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The crypto market was higher over the past 24 hours, as the majority of top 10 cryptos were in the green at time of writing. Bond prices have tumbled in the first week of 2022, with the worst week for 10-year bonds since 2019. 

Tech stocks were among the worst affected sectors in the SPX500 as investors sold growth stocks more broadly in response to the Fed minutes and bond market sell off. The IT sector fell 4.69% while health care was down 4.65%.

Real estate was the worst performing sector, however, falling 4.95%. On Friday, the NASDAQ100 fell 1.10% while the SPX500 was down 0.41% and the DJ30 was off marginally by 0.01%.

Top cryptos

Bitcoin registered small gains, trading above $42,000 at the time of writing. Ethereum climbed around 1%, while Solana and XRP registered small gains. Cardano was the only top 10 crypto in the red this morning, registering minor losses.

Polygon is the 14th biggest coin by market cap and the top 20’s biggest winner today. Currently, the live price is $2.10 with a 24-hour trading volume of $1.13 billion. Polygon’s native token MATIC has gained almost 6% in the last 24 hours. 

Top movers

Immutable X, the first layer-two scaling solution for NFTs on Ethereum, is one of the strongest performers in the top 100 biggest coins by market cap today. It gained an impressive 14% in the last 24 hours on news of an upcoming Binance listing. 

NEAR Protocol is a layer-one blockchain that was designed as a community-run cloud computing platform and that eliminates some of the limitations that have been bogging competing blockchains, such as low transaction speeds, low throughput and poor interoperability. It is the second-biggest gainer along with Kadena, adding 9% to its value today.

Kadena has been doing well recently. It has the only scalable layer 1 PoW blockchain along with Pact, the safest smart contract language. 

Zcash is a decentralized cryptocurrency focused on privacy and anonymity and one of today’s biggest gainers. It was up 8% at the time of writing.

Oasis Network (ROSE), a privacy-focused layer 1 blockchain built for open finance and a responsible data economy using the Cosmos SDK, is up 7% in the last 24 h. The SDK will allow Oasis to interact with the ecosystem of the Cosmos (ATOM)-enabled blockchain when its Inter Blockchain Communication Protocol launches. 

Fantom and Arweave are still going strong. They’ve been bullish over the past week. Today, each gained 6%.

In the top 100, Gnosis is the biggest loser. Ranking #98, the decentralized prediction market built on the Ethereum protocol is down 9% in the last 24 h. YFI, the token of Yearn.Finance, and Bora both lost 6% today.

Trending

NinjaFloki, a gaming-based passive income generating cryptocurrency, continues its spectacular gains. It’s up 1,265% today.

The live Alchemy Pay price today is $0.087 with a 24-hour trading volume of $101.6 million. Alchemy Pay is up 46% in the last 24 hours on news of an upcoming Binance listing.

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Immutable X, the first layer-two scaling solution for NFTs on Ethereum, is one of the strongest performers in the top 100 biggest coins by market cap today. It gained an impressive 14% in the last 24 hours on news of an upcoming Binance listing. 

If you want to know more about Immutable X, whether it’s a good investment, and the best places to buy IMX, its native token, you’ve come to the right place.  

Top places to buy IMX now

As IMX is such a new asset, it’s yet to be listed on major exchanges. You can still purchase IMX using a DEX (decentralised exchange) though, which just means there are a few extra steps. To buy IMX right now, follow these steps:

1. Buy ETH on a regulated exchange or broker, like eToro ›

We suggest eToro because it’s one of the world’s leading multi-asset trading platforms, an exchange and wallet all-in-one with some of the lowest fees in the industry. It’s also beginner-friendly, and has more payment methods available to users than any other available service.

2. Send your ETH to a compatible wallet like Trust Wallet or MetaMask

You’ll need to create your wallet, grab your address, and send your coins there.

3. Connect your wallet to the Uniswap DEX

Head to Uniswap, and ‚connect‘ your wallet to it.

4. You can now swap your ETH for IMX

Now that you’re connected, you’ll be able to swap for 100s of coins including IMX.

What is IMX?

According to Immutable X, its blockchain does away with Ethereum’s limitations like low scalability, poor user experience, illiquidity, and slow developer experience.

Instead, users benefit from instant trading and massive scalability while enjoying zero gas fees for minting and trading NFTs without compromising user or asset security. 

To achieve that, Immutable X is built with STARK zk-rollups, a technology that Vitalik Buterin considers Ethereum to be “all-in on.”

Thanks to this technology, users will be able to create and distribute assets like ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens on a massive scale. 

Chris Clay, the game Ddrector of Gods Unchained, a project already building on Immutable X, stated that Immutable X allows Gods Unchained to implement a new meta-system that was previously impossible. 

In this fashion, Immutable X aims to create a world-class experience for users and developers alike.

Should I buy IMX today?

IMX can be a lucrative investment, but don’t rely on predictions for its price in the future based on current performance, especially long-term predictions. Past or current performance is no guarantee for future such.

IMX price prediction

Wallet Investor believes IMX can be a bad, high-risk one-year investment option. Its price will not increase, resulting in devaluation of any investment. 

Digital Coin Price takes the opposite view. They predict the lowest price of Immutable X in the future will be around $17 and the highest price will be around $18.71. In addition, they forecast 1 IMX will trade for $6 in one year, which is almost three times its current price.

IMX on social media

Show me Guild of Guardians assets are an excellent investment with conviction by pictures only. From Common to Legendary, EVERY GoG NFT has appreciated by multiple X’s over and it’s only the beginning #IMX 🎁$GoG ❤️ pic.twitter.com/R8LVEhitQJ

— Crypto Ninja (@NinjaTVFILM) January 4, 2022

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Zcash is a decentralized cryptocurrency focused on privacy and anonymity and one of today’s biggest gainers. This article explains what Zcash is in more detail, whether it’s worth investing in, and the top places to get Zcash today.

Top places to buy Zcash now

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What is Zcash?

Zcash uses the zk-SNARK zero-knowledge proof technology that allows nodes on the network to verify transactions without revealing any sensitive information about those transactions.

Contrary to popular belief, the majority of cryptocurrencies on the market, including Bitcoin (BTC), are not anonymous, but rather pseudonymous. 

They do not explicitly reveal the identities of their users, but each user has their own public address or addresses which can be traced back to them via the methods of data science and blockchain forensics.

Zcash transaction still have to be relayed via a public blockchain, but unlike pseudonymous cryptocurrencies, they do not reveal the sending and receiving addresses or the amount being sent. 

There is an option, however, to reveal this data for the purposes of auditing or regulatory compliance.

Should I buy Zcash today?

Like all cryptocurrencies, Zcash is a volatile asset. Take all investment advice and price forecasts with a grain of salt and be prepared for the unexpected.

Zcash price prediction

According to Coin Price Forecast, 1 ZEC will trade for $271 at the end of 2022, coming to a year to year change of +83%. In the middle of this year, Coin Price expects to see $187 per 1 ZEC.

In the first half of next year, it will lose some value, falling to $261. In the second half, it will gain $20, closing the year at $281, which is +90% to the current price.

Zcash on social media

$ZEC#ZCash giving us a nice set up with clear invalidation. See similarities in highlighted price action.

🌐Verge of printing buy signals on multiple HTF’s
🌐Bouncing off 1M 20EMA

🟢 BUY: slow DCA down to $127
🔴SL: S/R flip of $127

ST target = $220
LT target= $600 pic.twitter.com/xZTSrsmma9

— BLUE BADGE CRYPTO 🌐 (@BlueBadgeCrypto) January 8, 2022

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The crypto market was seen lower over the past 24 hours, as the majority of top 10 cryptos were in the red at time of writing.  Today, Wall Street might be impacted by the Non-Farm Payroll report and other job data, to be released at 13:30 GMT.

Top cryptos

Bitcoin fell around 3%, trading below $42,000 this morning, while Ethereum registered losses of more than 7%. The only gainers in the top 20 were Cardano, XRP, Polygon, and Chainlink.

Cardano and XRP were up by around 1%, and Polygon and Chainlink – by around 2%. A bug on CoinMarketCap resulted as Hex ranking eighth by market cap. In reality, it’s #201.

Top movers

The price of Counos X (CCXX) has increased by 64% in the last 7 days. Today, it added another 81% to its value. It now ranks 89th by market cap.

The live Cosmos price today is $44 with a 24-hour trading volume of $2.7 billion. Cosmos is up 22% today.

The live Harmony price is $0.32. The token ONE gained 16% today. 

MANA is a leading top 100 coin by market cap that has started recovering from yesterday’s losses. The live Decentraland price today is $3.20 with a 24-hour trading volume of $2.4 billion. Decentraland is up 13% in the last 24 hours. 

Quant, which aims to connect blockchains and networks on a global scale without reducing the efficiency and interoperability of the network, is also recovering very well from recent losses, which affected the whole crypto market. It added 14% to its value in the last 24 hours. 

Trending

MetaCraft is a running group chain play imitating Rarity. It was the biggest trender at the time of writing. The live Metacraft price today is $0.28 with a 24-hour trading volume of $467,563. MetaCraft is up 354% in the last 24 hours. 

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The Sandbox is a unique platform that introduces blockchain technology to the world of gaming. Its native token SAND has gained 4% in the last 24 hours.

If you’re interested in the details surrounding Sandbox: what makes it unique, its future price trajectory, and the top places to buy Sandbox, you’re about to find out in this short guide.

Top places to buy Sandbox now

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What is Sandbox?

The Sandbox is a blockchain-based virtual world allowing users to create, build, buy and sell digital assets in the form of a game. The gaming industry is a huge untapped market when it comes to the adoption of blockchain tech, a fact Pixowl, the creators, picked up on back in 2011. 

By creating a universe where gamers can create and collect blockchain-based assets, the Sandbox aims to revolutionize the market.

By focusing on user-generated content, the Sandbox creates a metaverse of involved players who contribute to the platform’s further development. 

Not only that, by introducing the SAND token, the Sandbox promotes decentralized governance and allows users to share their views and ideas about the development of the project.

Should I buy Sandbox today?

The Sandbox can be a lucrative investment, but we recommend carrying out market research first. Like all metaverse tokens, SAND can reverse its gains unpredictably.  

Sandbox price prediction

Practically all major analysts are bullish. Gov Capital has a 2025 price prediction of $61.58, implying upside of 914% from current prices. 

Wallet Investor has a 2025 price prediction of $31.14, equivalent to growth of 413%. Coin Price Forecast has a 2025 price prediction of $25, implying upside of 312% from current prices.

Sandbox on social media

$SAND #Sandbox #SAND 🚀🚀🚀 pic.twitter.com/W6XQISzc3m

— 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗧 (@_blockchain_god) January 6, 2022

 

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