Author: Benjamin Lee
A popular crypto analyst is outlining which altcoins he think will shine after Bitcoin’s (BTC) price rally. The trader Ali Martinez tells his 99,500 followers on the social media platform X that the key to betting on altcoins is to invest capital early in projects with strong fundamentals. “Forget the meme coin FOMO and the X chatter about overnight meme millionaires. That’s luck, not strategy. If you’re in this game for sustainable gains, focus on projects with real utility that are building something substantial. Here are a few worth watching: Worldcoin: A fresh project with ambitious goals in identity and…
A widely followed crypto analyst says that Ethena (ENA), a synthetic dollar protocol built on Ethereum (ETH), looks primed to continue its red-hot streak. The pseudonymous analyst known as Altcoin Sherpa tells his 234,500 followers on the social media platform X that ENA is worth investing into when it dips in price as it will outpace most of the market. “I think that this just continues going higher. My average is still pretty high like $0.92 or something but this one still just outperforms most of the market [in my opinion]. Buy any dips that you can.” Source: Altcoin Sherpa/X…
One feline-inspired memecoin is surging after a surprise listing by Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange in the world. In a new announcement, Binance says that Simon’s Cat (CAT) will be available for trade starting Tuesday over the BNB Chain (BNB). Amid the news, CAT is trading for $0.00006245 at time of writing, up nearly 45% in the last 24 hours. With a market cap of $420.8 million, CAT is the 244th largest crypto project. The project is celebrating the support on the social media platform X. “CAT is proud to be the first cat coin listed on Binance. BNB…
President-elect Donald Trump’s crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) is loading up on decentralized finance (DeFi) altcoins, on-chain data shows. Blockchain intelligence platform Arkham reports that WLFI’s treasury acquired $50 million worth of different DeFi coins in preparation for its launch. “UPDATE: DONALD TRUMP’S WORLD LIBERTY FI ACQUIRED $50 MILLION OF DEFI COINS The World Liberty Finance Treasury just acquired: $35 million of ETH/WETH$10 million of cbBTC$1 million of LINK$1 million of AAVE Is Trump long DeFi?” Source: Arkham/X WLFI went live with its token sale in October. The project originally said that 63% of all WLFI would be sold…
Bitcoin (BTC) is starting the week at another all-time high as optimism around the incoming new presidential administration builds. At time of writing, BTC is trading above $107,000, up nearly 10% in the last week and over 150% year-to-date. President-elect Donald Trump, the first vocally pro-digital asset commander-in-chief of the US who has referred to himself as the “crypto president,” was spotted over the weekend accumulating several altcoins. According to data from crypto intelligence platform Arkham, the treasury for Trump’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) project, has acquired at least $50 million worth of crypto assets, including Ethereum (ETH), Chainlink (LINK)…
A widely followed crypto analyst says that holders of smart contract platform Solana (SOL) may be due for the same pain Ethereum (ETH) traders felt during previous cycles. In a new interview on the Crypto Banter YouTube channel, popular crypto trader Benjamin Cowen says that Solana paired against Bitcoin (SOL/BTC) is printing the same patterns that ETH/BTC did years ago before stagnating. “A lot of these altcoins follow this pattern, and I want to show you this really interesting pattern by Solana… It’s following the same pattern so far – look at ETH/BTC. This was a 90% drop followed by…
A veteran crypto trader says that one digital assets sector is about to pull off an under-the-radar repeat of its 2021 rallies. The pseudonymous trader known as Bluntz tells his 304,000 followers on the social media platform X that the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector is “de-risked” following news that the crypto project linked to President-elect Donald Trump has accumulated tokens. Says Bluntz, “The president is accumulating DeFi coins and is making his own DeFi company. I think it’s safe to assume DeFi is now de-risked and due for a 2021 repeat.” Crypto intelligence platform Arkham recently reported that Trump’s World…
An on-chain analyst says deep-pocketed investors are loading up massive amounts of Cardano (ADA) and a top memecoin as the market went sideways for the past week. Analyst Ali Martinez tells his 98,800 followers on the social media platform X that crypto whales accumulated $85.6 million worth of ADA in a couple of days. “Cardano whales bought over 80 million ADA in 48 hours!” Source: Ali Martinez/X At time of writing, ADA is trading for $1.07. Martinez also says deep-pocketed investors snapped up $64 million worth of the large-cap memecoin Dogecoin (DOGE). “Whales bought another 160 million Dogecoin DOGE in…
A closely followed crypto trader and Elliott Wave specialist is forecasting rallies for several altcoins amid a correction in the digital asset markets. Pseudonymous trader Bluntz tells his 304,000 followers on the social media platform X that the utility token for decentralized oracle service Pyth Network (PYTH) has broken out of a bull flag pattern. Bluntz’s chart also suggests that PYTH is in the midst of a five-wave impulse to around the $0.50 level. “Solana ecosystem looking good again, nice bull flag PYTH breakout. Looking impulsive.” Source: Bluntz/X Bluntz practices Elliott Wave theory, which states that a bullish asset tends…
The CEO of digital assets-focused investment firm Pantera Capital says his firm owns a handful of other crypto in addition to Bitcoin (BTC). In a new CNBC interview, Dan Morehead says that he thinks Bitcoin and crypto still have more room to the upside this cycle. Morehead notes that his firm has accumulated positions in three altcoins including the layer-1 protocol Solana (SOL). “The fun thing about crypto is we’ve been doing this for 11 years, and Bitcoin has a little bit more than doubled this year… On average, it has done that for 11 years in a row. So…