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3 Coins that Might Breakout this Week: ADA, DUSK, KAVA – Altcoins Trading Analysis

For today’s trading news, we’re looking at three Altcoins that might breakout this week by showing bullish trends in the charts.

1. Cardano (ADA)

Cardano is a proof-of-stake blockchain platform that says its goal is to allow “changemakers, innovators and visionaries” to bring about positive global change.

The open-source project also aims to “redistribute power from unaccountable structures to the margins to individuals” — helping to create a society that is more secure, transparent, and fair.

Cardano Price Analysis

At the time of writing, ADA is ranked 3rd cryptocurrency globally and the current price is $1.60 AUD. Let’s take a look at the chart below for price analysis.

Source: TradingView

February provided respectable +348% gains for bulls who bought at the monthly open, with the price finding resistance near $1.58 AUD last Saturday.

If bulls take back control this week, the top of the former gap beginning at $1.36 AUD may provide support for at least a short-term bounce. The top of the consolidation range starting near $1.25 AUD is more likely to provide substantial support.

The most robust support is likely to be found in the overlapping consolidation ranges between $1.12 AUD and $0.95 AUD, with a sharp slice through these levels possibly suggesting the end of the bull run.

The region from approximately $1.46 AUD to the most recent swing high is likely to provide some resistance. The swing high provides a reasonable first target for a possible next leg up.

If this high breaks, the 1.0 extension near $2.28 AUD and the 2.0 extension near $2.86 AUD may provide the next primary targets.

2. Dusk Network (DUSK)

Dusk Network describes itself as a blockchain for programmable and confidential securities, powered by Zero-Knowledge proofs and novel Private PoS leader extraction-based consensus protocol. Dusk Network is a privacy blockchain for financial applications. It is a layer-1 blockchain that powers the Confidential Security Contract (XSC) standard and supports native confidential smart contracts.

Dusk Network aims to address the requirements and needs of financial markets. Central to its design is a scalable public infrastructure, direct settlement finality of transactions, and strict data privacy.

DUSK Price Analysis

At the time of writing, DUSK is ranked 292nd cryptocurrency globally and the current price is $0.3312 AUD. Let’s take a look at the chart below for price analysis.

Source: TradingView

Last month’s bulls enjoyed +300% gains at DUSK’s peak before the price confirmed stiff resistance beginning at $0.2876 AUD.

The four-hour chart shows that support may be forming between $0.2263 AUD and $0.2498 AUD, near the monthly open.

Aggressive bulls could enter in this area, although safer entries may be found much further below near $0.1670 AUD and $0.1473 AUD after a sweep of the current consolidation’s swing lows.

The last swing high near $0.3288 AUD provides a likely first target if the price does bounce from this region. Beyond this swing high, the 1.0 extension near $0.5824 AUD and the 2.0 extension near $0.7957 AUD may provide the next major targets.

3. Kava.io (KAVA)

Kava is a cross-chain DeFi lending platform that allows users to borrow USDX stablecoins and deposit a variety of cryptocurrencies to begin earning a yield.

The Kava DeFi hub operates as a decentralized bank for digital assets, allowing users to access a range of decentralized financial services, including its native USD-pegged stablecoin USDX, as well as synthetics and derivatives. Through Kava, users are able to borrow USDX tokens by depositing collateral, effectively leveraging their exposure to crypto-assets.

KAVA Price Analysis

At the time of writing, KAVA is ranked 128th cryptocurrency globally and the current price is $5.26 AUD. Let’s take a look at the chart below for price analysis.

Source: TradingView

KAVA’s +161% February run retraced almost to its origin, narrowly missing probable support near $3.98 AUD before bears swatted down the bounce near resistance around $4.85 AUD.

With the daily gap between $3.66 AUD and $3.75 AUD below this level. However, the safer entry is still in probable support between $3.90 AUD and $3.83 AUD, which would also sweep the lows of last week’s bounce.

The relatively equal highs near $5.45 AUD provide a likely first target on lower timeframes. However, the resistance beginning at $5.33 AUD may initially suppress a further move up.

A clean breakthrough this resistance will need to contend with the next resistance near $5.40 AUD, under the last swing high. This swing high at $5.80 AUD gives a reasonable take-profit area before a possible move to the 1.0 extension near $8.55 AUD.

Where to Buy or Trade Altcoins?

These 3 Altcoins have the highest liquidity on Binance Exchange so that would help for trading on USDT or BTC pairs. However, if you’re just looking at buying some quick and hodling then Swyftx Exchange is a popular choice in Australia.

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Crypto News

LunarCRUSH Crypto Social Sentiment Data Tools Launches for Traders

A new website called LunarCRUSH has launched, tracking social metrics around cryptocurrencies – often linked to price movements.

We’ve reviewed some of the functionality that could be appealing for investors and traders. Here is what we found most insightful.

Twitter volumes for coins

The Twitter Volumes metric could be useful for spotting frequently-mentioned coins on Twitter. It is also possible to compare that with another metric, like the overall social engagement within the considered period.

Social Engagement vs Twitter Volumes for Cryptos over the past month

Coin social engagement

The Coin social engagement metrics and graphs could come handy for tracking the social engagement of a specific coin over time.

Ravencoin (RVN) social engagement over the past 3 months

Top scoring social media posts

The Most Popular Social Media Posts functionality retrieves stories from several social media platforms, allowing to conveniently filter by crypto symbol.

Top scoring social media posts

Market volume top coins

The Market volume top coins metric ranks coins by market volumes over the selected period.

Market volume top coins

About LunarCRUSH

LunarCRUSH delivers community insights to crypto investors, funds, and exchanges. Through research applications and API’s, it provides real-time data that may help make informed crypto investment decisions.

You can find out more on their LinkedIn page.

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Bitcoin Crypto News Market Analysis

Data Shows People have Been Taking Profits on Bitcoin – NRPL/NUPL

A data metric called NRPL (Net Realized Profit/Loss) shows that people have been taking profits – with the metric dropping negative for the first time since September 2020.

For example – if all the Bitcoin held were sold today, would the investors sell at a profit or a loss? Green indicates selling at a profit and red indicates selling at a loss.

Source

This recent dip into the red is linked to those investors that took profits recently and we can take a look at another metric called NUPL to determine the Net Unrealised Profits/Loss.

We can see by the chart below that the NUPL metric is entering the red section indicating that investors may be getting greedy. Whenever we have seen this metric hit past the “greed” levels into “euphoria” levels it has aligned with five market tops in bitcoin’s price history.

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Some traders are now seeing this as a bullish flag with the weak hands exiting Bitcoin where a new bottom price can be established. However there are arguments both ways with March being historically a bad month for Bitcoin, and Billions being invested still by Institutions.

By identifying which stage of the market cycle we are currently in, the NUPL indicator can help traders to set entries and identify exit points. For instance, a trader may want to go long on bitcoin when the NUPL indicator suggests that a move from the capitulation phase to the hope-fear phase is completed, and then to take profits once the market enters the belief-denial phase. 

The weakness of the NUPL indicator, as with all on-chain metrics, is that bitcoins transacted off-chain are not accounted for and therefore is an incomplete picture of profits and losses. Nevertheless, the NUPL indicator has been accurate since 2010 in identifying market tops, and to a lesser extent, bottoms.

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Crypto News Events

Important Crypto Dates This Month – March 2021

In this article we take a look at important Crypto dates and events happening in this month.

The events include Hard Forks, Partnerships, Announcements, Rebranding, Exchange Listings, Releases, Token Swaps, Important Airdrops, Conferences and more.

Crypto News Partner Events and Announcements

DateEventLocationNotes
4 MarNGS Crypto Live WebinarOnlineLive Bitcoin Q&A
11 MarCoinstash Cryptocurrency MeetupRiver City Labs, BrisbaneCome learn about cryptocurrencies and the impact that they have on our daily lives.
12 MarMEETUP: Binance Australia – Opportunities for Women in Bitcoin & CryptoBrisbaneLive event

Important Cryptocurrency Events

DateCoinEventNotes
1 MarCardano (ADA)Mary HardforkPlanned to take place on 1 March
2 MarPaid network (PAID)Shadows IDOShadows defi IDO on Ignition.
2 MarReddcoin (RDD)Bitmart ListingReddcoin listing on Bitmart going live
2 MarDao Maker (DAO)Coinsbit ListingNew Listing
3 MarDefi of Thrones (DOTX)DOTX Beta on MaticThis is a 7 day event
3 MarFlow – Dapper Labs (FLOW)Evolution NFT ReleaseSaid to be an Epic NFT Release?
3 MarFlamingo Finance (FLM)Updated Flamingo websiteLaunch of updated website
3 MarWax (WAXP)New Defi EpochStart of a new Defi Epoch
4 MarIOST (IOST)AirdropSnapshot date for airdrop
5 MarNewscrypto Coin (NWC)PancakeSwap ListingListed on the 5 March or earlier
6 MarAergo (AERGO)Release of RoadmapPublished within a week
8 MarPoolz Finance (POOLZ)LABS IDOLabs group will conduct their IDO on the POOLZ
12 MarNEM (XEM)Symbol Snapshot & LaunchSnapshot and launch confirmed for the 12 March
13 MarFastSwap (FAST)BSC IntegrationFastSwap is set to integrate Binance Smart Chain.
15 MarNEW (XEM)Symbol Mainnet LaunchSymbol mainnet launch is on 15 March.
25 MarCrypto.com Coin (CRO)Mainnet LaunchCRO Mainnet Launching on March 25th 2021 as Crypto.org Chain.
31 MarNEO (NEO)Testnet 3.0Testnet launch and then mainnet to follow soon
31 MarCardano (ADA)AdaPay on Shelley MainnetAdaPay on Shelley MainNet,” during Q1 2021
31 MarPundi X (NPXS)XPOS Defi FunctionalityExplore DeFi functionalities on the XPOS®,” during Q1 2021
31 MarPolymath Network (POLY)Polumesh Mainnet LaunchPolymesh Mainnet Launch in Q1, 2021.
31 MarWaltonchain (WTC)Parent child chain DEX Decentralized Parent-child-chain Token Exchange
31 MarICON (ICX)Balaned Defi LaunchMainnet launch for Balanced, “A DAO on the ICON Network that creates tokens pegged to real-world assets,” during Q1 2021.
31 MarFetch.ai (FET)Mainnet LaunchScheduled to be released in March
31 MarTheta Network (THETA)DEX ReleaseDecentralized exchange (DEX) on Theta blockchain,” during Q1 2021
31 MarOrion Protocol (ORN)Mainnet LaunchOfficial Public Main Net launch, Q1

Note this is a selection of the events occurring in March, not all. The Crypto space is growing quickly and hence the number of events is starting to increase materially each month and quarter.

Upcoming Crypto & Blockchain Conferences

DateEventLocationNotes
17 MarBlockchain ExpoOnlineA Global Virtual event, hosted in London UK
18 MarDefi Toronto OnlineMeetup group to learn about Defi, hosted in Toronto
18 MarBlockchain Africa ConferenceOnlineAn online event hosted in South Africa
22 MarSummit on PrivacyOnlineOrchid Protocol to host
30 MarGreater Bay Area Blockchain WeekOnline Premier event
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Bitcoin Crypto News

The Bearish Month for Bitcoin Has Arrived, But Holders Still Won’t Give Up

After a strong bullish rally that started on February 8 with Tesla, Bitcoin started to lose buying power on February 25, and this Sunday, it has fallen below -5%, losing over $2,500 in price.

As reported by Crypto News Australia, negative returns are expected this month, with an 80% probability. But for the crypto community, this is just another buying opportunity, as March presents itself as the bearish month for Bitcoin, followed by a strong positive return in April.

Several Corrections Before Taking Off

Bitcoin reached prices nearly $60,000 on February 21, trading at levels of $58,300, but soon dropping even lower, and entering a consolidation state between $50k and $45k.

But while Bitcoin drops and consolidates, this could be another opportunity for buyers, as the overall sentiment remains bullish.

The crypto community believes Bitcoin still has not reached its peak as more companies are still buying great amounts of BTC.

Reviewing the bull market for 2017, there were at least 6 corrections with 30 to 40 % losses, before commencing a bull run with gains over 150%, according to Bitcoin Archive.

Key Events to Consider:

  • New York Digital Investment Group —NYDIG— files with the SEC for a BTC ETF, together with Morgan Stanley.
  • Counterpoint Global, an Equity Team from Morgan Stanley, is currently exploring the possibility of investing $150B in Bitcoin
  • MicroStrategy buys an additional 19,452 BTC —$1.3B—.
  • Australia and Canada are set to open the first BTC ETFs.
  • The overall sentiment in Australia is generally bullish, meaning over 5,000,000 Aussies will invest in crypto, some even aiming for levels over AU$ 100k.

Most of these events happened by mid-February, so it’s essential to consider that institutions are still buying great amounts of BTC.

We can expect key support levels of 40 – 45k, while others argue it could reach levels of 38k before BTC takes off again by mid-April, reaching levels over $60k with a strong demand again.

The number of BTC wallets has also grown together with institutional adoption, according to Glassnode:

Source: Glassnode
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Cardano Crypto News

Market Reshuffle: Cardano (ADA) Becomes the Third-largest Cryptocurrency

Cardano (ADA) is one of the cryptocurrencies that has seen massive increase in price since the start of 2021. On Friday, Cardano reached another yearly high of US$1.29, which pushed up the market valuation above that of Binance Coin (BNB) into 3rd place.

Cardano Is Growing

Amidst the recent dip in the crypto market, Cardano was the only cryptocurrency in the top ten with a positive 24 hours (change of +4.46%) and weekly price (change of +30.51%).

Moving to the derivative market, Cardano also sees an increase in the open interest in futures. According to the market information on ByBt, there was about 585.73 million ADA (or US$703.48 million) in ADA futures open interest at press time. This represents about a 10.1 percent increase on the 24-hour change. BitMEX and Binance exchange dominates the open interest in ADA futures, as both derivative platforms see hundreds of millions of ADA. 

What’s New Cardano?

Many people are attributing the increase today to the recent announcement of the upcoming major protocol change, the “Mary Upgrade.” As per the Cardano core development team (IOKH), the upgrade is expected to go live on the Cardano mainnet by March 1.

According to IOHK, the update will be activated by a Hardfork Combinator, allowing the system to transition without requiring a chain split on Cardano.

The Cardano team is saying that “Mary opens up a world of possibilities to developers looking to migrate to or build user-defined native tokens on Cardano completely. This feature will transform the decentralized blockchain into a multi-asset blockchain”.

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Australia Crypto News Institutions

The Australian Tax Office May Put More Pressure on Aussies Investing in Cryptos

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) may put more pressure on Aussie crypto-traders and investors this year – as cryptocurrencies become more popular among the general Aussie population.

As recently reported by Yahoo Finance, the ATO could be targeting up to 1 million Australians who have invested in cryptocurrencies and have failed to report their profits in their tax returns.

The ATO to Collect Data From Exchanges

Likewise, the agency is collecting data directly from crypto-exchanges in Australia, and using an intelligent data-matching program they can detect which users are not paying their taxes.

The demand for crypto in Australia has increased so much that the ATO may focus more than ever on cryptocurrencies, especially as Bitcoin has skyrocketed in price this year and most people are in profits. The demand for cryptocurrencies even surpassed the popularity of precious metals in the country according to our sources.

Even Australians over 50 years old are using their SMSFs to invest in cryptocurrencies, and younger traders are HODLing cryptos in their portfolios – some with no plans to sell anytime soon.

“Crypto Money” Laundering Schemes

The ATO’s interests may also be sparked by so-called “money laundering schemes” in the country. An IRS – Internal Revenue Services Criminal Investigation Unit – agent was sent to Australia as a joined effort to tackle schemes related to cryptocurrencies.

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Australia Bitcoin Crypto News Independent Reserve

Independent Reserve Set To Sponsor Australian Bitcoin Core Developer

Australian cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve has collaborated with the operator of the United States’ BitMEX exchange, 100x Group, to sponsor a Bitcoin core maintainer in Australia named Michael Ford (known as @fanquake on Github).

This comes as part of the companies’ effort to support the development of the Bitcoin network. Per the announcement on Thursday, Michael will be sponsored by these two crypto companies for about one year.

Aussie Bitcoin Developer Gains Sponsors

Independent Reserve pledged to contribute AU$2,000 per month to the Australian developer, for a period of 12 months, while 100x Group will contribute a total of about AU$125,000 for the same period of months. The grant is provided without any condition, so Michael can be able to take on other projects of his choice. While commenting on the development, the CEO of Independent Reserve, Adrian Przelozny, commented:

“The confidence people have in Bitcoin is underpinned by its security and stability. The Bitcoin core developers play an integral role in safeguarding that stability. As an Aussie exchange, we’re excited to support a local developer.”

Why Sponsor Bitcoin Developers?

Sponsoring Bitcoin developers has been very fundamental to keeping the Bitcoin network running. Just like the anonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshis Nakamoto, the core developers are voluntarily working to update the Bitcoin software. They are the true believers of the network, and so, they really need sponsorship to keep the network running and up-to-date, since they work on a voluntary basis.

“100x Group is pleased to provide long-term financial support for open source developers like Michael, who build the infrastructure on which our business and many others depend,” the CEO of 100x Group, Alexander Höptner, commented.

This news also follows a story we covered on Tuesday, where Twitter’s Jack Dorsey also donated 1 Bitcoin to a non-profit organization to support the development of the Bitcoin network.

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Binance Binance Coin Crypto News Ethereum

High Ethereum Transaction Fees Are Fueling Binance Chain Growth

It’s probably no longer news that the transaction count on Ethereum has been growing extensively since the last quarter of 2020. This is also not different from the first quarter of 2021. In fact, more transactions have been settled on the network this quarter alone, when compared to the record in Q4 of last year. 

The increasing number of transactions on Ethereum explains why the network fees have been surging incredibly. 

Messari Forecasts Ethereum Might Settle US$1.6 Trillion in Q1 2021

Ryan Watkins, a researcher at Messari, recently shared data from the crypto-analysis platform, which charted out that the transaction volume of the Ethereum network increases with every proceeding quarter of the year. Already, about US$926 billion transactions have been settled on the network since Q1 2020. In the previous quarter, only US$577 billion was settled on the network and a total of US$2.1 trillion in the whole of 2020. 

One can easily say that Ethereum will surpass last year’s transaction volume quickly, following the record seen so far. More like a prediction, Messari also stated that the transaction volume is on pace to reach $1.6 trillion this quarter. That will be a milestone for the network; however, the growing rate of activities is, unfortunately, forcing many users out of the network due to high transaction fees. 

Ethereum is Becoming More Expensive to use

Since recent months, many Ethereum users have complained of the high transaction fees of the network, which is due to the congestion. This is no longer funny, and the users are left with no other option than to switch to other alternatives. Evidently, the number of transactions on the Binance Smart Chain recently went up as some Ethereum projects and users began joining the network.

On February 24, Binance Smart Chain recorded over 2.6 million transactions, while Ethereum saw as low as 1.28 million transactions. 

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Crypto News Market Analysis Trading

Fantom FTM Coin pumps +73% in a Single Day amid Collaboration with YFI Yearn Finance

Fantom FTM is trading in an uptrend here like many other altcoins. The Cryptocurrency FTM just went up +73% in a single day by breaking a Falling wedge pattern with strong buying volume and surges over +272% in a week.

What is Fantom?

Fantom is a directed acyclic graph DAG smart contract platform providing decentralized finance DeFi services to developers using its own bespoke consensus algorithm.

Together with its in-house token FTM, Fantom aims to solve problems associated with smart-contract platforms, specifically transaction speed, which developers say they have reduced to under two seconds.

FTM Quick Stats

SYMBOL:FTM
Global rank:44
Market cap:$2,450,093,091 AUD
Current price:$1.02 AUD
All time high price:$1.12 AUD
1 day:+73.38%
7 day:+272.96%
1 year:+11172.81%

FTM Price Analysis

At the time of writing, FTM is ranked 44th cryptocurrency globally and the current price is $1.02 AUD. This is a +272.96% increase since 19th February 2021 (7 days ago) as shown in the chart below.

Source: TradingView

After looking at the above candle chart, we can clearly see that FTM was trading inside the falling wedge pattern on the FTM/USD pair. The first resistance was on the $0.5672 AUD price levels which FTM broke with a strong bullish trend buying volume and is now heading towards the all-time high price in AUD. Seeing that many altcoins are crashing this week, FTM is likely to continue to increase in the uptrend.

“The Falling Wedge is a bullish pattern that begins wide at the top and contracts as prices move lower. This price action forms a cone that slopes down as the reaction highs and reaction lows converge.”

What do the Technical indicators say?

The Fantom FTM TradingView indicators (on the 1 day) mainly indicate FTM as a buy, except the Oscillators which indicate FTM as a sell

So Why did FTM Breakout?

General market sentiment suggests we are in the middle of the bull run season which could have contributed to the recent breakout. Another reason for this sudden pump in price could be the whales secretly buying FTM for the next Altcoins rally & it could also be contributed to some of the recent news of the following 3 reasons why FTM price continues to surge high:

  • Yearn. Finance helps facilitate a cross-chain bridge to Ethereum
  • On-chain governance boosts community involvement
  • Fantom plans to integrate staking and DeFi features

Recent FTM News & Events:

Where to Buy or Trade FTM?

Fantom has the highest liquidity on Binance Exchange so that would help for trading FTM/BTC or FTM/USDT pairs. However, if you’re just looking at buying some quick and hodling then Swyftx Exchange is a popular choice in Australia.