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Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week $1T opportunity: JPMorgan becomes first major bank in the metaverse

The Bitcoin network has hit yet another all-time high in mining difficulty after a steady climb since last July’s lows. On-chain analysis tool CoinWarz indicated on Feb. 18 that mining difficulty reached a new high of 27.97 trillion hashes (T). This is now the second time in three weeks that Bitcoin (BTC) has hit a

Data shows that Millennials in the United States are flocking to alternative financing methods such as crypto assets to boost their financial well-being. A report titled The State of Consumer Banking & Payments by Morning Consult in January found that Millennials are adopting new technologies to help them make financial decisions at a higher rate

Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins dropped further on Feb. 17 after the situation in Ukraine worsened and Russia expelled Bart Gorman, the United States Deputy Chief of Diplomatic Mission, from the country after President Biden reiterated that the threat of a Ukraine invasion by Russia was “very high.”  Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) price are still being hard hit by the current wave of volatility and this is leading traders to go back to the drawing board and readjust their short-term expectations. On Feb.17, Bitcoin price briefly dipped below $40,000 and Ether failed to hold support at $2,900, raises the chance of a drop to $2,500. 

Nonfungible tokens have largely been acquired as proof-of-profile pictures (PFPs) that represent a brand, embody culture or ultimately, reflect as a static status symbol. Blue-chip NFTs like Bored Ape Yacht Club or Cool Cats were not originally backed by any tangible utility other than speculative value and hype, along with the promise of an illustrative

Recent research shows that decentralized exchanges that distribute tokens via airdrops see a big boost in user numbers and transactions. But, is building communities this way just crypto’s version of printing money? Airdrops — the disbursal of free tokens to early users as a way of rewarding and building momentum — have been around for

Bitcoin (BTC) fell through $40,000 as Wall Street opened on Feb. 18 with analysts watching lower levels. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin falls to two-week lows Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD teasing a $40,000 breakdown throughout Friday, with several attempts seeing bounces higher before the level finally gave way.

XRP addresses that hold at least 10 million native units have returned to accumulating more in the past three months, a similar scenario that preceded a big rally for the XRP/USD and XRP/BTC pairs in late 2020. The return of XRP ‘mega whales’  A 76% spike in XRP “mega whale” addresses since December 2021 has been

Bitcoin (BTC) continued its decline further into the week as BTC clung to the $40,000 support level on Feb. 18. BTC price up-down debate “mostly noise”  While many analysts anticipated BTC’s price to fall toward $30,000 next, mostly based on technicals, Jurrien Timmer of Fidelity Investments lambasted the downside bias, calling it “mostly noise.” Bitcoin has been

Bitcoin (BTC) saw its first major test of $40,000 for several weeks overnight, but what price zones are traders watching next? Whether long or short-term, the answer for many is simple: the range is still intact. Bitcoin wobbles after “moment of truth” On the back of macro pressures, BTC/USD saw a moderate sell-off on Feb.

Every week, subscribers of Cointelegraph’s Markets Pro data analytics platform receive a detailed breakdown of the top performers of the week and the VORTECS™ Score indicator’s performance in tracking potential bullish and bearish developments. Here are some of the highlights of the latest report: Axie Infinity Shard (AXS) recorded a new all-time high following a

EOS began a descending trend 53 days ago and despite the recent 27% weekly gain, the altcoin is not showing any signs of a reversal. As a result, investors are questioning whether the former top-5 cryptocurrency has what it takes to turn around after Daniel Larimer, CTO of the development company behind EOS, resigned in

Protocol upgrades are one of the biggest drivers of momentum because they show developers’ dedication to fixing bugs, incorporating user requests and adding new features that make the protocol competitive and shore up the token’s value. One project that has seen its token price rally to a new all-time high following the launch of a

Bitcoin (BTC) surged even higher on Oct. 6 as its spot price saw a sudden surge upward to over $55,000, its highest since May 12. BTC/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin fully cancels out China mining rout Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows BTC/USD hurtling to $55,500 on Oct. 6. The level

Bitcoin (BTC) should see a “large” price increase thanks to a rare bullish phenomenon that has just hit for the first time in seven years. In his latest update on Bitcoin’s relative strength index (RSI), popular Twitter analyst TechDev flagged major similarities between this year and the 2013 BTC bull run. Stochastic RSI sees “especially bullish