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Crypto Weekly # 132 – Cryptocurrency news of the week

The week of 02/01 in brief – The news regarding Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is in constant turmoil. It may happen that vital information gets lost in the daily news flow and you miss important points.

This format is there to remedy that. We come back to the news of the past week in the Crypto Weekly to keep you informed on the current situation of cryptocurrencies.

For the unmissable of this week we will look at an article written by Thomas Borrel . In this opus, the latter shares his thoughts on the sacralization of the tokenization of assets .

Token and tokenization: the end of all ills… of liquidity?

One of the biggest benefits that is often touted is that tokenization makes an asset more liquid , which is vital in attracting investors to assets that typically lack liquidity. Much of the tokenization debate centers on this point, primarily because it has always been a major issue for many traditional asset classes.

In practice, when an asset is tokenized, it allows investors to buy or trade tokens with more ease , and to buy only a fraction of its aggregate value if they wish.

However, in some cases defining an asset by its liquidity can be misleading. As with any asset, what ultimately matters is its underlying quality . The process of tokenization cannot make a weak asset strong just because it is associated with an expectation of increased liquidity. Real estate that has sagged is always sagging, whether symbolically or not.

Effectiveness and risks

Maximizing efficiency and minimizing risk have always been two major pillars for any financial institution. However, even today there is a series of financial instruments which are still very sensitive to issues in these areas , especially those that are traded “over the counter” (OTC). The best example is probably the bond market, a multibillion dollar market, where OTC transactions are still common.

When an OTC transaction is done, it is often done over the phone, with one person calling another to decide on a transaction. This introduces a huge information risk . Indeed, the teams in charge of corporate actions report error rates of up to 40% . When the transaction instructions are sent to the custodians, they identify the discrepancy. They must then investigate and find out what went wrong, which often results in very long delays in payment terms.

Institutionelle Investoren kaufen Bitcoin im Wert von $600 Millionen an nur einem Tag

Der Digital-Asset-Manager Grayscale hat seine Bitcoin-Bestände auf 632.000 Bitcoin ($24 Milliarden) erhöht.

Grayscale fügte seinem Bitcoin-Trust an nur einem Tag 16.244 BTC hinzu.
Dies war der größte Tageszuwachs an Bitcoin, den das Unternehmen bisher verzeichnen konnte.
Damit stieg der Bitcoin-Bestand von Grayscale auf 632.000 BTC (24 Milliarden Dollar).

Der digitale Vermögensverwalter Grayscale hat seinem Grayscale Bitcoin Code gestern laut Daten von CryptoQuant 16.244 Bitcoin (BTC) hinzugefügt, die derzeit über 600 Millionen Dollar wert sind.

Dies war der bisher größte Einzelkauf eines Tages, sowohl in Bitcoin als auch in Dollar ausgedrückt. Obwohl es erwähnenswert ist, dass das Wachstum des Fonds entweder durch neue Käufe von Bitcoin oder durch bestehende Investoren, die ihre Bestände in den Trust verlagern, erfolgen kann. Das heißt, der Fonds kümmert sich jetzt um insgesamt 632.000 Bitcoin, im Wert von 24 Milliarden Dollar.

Grayscale hält jetzt 632.000 Bitcoin

Wie Decrypt berichtete, machte Grayscale letzte Woche Schlagzeilen, als der GBTC mehr als 2.000 BTC (ca. 82,5 Mio. $) nur einen Tag nach der Wiedereröffnung seiner Türen für neue Investoren aufnahm – und diese Leistung verblasst bereits im Vergleich zu dem jüngsten Zuwachs.

Tatsächlich sieht es so aus, als hätte @Grayscale heute nicht nur 16.000 BTC gekauft, sondern dies war der größte Einzelkauf von BTC an einem Tag * IN BTC-TERMS * nicht nur in Dollar

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– Dzhambala HODL (@DzhambalaHODL) January 18, 2021

In der Zwischenzeit behaupteten die Analysten von JPMorgan Chase & Co, dass Grayscale tatsächlich eine wichtige treibende Kraft für den Bitcoin-Preis sein könnte und der Kryptowährung kurzfristig zu einem Durchbruch über 40.000 Dollar verhelfen könnte, wie Bloomberg gestern berichtete.

Laut dem Analystenbrief, der letzten Freitag verschickt wurde, ist Bitcoin derzeit in Gefahr, Investoren zu verlieren, die den Trends genau folgen, was zu einem Preisverfall führen könnte – es sei denn, er bricht“ in naher Zukunft über $40.000 aus. Unter diesen Umständen könnte der konstante Geldzufluss, der von Grayscale bereitgestellt wird, helfen, den Preis von BTC zu halten – oder sogar zu erhöhen.

„Der Zufluss in den Grayscale Bitcoin Trust müsste in den kommenden Tagen und Wochen wahrscheinlich bei 100 Millionen US-Dollar pro Tag liegen, damit ein solcher Ausbruch stattfinden kann“, so die Analysten.

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Andernfalls könnten trendfolgende Händler „die Korrektur der letzten Woche propagieren“ und „Momentum-Signale werden von hier bis Ende März natürlich abklingen“, fügten die Experten von JPMorgan hinzu.

Letzte Woche veröffentlichte Grayscale seinen Q4 2020 Bericht und enthüllte, dass seine auf Krypto fokussierten Produkte im Durchschnitt $251 Millionen an Investitionen pro Woche anzogen.

4Q REPORT: Im letzten Quartal sahen wir eine Gesamtinvestition in Grayscale-Produkte von 3,26 Milliarden Dollar – eine durchschnittliche wöchentliche Investition von 251 Millionen Dollar. Lesen Sie hier mehr über unser rekordverdächtiges Quartal. #GoGrayscale https://t.co/T4sMVQhcDe pic.twitter.com/zvsPtFkNrN

– Grayscale (@Grayscale) January 14, 2021

„Im vergangenen Quartal haben wir eine Gesamtinvestition in Grayscale-Produkte von 3,26 Milliarden US-Dollar gesehen – eine durchschnittliche wöchentliche Investition von 251 Millionen US-Dollar“, so das Unternehmen.

Es sieht so aus, als ob institutionelle Investoren von der Bitcoin-Korrektur doch nicht abgeschreckt wurden.

XRP Gezichten Snelle Herstel ondanks de juridische onzekerheid

XRP is in de „opportuniteitszone“ gevallen, en de prijs ervan zou zich snel kunnen herstellen.

Belangrijkste afhaalrestaurants

  • XRP is gedaald met meer dan 65% sinds de Amerikaanse Securities and Exchange Commission een class action heeft ingediend tegen Ripple.
  • Ondanks de enorme verliezen, suggereren verschillende on-chain metrics dat de cryptocurrency zich zal herstellen.
  • De prijzen van XRP konden naar $0.45 stijgen als het teken zich voorbij de $0.33 weerstandsbarrière beweegt.

Terwijl de crypto-gemeenschap onzeker blijft over de toekomst van Ripple na het recente proces van SEC tegen Ripple, schatten verscheidene on-chain metriek dat XRP gebonden is aan een stijgingsimpuls.

XRP struikelt na de aanklacht van de SEC.

XRP heeft de afgelopen twee maanden een prijscrash van meer dan 65% gezien.

Die uitverkoop kwam nadat de Amerikaanse Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) een actie tegen Ripple had ingediend. De regelgevende waakhond beweert dat het bedrijf meer dan $1.3 miljard door een ongeregistreerde en aan de gang zijnde digitale activa effectenaanbod ophief.

„Wij beweren dat Ripple, Larsen, en Garlinghouse er niet in slaagden om hun aan de gang zijnde aanbieding en verkoop van miljarden XRP aan kleinhandelsinvesteerders te registreren,“ bovengenoemde Stephanie Avakian, Directeur van de Afdeling van de Handhaving van seconde. Dat beroofde investeerders van XRP onthullingen en andere bescherming, zegt zij.

Na de aankondiging, beslisten verscheidene cryptocurrency uitwisselingen XRP handelsactiviteit op te schorten toe te schrijven aan de lasten van seconde. De beweging voegde brandstof aan de neerwaartse druk toe die op 24 Nov. begon, duwend de prijs van deze cryptocurrency aan een laag van $0.17.

Ondanks de onzekerheid rond XRP, kon het de $0.33 barrière terugkaatsen en testen. Nu, suggereren verscheidene on-chain metriek dat zolang de $0.22 steun blijft houden, de prijzen enkele verloren terrein zouden kunnen terugkrijgen en door de luchtweerstand zouden kunnen breken.

On-Chain Metrics Turn Bullish

Als we kijken naar de groei van het netwerk van XRP, geldt de bullish thesis.

Sinds eind december is het aantal nieuwe dagelijkse XRP-adressen gestaag toegenomen. Op dat moment kwamen er dagelijks ongeveer 2.050 adressen bij het XRP-netwerk. Dit aantal is met bijna 240% gestegen tot een hoogtepunt van 6.900 per 11 januari.

De voortdurende uitbreiding van het netwerk is een positief teken voor prijsherstel in de nabije toekomst. Meestal is een aanhoudende toename van het aantal nieuwe dagadressen een belangrijke indicator voor de prijsstijging.

Meer walvisbeleggers

Zo’n aanzienlijke toename van de groei van het netwerk lijkt samen te hangen met het stijgende aantal XRP-walvissen.

De distributiegrafiek van Santiment voor houders registreerde een piek in de koopdruk achter deze altcoin, terwijl de prijzen naar beneden stortten. Het aantal adressen met 100.000 tot 10.000.000.000 XRP’s is de afgelopen twee weken zelfs met bijna 5,30% gestegen. Ruwweg 908 middelgrote walvissen hebben zich in deze korte periode bij het netwerk aangesloten.

De plotselinge opleving is heel belangrijk wanneer men bedenkt dat deze investeerders tussen de 28.000 en 2,8 miljoen dollar aan XRP in handen hebben.

Als de kooporders zich in het huidige tempo blijven opstapelen, zullen de prijzen zich waarschijnlijk herstellen en voorbij de $0,33 weerstandsbarrière bewegen. Het omzetten van deze kritieke leveringsmuur in steun kan XRP-doel voor $0.45 zien.

Het is de moeite waard om op te merken dat de Marktwaarde aan Gerealiseerde Waarde (MVRV) index geloof toevoegt aan de optimistische vooruitzichten. Elke keer dat de MVRV het afgelopen jaar onder -11.50% zakte, diende het als een koopsignaal.

Deze indicator is onlangs de „opportunity zone“ binnengegaan en schommelt momenteel rond -11,50% na een herstel van een dieptepunt van -54,30%.

Dergelijke lage niveaus suggereren dat de downtrend van XRP de uitputting nadert, waardoor de weerstand van $0,33 een belangrijk aandachtspunt wordt.

Alleen een dagelijkse candlestick dicht bij deze prijsdrempel zal de bullish outlook bevestigen, maar breken onder de $0.22 zal leiden tot verdere verliezen.

MicroStrategy-sjef Michael Saylor som vert for ‚Bitcoin for Corporations‘ nettkurs i februar

Business Intelligence-firmaet MicroStrategy har kunngjort at det vil være vert for et online og akselerert ‚Bitcoin for Corporations‘ -kurs 3. og 4. februar i år.

Noen av kryptoindustriens tungvekter

Hovedtalere inkluderer MicroStrategy-sjef Michael Saylor og Stoneridge-sjef Ross Stevens, blant andre representanter fra leverandører av digitale aktiva som vil ha plattformen den andre dagen i dette planlagte kurset. Noen av kryptoindustriens tungvekter som er representert inkluderer Binance, Coinbase, Gemini, Fidelity, Grayscale og Galaxy digital.

MicroStrategy CEO kunngjorde dette nye initiativet på Twitter, og noterte potensialet i verdiskaping for de som vil delta,

“3. og 4. februar vil @ MicroStrategy være vert for Bitcoin for selskaper. Bli med våre offiserer, bransjelysartikler og strategiske leverandører for et gratis, online, akselerert kurs i #Bitcoin-strategi og taktikk for å utvide ditt selskap og skape aksjonærverdier. ”

Med knapt ett år siden MicroStrategy investerte en betydelig del av statskassen i Bitcoin, tar selskapet nå et mer aggressivt syn på BTC-investeringer. Opprinnelig hadde de kjøpt $ 425 millioner dollar i Bitcoin, som ble jevnet opp til rundt 1,5 milliarder dollar etter at selskapet utstedte statsobligasjoner for å investere inntektene i Bitcoin. MicroStrategy eier nå BTC til en verdi av $ 2,3 milliarder dollar, noe som gjør det til et av de ledende selskapene som tildeler egne beholdninger til Bitcoin.

Microstrategys Bitcoin for Corporations Initiative

Gitt en slik eksponering er det ikke overraskende at MicroStrategy vil dele den underliggende kunnskapen med andre selskaper som kan være interessert. Kurset, som vil kjøre online, er gratis for potensielle kunder som kanskje ønsker å integrere Bitcoin-orienterte strategier i sine skattkammer også.

Den første dagen vil grunnleggende spørsmål som Bitcoin makrostrategi, bedriftsstrategi, økonomihensyn, juridiske og regnskapsmessige hensyn bli diskutert. Kurset vil bli levert av anerkjente fagpersoner i bransjen som inkluderer Michael Saylor, Ross Stevens og MicroStrategy CFO Phong Le, for å nevne noen få.

Den andre dagen i kurset ‚Bitcoin for Corporations‘ vil inneholde dynamikk i Bitcoin-økosystemet; i utgangspunktet de strategiske leverandørene og tilbudene på kryptomarkedet. Digitale aktivaleverandører vil levere denne økten for å utstyre bedre selskaper til å kjøpe noen BTC for å skalere sine egne eksponeringer.

Mens Saylor har hørt om selskaper som har spredt seg i BTC, tviler noen interessenter i bransjen som Real Vision medgrunnlegger og administrerende direktør på om han vil drive bedriftens adopsjon av Bitcoin,

„Jeg tror ikke Michael [Saylor] kommer til å drive bedriftens adopsjon i rommet fordi han virkelig snakker språket til Bitcoin og ikke språket til bedriftens kasserer, og det må skje.“

IOTA deepens partnership with climate research community EIT Climate-KIC

The IOTA Foundation wants to deepen its partnership with the climate research community EIT Climate-KIC founded by the European Union.

IOTA wants to further deepen the existing partnership with the climate research community EIT Climate-KIC founded by the European Union , as the IOTA Foundation announced in a blog post on December 30th .

According to IOTA, the partners have signed a letter of intent to increase efforts in 2021 to achieve long-term climate goals based on the “long termism” approach.

Sustainability as a goal

Bitcoin Bank had already published details about the “long termism” concept in a blog post the day before . From his point of view, current global challenges such as climate change and environmental degradation are “due to short-term optimizations in our social systems and organizations”.

Financial investments would be “judged by their return in a few years” and “resources would be exploited despite negative long-term externalities”, but this need not necessarily be the case. Such long-term solutions are to be developed together with EIT Climate-KIC.

Approaches such as the “Internet of (Every) Thing” as an extension of the Internet of Things could enable processes to be optimized for better sustainability through data monitoring. Decentralized markets, digital assets and “self-sovereign identities” could play an important role in this.

IOTA co-founder and chairman of the IOTA Foundation sees an important contribution in the long-term orientation of IOTA:

“For the IOTA Foundation, working on sustainability is an exciting challenge: We may concentrate on developing things that are of real benefit to people today, but as a foundation geared towards the common good, we have to address the long-term consequences of ours As well as working with our community and other organizations to devise a long-term future that we want to achieve together. „

Cooperation since 2019

The IOTA Foundation had the research community EIT Climate KIC of the EU-funded European Institute for Technology (EIT) is already 2019 connected . KICs are knowledge and innovation communities coordinated by the EIT. The EIT Climate KIC belong in Germany in addition to research institutions such as the Technical University of Berlin and the Technical University of Munich, companies and think tanks to.

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Bitcoin Cash notuje wzrost od końca września, ale w ciągu ostatnich 4 tygodni stał się bardziej burzliwy. Zasób kryptograficzny zdołał kilkakrotnie przekroczyć poziom oporu na poziomie 341 USD, ale jego wartość została skorygowana w ciągu najbliższych 24 godzin. W czasie prasowym BCH był w podobnej sytuacji po raz kolejny, z bardzo prawdopodobną możliwością wycofania.

Jak wyjaśniono wcześniej, Bitcoin Cash rośnie od 22 września, a BCH utrzymuje pozycję powyżej rosnącego poziomu wsparcia. Należy również zauważyć, że średnia krocząca 50 działała jako podstawowe wsparcie, a token konsekwentnie odbijał się od MA.

Kluczową obserwacją, jaką można poczynić patrząc na strukturę rynku BCH, jest jego pokrewieństwo z ruchem bocznym. Nie ma szczególnego przełomu, ponieważ Bitcoin Cash opiera się wyłącznie na zbiorowym rynku zwyżkowym. Aktywa kryptograficzne osiągnęły ostatnio poziom 380 USD, poziom, który był jego bezpośrednim oporem w momencie pisania. Jeśli jednak jego poprzednie skoki są jakimkolwiek dowodem, BCH może przygotowywać się do kolejnego spadku w ciągu najbliższych kilku dni.

Biorąc pod uwagę zmienność kryptowaluty, wsparcie na poziomie 270 USD powinno być ostatnim zakresem testowym przed kolejnym ruchem wyżej na wykresach. Z drugiej strony, wskaźniki rynkowe wskazywały na wyższy ruch przed kolejnym spadkiem cen.

Rynkowe uzasadnienie

Jak widać na załączonym wykresie, wstęgi EMA zdawały się rozszerzać na horyzoncie, co może sugerować utrwalenie się zwyżkowego trendu w czasie prasy. Indeks siły względnej (RSI) również wzrastał i wyglądało na to, że dotknie strefy wykupienia na wykresach.

Wreszcie Awesome Oscillator lub AO również wskazał na powrót zwyżkowego tempa na wykresach. Zielone świece na histogramie AO sugerowały wzrost, odkrycie, które wydawało się spójne z ruchem cenowym BCH.

Wniosek

W przypadku Bitcoin Cash jego zależność od Bitcoin jest oczywista. Rynek kryptowalut będzie nadal osiągał wyższe szczyty dla Bitcoin Cash, ale radykalna zmiana w przyszłości doprowadzi do ogromnych korekt poniżej 300 USD.

Former baseball player’s non-fungible token artwork sells for $ 120,000 on Async Art

Ethereum-based art marketplace Async Art sold artwork for $ 120,000, one of the biggest sales since its launch in February 2020.

Created by Micah Johnson, former MLB league baseball player, the piece titled „sä-v (ə-) rən-tē“ contains an embedded QR code that allows internet users to pay bitcoins to two underprivileged children.

The sale pushes Async Art’s platform volume to over $ 2.5 million, including over $ 600,000 in art sales

Three years after switching from the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball to an artistic career, former professional baseball player Micah Johnson broke a different kind of record.

With his digital artwork titled “sä-v (ə-) rən-tē” (either “sovereignty” or “sovereignty” in English), he secured a final auction of $ 120,000 on the art platform Async Art, based on Bitcoin Optimizer.

With the winning bid, sä-v (ə-) rən-tē broke the record for the highest price ever paid for a fully digital work of art on the platform, beating Matt Kane’s “Right Place & Right Time”, which sold for $ 100,000.

Only Ben Gentilli’s “Block 21” (auctioned with a physical portrait), which recently sold for $ 130,000 at Christie’s , got a higher price for digital art.

The highest bidding offer is currently $ 120,000!

I am literally speechless.

And there are still 6 hours left!

Micah Johnson demonstrates the charitable potential of cryptocurrencies

Like the rest of Johnson’s art, which mainly depicts African-American children, sä-v (ə-) rən-tē depicts two underprivileged eight-year-old boys, Jacque and Rayden, who find themselves separated from an astronaut by a door.

Each year, on the birthday of each of these two children (November 6 and August 10, respectively), a QR code will appear throughout the work, allowing users to scan it and donate to one. linked Bitcoin wallet.

Over the next ten years, the door between them and the astronaut will slowly open with each birthday, until the children are 18 years old. At that point, the door will open fully, and the boys and the QR code will disappear from the artwork for good, signifying the end of this journey and their entry into a new world full of possibilities.

Means of accumulation or practical value: What is the purpose of cryptology

In terms of functionality, cryptov currencies can be divided into two main types. We talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each of them.

Cryptovalves interested in becoming a means of saving (e.g. bitcoin) should strive for maximum predictability in the long term. In the digital world, achieving this result requires above all resistance to censorship, limited emissions, safety and self-sufficiency.

In turn, utility platforms such as Ethereum and EOS have practical value: they experiment with flexible programming, networked control models and new consensus algorithms. The winners in their environment are the most flexible and innovative projects. They will gain significant weight in a highly competitive platform race. At the same time, the flexibility and innovation required for the development of utilitarian platforms contradicts the predictability and security of the cryptographic software used as a means of accumulation (SoV). The increase in overall utility and diversity of functions runs counter to the properties required to store and transfer value.

The valuation of digital assets on utility platforms differs from traditional approaches to company valuation. In the new digital paradigm, networks replace companies, and tokens replace cash and financial flows. As the network grows, the value of tokens must also increase. Turnovers – the speed at which an asset changes owners – can suppress its value. In addition, the open nature of digital space leads to serious and aggressive competition.

Scenarios for platforms

If a network is popular, its value must be high. This is intuitive, but only to a certain extent. Take the Ethereum network, for example. There are two possible scenarios:

  1. An entire ecosystem has been formed on the basis of Ethereum. Fragmentation and second-tier solutions have significantly increased bandwidth and reduced end-user costs. The network is cheaper, faster and more popular. The cost of transactions tends to zero. But along with a significant drop in commissions, the demand for the airwaves required to pay for them decreases as well. As bandwidth increases, so does the airwaves‘ turnover, reducing their deficit. Thus, low commissions and high bandwidth are good for users, but not for investors.
  2. The network is expensive, unpopular and slow to operate. In this scenario, the interest of developers of decentralised applications (dApps) is reduced due to high costs and low speed. Accordingly, user interest also drops, the demand for airwaves decreases, and their cost decreases.

For platform tokens, there is a price ceiling and it is lower than most people think. The growing number of users will not be enough to compensate for the decreasing fees. John Pfeffer addresses this issue in his article Institutional Investor’s Take on Cyptoassets. In a balanced state, the fair market value of individual platform tokens and dApps will be billions of dollars. Others will become obsolete due to high competition and duplication of functions.

The path to value growth: Storage of value, not network utility

The greatest potential for high return on investment is associated with savings rather than utilisation tokens. As people move into the digital world, they will face an increasing need to safely store their wealth. Kyle Samani’s article Paths to Tens of Trillions provides several scenarios for turning crypt currency into a means of accumulation. In it, Samani admits that much of the wealth will be digitized. He identifies three ways to make the crypt currency the dominant repository of value:

  1. Creating a means of accumulation (SoV) with limited practical value. Such assets meet the criteria of self-sufficiency, resistance to censorship, deficit and security. For example, the value of gold is not an indication of its usefulness, but a global standard for storing money. Example: Bitcoin, ZCash, Monero and Decred.
  2. Maximum benefit for application developers and end users. In this case, some attachment to the underlying platform will arise. If Ethereum is the dominant network, why not keep all the wealth on the air? Example: on air, EOS, Dash, Tezos, Dfinity and Cosmos.
  3. Linking to assets to create a „stable coin“. This way, volatility is completely eliminated, and as a result, circulation is encouraged. Example: Tether, Maker and Basecoin.

The classification of assets by Kyle Samani provides a basis for understanding the potential mechanism for turning crypt currency into a means of accumulation.

Stable coins have great potential, but at present their capitalisation is relatively small percentage of the market, so we will move on to crypt currencies – means of accumulation and utilitarian tokens.

Utility cryptovoltaic currencies

Develop or die. Technological darwinism dictates that only the best and most adapted survive. Creating the most convenient and functional platform can lead to an extensive and loyal follower base. As the range of applications for such a platform is very wide, users can store their savings in their native tokens. This would eliminate the need for exchange between SoV scripting currencies and these tokens. In this way, platform tokens with the highest overall utility can be the main means of saving.

Utility platforms must develop rapidly in order to bring the highest value to the market. However, as the platform grows, innovation becomes more difficult to implement. This is the ‚dilemma of innovators‘, the digital equivalent of biological gigantism. If a certain organism grows too big, it becomes slow, clumsy and vulnerable to faster predators. In such circumstances, frustrated participants can branch out a network and create somewhat similar but more dynamic platforms. Some of the new platforms will fail, but the usefulness of their luckier counterparts will be much greater. As practical people, participants in the original platform will switch to competing projects. Since they are now using another platform, will they not decide to convert all their wealth into its tokens?

Cryptov currencies as a means of accumulation

In contrast to utilitarian currencies, digital gold is characterized by relatively low overall utility and flexibility. It is slow to develop, but has high self-sufficiency, resistance to censorship and security. Users can choose digital gold to store their wealth because it is familiar, safe and relatively predictable. This choice is determined by emotions rather than logic, as the value of any gold depends solely on people’s belief in it.

Some participants may create their own version of this digital gold with increased utility. Some will try its new functionality, but the vast majority of users will keep their wealth in digital gold not because of its usefulness and flexibility, but because of its stability, independence and security. They will be reassured by the fact that wealth is stored in an anti-brittle asset. In this case, the slow pace of innovation is an attractive and key feature. Participants can be sure that the instrument in which their wealth is stored will not change suddenly.

Conclusions

Requirements for savings funds are contrary to the nature of utilisation currencies. In the digital world, the latter are volatile and often ephemeral. It is important that their speed of development will only increase. As the popularity of the platform grows, it will be more difficult to innovate. Users will start switching to new, more convenient and functional platforms.

Rapid innovation and the introduction of new features are crucial for the widespread use of utility platforms. In this case, protocols that increase flexibility will serve as a fundamental infrastructure for value creation. In turn, digital assets as a means of accumulation will have a high level of predictability, independence, resilience and security. Choosing the right asset will yield huge returns over the next decade.

A massive sale of Bitcoin whales could hamper BTC’s journey by more than $16,200

The price of Bitcoin remains at USD 16,000, but the chain data suggests that BTC could face a major obstacle in the short term.

The Bitcoin price (BTC) is proving to be relatively stable at the $16,000 level, far outpacing both safe and risky assets, including gold and stocks. But in the short term, the digital asset faces a major obstacle in the form of whales.

Bitcoin’s price hike to $16,200 was accompanied by record cash volume

On November 12, the price of Bitcoin reached USD 16,199, a level not seen since the famous 2017 bull market. Although BTC fell to USD 15,600 in a matter of hours, it recovered quickly and at the time of writing it looks like the digital asset will try to break the intraday high.
The performance of Bitcoin, the S&P 500 and gold over the past week.
Bitcoin has shown resistance above USD 16,000, which historically has been a very important turning point. Because BTC overcame this crucial area, market sentiment around the leading cryptomone currency has become overwhelmingly optimistic.

Bitcoin Price Reaches USD 16,000 as ‚Extreme Greed‘ Takes Over

However, this could leave Bitcoin and the market in general vulnerable to a massive sale by the whales. Individual high net worth investors who own large amounts of BTC are known as whales and prefer to sell when there’s a lot of liquidity.

In most cases, the most liquid periods are when the price of BTC rises with significant market optimism.
The chain data suggest that a massive sale induced by BTC whales is possible

Whales have more BTC than usual and there has been an increase in whale deposits to the main exchanges.

These two data points show us that the probability of seeing a whale-led short sale is high.

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When the Exchange Whale Ratio (how many whales have their funds in an exchange) exceeds 85%, it indicates that a correction is likely to occur. CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju explained that 85% is the correction level and 90% is the indicator’s dump level.

Since the Exchange Whale Ratio is close to 85%, Ki said that „massive dumping“ is not likely to occur, but that we will probably see small corrections.

This data coincides with a report by Santiment that found that the number of large Bitcoin whales reached a yearly high.

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Santiment analysts suggested that the number of Bitcoin addresses of whales that have more than 10,000 BTCs reaching 111 confirms the whales‘ confidence.
Number of Bitcoin whales by their holdings. Source: Santiment

While this is true, it also means that the Bitcoin market currently has an unusually high number of whales. Therefore, if whales start making their profits, it could cause a drop in the near future. Santiment analysts wrote:

„Are you looking to confirm that Bitcoin whales trust their assets? The number of addresses with at least $10,000 BTC just equalled a 2020 high of 111. Plus, those with 1,000-9,999 BTC are now only 6 below the all-time high of 2,135 wallets.

The future is not so bright for altcoins

Alternative crypt currencies (altcoins) are currently in a precarious position due to the current Bitcoin price cycle.

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If the price of Bitcoin goes up, it will continue to absorb the volume of the crypto market. As a result, altcoins would underperform compared to Bitcoin and possibly against the US dollar.

On the other hand, if the price of Bitcoin drops, it could shake the market, which would lead to a major correction in the altcoin market. A pseudonymous trader of cryptomoney derivatives known as „CoinMamba“ wrote:

„I would stay away from going long on any ALT for now. If BTC goes down, they will go down hard. When they start moving, you’ll have plenty of time to make good entries. So be patient, my friends.

Bitcoin y Altcoins fluctúan en medio de los resultados de las elecciones en EE. UU.

El precio de Bitcoin se está consolidando por encima del soporte de USD 13,650 y por debajo de USD 14,000.

Ethereum todavía está luchando por liquidar USD 385, XRP retrocedió a la baja y probó USD 0,235.

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Después de un aumento por encima del nivel de USD 14,000, el precio de bitcoin comenzó una corrección a la baja a corto plazo. Bitcoin Evolution cotizó por debajo del nivel de USD 13,800, pero el precio se mantuvo estable por encima de USD 13,650 y USD 13,500. El precio se está consolidando actualmente (13:00 UTC) y parece estar preparándose para el próximo movimiento en medio de los resultados de las elecciones estadounidenses .

De manera similar, hubo movimientos de rango en la mayoría de las monedas alternativas principales, incluidas ethereum, XRP, litecoin, EOS, XLM, LINK, BNB, TRX, bitcoin cash y ADA. ETH / USD enfrenta una fuerte resistencia cerca de USD 385, pero los alcistas están protegiendo USD 380 y USD 378. XRP / USD retrocedió por debajo de USD 0.238 y ahora está probando la zona de soporte de USD 0.235.

Capitalización de mercado total

En las últimas dos sesiones, el precio de bitcoin se negoció principalmente en una zona alcista por encima de los niveles de soporte de USD 13,650 y USD 13,500. Parece que BTC podría estar preparándose para el próximo gran movimiento, con una resistencia inmediata de USD 13,880. La primera gran resistencia está cerca de USD 14,000, por encima del cual los alcistas podrían apuntar a un aumento del 5% -6%.

Si no hay una ruptura al alza por encima de USD 13,880 y USD 14,000, el precio podría retroceder más. Un soporte inicial está cerca del nivel de USD 13,650, por debajo del cual los alcistas deben defender USD 13,500.

Precio de Ethereum

El precio de Ethereum enfrenta un fuerte interés de venta cerca de los niveles de USD 385 y USD 386. La siguiente gran resistencia está cerca del nivel de USD 392, por encima del cual los alcistas podrían apuntar a una ruptura clara por encima de los niveles de resistencia de USD 400 y USD 402.

Por el contrario, podría haber una fuerte reacción bajista por debajo de los niveles de USD 378 y USD 375. El primer soporte clave está cerca del nivel de 372 USD. Cualquier pérdida adicional podría llevar el precio hacia USD 365.