Nexo price recovery accelerated in August. Is it a buy in September?

Nexo price jumped to the highest level since June as the bullish momentum accelerated. The coin rose to a high of $1.2133, which was about 120% above the lowest level in August. As a result, its total market cap jumped to over $620 million.

Nexo buyback

Nexo is a leading fintech company that provides a complete suite of solutions to both retail and institutional customers. 

Its primary product is one that makes it possible for people to borrow collateralized funds using its platform. For example, a Bitcoin holder can take a loan in the form of fiat currencies like euro and US dollar.

In addition, the company has an investment feature that lets people make money by just depositing their cryptocurrencies like AVAX and SOL.

Nexo also has tools that enable people to buy and store cryptocurrencies like BTC and ETH. It also has a product that lets people spend money using their Visa-linked card.

Therefore, Nexo was recently in the spotlight because of the similarity of its products to those of Celsius. Celsius is a company that recently went bankrupt. As a result, there were fears of contagion, which could have affected Nexo. 

Nexo price rallied after the company announced that it will allocate a further $50 million in the company’s buyback program. As a result, the company will periodically buy back the NEXO tokens. The goal is to reduce the outstanding token in circulation and boost confidence among investors. In a statement, the company’s founder said:

“The allocation of an additional $50 million to our buyback plan is a result of our solid liquidity position and Nexo’s ability and readiness to spur on its own products, token, and community, alongside its outward-facing initiatives of injecting liquidity into the industry.”

NEXO price prediction

The four-hour chart shows that the NEXO token made a strong comeback in July. It then continued its recovery in August and soared to the highest point since June. The coin moved above the 25-day and 50-day moving averages. It is also slightly below the 23.6% Fibonacci Retracement level.

Therefore, it seems like the coin has momentum as we move into September. As a result, there is a likelihood that it will rise to the 50% retracement level at $2.15. A drop below the support at $0.9 will invalidate the bullish view.

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South Korea’s 2nd largest city Busan partners with FTX for a local exchange

Busan city, the second-largest city in South Korea which is commonly referred to as South Korea’s ‘Blockchain’ city, has partnered with the leading cryptocurrency exchange FTX to build a local crypto exchange. In addition, the partnership is also aimed at fostering blockchain development in the city.

According to the agreement according to a statement issued by the Busan Metropolitan City on August 30, FTX will assist in creating a local crypto exchange duped by Busan Digital Asset Exchange. The Bahamian-based crypto exchange led by Sam Bankman-Fried shall also support Busan city in fostering the growth of the local blockchain industry.

Busan City’s crypto exchange

Busan City will leverage FTX’s technology and infrastructure to build its own cryptocurrency exchange and promote blockchain-specific education in local universities and projects within the city’s ‘Blockchain Special Free Zone’ established in 2019.

FTX, through its Investment Division CEO, Amy Woo, said that it will establish a Korean FTX branch in Busan City in the next 12 months to help make Busan a digital financial hub in Asia.

Besides signing an agreement with FTX, Busan also partnered with Binance, the largest crypto exchange by trading volume, on August 26. Binance entered into a memorandum of understanding to provide infrastructure and technological support to the city for its blockchain development effort.

Both FTX and Binance are therefore set to establish a presence in South Korea over the coming 12 months.

From the time Busan was designated as South Korea’s Blockchain city in 2019, several projects have already been rolled out. These projects include a propriety blockchain-based ID system, a blockchain-powered driver’s license platform, and cryptocurrency support for various services.

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Ethereum Classic (ETC) Hashrate surges ahead of Ethereum Merge

As the upcoming Ethereum merge continues to cause excitement within the crypto space, Ethereum Classic (ETC), a sister of Ethereum, has seen an 83% increase in hashrate since June according to Gayatri Dhumal, a researcher at BitwiseInvest.

As the hashrate of Ethereum Classic surges, Ethereum on the other hand has dipped by 11%.

Why is ETC hashrate surging?

Ethereum Classic has been the largest beneficiary of the upcoming Ethereum merge that has caused a massive exodus of Ethereum miners as the mining of Ethereum comes to a halt with the Ethereum merge upgrade.

Ethereum miners are opting out and the closest blockchain is Ethereum Classic.

While there are some efforts to launch new hard forks of Ethereum after the Merge, a majority of blockchain protocols have committed to support Ethereum after the Merge upgrade by insisting that they shall not support any proof-of-work (PoW) forks of Ethereum afterwards.

As a result, Ethereum Classic remains the only Ethereum hard fork that legitimately exists.

Earlier this month, Vitalik Buterin, the Ethereum co-founder, said that “pretty much everyone” was supportive of the Ethereum Merge that will move it from a PoW to a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain.

Generally, Ethereum Classic is expected to win big after the merge as it will be left as the only Ethereum fork to enjoy the original Ethereum PoW mechanism.

Ethereum Classic is a hard fork of Ethereum. It forked back in 2016 following the infamous DAO attack that remains one of the most significant hacking in the history of cryptocurrencies. Ethereum Classic was created by those who wanted to preserve the original Ethereum chain.

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