Kategorie: Crypto Analysis

• Ravencoin surged on Friday despite a bearish crypto market

• The blockchain, forked from Bitcoin, is a beneficiary of the ETH merge

• Technical indicators are currently bearish, casting doubts on sustained gains

Ravencoin RVN/USD surged 5% on Friday. At the time of writing, the token was trading for $0.03651. Although the pump is not tied to any specific factor, there is a rising interest in Ravencoin among crypto miners. As a PoW blockchain, it was one of the notable gainers after Ethereum’s proof-of-stake merge.

Crypto miners opted for Ravencoin as an alternative to ETH mining. Besides, the blockchain platform has equally seen rapid expansion. This follows a step by FTX crypto exchange to list RVN perpetual features a mid-last month. The futures let investors speculate on the price of RVN.

It is of importance to note that Ravencoin was forked from bitcoin in 2018. The network aims for the issuance and transfer of new digital assets. Ravencoin is a proof-of-work consensus algorithm network. Its native token, RVN, powers decentralised applications and non-fungible tokens. From the technical outlook, RVN faces hurdles to the upside.

RVN shows some bullishness at the support zone

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Binance

Binance is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. It is better suited to more experienced investors and it offers a large number of cryptocurrencies to choose from, at over 600. Binance is also known for having low trading fees and a multiple of trading options that its users can benefit from, such as; peer-to-peer trading, margin trading and spot trading.

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Source: TradingView

From the daily chart above, Ravencoin collapsed from $0.0771 in mid-September, shedding off 52% of its value. Technically, Ravencoin is showing some bullishness but remains locked in a broader support zone. 

The momentum indicator, MACD, shows a clear bearish level, while the Stochastic Oscillator is at 32. The latter is slightly above the oversold zone but within the vicinity.

Bottom line

Ravencoin may not sustain the current gains due to largely bearish momentum. From the chart, the token is facing immediate resistance at $0.042. To invalidate the current sentiment, RVN must clear above the resistance level. The key indicators should also turn green. As it is, RVN is not out of the woods yet.

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• BNB fell 3% on Friday after an exploit of $100 million

• The cryptocurrency had already hit the target at or around $300 and was set for a correction

• Potential price action/bullish reversal could occur at or close to $267

Binance BNB/USD fell more than 3% on Friday on exploit news. The overnight hack on the BNB Chain led to a loss of at least $100 million. However, BNB Chain estimates the figure at $7 million, with about $560 million initially targeted. 

The exploit forced a network shutdown for hours before resuming. BNB chain promised users that their funds are safe as it works to freeze any transfers. The attack is deemed to have been perpetrated by a bug in the bridge. It enabled the hacker to breach the security proofs of BNB Chain.

As the hacking event unfolds, BNB has taken a hit. As of press time, the cryptocurrency traded at $284, down from the previous day’s high of $297. Technical analysis shows that BNB was imminent for a correction after hitting resistance. In our previous Coinjournal analysis, we illustrated why $300 was an important zone for BNB. With the price reaching $298, we deem the target as already met, although not precisely. 

BNB slides below $300 after the latest exploit

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Source – TradingView

From the technical outlook, BNB is in a correction phase that could last a few days. The MACD indicator remains in the bull zone, but momentum is weakening. With the latest exploit, BNB’s weakness will exacerbate, while a break above $300 will wait for another day. The cryptocurrency could find support at $267. 

Summary

BNB’s weakness is expected to rise further after the hacking incident. However, buyers have been defending $267, making it the ultimate key level to watch. 

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SushiSwap price has made a strong comeback this week as investors react to several important ecosystem news. SUSHI soared to a high of $1.3328, which was the highest level since September 10 of this year. It has jumped by more than 54% from its lowest level this year.

Why is SUSHI soaring?

SushiSwap is one of the biggest players in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) industry. It is an alternative to Uniswap and PancakeSwap in that it lets people swap tokens at a slightly small cost. Further, the platform has a cross-chain swapping feature and the ability to earn fees by providing liquidity to the network.

SushiSwap product is available across most blockchains like Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, Harmony, and Avalanche. All these versions have a combined market cap of more than $515 million. Ethereum’s version has the biggest share since it has over $373 million in assets. At its peak, SusshiSwap had a total value locked of over $5 billion.

SUSHI price rose sharply this week after some important cryptocurrency news in the ecosystem. First, Sushi DAO announced that it was changing its leadership team. Jared Grey was elected as the “head chef”, the equivalent of a CEO. 

Grey is a highly experienced professional who has established several crypto startups in the past few years. In a statement, he said that he will focus his time on revenue and market share growth. The DAO faces significant competition from the likes of dYdX and Uniswap.

Still, it is unclear how long he will keep his job since several officials have left the organization in the past few months. Jonathan Howard left his CEO role in August.

Another main reason why the SushiSwap price has done well is that GoldenTree Asset Management said that it had invested in the token. It acquired tokens worth over $5.2 million.

SushiSwap price prediction

Turning to the daily chart, we see that the SUSHI price has risen in the past five straight days. In this period, it has risen to the upper side of the symmetrical triangle pattern that is shown in purple. It has also risen slightly above the 25-day and 50-day moving averages while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) has moved close to the overbought level.

Therefore, I suspect that the SushiSwap price will resume the bearish trend as sellers target the lower side of the triangle pattern at $1.02.

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Avalanche price has not been left behind in this year’s crypto sell-off. The AVAX coin has crashed by more than 80% this year, making it one of the worst-performing large-cap coins in the industry. Its market cap has collapsed to about $5 billion, making it the 17th biggest coin this year.

Why has AVAX collapsed?

Avalanche is one of the biggest layer-1 networks in the world. It is a well-known Ethereum rival that is known for its speed and low transaction costs. According to its website, it has a transaction finality of less than 2 seconds. It can handle thousands of transactions per second (TPS). In addition, Avalanche runs thousands of nodes globally.

Like Ethereum, Avalanche is widely used to build decentralized projects in finance, NFTs, and the metaverse industries. According to DeFi Llama, Avalanche’s applications have a total value locked (TVL) of more than $1.57 billion, making it one of the biggest players in the industry.

Avalanche has been used to build some of the most popular DeFi apps in the industry like Aave, Benqi, Trader Joe, and Platypus Finance. However, the volume of assets in Avalanche has crashed from over $11 billion to the current $1.57 billion. At the same time, the role of Aave in its network has grown rapidly. 

While Avalanche has over 200 projects, Aave has a market dominance of 45.7%. This is one of the top reasons why the AVAX price crashed in 2022. Another reason is that Avalanche has no major market share in key industries like NFT. Some of the leaders in NFTs are platforms like Ethereum, Flow, and Immutable X.

AVAX price has collapsed because of the falling global demand amid rising interest rates in the United States. 

Avalanche price prediction

So, is it safe to buy Avalanche? The daily chart shows that the AVAX price has been in a freefall in the past few months. In this period, it has managed to move below the 25-day and 50-day volume-weighted moving averages (VWMA).

A closer look shows that the coin has formed what looks like a head and shoulders pattern. In price action analysis, this pattern is usually a bearish sign. 

Therefore, there is a likelihood that the coin will have a bearish breakout soon. If this happens, the next reference level to watch will be at $13.8. An opposite situation is that the coin has formed a falling wedge pattern, meaning that it could soon bounce back.

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The native chain of the crypto exchange Binance was suspended Thursday after an exploit led to millions of dollars of crypto being exposed.

The incident obviously sent shockwaves through the crypto world, but for me it also highlighted the dangers of decentralisation.

Don’t get me wrong. Decentralisation is arguably the single biggest pillar of everything upon which cryptocurrency is built. It is a concept which has a genuine chance to upend all that we know about finance, money and the economy at large. It can make the world a better place.

But the Binance incident highlights that in this early stage of cryptocurrency – let us not forget that Satoshi Nakamoto only wrote his Bitcoin whitepaper in 2008 – that decentralisation also poses some very real risks.

What happened with Binance and what has decentralisation got to do with it?

An attacker targeted the Binance chance late Thursday evening, with initial movements on-chain suggesting that two million BSC tokens were in their crosshairs.

BNB Chain estimate that over $100 million of assets were moved, but confirmed that $7 million in assets had almost immediately been frozen, reducing the total losses.

The decision to halt the entire chain is a stunning move from Binance. As I said, blockchains are meant to be decentralised. This episode shows that BNB is quite the opposite.

Obviously, this throws up all sorts of issues. The crypto purists are up in arms about the fact that this is literally one company running the entire ecosystem – the exact same as Web 2.0 and what crypto is supposedly trying to combat.

They have a point. Then again, the ability of Binance to freeze $7 million shows that, despite going against the mantra of crypto, centralisation does have its perks too. $7 million may pale in comparison to the total size of the breach here, but it’s still a hell of a lot of money. And this is still early days – there might be more confiscated by the time you read this.

An exploit on a cross-chain bridge, BSC Token Hub, resulted in extra BNB. We have asked all validators to temporarily suspend BSC. The issue is contained now. Your funds are safe. We apologize for the inconvenience and will provide further updates accordingly.

— CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) October 6, 2022

Will Binance’s reputation be harmed?

Binance operates from such a strong position in the market, as well as being marshalled by a highly popular CEO, that I actually believe this incident will be largely brushed under the carpet.

Binance even got hacked one time before. This is also technically a magical production of $100 million of BNB out of thin air, rather than a direct attack on consumers, an important distinction (although still terrible news for any BNB holders).

The previous time, Binance’s customers were targeted. In 2019, hackers stole $40 million in Bitcoin. Binance’s reaction was exemplary, immediately moving to assure customers that anyone affected would be compensated. And that is exactly what happened. They even kicked off an insurance fund since, with the aim of compensating customers should anything like this ever happen again.

With a nascent technology like crypto, these things are bound to happen, unfortunately. With companies like Binance, assuring customers that their funds will always be safe, that perceived risk is obviously mitigated.

But this is only possible with a degree of centralisation. In a fully decentralised world, an exploit like this would go unpunished. Indeed, I don’t need to be hypothetical here – customers have funds stolen from them all the time and there is rarely recourse.

As I said, decentralisation is a beautiful thing. But this episode is an unfriendly reminder that it also poses risks, and while the industry bootstraps itself up, innovates and figures things out as it goes along, customers need to bear that in mind.

Stay safe out there.

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