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What is the bull case for Request Network’s REQ as price pumps 58% in 24 hours?

  • Request Network powers payments through the blockchain

  • Request Network token gained 58% in one day 

  • REQ could crash as bearish signals emerge at resistance

Request Network’s token REQ/USD was the talk of traders on Thursday. The crypto-token posted impressive gains of 58.21% in 24 hours, according to Coinmarketcap. The total trading volume rose by 2,654% in the same period. The gains happen amid escalating crypto weakness, with Bitcoin sliding below $19,000. The total gains in the last 7 days were 64.25%. There was no immediate trigger for the robust gains. However, today’s gains make it worth exploring more about the protocol.

Request Network is a payment protocol for payment requests. It is built on the Ethereum blockchain and enables individuals to request payments. It is regarded as a bridge between the digital and physical world of payments. REQ is the native token that powers the network.

As the decentralization of finance continues to grow, the Request Network will grow. Since its launch in January 2021, the network has processed more than $203 million in crypto invoices. Metaverse giant, The Sandbox is one of the high-profile clients of Request Network. Other crypto projects such as MakerDAO, AAVE, and Chainstack also use the protocol.

REQ technical analysis

Source – TradingView

Technically, the REQ price suggests a parabolic move since June 29. The established resistance is at $0.128. Although the price broke past the resistance, it is crossing below it. This is the first signal that the price move could be unsustainable. The RSI also shows the price is retreating from an overbought level. The MACD line may be above the moving average to suggest a bullish momentum. However, overbought conditions and bearish pin bars at the resistance suggest downsides. Investors should seek to close positions and book profits now.

Summary

We recommend a sell of REQ as bearish signals emerge at key resistance. The lack of clear fundamentals driving the surge is also a red flag. Sell now to avoid a bull trap.

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Report: Short Bitcoin ETF attracting a lot of attention

The crypto crash has pushed up interest in short Bitcoin ETFs, with the ProShares Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITI) seeing massive daily inflows since it launched a little over a week ago.

Data from crypto analytics firm Arcane Research cited by Forbes showed interest in the ProShares inverse ETF, which allows investors to bet on Bitcoin price declines, had inflows of 1684 BTC on Wednesday.

Per the report, BITI inflows have jumped to 3086.2 BTC, putting the fund’s holdings at roughly $59 million. The ProShares Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF has consequently become the second largest BTC-linked ETF in the US.

Why investors are shorting bitcoin

According to the analytics firm, the increased demand for the inverse vehicle that delivers a 1% profit for investors if BTC value falls 1% is down to Bitcoin’s high correlation to equities. The firm also points to inflation and the turmoil that continues to unveil in the crypto market as key elements of why this is a move traders fancy.

Arcane Research analyst Vetle Lunde told Forbes that short demand was rising as a result of more investors either looking to hedge against current declines or as nothing but a realization of the opportunity available to benefit from the crash.

Notably, Wednesday’s inflows coincided with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s rejection of the Grayscale spot Bitcoin ETF proposal. Grayscale has filed a lawsuit against the securities regulator.

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UFT Price Prediction as Coinbase Lists Unilend Finance

The Unilend Finance price has gone parabolic as demand for the decentralized finance (DeFi) token rise. The UFT token rose to a high of $0.3560, which was the highest level since May 17th this year. At its peak, the coin was up by 190% from its lowest level this year. It has a market cap of $11 million, making it a relatively small coin.

What is Unilend Finance?

Unilend Finance is a relatively small DeFi platform that aims to become a leading player in the industry. Its main feature is that it allows people to trade more cryptocurrencies in its ecosystem. 

It is a permissionless decentralized protocol that combines spot trading services and money markets with lending and borrowing through smart contracts. It is available in Ethereum, Polygon, Moonriver, and BNB Chain.

In its platform, interest rates and collateralization ratio are not determined by insiders. Instead, they are determined by supply, demand, and community governance.

Unilend Finance has several features. For example, it allows permissionless listing, meaning that people can list any ERC-20 token. Further, it allows lending and borrowing to co-exist with trading and investing. It also has liquidity features that make trading relatively easy.

UFT is the native token for Unilend Finance platform. It is the primary governance token that allows participants to take part in its governance. Further, it provides holders with an incentive to encourage participants to contribute and maintain the ecosystem.

The UFT price is rising as investors cheer its recent addition to Coinbase. In a statement, the company said that users will be able to trade the coin against other acceptable coins in the wallet. Historically, cryptocurrencies tend to rally after they are accepted in leading platforms like Coinbase and Binance.

UFT price prediction

The UFT price surged to the highest level since May as investors cheered the Coinbase launch. It has now pulled back slightly but it remains at the highest point in more than a month. The coin has jumped above all moving averages while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the MACD have moved above the overbought levels.

Therefore, I believe that this jump will not last for a while. As such, there is a likelihood that it will have a pullback and retest the key support at $0.25. A move above the resistance at $0.33 will invalidate the bearish view.

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NMR Price Prediction: Is Numerai a Good Buy as it Goes Parabolic?

The NMR coin price surged on Thursday even as other cryptocurrencies recoiled. Numerai rose to a high of $40, which was the highest point since December last year. It has risen by more than 267% from its lowest level this year. This rebound brings its total market cap to more than $163 million.

What is Numerai and why is it rising?

Numerai is a project that is in the data science space. The platform allows developers to build machine learning models that help to predict the performance of the stock market. These models can then be staked with the NMR cryptocurrency to earn rewards based on performance. 

Developers in the competition receive a free dataset that is made up of high-quality data that has been cleaned and regularized. Winners also earn rewards. By March this year, the developers had paid out over $40 million to its members. 

Numerai, is therefore not a blockchain project like Solana and Ethereum. It is a tournament that is bridging the gap between the stock and crypto market. To participate, members of the tournament are required to buy NMR and stake it. In all, the developers hope to create the next successful hedge fund like Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities. 

The NMR price is rising after the developers announced that they were making progress on 1 million stoked NMR tokens. At the current price, these tokens are valued at over $30 million. It is also rising because of the ongoing pump and dump that is happening in small-cap cryptocurrencies.

NMR price prediction

The Numerai price has been in a strong bullish trend in the past few days as the number of staked token jumps. It soared to a high of $40, which was the highest point since December. As a result, the token managed to move above the important resistance level at $18.95, which was the lowest level in January this year.

The NMR token has jumped above the 25-day and 50-day moving averages while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) has soared to the overbought level. Therefore, there is a likelihood that the coin will likely drop to the key support at $18.95. 

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Shiba Inu lost its recent gains: will it recover and surge higher soon?

The cryptocurrency market continues its poor performance this week, with the major coins recording huge losses.

The cryptocurrency market has lost more than $50 billion over the past 24 hours. The total crypto market cap stood above $900 billion yesterday, but it has now dropped towards the $850 billion mark.

Bitcoin, the world’s leading coin, has lost more than 5% of its value in the last 24 hours and now trades below $19k per coin. BTC could drop towards $17k in the near term if the current market momentum persists.

Ether looks set to drop below $1,000 as it has lost roughly 10% of its value so far today. 

SHIB, the native token of the Shiba Inu ecosystem, is also underperforming at the moment. SHIB is down by more than 2% in the last 24 hours, which is lower than what the other major currencies recorded.

The poor performance comes after Shiba Inu performed positively earlier this week. Earlier this week, the Shiba Inu community voted on a proposal that seeks to reward network validators in BONE for their work. BONE is one of the tokens used within the Shiba Inu ecosystem. 

The proposal received 97% support from the community, leading SHIB to perform well. However, SHIB has shed these gains and is now underperforming.

Key levels to watch

The SHIB/USD 4-hour chart has turned bearish as Shiba Inu has erased its earlier gains. 

The MACD line dropped into the negative zone a few hours ago, indicating bearish momentum. The 14-day relative strength index of 38 shows that SHIB could soon enter the oversold region.

At press time, SHIB is trading at $0.00000982. If the bearish trend continues, SHIB could drop below the $0.00000886 support level. In the event of extended bearish performance, Shiba Inu would be forced to defend the support level around $0.00000778. 

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