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Fees on Ethereum (ETH) are dropping quickly, remaining under 1 gWei for days. Low fee levels like that have not been seen even during the most bearish times for ETH. Activity on Ethereum is low enough now, causing gas fees to stay under 1 gWei. The fees also retain those low levels and fall even further for slow or regular transactions. At one point, fees fell to as low as 0.57 gWei on average, though high-speed activities may have a higher cost. The current fee levels are seen as an anomaly after sliding constantly since March 2024. Fees are not…

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Several digital assets have seen significant gains in the crypto market today. According to Phoenix, a leading crypto analytics outlet, $ATR is leading the pack with a remarkable surge of 50.8%. Such a significant increase is evidence of more investors’ engagement in the asset, and overall market sentiment on the asset. Despite BTC’s huge 6% descend, $ATR, $IDEX, $MBOX and some other coins have displayed good performance. DAILY GAINERS$ATR +50.8% $IDEX +32.3% $MBOX +14.3% $GMRX +12.9% $BLOCK +9.8% $VIC +9.8% $GFT +7.8% $BSW +7.1% $VIDT +6.0% $CHESS +5.0%#dailygainers pic.twitter.com/2meMM99YX8 — PHOENIX – Crypto News & Analytics (@pnxgrp) August 28, 2024…

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Following John Deaton’s Republican primary win in Massachusetts on Tuesday, the crypto attorney is set to square off against Senator Elizabeth Warren—both at the ballot box and on the debate stage. In a Thursday post on Twitter (aka X), Deaton challenged Warren to five “single-issue debates,” on topics including inflation, the debt crisis, and the economy. Warren told the Associated Press in an email Wednesday that the Democratic incumbent has agreed to two debates in October. On the campaign trail, Deaton has styled himself as a “common sense” alternative to Warren, highlighting his service as a U.S. Marine and father.…

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Orlando Bravo, founder of private equity giant Thoma Bravo, has vowed to stay away from cryptocurrency investments following the firm’s ill-fated investment in the now-bankrupt FTX exchange. A little over three years ago, Bravo introduced FTX as “the world’s most advanced, sophisticated cryptocurrency exchange” and invested $900 million, valuing the company at $18 billion. In a recent interview with CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, Bravo discussed the collapse of FTX, which went bankrupt in late 2022, and the fraud case against its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, who is now serving a 25-year prison sentence. Bravo stated that he and his company…

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Crypto trader Kevin Svenson believes Bitcoin (BTC) is headed close to $100,000 following this week’s marketwide tumble. Svenson tells his 79,000 YouTube subscribers that Bitcoin has formed a bullish divergence pattern on the daily chart. A bullish divergence occurs when the price of an asset is trading down or sideways while an oscillator such as the momentum indicator relative strength index (RSI) is in an uptrend. The signal suggests that bullish momentum is on the up and up. Says Svenson, “We got actually a slightly higher low in the RSI – you could also call it flat support, horizontal support.…

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Last week, Ethereum exhibited a significant bearish signal as the price completed a pullback to the lower boundary of a multi-month wedge. The 100-day moving average also crossed below the 200-day moving average, forming the well-known “Death Cross.” This development has heightened expectations toward continuing the bearish trend toward the $2.1K threshold. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart Ethereum has exhibited a pronounced bearish trend over the past few weeks, stirring fear and uncertainty among market participants. The price has completed a pullback to the lower boundary of a multi-month wedge, initiating a significant decline. This bearish momentum is…

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Crypto whales are honing in on these five altcoins, each with the potential to surge exponentially. From Aptos’s innovative blockchain to JasmyCoin’s data sovereignty, these tokens are poised for explosive growth. Aptos (APT) Garners Whale Interest Current price:$6.77 Market cap:$3.2B Aptos (APT) has attracted the attention of leading crypto investors and is synchronized with other altcoins that may experience an increase in value. Aptos is a layer-1 protocol built on the blockchain and governed by the APT token, which is intended to improve security in addition to performance used in smart contracts. As Aptos aims to enhance the user experience…

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Coinbase chief financial officer Alesia Haas announced today that US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is using the company’s Commerce platform to accept crypto donations for her campaign. The disclosure came during a discussion with Citigroup’s payments director Peter Christiansen at the 2024 Global TMT Conference in New York, according to a recording reviewed by Fortune. The announcement follows reports in August that Coinbase was in talks with the Harris campaign, though Harris’ team has yet to respond to requests for comment, leaving questions about the scope of the collaboration. Historically, the Democratic Party under President Joe…

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According to a Thursday announcement, Pepe (PEPE) and dogwifhat (WIF) are now available for trading on Kraken Pro in Canada. Kraken initially listed WIF back in February. As for PEPE, the upstart meme cryptocurrency landed on the exchange last May. In August, Kraken added WIF and PEPE as new collateral for futures alongside some other products. Last year, Kraken managed to expand its market share in Canada after Binance’s departure. One of the oldest cryptocurrency exchanges experienced a sharp rise in deposits. Kraken first started operating in Canada more than a decade ago. It offers various CAD sport pairs. The…

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Samson Mow, vocal Bitcoin supporter and chief executive at JAN3, a company that helps nation-states to adopt BTC, has addressed the cryptocurrency community about the issue of secure BTC storage. Even cold Bitcoin storage can be “not cold enough,” he believes. JAN3 boss’s Bitcoin storage warning Samson Mow believes that it is vitally important to make sure a Bitcoin holder cannot easily access his BTC stored in a cold wallet. Therefore, according to his tweet, it is crucial that private keys to a Bitcoin wallet are not stored at home. Mow published a video, in which three thieves are pushing…

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