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Ethereum Competitor Solana Hits All-Time High As Market Continues to Rise

Having briefly entered the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization earlier this week, Solana has set new all-time highs over the last few days, including today. The SOL token briefly set an ATH of $78.63 in the early hours of this morning UTC, according to crypto data aggregator Nomics. Solana’s price has since retreated a little. It currently sits at $78.17, though this still represents an overnight increase of 8.91%. Solana’s price was under $40 at the beginning of last week, so in the last fortnight SOL has blown up by

Nugenesis Ecosystems – Upholding the Principles of Monotheism Financial Practices, Paving the Way for Future Application of Islamic and Non-usury Banking

Islamic scholars have long had major issues with whether cryptocurrency is permissible, and is it equal or more appropriate to Islamic finance than Fiat?All Monotheism religions have strict rules around finance, and it historically defines currency as commodities with intrinsic value — gold, silver, metals, tradable products, etc.Some may argue that government-issued fiat currencies do not have any intrinsic value and may be incompatible with a careful interpretation of Sharia law. This would pose a problem for the burgeoning Islamic finance industry, which aims to produce financial returns in compliance

Ethereum Classic (ETC) Struggles to Overcome $7.50 Resistance

Ethereum Classic (ETC) is currently making another attempt at breaking out above $7.50, something it has struggled to do since May. The price action and a variety of technical indicators suggest that ETC will be successful in breaking out.   Ethereum Classic Long-Term Support Levels ETC has been following an ascending support line since November 2018 and has validated it four times since. Since April 2020, ETC has also made several breakout attempts above the $7.50 resistance area, which is the 0.382 Fib retracement level of the most recent downward

Bitcoin Consolidates Below $24,000 After Bullish Weekend Rally

The Bitcoin (BTC) price has reached a bullish weekly close well above the previous long-term resistance area. BTC is currently consolidating just below $24,000 and is expected to break out once more.   Bitcoin Long-Term Movement During the week of Dec 14-21, BTC created a massive bullish candlestick, convincingly breaking through the $19,500 area to reach a high of $24,295. BTC is now in price discovery, having no resistances left to clear above the current price. Technical indicators are still bullish, despite showing that the rally is extremely overbought. BTC

Massive Ledger Data Leak Increases SIM Swapping Threat

Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has suffered another massive data breach for the second time this year. The exposure of thousands of clients’ personal information has increased the threat of SIM swapping as an attack vector. For the second time this year, personal data from Ledger wallet buyers has been dumped online. The leak was posted by several members of the crypto community who found files allegedly containing the ‘full database’ of Ledger customers containing emails, phone numbers, and even physical addresses. Ledger Data Leaked (Again) Ledger played down the data

XRP Reverses and Pumps By Nearly 50%

While the XRP price has been decreasing since Nov. 24, it reversed its trend on Dec 16, at one point having increased by 50% in less than two days. XRP could correct towards $0.52 and is likely to resume its upward movement afterward. *Note – This article will mostly deal with the short-term movement that has been taking place over the past three days. For a longer-term analysis, please click here. Reversal Leads to Breakout XRP has been falling since Nov. 24, when it reached a high of $0.79. The

Cardano (ADA) Breakout Could Mean New Yearly Highs on the Horizon

The Cardano (ADA) price has been rejected by a long-term resistance level at $0.17. It has not reached a long-term close above this resistance since June 2018. As long as Cardano is trading inside this bullish structure, it is expected to break out and eventually be successful in finally moving above this resistance zone.   Long-Term Cardano Levels The ADA price has been increasing since March. It moved above the $0.095 resistance area in June, reaching a high of $0.171 before dropping in order to validate the $0.095 area as

Cryptocurrency News Roundup for August 18, 2020

Since the start of 2020, the net worth of assets locked in DeFi smart contracts have increased nearly 10x from $680 million to more than $6 billion. BeInCrypto covered it in-depth here, in case you missed it earlier. To bank in on that phenomenal growth and encourage greater cooperation among industry stakeholders, Huobi DeFi Lab has launched a new initiative called the Global DeFi Alliance. Several major players in the DeFi space have already joined the initiative to create a united front and pave the way for mainstream adoption in