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Bitcoin Price Suddenly Drops by $500 in Seconds to Fill Futures ‘Gap’

Bitcoin (BTC) dropped several hundred dollars in seconds on Aug. 10 as $12,000 once more proved too hot to handle. Cryptocurrency market daily snapshot Aug. 6. Source: Coin360BTC price finds new focus at $11,700Data from Cointelegraph Markets and Coin360 showed BTC/USD nosedive 4% during Monday trading, bouncing off $11,500 and since returning to $11,700.In doing so, Bitcoin neatly filled the latest gap in CME Group’s Bitcoin futures markets, which lay just below $11,700. BTC/USD 1-day price chart. Source: Coin360A classic move, Cointelegraph predicted on the day that markets would likely attempt to

XRP Forms Crushing Textbook Reversal Sign After 30% Explosion

XRP has seen an extremely strong rally over the past few days, outperforming Bitcoin and even Ethereum on some days. Since July 22nd, the asset has gained in excess of 50%, reaching highs not seen since the February blow-off top. Some analysts see this price action as a precursor to a macro bull run for XRP. While this may be true, the leading altcoin is printing some signs that it will reverse for a few days or weeks, then potentially it may head higher. XRP Could Soon See Reversal: TD

The Human Rights Foundation Awards Grants to Three More Bitcoin Projects

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is issuing grants to three more Bitcoin developers. JoinInbox creator Openoms, Zeus creator Evan Kaloudis and Fully Noded creator Fontaine will be gifted 1 bitcoin each, worth over $11,000 at the time of writing, making for a total of over $33,000. This marks the second round of grants from the Bitcoin Development Fund, HRF’s new fund to support Bitcoin projects. “HRF decided to acknowledge and support these three developers and their projects because they are all focusing on making Bitcoin technology more accessible. Usability is