Author: Benjamin Lee
A closely followed crypto strategist and trader believes that the time for altcoins to shine is close at hand. Pseudonymous analyst TechDev tells his 520,200 followers on the social media platform X that two macroeconomic factors are flashing bullish for altcoins based on historical precedent. The trader shares a chart suggesting that altcoins tend to explode whenever global liquidity surges and the business cycle bottoms out. Global liquidity refers to the amount of money sloshing in the world’s financial system, while the business cycle tracks the rise and fall of economic activity over time. Says TechDev, “Altcoins don’t run until…
A low-cap altcoin is up after the world’s top crypto exchange platform by volume announced the listing of perpetual futures for it. In a new announcement, Binance says it will launch support for Bitcoin (BTC) decentralized finance (DeFi)-focused platform Lorenzo Protocol (BANK) to Binance Futures. Binance’s announcement came on the same day as BANK’s official launch on the BNB Chain. News of the addition sent BANK flying as the digital asset went from a low of $0.03 on April 18th – its launch day – to a peak of $0.057 just a few hours later. The token has since retraced…
Crypto investor and billionaire Barry Silbert says there’s one digital asset play that he thinks will be the “next big investment theme” for the asset class. In a new interview with Raoul Pal on the Real Vision YouTube channel, Silbert says that he’s created a new venture called Yuma, which exclusively focuses on Bittensor (TAO), a decentralized blockchain-based network built for a global, collaborative marketplace for artificial intelligence (AI). Says the Digital Currency Group (DCG) CEO, “I started looking across the whole decentralized AI space and started digging in on Bittensor, and I very quickly came to the conclusion that…
The native asset of a Bitcoin (BTC)-focused decentralized finance (DeFi) project defied the crypto market doldrums and skyrocketed by more than 55% this week. Threshold Network powers tBTC, a decentralized wrapped Bitcoin that can be used throughout DeFi ecosystems. The project’s native token, T, is trading at $0.0223 at time of writing, up from $0.0143 one week ago. The 236th-ranked crypto asset by market cap is also up nearly 48% in the past 24 hours alone. T’s price surge largely materialized after Threshold Network announced on Thursday that it planned to restructure its decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to reduce annual…
An under-the-radar altcoin witnessed a mild jump in price on Thursday after the venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) announced it was investing $55 million in the token. Ali Yahya, a general partner at a16z crypto, announced the investment in ZRO, the native token of the omnichain interoperability protocol LayerZero. LayerZero aims to move data across blockchains and support “censorship-resistant messages and permissionless development through immutable smart contracts.” Yahya notes the a16z investment has a three-year lockup. ZRO was trading around $2.33 prior to the announcement and surged to a high of $2.54 around 90 minutes later. The 208th-ranked crypto…
A widely followed crypto analyst says that investors should continue hanging on as we are nowhere near the start of the next crypto bear market. In a new video update, Guy Turner, the host of Coin Bureau, tells his 2.66 million YouTube subscribers that the markets are still way too bullish for traders to be thinking about a bear market starting anytime soon, despite the industry taking a “pounding” recently. According to Turner, we’re still very much in Bitcoin (BTC) season as BTC dominance is still on the rise. He notes that when it comes time to flip to altcoin…
The Eastern European country of Belarus is reportedly set to roll out a central bank digital currency (CBDC) by next year. Citing a statement by the National Bank’s chairman of the board, Roman Golovchenko, the state-run news agency Belta reports that the digital form of the Belarusian ruble will be in full circulation by the second half of 2026. Golovchenko says that by that time, business entities will be able to use CBDC – the digital form of the nation’s official currency that is issued and backed by the central bank. The plan is to make the digital rubble available…
A widely followed crypto analyst says that the top crypto by market cap may be on the verge of an explosive breakout. In a new post on Telegram, pseudonymous crypto strategist Crypto Capo tells his 122,005 subscribers that Bitcoin (BTC) may be heading another leg up if the top digital asset by market cap can break through the $85,000 resistance level. “BTC trying to reclaim $85,000 again. That would be a very clear sign of strength and after that, we should see bullish continuation towards the $90,000 levels.” The analyst previously warned Bitcoin may print a dead cat bounce price pattern,…
A closely followed crypto analyst believes one red-hot meme token operating on Solana (SOL) may continue soaring even higher. Pseudonymous analyst Altcoin Sherpa tells his 243,800 followers on the social media platform X that artificial intelligence (AI)-based Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) may increase by more than 47% from its current value. “Would rather buy higher (break of $1) or lower ($0.70) for Fartcoin. This is either charging up for a big move up to $1.25 or it’s going to pullback, I don’t have a clue where it goes in the short term. What I do know, however, is that this thing is…
Analyst and trader Benjamin Cowen believes Bitcoin (BTC) is primed to continue outperforming altcoins. In a new strategy session, Cowen tells his 892,000 YouTube subscribers that the total market cap of altcoins (Total3) when paired against Bitcoin is going to continue on a downtrend. Total3 is the total market cap of all cryptocurrencies with the exception of Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH). “…now altcoin/Bitcoin pairs are somewhat flat. I think they’re probably going to spend the next few weeks dropping just like they did last year… “ Source: Benjamin Cowen/X Cowen further says that Bitcoin is likely to continue outperforming altcoins…