Crypto-Analysis

According to blockchain data firm CryptoQuant, between 13:11 and 13:16 UTC Wednesday, a small group of people purchased the massive amount of Bitcoin on the spot market on centralized exchanges. But why the crypto whales placed Bitcoin buying orders of nearly $1.6 billion in a few minutes on an exchange instead of an over-the-counter desk…

The non-profit Litecoin Foundation has unveiled its OmniLite platform, which offers access to smart contracts, tokenized assets, and NFTs. OmniLite allows you to create your own cryptoassets or tokens. In effect, you can now create DeFi projects on the Litecoin network. There is nothing better for an analyst than to see his forecast come true….

A growing list of mainstream financial entities has continued to increase their exposure to crypto over the last year or so, writes Shiraz Jagati on Cointelegraph. The old adage “The crypto market is not for the faint-hearted” was put on full display recently when the total market capitalization of the industry dipped to a relative…

Surging sales and hefty prices on NFTs show no sign of abating. The Q3 figure was up from $1.3 billion in Q2 and $1.2 billion in Q1. The increase was powered by a record-breaking August that saw over $5.2 billion in trades. Reuters reported sales volumes of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) surged to $10.7 billion in…

Layer-two protocols have seen 330% growth this year in terms of active addresses. One such protocol, Polygon, has briefly surpassed Ethereum, the network for which it is a scaling solution. Many of these new users may be engaged due to the upcoming mobile gaming app Arc8. Polygon, a layer 2 aggregator, has encountered an immense…

It seems that the adoption of cryptocurrencies in Latin America is moving full steam ahead. Following El Salvador, Cuba has in one fell swoop legalized bitcoin as a means of payment. A few other countries are either getting ready to follow suit, like Panama, or are already de facto using crypto, like Venezuela. Recently, Cuba…