Während Bitcoin sich über 22.000 US-Dollar hieven konnte und auf 22.500 US-Dollar schielt, konnte sich Ethereum bereits wieder in Richtung 1.500 US-Dollar katapultieren.
Binance muss in den Niederlanden 3 Mio. Euro Geldstrafe zahlen
Weil die marktführende Kryptobörse in den Niederlanden bisher ohne Zulassung operiert hat, muss die Plattform nun eine saftige Strafe zahlen.
Coinbase bekommt Zulassung als Krypto-Dienstleister in Italien
Obwohl Coinbase schon seit längerem in Italien aktiv ist, kann sich die Kryptobörse erst jetzt eine vollumfängliche Genehmigung sichern, und damit ihr Angebot ausbauen.
Bitcoin climbs above $22k as total crypto market cap tops $1 trillion
The cryptocurrency market has performed excellently over the weekend as the bulls take control of the broader market.
The cryptocurrency market has performed excellently over the past 24 hours, adding more than 5% to its total market cap. Thanks to this latest development, the total cryptocurrency market cap now stands above $1 trillion for the first time in more than a month.
Bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency by market cap, has struggled in recent weeks. However, the cryptocurrency performed excellently over the weekend, adding more than 4% to its value in the last 24 hours.
At press time, Bitcoin is trading above the $22k resistance level and looks to surge higher over the next few hours. Breaking past the $23k psychological level could ensure that Bitcoin rallies higher over the next few days.
There are no major catalysts behind the general market rally, with most of the coins and tokens currently trading in the green zone.
Key levels to watch
The BTC/USD 4-hour chart is bullish as Bitcoin has been performing excellent over the past few days. The technical indicators show that Bitcoin could rally higher before the end of the day.
The MACD line is above the neutral zone, indicating bullish momentum. The MACD line crossed into the positive zone a few days ago.
The 14-day relative strength index of 73 shows that Bitcoin could soon enter the overbought region.
If the bulls remain in control, Bitcoin could surge past the $23,200 resistance level before the end of the day. In the event of extended bullish performance, BTC could attempt to reach the $24k resistance level over the coming hours or days.
However, the bear market is still in play, and Bitcoin could retrace some of its gains over the next few hours. If that happens, BTC could drop below the $21,247 support level.
However, Bitcoin should comfortably defend its position above the $20,895 support level in the short term.
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Ripple co-founder dumps the last of his 9 billion XRP
The Ripple co-founder has regularly sold off his XRP holdings for eight years, starting in 2014.
Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb, who left the company in 2014 with a huge 9 billion XRP package as part of the settlement for severing ties, has sold the last of that haul.
On Sunday, McCaleb finally sold the remaining 1.1 million XRP to bring to an end an eight-year sell-off, data on the XRP Scan shows.
Per the blockchain explorer, the former Ripple execs’ wallet address dubbed “tacostand” made the last of the regular transfers at 6:31 UTC. The sale netted the Stellar (XLM) co-founder $394,742 based on the XRP/USD price at the time.
The tacostand wallet has a balance of 47.69 XRP.
XRP price
McCaleb’s last XRP dump comes as the crypto market sees some relief bounce, although overall sentiment remains largely negative after a debilitating crypto winter. This past weekend however saw a positive bounce for crypto, with hitting weekly gains of nearly 12%.
At the time of writing, XRP/USD is poised at 0.36, up 3% in the past 24 hours.
However, while XRP is trading nearly 13% up in the past one month, it’s down by more than 37% over the past year. The bear market has also seen the cryptocurrency’s value fall almost 90% since its all-time high of $3.40 reached in January 2018.
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