Ripple Price Prediction: XRP/USD Sustains Hold Above $0.31, May Resume Upside Momentum

XRP Price Analysis – January 9, 2021XRP/USD has recovered as the price reached a high of $0.36. XRP has chances of a further upward move. […]

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1 week ago

January 9, 2021

Abhishek Gupta

XRP Price Analysis – January 9, 2021
XRP/USD has recovered as the price reached a high of $0.36. XRP has chances of a further upward move. On December 29, the crypto plunged to $0.17 low before the bulls buy the dips. On the other hand, XRP/BTC is yet to recover from the downtrend but the crypto is consolidating above Ƀ0.00006530 support for a possible upward move.

XRP/USD Market

Key Levels:
Resistance Levels: $0.78, $0.80, $0.82
Support Levels: $0.28, $0.26, $0.24

Today, Ripple is retracing after rallying to $0.36 high. The coin has retraced to $0.31 support. XRP will resume upward if the current support holds. XRP is yet to join the bull market as most of the coins are making positive moves on the upside. Meanwhile, if buyers can push XRP above $0.45, the coin will be out of the bearish trend zone. There is the possibility of the coin rising as the crypto will be above the SMAs. Presently, XRP is facing resistance at the $0.34 high. A break above the resistance will catapult the coin to rally above $0.40. Subsequently, the market will continue to rise on the upside. However, if the bulls fail to break the resistance, XRP will be range-bound between $0.30 and $0.34. According to the Fibonacci tool analysis, XRP will rise on the upside. A retraced candle body tested the 50% Fibonacci retracement level. The retracement indicates that the coin will rise and reach level 2.0 Fibonacci extension. That is the high of $0.462

Ripple (XRP) Indicator Analysis
The price has broken the 21-day SMA. A break above the SMAs will accelerate the upward movement of the coin. XRP is above the 60% range of the daily stochastic. It indicates that the coin is in a bullish momentum. The SMAs are still sloping downward as the coin is in the bearish trend zone.

In the case of XRP/BTC, the crypto is still consolidating above Ƀ0.00006530 support. The coin has already fallen to the oversold region of the market. Buyers are expected to emerge to push the coin upward. A push above the Ƀ0.000022000 support will mean that crypto is out of the downtrend zone. Possibly the upside momentum will resume. However, the consolidation above the current support will continue if the coin fails to break into the previous highs.

Source: https://insidebitcoins.com/news/xrp-price-analysis-january-9-2021

Blockchain

65% Say They Would Consider Selling Bitcoin If The Price Reaches $100,000

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2 hours ago

January 17, 2021

Republished by Plato

The cryptocurrency market has enjoyed the past several months with impressive gains, including all-time highs for bitcoin and several more tokens.

As such, a couple of crypto analysts initiated Twitter polls to ask the community when they plan to sell their positions and realize profits.

How Much Would You Sell At The Next BTC Top

The primary cryptocurrency has led the 2020/2021 bull run. Bitcoin had quadrupled its value since early October when it dabbled with the $10,000 mark to an all-time high of $42,000 charted earlier this year.

Despite retracing with a few thousand dollars, BTC is still about 10% up in 2021 alone. This has raised discussions within the community if or when most plan to dispose of some of their holdings.

Crypto analyst Josh Rager took it to Twitter to ask: “how much Bitcoin from your holdings do you plan to sell at the next peak high?”

How much Bitcoin from your holdings do you plan to sell at the next peak high?

(assuming another multi-year bear market will follow with an 80%+ pullback)

If you plan to sell 0% – share why below

— Josh Rager 📈 (@Josh_Rager) January 8, 2021

Interestingly, the answer that received the most votes (34.4%) suggests that investors plan to dump most, if not all, BTC holdings in case of another price peak.

However, it’s also worth noting that a very close percentage (31.6%) said that they would sell less than 25% of the BTC positions.

While some comments indicated that many investors plan to hold their coins even beyond the next peak, others noted that each cycle has its top and subsequent retracement. Consequently, they advised even the most die-hard HODLers to consider profit taking at some point.

At What Price Would You Sell?

Another poll initiated by the popular analyst Filb Filb shed some light on the price targets that BTC investors are looking for to sell.

What first price range would make you have to think hard about selling some #Bitcoin ?

never sell, hodl, comments are not required*

— f i l ₿ f i l ₿ (@filbfilb) January 8, 2021

The majority of the participants noted that they would start to “think hard about selling some bitcoins” once the asset price goes into a six-digit territory. Over 40% would do that at prices ranging from $100,000 to $300,000, while 26.3% would wait to see BTC beyond $300,000.

However, Nugget News’ Alex Saunders opposed the idea of expecting a fiat price to sell the BTC holdings, especially during these times of economic uncertainty:

“Those who fully understand Bitcoin know there is no fiat price you should sell for if they are increasing M1 & M2 by 30% unless you absolutely must purchase something tangible that is of great value to you personally.”

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Source: https://cryptopotato.com/65-say-they-would-consider-selling-bitcoin-if-the-price-reaches-100000/

Blockchain

Why Bitcoin denominated payments won’t be mainstream anytime soon

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3 hours ago

January 17, 2021

Republished by Plato

The support of top payment giants like PayPal is promising for building the case of mainstream Bitcoin payments. However, Bitcoin’s rapidly increasing price in the USD poses a tough challenge for the adoption of Bitcoin denominated payment systems. A number of altcoins are rallying alongside Bitcoin, and making payments in cryptocurrencies may not be the preferred choice for many. Just as Nic Carter, Partner at Castle Island Ventures puts it in his talk with Frances Coppola, renowned economist, and author, “I always regret it when I buy stuff with Bitcoin”. With returns of nearly 27.6% YTD, Bitcoin payments may not pick up anytime soon. Denominating Bitcoin in the USD makes it a lucrative investment opportunity and limits its adoption to traders and investors looking at it as a wealth-generating high-risk, high-ROI asset. This limitation is sure to hinder the adoption of Bitcoin denominated payments.

The volatility and network momentum that is critical to Bitcoin’s adoption is a double-edged sword. The same volatility that is increasing the price, is making it less lucrative for traders and individuals to part with their Bitcoin. Through active involvement and buying from institutions, the bull run may receive boosts from time to time, however, the impact may end there. With regard to Bitcoin’s growth, this may not be the ‘Eureka’ moment that maximalists and proponents have waited for. It is more likely that the current price rally is an incentive to trade and adopt, however, adoption may be the game-changer.

Currently, the number of transactions has exceeded the monthly volume since January 2017 based on data from Statista.

Why Bitcoin denominated payments won't be mainstream anytime soon

Number of Bitcoin Transactions/ Monthly transaction volume || Source: Statista

The chart shows that the number of transactions in January 2021 has exceeded that of the past 3 years since January 2017. However, even the current transaction volume is nowhere close to the expected transaction volume. When mainstream adoption kicks in, transaction volume and price may no longer be significant metrics, as more critical metrics like transaction processing time, settlement time on exchanges, deposit and withdrawal time to and from wallets would be of greater significance. Until then, Bitcoin’s mainstream adoption may be a pipe dream.

Source: https://ambcrypto.com/why-bitcoin-denominated-payments-wont-be-mainstream-anytime-soon

Blockchain

Cardano, Cosmos, BAT Price Analysis: 17 January

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3 hours ago

January 17, 2021

Republished by Plato

Cardano flipped the $0.32 to support and showed that it was on the verge of breaking past $0.385 resistance as it neared its 2-year highs. Cosmos posted rapid gains over the past few days and was retracing some of those gains. Basic Attention Token was rejected once more at a level of resistance that has been steadfast since late November.

Cardano [ADA]

Cardano, Cosmos, BAT Price Analysis: 17 January

Source: ADA/USDT on TradingView

The price of ADA has grown enormously over the past month as it nears highs last seen in May 2018. The $0.385 level can be expected to offer resistance.

A double-top formed in the region of $0.32 saw ADA initially rejected a week ago, but since, the level has been flipped to support. The Directional Movement Index showed that a strong uptrend was on the verge of being established, as the ADX crept up toward the 20 value.

In other news, Charles Hoskinson commented on Jack Dorsey’s Twitter post about a decentralized standard for social media and expressed that the crypto sphere could contribute value.

Cosmos [ATOM]

Source: ATOM/USD on TradingView

ATOM formed a rising wedge, and closed beneath it to test support at the $5.2-$5 region, and saw a strong surge thereafter. It reached a local high of $9.6 rapidly but might be forced to retrace some of those gains.

The Fibonacci retracement tool showed that the 38.2% level at $7.48 is in close proximity to the $7.5 region that has previously acted as a pocket of liquidity. There is also the $7.8 level of support immediately above to halt selling pressure.

The MACD, which had been strongly bullish over the past week, might soon see a bearish crossover form to indicate short-term bearishness.

The $7.8-$7.5 region is of vital importance. Defense of this region will pave the way for a move to the upside while losing this region will see a further retracement to the $6.9 level.

Basic Attention Token [BAT]

Source: BAT/USD on TradingView

The $0.27 has been a level BAT has failed to flip to support since late November, despite testing it several times. The range formed (cyan) grows in importance the longer BAT trades within it.

The past few trading sessions saw a strong surge just past $0.27, but subsequent selling pressure forced the price back beneath and indicated yet another rejection. This development points at a move back toward the mid-point at $0.232 for BAT.

The Stochastic RSI and the RSI were dropping lower at the time of writing.

Source: https://ambcrypto.com/cardano-cosmos-bat-price-analysis-17-january