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So do you all like… UNDERSTAND crypto?

Many posts make it seem as if many people have a very profound understanding of crypto concepts and what event will affect it how and every time I try to really understand crypto I am quite discouraged by the amounts of information available and the complexity of it. Also the info is super different from…
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Forget Walmart, Here’s The Real Reason Why Bitcoin Crashed

Just another Monday for Bitcoin as the market rallied and immediately crashed over a fake Litecoin partnership with Walmart. BTC’s price turned green quickly after as it came out of a sideways weekend. At the time of writing, Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies record small losses. BTC’s price trades at $44,669 with a 2.5% and 13.4% loss in daily and weekly charts, respectively. Analyst Ali Martinez showed that current levels could prove to be “weak” support. The In/Out of the Money Around Price (IOMAP) indicator, used to measured potential support/resistance levels, indicate that around 150,000 addresses bought Bitcoin in the $42,900 to $44,220 region. Thus, if BTC’s takes another dive below those levels, it could probably return to the high in the $30,000 region with $40,250 to $37,600 acting as the next support. #Bitcoin sits on weak support! 🥴 The IOMAP shows that 150K addresses had previously purchased over 440K $BTC between $42,900 and $44,220. A downswing below this demand wall might encourage traders to sell, increasing the odds for a bearish impulse toward $37,600-$40,250. pic.twitter.com/RJTA3yy4nK — Ali Martinez (@ali_charts) September 13, 2021 Analyst Checkmate for Glassnode Insights claimed that the recent crash, that saw Bitcoin dropped from $52,000 to $43,000, was triggered by yet more over-leverage positions in the derivatives market. Most of the traders in this sector were taking long positions. Thus, the crypto market was once again vulnerable to a liquidation cascade as it happened on every major movement to the downside since May 2021. In this context, and has it was highlighted by Martinez, the short squeeze to $47,000 took place with a weak market structure. Before the Walmart and Litecoin fake report, CryptoQuant recorded a high amount of Bitcoin inflow into exchange platforms. Over 5,000 BTC entered these platforms potentially suggesting that large players were preparing for a sudden move in the market. Despite the bearish trend Brian Pasfield, CTO at Bonded Finance, said the following on the recent crash: (…) this is an opportunity for smart players because weak hands are spooked by newsbites and leave coins all over the floor to be bought up by the smarter players. Bitcoin Holders Still Bullish, Why The Rally Could Have More Fuel Checkmate noted a dropped in the funding rates, used to determine the percentage that long or short positions pay to the other side of a trade, have gone down significantly. As seen below, the analyst believes the market has deleverage. In addition, the crash was unable to produce a spike in the Entity Adjusted Dormancy metric, used to measure the amount of the Bitcoin supply that exchanges hands in a specific period. Whenever this metric rises, BTC’s price follows with downside action at least in the short term. This suggests that the market “has a preference for longer term holding”, as Checkmate said. In addition, the HOLD Waves metric, used to measure “age distribution” in the BTC supply suggest that the interest in the crypto market stands at an all time low. This correlates with “late-stage bear markets”, the analyst added. The opposite is typically true in late stage bull markets (red) and cycle tops, where the maximum number of old coins are spent and transferred to new investors, attracted by hype, media coverage and price appreciation. Related Reading | New To Bitcoin? Learn To Trade Crypto With The NewsBTC Trading Course

Cardano Successfully Applies Alonzo Hard Fork; Adds Smart Contract Capabilities to Its Blockchain

Cardano, the third cryptocurrency ranked by market cap, has successfully applied the “Alonzo” hard fork, adding smart contract capabilities to its functionality. The update, that had been deployed in testnet days ago, finally was incorporated in mainnet yesterday. Cardano is now looking to deploy defi apps, and there are already several parties working on widening […]

A lot of people are waiting for low gas fee w ETH2.0, if that won’t happen won’t that be a major drawback? What’s the whole purpose of changing consensus if it doesn’t lower the gas fee? Just to screw the miners and increase the value of the pm Dev coins?

Personally I think ETH cannot survive w high gas fee, but I want it to, it’s my favourite coin. If people see 500gwie gas fee on ETH2.0, that’ll be the end I guess If you call this FUD, screw you. submitted by /u/Sharan-Reddy [link] [comments]

US lawmakers propose adding digital assets to 'wash sale' rule and raising capital gains tax

If passed, the plan would raise the capital gains tax rate for “certain high income individuals” to 28.8%, while eliminating the “wash sale” loophole for crypto users.

Bitcoin.com Adorns it’s Crypto-Friendly Casino with New Games from NetEnt

Hot new games from two of the top providers added to Bitcoin.com’s very own crypto casino!

Anticipation has been running high among players at Bitcoin.com Games for their favorite games from the leading software provider, NetEnt. Coming off of the recent addition of a range of live casino games from Evolution Gaming and iSoftBet, […]

Alpha Finance introduces second launchpad incubation project: pSTAKE

Alpha Finance Lab, a DeFi ecosystem and platform, today announced the second Alpha Launchpad project, pSTAKE, a ‘Liquid Staking’ DeFi protocol that unlocks liquidity of staked assets. What is pSTAKE? Designed as a liquid staking solution, pSTAKE.finance unlocks the true potential of staked PoS assets (e.g. ATOM). PoS token holders can deposit their tokens onto…
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Switched from 2 miners to flypool ..

Big mistake I’ve went from mining around 60-70 coins per day to 37.. Only switched as people here are saying about 2miners having over 50% of the hashrate. Any other pools I can try? Gotta say at this rate I’ll be going back to 2 miners submitted by /u/Apprehensive-Lemon25 [link] [comments]

Bitcoin price flirts with $40K, but derivatives data is still bullish

Bitcoin is leaning toward the $40,000 level, but derivatives data shows traders are holding a neutral-to-bullish stance.