Kategorie: Crypto Markets

• Polygon (MATIC) exploded 13% amid a major rally for cryptocurrencies.
• The gains for MATIC price come amid major network developments and partnerships.
• MATIC could surge even higher, but a retreat to support at $1.40 is also likely.

Polygon is among today’s most impressive performers, with the cryptocurrency’s native MATIC surging 13% in the past 24 hours to break to $1.45. Data from CoinGecko shows the Polygon price traded at $1.28 before the rally that came as the rest of the crypto market ripped higher – led by Bitcoin’s jump to above $25,000.

Today’s rally for MATIC adds to a bullish run over the past two days, with the token’s value climbing from lows of $1.14 on Tuesday.

Why could MATIC price go higher?

Polygon price has benefitted from the overall sentiment across the crypto market, which is reflected in the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index moving from neutral to greed.

However, the upside momentum has also been down to major developments on the Ethereum scaling protocol.  

One of the big announcements is around Square Enix, a leading video game developer from Japan known for titles such as Final Fantasy & Kingdom Hearts. The company is set to launch its Web3 game on the Polygon blockchain. The Plague of Frogs is also coming to Polygon, adding to other partnerships with the National Geographic.

Also key is the upcoming launch of Polygon zkEVM on 27 March 2023, which as CoinJournal recently reported, will bring frictionless scaling to Ethereum. As noted by Orion Depp, Managing Partner at Master Ventures Institutional Investment Management, the zkEVM beta mainnet launch will “revolutionize blockchain transactions.”

Can these developments help MATIC price higher? Crypto trader and investor Luke Martin says MATIC price has only been on the up in 2023 and notes the zkEVM mainnet launch could be fueling the latest pump. 

$MATIC is up only in 2023

Looks like zkEVM mainnet launch in March is adding fuel to the move higher

Have absolutely no idea if zkEVM mainnet launch means the token should be worth more but I’m very happy that everyone else thinks that

Respect the pump 📈 pic.twitter.com/FSbWvhT0bb

— Luke Martin (@VentureCoinist) February 16, 2023

If bears retake control, the first major support zone is near $1.40 and then $1.36.

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• Chainlink (LINK) price outlook suggests bulls will eye $8.00 and then $9.50 if upside momentum holds.
• The cryptocurrency has been in accumulation for more than 300 days.
• A 20% breakout to the suggested highs last reached in November is possible for LINK/USD.

Chainlink (LINK) is changing hands around $7.40, up 7.3% at the time of writing.

It’s not a huge breakout for the 23rd ranked altcoin (by market cap), particularly given the mega swings seen today with Bitcoin hitting multi-month highs above $25,000 and Ethereum testing bearish resolve above $1,700 on Thursday.

LINK price – the bullish case

While the LINK price is facing rejection around $7.50 amid potential slowdown for bulls, a technical outlook for the oracle network’s native token suggests a run to $8 can still happen.

According to crypto analyst Ali, LINK could swing to the upper trendline of a rising channel as the coin has tended to bounce after reaching the support line. Note that this outlook is from a few days when Chainlink price rebounded from the parallel channel’s lower trendline to test resistance around $7.50.

Per the prediction Ali recently shared, LINK might continue with the pattern, which is key after today’s price action saw bulls test the aforementioned supply wall.

#Chainlink eyes $8!$LINK bounced off the lower boundary of the parallel channel noticed on its 4-hour. Now, #LINK could be aiming for the upper edge of this technical formation. https://t.co/mjcyaaV5I4 pic.twitter.com/MtqvKozVOO

— Ali (@ali_charts) February 7, 2023

Another analyst, Inmortal, points to the fact that Chainlink has been in consolidation for more than 300 days. The accumulation could end with a violent breakout. 

Still like $LINK here.

+300 days accumulation could end soon with a violent move. pic.twitter.com/Ll4x9MebM6

— Inmortal (@inmortalcrypto) February 16, 2023

Looking at the Chainlink price chart, a rally above $8.00 could open up a 22% upside path for LINK/USD to target the $9.50 reached on 8 November 2022. 

LINK price – the bearish scenario

As tailwinds could wane amid broader market slowdown, the ascending middle line currently provides the main resistance area.

A sell-off triggered by wider market uncertainty means bears can still target $6.75 and $6.00 remains a crucial buffer zone.

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• Bitcoin miners are having a rather challenging February.
• SEC has recently taken an aggressive stance against crypto.
• H.C. Wainwright analyst still rates four BTC miners at “buy”.

Bitcoin miners had a fantastic January, but February is proving to be a bit more challenging for them.

BTC miners lost big last week

The 11 miners that H.C. Wainwright covers together produced 5,279 bitcoin in total last month and sold 4,278. For the month, the collective gain in their operating hash rate sat at 7.7%.

In February, though, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission turned more aggressive against the crypto companies. Last week, it ordered Kraken to terminate its crypto staking services in the United States.

Consequently, bitcoin prices slipped 5.2% in the week that ended on February 12^th. But miners lost a significantly bigger 17.1% (median) even though the network hash rate climbed to 292 EH/s – a 9.5% week-over-week increase.

Miners that’re still worth buying

About a day after Kraken, the U.S. regulator also demanded that Paxos quits minting new BUSD (Binance USD).

Nonetheless, Mike Colonnese – an H.C. Wainwright analyst is convinced that such news don’t have a meaningful effect on miners other than the short-term price pressure. But he also said in a recent research note:

The concern is that recent enforcement by U.S. regulators and uncertainty around crypto legislation in the U.S. could push innovation and retail investors for the sector outside the U.S.

Ones that Colonnese still rates a “buy” include Riot Blockchain, Cleanspark, Cipher Mining, and Hive Blockchain Technologies.

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• Elon Musk has made several tweets of a dog seated on his CEO seat.
• There has been anxiety around the broader crypto community that Twitter will add crypto.
• Following the tweets, all dog-themed tokens are on the rise.

A majority of meme coins are soaring after Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted a photo of his dog posing as the Twitter CEO.

The new CEO of Twitter is amazing pic.twitter.com/yBqWFUDIQH

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 15, 2023

While Musk did not mention anything to do with cryptocurrencies, the crypto community have read the tweet to mean a possible inclusion of crypto payments on Twitter with the most possible one being Dogecoin (DOGE).

Today meme coins’ price surge comes against the backdrop of a sharp drop in the past few days.

FLOKI up 40%

At press time, the price of FLOKI was up 40.32% to trade at $0.00003107. The meme coin is among the top meme coins gainers coming at number two behind Dogcoin (DOGS) token which had gained 40.67%.

Dogecoin up 6%

Dogecoin and Shiba Inu are probably the biggest beneficiaries of Musk’s tweets owing to the fact that they were in a free fall in the past few days.

The price of DOGE was up 6.03% in the past 24 hours but still down 5.8% over the past seven days. Shiba Inu (INU) price has dropped by 8.81% in the last seven days but is up 4.41% today.

Generally, almost all canine meme tokens are on the rise today. However, it is not clear how long Elon’s tweet excitement will last.

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