What crypto to buy now: 4 of the best coins to buy

Cryptocurrencies and other assets crashed in 2022 as concerns about interest rates rise. The Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates by 300 basis points and there is a likelihood that it will continue hiking in the coming months. Still, analysts believe that some coins will bounce back in the coming years. Here are some of the best cryptocurrencies to buy now.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that uses the distributed ledger technology (DLT). It is a coin that helps people move money anonymously. Over the years, most holders buy it for investment purposes. Bitcoin price has been in a strong bearish trend in the past few months. This decline is mostly because of the soaring inflation, interest rates, and low demand among participants.

Bitcoin is still a good cryptocurrency to buy now for several reasons. First, BTC has a long track record of having major dips. For example, in 2018, it dropped from a high of almost $20,000 to about $4,000 in 2020. It then soared to almost $70,000 in 2021. 

Second, BTC has a close correlation with American stock indexes like the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100. Indeed, these indices have all declined sharply this year as well. Historically, stocks tend to rebound after going through a major dip. Therefore, if stocks bounce back, there is a likelihood that BTC will also bounce back. Third, as the biggest cryptocurrency in the world, BTC has interest among institutional investors. 

Dogecoin

Dogecoin is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency that was created in 2014. For a long time, it was largely unknown until Elon Musk started promoting it in 2021. After that, it moved from obscurity to become one of the biggest cryptocurrencies in the world. It also pioneered a new type of cryptocurrency known as meme coins. 

Dogecoin price has fallen sharply in the past few months, giving it a market cap of more than $7.8 billion. Still, it is a good investment because of the strong community around it. It is estimated that there are now over 40 million Dogecoin holders around the world. As such, there is still real utility for the coin, which could help it recover.

How to buy Dogecoin

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Solana

Solana is a leading blockchain project that enables developers to build decentralized applications (dApps) in all industries. It is one of the biggest rivals to Ethereum. Unlike other Ethereum-killers, Solana has been used to build applications that have real utility. Some of the top apps in its ecosystem are StepN, Solend, Audius, and Brave. 

Solana price has dropped sharply this year due to the challenges in its ecosystem. For example, the total value locked (TVL) in its ecosystem has crashed from over $15 billion to about $1 billion. Similarly, the regular outages have disincentivised people from moving to the coin. Still, Solana is one of the best Ethereum rival to buy today.

Sweat Economy

The fitness industry is one of the biggest in the world. Sweatcoin is disrupting the industry using the blockchain industry. Sweatcoin makes it possible for people to exercise and make money doing so. In September, the developers launched the Sweat Economy crypto to make it possible for users to cash out their holdings.

SWEAT has crashed hard after launch as was widely expected. This drop happened as existing SWEAT holders moved to cash out. Still, in the long-term, there is a likelihood that the coin will bounce back as the developers launch new features.

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Helium token holders approve migration to Solana protocol

Helium (HNT) token holders on Wednesday formally voted to migrate from Helium layer-1 blockchain to Solana protocol.

81.41% of the 6,177 voters voted in favour of the migration in a proposal that was called the Helium Improvement Proposal (HIP 70) which was aimed at making the network able to meet user demands. The HIP 70 proposal had been made on August 31 citing that the move would:

“Bring significant economies of scale through the vast range of compassable Solana developer tools, features, and applications.”

Helium switching to Solana protocol

The Helium Foundation said that the migration to Solana will allow the HNT token to become more compatible with decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and Web3 projects.

Helium Foundation COO Scott Sigel in a statement said:

“Solana has a proven track record powering some of the world’s most important decentralized initiatives and they were an obvious choice for us to partner with. Moving to the Solana blockchain allows us to focus our efforts on scaling the network as opposed to managing the blockchain itself.”

Helium still struggling with revenue

Weeks leading to the proposal, Helium had attracted some controversy with concerns about the network’s revenue potential.

However, prominent investors have defended Helium saying that it is still building its infrastructure and the revenue would come later.

Once the migration is completed all the tokens of the Helium ecosystem including HNT, IOT, and MOBILE will become available on Solana. A new version of the Helium Wallet App will also be unveiled.

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Why is Algorand price rising today?

While the general crypto market started today with a decline, Algorand (ALGO) has registered a 13.64% rise over the past 24 hours. At press time, Algorand (ALGO) was trading at $0.3630.

But why is Algorand price going against the general market trend that shows the majority of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) in the red?

Here is a sneak peek into the behind-the-scenes or the factors propelling ALGO price higher today.

Why ALGO price is surging

Today’s price rise comes after Algorand announced yesterday that State Proofs are now available on the Algorand blockchain, which is one of the most important technical accomplishments for the blockchain.

The State proofs enable Algorand blockchain to digitally sign any message in a truly decentralized manner and according to the co-founder Silvio Micali, also fosters the blockchain’s safety against quantum attacks.

Following the introduction of the state proofs, Algorand claims that it can now process 6,000 transactions per second which is quite a high throughput considering that most of the popular financial services like Mastercard can only handle about 5000 transactions per second.

Algorand will now be able to reach finality and block formation in only a record 3.7 seconds.

Algorand’s price surge after the introduction of the state proofs is a stark contrast to Ethereum’s price slump after its Merge upgrade.

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Tribe DAO finally votes to reimburse Rari hack victims

After months of uncertainty, the Tribe DAO which has announced plans to close down has finally voted to repay its users who were affected in the $80 million hack of Rari Capital’s liquidity pools.

The vote to repay the affected users is one of the final governance decisions for the Tribe DAO, which consists of Rari Capital, Midas Capital, Volt Protocol, and Fei Protocol.

The vote comes after several rounds of voting and governance proposals before the decision to vote for reimbursement was reached on September 18. The voting then took place on September 20.

On-chain voting platform Tally data shows that 99% of those who participated in the voting process were in favour of the proposal to reimburse the victims.

Repaying the Rari hack victims

According to the reimbursement proposal, individual victims will be paid back in FEI, while decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) will be paid in DAI. The Victims will however have to sign a message releasing any liability.

Fei’s founder Joey Santoro said via a tweet that the repayments would be made 24 hours after the vote was passed.

The total amount to be distributed among the Rari hack victims amounts to 12.68 million FEI tokens and 26.61 million DAI tokens. At press time, Fei USD (FEI) was trading at $0.9938 while DAI was trading at $1.00.

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