With the price of Bitcoin climbing again, it’s not surprising that other cryptocurrencies are jumping too. As an investment vehicle and possible way around sanctions in Russia or elsewhere-this could be very interesting. This week, the cryptocurrency has been on an unstoppable rise, with prices climbing 8% in NY trading hours and over 20% in just two sessions. At one point, it overtook Bitcoin’s market value at $44,964 per coin, bringing its total capitalization above $840 billion. Related Reading | Bitcoin Breaks Above 50-Day SMA, Will BTC Ride It Out To $50,000? The cryptocurrency market continues to see significant growth, with Ether crossing $3,000 and several other coins improving. For example, the value of terra’s LUNA is up 76% over the last week, according to CoinMarketCap– nearing an all-time high set in early December. Finally, there was Avalanche which advanced during this time period too. In a world where the news is constantly changing, and governments seem to be everywhere, some people have turned away in favor of cryptocurrencies. However, the idea that these funds are detached from any government control makes them attractive because they can’t be influenced by anything besides supply-and-demand factors–not even warring conflicts overseas. FRNT Financial Inc.chief executive, Stéphane Ouellette said; Bitcoin has gold-like properties in that if you hold it, you directly control the assets as opposed to governments and banks being in between. So when banking is destabilized in a region, which is happening in Europe right now. It would make sense to see some flows into BTC as people diversify away from the banking system. Bitcoin Plunge As Russia-Ukraine War Intensified The price of cryptos is currently being driven higher by investors looking to get in on the action. However, he said that Speculators could take advantage and drive prices even higher. This will make their investments pay off exponentially faster than if they waited for more traditional markets like stocks or bonds where there’s always someone else who has already bought low before you do so yourself. Global markets took a plunge on Tuesday as the war in Ukraine intensified. Russia continued its offensive despite mounting penalties. Russian troops are shelling military facilities civilian areas alike. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused them of committing acts of terror.  Related Reading | Bitcoin Dominates Altcoins During War-Torn Month Of February European stocks and US equities continued their decline along with the fear gauge in Wall Street, VIX. The belief that Bitcoin can be a valuable asset during geopolitical turmoil is not new. Some analysts have long posited this. However, its outperformance amidst the volatility has some bulls pointing to an end for the narrative. Which explains that crypto will just turn out like all other risky assets.  But there’s still more work left before we’ll know how things ultimately play themselves out. Analysts Review On Crypto Rise Adam Farthing, chief risk officer for Japan at B2C2, said; Bitcoin could “de-link from risk” and start trading more like a hedge to geopolitical instability and inflation. Walid Koudmani, an analyst at XTB Market, explains; Bitcoin saw a significant upward move today as it appears to have slightly regained its safe-haven status while the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to intensify. There are other factors at play. The rally is about “the utility of these assets to serve as a potential workaround for Russia sanctions and also point that virtual currencies can be an alternative in times when people need them most,” said Nicholas Colas, co-founder DataTrek Research. Featured image from Pixabay, Chart from TradingView.com

As foreseen in the previous article, MATIC continued its downward trajectory towards the 61.8% Fibonacci support while breaking down from the bearish flag on its daily chart. From here on, MATIC aimed to retest the crucial $1.45-$1.52 range near its Point of control (POC, red) before positioning itself to make a trend committal move. If […]

WAVES price rallied in excess of 100% after unveiling plans to launch a blockchain agnostic Metaverse and establishing a new partnership with Allbridge to facilitate cross-chain transfers.

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Well with the beginning of the monthly trade, most of the crypto assets are showcasing huge bullish momentum. The Bitcoin price sliced through the strong resistance and continues to remain consolidated within the higher levels. And hence the recent jump also pumped the XRP price too out of the consolidation. However, a significant buy signal …

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Solana Sol price, after trending within a narrow range for a long time, recorded the much required bullish monthly close. The asset was attempting very hard to attain these levels for quite a long time, and also faced multiple rejections. However, the price began the monthly trade on a bullish note, yet a plunge may …

Shares in payments company Block, previously known as Square, show signs of recovery after its earnings report last Thursday.

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Welcome to the Nightly Mint – a new content series from our team at NewsBTC that provides all the quick hits at the end of each day around all things NFT. Each weekday, we’re bringing you a daily NFT recap of the latest bites of action – spanning across news headlines, community chatter, and a closing “minty fresh” take that we’ll share each day to keep the curiosity cooking. The Nightly Mint New TIMEPieces Mint TIME Magazine has easily been the most aggressive traditional publication to get NFTs right. TIME dropped their latest ‘TIMEPieces’ launch today, raising funds for humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine. Pixelmon Takes Heat Chatter around the NFT community today was aplenty surrounding the massive flop of Pixelmon, an NFT project that raised a staggering $70M, and promised a high-flying roadmap. It’s been a flop of epic proportions, quickly becoming a bit of the ‘flavor of the week’ laughingstock in the NFT space: Pixelmon had an art reveal so terrible, ‘Kevin’ is being labeled a historical NFT pic.twitter.com/A2ummGDypV — ThreadGuy.eth 💫 (@DiscoverXnft) February 28, 2022 Related Reading | Bitcoin Mining More Damaging To The Environment After China Ban, Study Says KPMG Canada is purchasing an NFT just a few short weeks after adding Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH) to their portfolio. | Source: ETH-USD on TradingView.com KPMG Canada Buys ‘World Of Women’ NFT KPMG is one of the ‘big four’ accounting firms with operations that span across the globe. In an announcement today, the Canadian division at KPMG has purchased a ‘World of Women’ NFT as “part of it’s corporate strategy.” The floor price on WoW is currently around $25K. A Managing Partner of Advisory Services at KPMG Canada, Benjie Thomas, stated: “This acquisition reflects our belief not only in the continued growth of NFTs, but in the value of WoW and its mission. Having now gone through the process, we are well-positioned to guide our clients around building a corporate NFT strategy, including, acquiring and safeguarding NFTs.” Projects like WoW that stand for gender equity in a predominantly male environment are primed to be major players for institutions that desire purpose-driven NFT investments. The ‘Minty Fresh’ Take Today’s minty fresh take comes courtesy of @mikethreezy on Twitter: there is nothing about an NFT that is inherently related to art. NFTs are much broader, non-fungible things, and the kinds of things they represent irl will likely grow exponentially expecting ppl to have more interest in the art tokens is setting urself up for disappointment — mike three 🔻 (@mikethreezy) February 28, 2022 At NewsBTC and our sister network Bitcoinist, we’ve been covering all sorts of potential use cases for NFTs as we look ahead; don’t be surprised to see more and more projects that are less focused on strictly art, and more focused on utility. Related Reading | Bitcoin In Demand, Bulls Enjoy 9% Surge Featured image from Pexels, Charts from TradingView.com The writer of this content is not associated or affiliated with any of the parties mentioned in this article. This is not financial advice.

While small-scale investors continue to flood into Ethereum, the supply of ETH that was last active 7 years ago remains unsold. Ethereum Whales Wallets Remain Inactive According to statistics from the Glassnode data aggregator, small-scale investors are actively acquiring Ethereum, the second largest crypto on the market, while 7.6 million ETH that were last active in 2015-2017 remain unsold. The holders of Ethereum supply who last moved their crypto five and seven years ago, i.e. in 2017 and 2015, have achieved a three-month high, according to Glassnode. This supply presently stands at 7,666,690.968 ETH ($21,557,791,247). 📈 #Ethereum $ETH Amount of Supply Last Active 5y-7y just reached a 3-month high of 7,666,690.968 ETH View metric:https://t.co/IEN283QP0E pic.twitter.com/8HecOSXB3G — glassnode alerts (@glassnodealerts) February 28, 2022 Related Reading | New Crypto Security Solution Protects Bitcoin, Other Digital Assets From Theft Small Addresses Continue To Accumulate Despite the fact that the price of Ether (ETH) has risen over 20% from its February 22 low of $2,300, data from derivatives suggests that investors remain wary. Ether’s price has dropped by 24% this year, and critical overhead resistances lie ahead. High network transaction costs have been Ethereum’s most pressing issue, and investors are growing concerned that this will continue to be an issue even after the network’s long-awaited enhancements are implemented. ETH/USD trades at $2.9k. Source: TradingView Smaller investors have been accumulating Ether in increments of 0.01 ETH, 0.1 ETH, 10 ETH, and 32 ETH, according to Glassnode. The number of wallets holding these amounts of Ethereum has reached new highs – 0.01+ coins – 21,929,193 ATH, 0.1+ ETH – 6,960,421 ATH, 10 ETH+ – 280,792 coins – one-year high. 32 ETH+ – 107,876 ETH+ – one-month high. 📈 #Ethereum $ETH Number of Addresses Holding 32+ Coins just reached a 1-month high of 107,876 Previous 1-month high of 107,860 was observed on 23 February 2022 View metric:https://t.co/rkRWanL3OS pic.twitter.com/4KA8lTQ5Vc — glassnode alerts (@glassnodealerts) February 28, 2022 Related Reading | TA: Why Bitcoin Must Close Above $40K For Trend Reversal Featured image from Pixabay, chart from TradingView.com

ASR, BAR and ACM posted double-digit rallies after the Socios fan token platform partnered with UEFA to bring NFTs and other redeemable perks to European football fans.

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be considered investment advice After hitting its ATH on 6 November, Axie Infinity (AXS) commenced its downturn in a descending channel while the bears kept testing the crucial $46-support.  Assuming the bulls can uphold this support, as they have […]

Cryptocurrency donations sent to the Ukrainian government and several non-governmental organizations meant to support the country amidst its ongoing war with Russia have topped the $30 million mark. According to on-chain analytics firm Elliptic, the Ukrainian government and NGOs supporting the country’s military efforts and humanitarian causes have raised $20 million across 17,451 transactions as […]

Chainalysis recently published a study on criminal enterprises, specifically the so-called criminal whales, that retain vast sums of money in the form of cryptocurrencies. The study claimed that criminal whales still hold $25 billion in crypto assets despite substantial law enforcement seizures last year. Cryptocurrency had a solid year in 2021, reaching a value of…

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