest amount of Bitcoin traded in history. Extremely high volume spikes are historically indicative of a reversal point for the cryptocurrency markets.
Bitcoin market reversal points that were marked by extremely high or even all-time high volumes include the “Black Thursday” crash, the $20,000 all-time high, and the peak since in 2019 at around $14,000.
This was also the daily with the highest aggregated spot AND perps volume ever recorded.$BTC pic.twitter.com/dNuzXwz8nU
— Byzantine General (@ByzGeneral) January 13, 2021
To coincide with this positive expectation of a reversal, Grayscale Investments, the Wall Street digital asset manager, just reopened deposits for accredited investors into its Bitcoin, Ethereum, and altcoin Trusts. These Trusts were closed throughout the past few weeks, which many say is what contributed to the sometimes uneasy price action in these markets.
The reopening of deposits is likely to drive further capital into crypto.
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TRON’s First Cross-Chain Prediction Market Comes Through a Partnership with Prosper


The popular blockchain project TRON will introduce the DLT-agnostic prediction market Prosper to its ecosystem. TRON users and TRX holders will be able to provide liquidity and enhance the success-rate of the prediction market solution.
TRON Teams Up With Prosper
Justin Sun’s TRON announced its latest partnership in a press release shared with CryptoPotato earlier today. It informed that the two blockchain projects have teamed up to address some of the issues related to decentralized prediction markets.
Such tools have been active for a while, but the statement highlighted the lack of sufficient liquidity as a major hurdle on their way to receive mass adoption. This comes mostly because each prediction market “has traditionally been segregated to a single chain,” and not enough users could provide the necessary liquidity to produce accurate predictions.
Prosper works similarly – the higher the liquidity is, meaning more users are involved, the more “predictions are made, leading to a more accurate and robust prediction outcome based on greater collective insight from the crowd.”
Furthermore, Prosper operates a cross-chain platform, which enables it to aggregate liquidity into its platform regardless of the user’s access point.
With the introduction of TRX, one of the largest digital assets by market cap, TRON and Prosper expect a surge in the liquidity to the underlying pool. Additionally, the integration will enable users to receive access to new applications that could impact their investment strategies and potential earnings.
The statement also touched upon a free insurance pool provided by Prosper. It allows the platform to repay any funds stolen from hacks from an emergency fund that is automatically set aside.
This partnership with TRON is an extension of Prosper’s efforts to collaborate with the biggest players of the DeFi world.” – said Iva Wisher, co-founder of Prosper.
TRON Aims at Ethereum
The announcement further explained that TRON is currently “working to create a competing DeFi ecosystem that rivals its counterparts while allowing for inexpensive transactions, creating a win-win situation for platform users.”
The PR outlined Ethereum’s major role in the space but touched upon its scaling issues, which have caused significant transaction delays and high gas costs.
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XRP, Polkadot, Cosmos Price Analysis: 03 March

At the time of writing, bullish movements were underway across the crypto-market, with the same precipitated by Bitcoin’s foray above the $50,000-mark. Thanks to BTC’s movement and owing to the correlation shared by the market’s alts with the world’s largest cryptocurrency, the likes of Polkadot, XRP, and Cosmos were all rallying. At press time, however, their daily charts were yet to register more than a minor uptick in price trend.
XRP

Source: XRP/USD on TradingView
Once one of the mainstays of the market top-five, XRP, at the time of writing, was ranked 7th on CoinMarketCap’s charts. Thanks to its own topsy-turvy price performance over the last few months and the performances of altcoins such as Polkadot and Cardano, the crypto is no longer among the market’s top-five.
Like the rest of the market, XRP too bore the brunt of corrections after Bitcoin dropped below $50,000. In fact, the altcoin fell by over 25% in a 5-day period.
Over the last three days, however, the cryptocurrency seemed to be gaining some bullish momentum. In fact, on the hourly charts, XRP’s hike was observed to be even more significant. However, at the time of writing, it was still difficult to predict whether the crypto would be able to sustain its movement north.
On the contrary, XRP’s indicators continued to flash bearish signals as while the Parabolic SAR’s dotted markers were well above the price candles, the Awesome Oscillator was still noting negative market momentum.
With the legal status of XRP still up for debate in the United States, it is difficult to ascertain what the future has in store for the altcoin.
Polkadot [DOT]

Source: DOT/USD on TradingView
One of the cryptos to have replaced XRP on the rankings, the last few weeks and months have been great for Polkadot, with the altcoin registering its ATH just a few weeks back. However, like most alts, it too dropped dramatically on the charts after BTC’s depreciation, with the crypto falling by 17%.
Curiously, since then, DOT has been on an impressive uptrend, with the alt up by over 22% in the last 7 days. With the rest of the market pumping at press time, it seemed likely that these gains would be pushed even higher.
While the width of the Bollinger Bands suggested some degree of near-term price volatility, the Relative Strength Index was nearing the overbought zone. Here, it’s worth noting that XRP’s price has corrected itself the last two times the RSI has climbed into the said zone.
The project made headlines recently after a Polkadot-based platform raised $1.6M in funding from venture capitalists.
Cosmos [ATOM]

Source: ATOM/USD on TradingView
ATOM’s price movements shared more similarities with the likes of XRP, than Polkadot, with the altcoin also gaining on the charts only recently. In the last 7 days alone, ATOM has climbed by 12%. However, the said hike did come on the back of a 16% depreciation. While the altcoin’s market was trending upwards at the time of writing, it is worth noting that ATOM’s indicators on the daily timeframe were yet to underline any bullishness.
While the MACD line was under the Signal line, despite the bearish momentum falling on the histogram, the Chaikin Money Flow was heading south. If these indicators reverse course in the near-term, a trend reversal can be expected soon.
Source: https://ambcrypto.com/xrp-polkadot-cosmos-price-analysis-03-march
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Bitfinex launches Bitfinex Pay for merchants to accept payments in ETH, BTC


Crypto exchange Bitfinex launched a payment widget dubbed Bitfinex Pay that will aim to provide online merchants with a means of receiving “seamless” digital token payments.
Merchants can integrate the payment technology onto a website facilitating e-payments. Users will have the option to pay with various cryptocurrencies which include Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin (BTC), Lightning Network BTC (LN-BTC) and Tether (USDt) via Ethereum or Tron.
Payments made via Bitfinex Pay will be directly deposited into a merchant’s exchange wallet on Bitfinex. The value of payments is capped at $1,000.
Furthermore, customers will not have to pay any processing fees for using Bitfinex Pay. However, transaction fees incurred on the relevant blockchain will be borne by online merchants and their customers.
In a release shared with AMBCrypto CTO at Bitfinex Paolo Ardoino said:
Bitfinex Pay enables merchants to be easily equipped to support crypto payments as increasing numbers of consumers become more comfortable with paying for goods and services using digital tokens.
“Eligible” merchants who choose to integrate the widget on their websites will first need to register and verify their Bitfinex account to at least the intermediate level and apply for merchant verification. Merchants can create a sub-account on verification.
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