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Number Of Whale Wallets Reaches Highest Count In 15 Months

BitcoinFeb 5

Bitcoin, the largest crypto asset, is currently at a standstill from the viewpoint of many investors considering current market factors. The crypto mostly traded between $41,000 and $45,500 last week after recovering from a brief dip below $40,000 on January 23. Although the price action has been underwhelming, on-chain data indicates that large holders have been adding more to their wallets, bringing the total number of wallets to the highest it has been in 15 months. At the same time, the holding pattern indicates smaller whales have been adding to their holdings to join the next tier of holders. Large…

Bitcoin Oracle's Pre-Halving Proclamation Sparks Excitement

BitcoinFeb 4

As the eagerly awaited Bitcoin halving event approaches in April, cryptocurrency analysts are engaging in spirited discussions about the potential trajectory of the leading cryptocurrency’s price. Offering his insights, Michaël van de Poppe, the founder and CEO of MN Trading, has shared his predictions, outlining a period of consolidation before potential growth, with a particular emphasis on the anticipated outperformance of certain altcoins. Bullish Long-Term Outlook Amidst Short-Term Consolidation Van de Poppe envisions a phase of consolidation for Bitcoin in the upcoming months, with a suggested price range oscillating between $48,000 and $50,000 leading up to the halving event. My…

How To Mint BRC-20 Tokens On The Bitcoin Network

BitcoinFeb 4

BRC-20 tokens open doors for developers to build their own decentralized applications (dApps) with unique economies on the Bitcoin network. This fosters community engagement through internal currencies, and attracting investment through innovative token sale structures. BRC-20 tokens are fungible tokens built on the Bitcoin network using the Ordinals protocol. It also utilizes inscriptions containing JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data to facilitate the deployment of token contracts, minting tokens, and transferring tokens. Presently, the BRC-20 token standard offers the ability to create a BRC-20 token using the deploy function, mint a specified quantity of BRC-20 tokens using the mint function, and…

The Inside Scoop On The Massive $500 Million Weekly Flight

EthereumFeb 4

Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has seen a significant exodus from centralized exchanges in recent weeks, with data suggesting a growing preference for holding the asset outside of trading platforms. At the time of writing, ETH was trading at $2,289, down 0.7% in the last 24 hours, but managed to gain 1.6% in the last week, data from Coingecko shows. Ethereum Outflow Hits $1.2 Billion According to blockchain analytics firm IntoTheBlock, a staggering $500 million worth of ETH exited exchanges last week, contributing to a total outflow of $1.2 billion for the entire month of January.…

How To Buy And Trade BRC-20 Tokens On The Bitcoin Network

BitcoinFeb 3

What are BRC-20 Tokens? BRC-20 tokens are a novel standard on the Bitcoin blockchain, BRC-20 tokens were inspired by Ethereum’s ERC-20. Like Ethereum’s ERC-20 strands for Ethereum Request for Comment, BRC-20 also strands for Bitcoin Request for Comment. BRC-20 tokens allow the creation, minting, trading, and transfer of fungible tokens or assets on the Bitcoin blockchain through the Ordinals protocol. The Bitcoin Ordinals protocol is a numbering system that allows users to attach extra data to satoshis, the smallest unit of Bitcoin. The process of attaching extra data to satoshis is called inscription, BRC-20 tokens do not need smart contracts…

Bitcoin Set For Positive Performance In Q2 2024: Coinbase Analysts

BitcoinFeb 3

Analysts at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase are backing Bitcoin and the entire crypto market to put up a significantly positive performance in Q2 2024. This development comes as BTC continues its market recovery, gaining by 3.31% in the last week to trade above $43,000. Downward Pressure On Bitcoin Subsides, Macro Factors To Come Into Play: Analysts In the Coinbase weekly report on Friday, the American exchange’s analysts noted that the market factors that induced downward pressure on Bitcoin were being phased out. This claim is backed by the completion of the GBTC’s liquidations by defunct exchange FTX as well as the…

Victoria VR Set to Launch First Web3 Metaverse on Apple Vision Pro

MetaverseFeb 2

Digital actuality developer Victoria VR is ready to launch the primary metaverse app on the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple’s first foray into digital actuality will start on February 2nd and the Victoria VR app might be accessible in Q2 2024. Victoria VR’s web3 utility will deal with viewers to a digital house primarily based on 5 components of nature with a map of Victoria VR island with the cardinal factors and the structure of the entire world in response to the rules of Feng Shui. A Ming Kua calculator can even be included to find out appropriate areas…

Here Are The Largest Institutional Buyers Of Bitcoin This Week

BitcoinFeb 2

The Spot Bitcoin ETFs have lived up to the hype, as these funds have ramped up institutional adoption of the flagship cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. This is further evident in a recent analysis that captured how much Bitcoin BlackRock and other issuers amassed in this week alone. Spot Bitcoin ETF Issuers Purchased Over 19,908 BTC This Week Data from the on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain shows that the Spot Bitcoin ETF issuers combined to purchase over 19,908 BTC ($860 million) this week. Meanwhile, it is worth mentioning that Lookonchain’s data didn’t capture WisdomTree’s BTC purchases in its analysis, suggesting that the figure could…

Analyst Predicts Bitcoin Price By EOY Based On ETF Inflows

BitcoinFeb 2

In an analysis released via X, Thomas Young, managing partner at RUMJog Enterprises, is projecting a staggering upward trajectory for Bitcoin’s price by the end of the year, basing his predictions on the influence of Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) inflows. As NewsBTC reported, Grayscale’s GBTC outflows have slowed down significantly recently, resulting in constant net inflows over the past five consecutive days,ranging from $14.8 million to $247.1 million. The 118 Multiplier Concept The crux of Young’s analysis hinges on the concept of the ‘118 multiplier’, a metric introduced by Bank of America in March 2021. This multiplier posited that an…

Bitcoin To $5 Million? S2F Model Predicts When This Will Happen

BitcoinFeb 1

Using historical and future Bitcoin halving events, the Bitcoin Stock to Flow (S2F) live data chart model has pointed toward a BTC surge to unprecedented highs during the 2028 to 2032 halvings. Bitcoin To Hit $5 Million After 2028 Halving Crypto analyst Bit Harington recently shared insights in a post on X (formerly Twitter) about the potential surges in the price of Bitcoin during the next halving stages. Using data from the Bitcoin S2F chart, Harington predicted the price of Bitcoin would reach $500,000 by the fourth halving, which is taking place in April. His predictions were based on the…