Blockchain

Polkadot, Ethereum Classic, VeChain Price Analysis: 06 April

Published

2 weeks ago

April 6, 2021

Bitcoin’s correlation with the industry’s altcoins is one of the crypto-market’s long-standing certainties. As has often been the case, the market’s altcoins have often taken BTC’s lead to chart their price actions. At the time of writing, however, this wasn’t the case.

In fact, for the likes of Polkadot, Ethereum Classic, and VeChain, this hasn’t been the case for the past week or so.

Polkadot [DOT]

Source: DOT/USD on TradingView

Polkadot, the cryptocurrency ranked 8th on CoinMarketCap, has been one of the few alts to hike exponentially over the past week despite BTC’s mostly sideways performance on the price charts. In fact, DOT rose by over 42% inside a week, with the alt recording its ATH recently too.

While DOT has been hit by BTC’s movements in the past, with the rest of the altcoin market rallying with it, Polkadot is likely to continue on its uptrend in the near-term. It’s worth noting, however, that some corrections seemed to be setting in at press time.

DOT’s bullish projections were highlighted by the observations of its technical indicators as while the Parabolic SAR’s dotted markers were well under the price candles, the MACD line was surging above the Signal line.

Polkadot’s press time movement also seemed to be in line with what was projected a few days ago by a previous analysis.

The altcoin was in the news recently after ICONs’ blockchain core developers integrated with DOT’s ecosystem.

Ethereum Classic [ETC]

Source: ETC/USD on TradingView

Like Polkadot, Ethereum Classic too has seen significant price appreciation over the last 7-10 days. In fact, despite some corrections, ETC was quick to hike again on the charts. That being said, the big question will be whether ETC’s uptrend can be sustained over the long run.

For the majority of 2021, ETC’s price action has been very inconsistent, with spurts in its price often followed by a series of brief falls.

In the near-term, however, ETC looked pretty bullish at press time. While the mouth of the Bollinger Bands was diverging to point to some incoming price volatility, the Awesome Oscillator registered a sharp uptick in positive market momentum.

Despite ETC’s lack of a sustained uptrend, it’s worth noting that Grayscale’s Ethereum Classic assets under management were valued at over $158M, at press time.

VeChain [VET]

Source: VET/USD on TradingView

Like Polkadot before it, VeChain too registered its ATH on the charts only recently, with the same pushing the alt up CoinMarket’s charts with a rank of 20th. In fact, VET has been climbing the charts since the month of March began, with the alt seeing a lot of sideways movement in the months of January and February.

It should be noted, however, that while VET did hike by over 24% in one week, the uptick in value wasn’t accompanied by spikes in trading volume.

The bullishness in VeChain’s market was evidenced by the findings of its indicators as while the Chaikin Money Flow had risen again towards zero, the Relative Strength Index continued to skirt the overbought zone on the charts. According to a recent analysis, VET has quite a few support levels that will stop a breakdown in the altcoin’s price.

Sign Up For Our Newsletter

Coinsmart. Beste Bitcoin-Börse in Europa
Source: https://ambcrypto.com/polkadot-ethereum-classic-vechain-price-analysis-06-april

Related Topics:2021 Altcoin altcoins Analysis ATH blockchain Cryptocurrency Developers ecosystem ETC Ethereum News performance polkadot price Price Analysis trading VeChain volume

Up Next

Cardano Ecosystem Venture Fund Establishes First Investment In COTI

Don't Miss

Kraken Daily Market Report for April 05 2021

Blockchain

Coinbase Pro Lists Tether as USDT Supply Approaches 50 Billion

Published

13 mins ago

April 23, 2021

Republished by Plato

In an announcement on April 23, Coinbase Pro stated that it had enabled trading for the Tether stablecoin. The move is huge news as previously the leading exchange would only support its own native stablecoin, USDC.

The announcement added that support for USDT will generally be available in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions, with the exception of New York State. The only version of USDT available will be the Ethereum ERC-20 standard.

Trading will begin on or after 6 PM Pacific Time Monday, April 26, if liquidity conditions are met, it added. The following pairs will be available: BTC/USDT, ETH/USDT, USDT/EUR, USDT/GBP, USDT/USD, and USDT/USDC.

Tether is not available on the regular Coinbase exchange yet and is limited to the Pro version which is more suited to professional and institutional traders.

Starting today, inbound transfers for USDT are now available in the regions where trading is supported. Traders cannot place orders and no orders will be filled. Trading will begin on or after 6PM PT on Monday April 26 , if liquidity conditions are met. https://t.co/F5o73g8o4v

— Coinbase Pro (@CoinbasePro) April 22, 2021

Tether Supply Surges

The move comes as Tether’s circulating supply approaches a milestone all-time high of 50 billion. According to the Tether Transparency report, there are currently 49.58 billion USDT in circulation.

Of that total, almost half of it, or 24.4 billion is based on Ethereum while the majority of the remainder, almost 26 billion is circulating on the Tron network.

Since the beginning of 2021, the total supply of Tether has increased by 137% outlining the surge in demand for stablecoins in DeFi related activities.

Comparatively, there is currently 13.4 billion USDC in circulation according to the company that owns it, Circle. It has had an even greater increase this year with 244% since January 1.

The third-largest stablecoin is Binance USD which currently has a circulation of 7 billion according to Coingecko. The surge in supply for BUSD this year has been even greater at over 600%, largely driven by Binance Smart Chain and DeFi yield farms on PancakeSwap.

Crypto Market Correction Deepens

Cryptocurrency markets are currently correcting hard with a decline in total market capitalization of 20% from its all-time high of $2.3 trillion on April 16. Over the past 24 hours, $280 billion has left the space as Bitcoin and its brethren continue to pull back.

According to Coingecko, BTC prices have slumped 9.4% on the day dropping below $50K for the first time since March 7. It has now formed a lower low since the previous correction which could be a sign of a major trend reversal.

SPECIAL OFFER (Sponsored)
Binance Futures 50 USDT FREE Voucher: Use this link to register & get 10% off fees and 50 USDT when trading 500 USDT (limited offer).

PrimeXBT Special Offer: Use this link to register & enter POTATO50 code to get 50% free bonus on any deposit up to 1 BTC.

Coinsmart. Beste Bitcoin-Börse in Europa
Source: https://cryptopotato.com/coinbase-pro-launches-tether-as-usdt-supply-approaches-50-billion/

Blockchain

ORBS Is Now Accessible on Binance Smart Chain Via AnySwap

Published

13 mins ago

April 23, 2021

Republished by Plato

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer]

The ORBS token is now accessible via the Binance Smart Chain. Hodlers can swap tokens to and from the Ethereum network. Exploring this additional blockchain allows Orbs to leverage BSC’s potential for speed, low costs, and DeFi purposes.

This integration of ORBS onto Binance Smart Chain is made possible through the cross-chain bridge developed by Multichain.XYZ – a platform co-developed by Anyswap and Andre Cronje. By integrating this functionality, holders can now move ORBS to and from the Ethereum and BSC networks at their own leisure.

Given the potential for BSC in the DeFi space, support on this blockchain can unlock new use cases for Orbs. As BSC is home to near-daily launches of new projects, products, and services, it is one of the more exciting blockchains in the industry today. It has a competitive edge over Ethereum – which remains the main ecosystem for DeFi – by providing faster transactions at a much lower cost.

“While the Ethereum ecosystem is leading the pack in terms of DeFi activity and public interest, in the last couple of months we are seeing more and more DeFi alternatives growing on BSC. Says Orbs co-founder Tal Kol. “We knew we had to be part of the opportunities and innovations happening in the BSC ecosystem” he continued.

As more and more DeFi alternatives launch on BSC, it makes sense for the ORBS token to be interoperable. As Orbs is a prolific decentralized finance project with unique advantages and multiple upcoming projects under development, both ecosystems will benefit from this compatibility. With the help of cross-chain bridges – such as multichain-xyz – the DeFi ecosystem can continue to grow and evolve into more encompassing solutions.

Moreover, Orbs and the Binance exchange strengthened their partnership in January to promote ongoing innovation in the world of decentralized finance. They were the first core sponsors of the DeFi.org accelerator bootstrapping new projects and DeFi protocols.

Other projects being worked on by Orbs include Liquidity NEXUS – to bridge the gap between CeFi and DeFi – and the Orbs DeFi Portal – an aggregation service for information regarding Orbs and decentralized finance. There is also the Orbs DeFi Grant Program which aims to foster ongoing growth among contributors developing the network and ecosystem.

About Orbs

Orbs is a public blockchain infrastructure designed for mass usage applications – offering developers a proper mix of performance, cost, security and ease of use. The Orbs protocol is decentralized and executed by a public network of permissionless validators using Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus.

SPECIAL OFFER (Sponsored)
Binance Futures 50 USDT FREE Voucher: Use this link to register & get 10% off fees and 50 USDT when trading 500 USDT (limited offer).

PrimeXBT Special Offer: Use this link to register & enter POTATO50 code to get 50% free bonus on any deposit up to 1 BTC.

Coinsmart. Beste Bitcoin-Börse in Europa
Source: https://cryptopotato.com/orbs-is-now-accessible-on-binance-smart-chain-via-anyswap/

Blockchain

Orbs Now Bridged to Binance Smart Chain (BSC) with Anyswap

Published

27 mins ago

April 23, 2021

Republished by Plato

Blockchain-Based Firm Quannabu To Modernize the Production of CBD-infused Products — Modern city landscape of river port and bridge on blue background. Concept urban activity with woman driving bicycle, ship transports by water and flying airplane. Vector illustration.

Advertisement & &

Blockchain company Orbs said it is now available to trade on Binance Smart Chain (BSC). The move is yet another milestone in Orbs’ efforts to build bridges between complementary blockchains that will eventually bridge ORBS to multiple ecosystems.

With the release of this feature, ORBS holders will be able to leverage their tokens to participate in DeFi applications on the Binance network. At the same time, they tap into Binance’s ever-growing ecosystem that allows for cheap transactions and high scalability.

The BSC integration is also another step in growing token liquidity across multiple chains, while also preparing for the ability of other assets to live on the Orbs network.

ORBS, which has some $272 million in liquidity and around $1 million in 24-hour volume, was formerly only hosted on the Ethereum blockchain, which is currently suffering under increasingly high gas fees.

To kick-start this integration, Orbs is utilizing the cross-chain bridge infrastructure developed by multichain.xyz, which makes applications compatible with new and legacy systems. Effective today, ORBS tokens can be swapped from the Ethereum mainnet to the BSC mainnet and back.

Advertisement & &

Once the swap is complete, the ORBS token will be visible in the Binance Wallet connected to the service. From there, users can trade, swap, and interact with the associated token as they would with any supported asset in the Binance Chain.

The rapid rise of the Ethereum-based DeFi ecosystem has fueled the migration of many relevant applications to alternative blockchains. The trend has accelerated after the expensive gas fee on the Ethereum network has limited functionality and made many defi protocols barely usable.

Is BSC the Ethereum killer?

As the Defi ecosystem continues its boom, Ethereum seems to be losing its market to Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Binance’s native blockchain has become the go-to alternative for many traders, onboarding millions of users at an eye-watering pace.

As a result of BSC’s rising popularity, BNB token price has skyrocketed to become the world’s third biggest cryptocurrency, trailing only behind Bitcoin and Ether. Trading volume on Binance’s network has also outpaced that of Ethereum, a clear shift of the market to the new chain.

For Orbs, the main motivating factor for integrating Binance Chain is to give users new ways to use ORBS on various DeFi applications within the nascent ecosystem.

Orbs’ vision is to convert real-life businesses to blockchain at scale by turning the trust-enabling technology into mass-usage applications for many sectors.

The Israeli blockchain garnered attention earlier this year after partnering with Binance to fund a recently launched accelerator for decentralized finance innovation.

Named ‘DeFi.org,’ the incubator reviews submitted applications, even anonymous ones, and the one that fulfills requirements and receives approval gets the accelerator’s assistance.

Successful applicants receive many benefits and incentives including mentorship, funding from scratch and exposure to the DeFi community.

Upon receiving approval, they also get a “special consideration” if they apply to take part in Binance’s seed fund for Bridging DeFi and CeFi. In line with the sponsorship, Orbs also provides startups with a grant under the company’s Grant Program.

Meanwhile, Orbs has recently introduced a new liquidity-as-a-service application that makes access to defi easier for professional investors. Dubbed ‘Liquidity Nexus,’ the application provides a massive source of new liquidity for interested defi projects.