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Filecoin v Tezos, which one is a better buy?

Key points:

  •  Both are undervalued and could rally as the market turns bullish.

  • Tezos has more potential due to its growth in the NFTs market.

  •  Tezos is also a major player in DeFi, a fast-growing aspect of crypto.

Filecoin (FIL)

In its simplest form, Filecoin is a distributed storage system that allows users to rent unused hard drive space. The project was created by Protocol Labs and built on top of the Interplanetary File System. It allows for easy access from anywhere in the world without any additional cost or waits time during delays because it’s an open-source effort with no single point failure like other companies have had before them.

Tezos (XTZ)

Tezos is a next-generation blockchain that has been designed from the ground up to be scalable, secure, and flexible. This means it can execute peer2peer transactions with high speed while also serving as an excellent platform for deploying smart contracts – all without sacrificing any of its core features or principles.

Which one is a better buy?

Both Tezos and File coin are good investments in February. Both of them have the fundamentals to rally and test new highs in 2022.

However, on a comparative basis, Tezos has more potential. Tezos has seen its share of the NFTs market grow, and this is a big deal because NFTs are on a growth path at the moment, a factor that could help drive up the demand for platforms like Tezos.

For instance, in late 2021, Formula 1 team, McLaren Racing, introduced a non-fungible tokens (NFTs) platform where digital art collectors can buy F1 collectibles. This is built on top of the Tezos blockchain protocol which is preferred by many in this industry because it provides greater security than other similar networks.

Tezos has also been gaining traction as a DeFi platform, another growth area in crypto that could take crypto to new lengths.

All these factors make Tezos a top cryptocurrency to watch, even though file coin too has good odds of profitability.

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Solana (SOL) could crash by nearly 30% even after the recent bullish run

Solana (SOL) has in recent days been a top performer in the crypto market. But as bulls continue to push the price action further, SOL is starting to approach a key resistance zone that could bring significant selling pressure. Our analysis is below but first, check out some highlights:

  • Solana (SOL) is approaching the crucial $115 overhead resistance zone after recent bullish momentum.

  • if bulls don’t rise above that price, the coin will retrace its price, tanking by nearly 30% in the process.

  • At the time of writing, Solana (SOL) was trading at $105, down 6% in 24-hour intraday trading.

Data Source: Tradingview.com

Solana (SOL) – Price analysis and prediction

It looks like Solana has been going through a honeymoon period over the last few days. After losing much of its 2021 gains in January, the rebound has come fast for SOL. In fact, the altcoin has surged by a whopping 40% in the last 8 days alone. 

But as bulls continue to push the price action upwards, SOL is now approaching a crucial overhead resistance zone of $115. If indeed bulls are not able to effectively test that price and surge above it, then we are likely to see SOL retrace its initial demand zone of between $78 and $65. 

This will represent a correction of nearly 30%. But if indeed the upward momentum keeps going above that threshold, then it’s conceivable that SOL will hit $180.

Should you buy Solana (SOL) now?

There is a lot of good stuff about Solana as a blockchain network. In fact, the SOL ecosystem has been expanding really fast over the last few years. As far as altcoins go, it is one of the best you can have. However, I would wait for the next few days to see if a retracement towards $78 happens. This will give you a superb discount.

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Here is why Vulcan Forged (PYR) price is skyrocketing

Vulcan Forged (PYR) price is skyrocketing. At the time of writing, had gone up 17.14% to trade at $13.80 up 17.14% with a daily high of $14.30 and a daily low of $11.84 in the last 24 hours.

PYR currently has a trading volume of $90,542,432, a market cap of $329,857,824, a circulating supply of 23,897,700 PYR coins, and a max. Supply of 50 million PYR coins.

In this article, we shall delve into what is making the PYR coin price rally.

What is Forged (PYR)?

Before we look into the current bullish, it’s important we first explain what Vulcan Forged is.

In a nutshell, Vulcan Forged is a blockchain NFT marketplace and game studio that is in the process of developing its metaverse ecosystem called VulcanVerse. PYR is its native utility token.

So, why is the price of PYR on the rise?

This week the PYR token has been on the top while a majority of the metaverse and NFTs related project tokens recover from the recent bear market.

There are three main reasons behind the current Vulcan Forged (PYR) price surge. These include the launching of the Elysium testnet, listing of 100 plots of land for sale within the VulcanVerse ecosystem, and launching of a PYR bridge between Polygon and Ethereum.

1. Launching of the Elysium testnet

The high gas fees related to the Ethereum Network has pushed many projects to launch solutions aimed at lowering the cost of deploying metaverse and NFT related project. That is why Vulcan Forged decided to launch the Elysium blockchain that it refers to as the blockchain for Metaverse.

Elysium will become the first carbon-neutral blockchain in the world and it shall work in collaboration with the Netherlands-based decentralized carbon credit exchange Coorest. Coorest will be responsible for offsetting the CO2 emitted by the Elysium blockchain using tokenized trees and gas fees from transactions.

The environmentally-friendly approach has caught the attention of other protocols and other metaverse projects have started showing interest in Elysium.

2. Listing of 100 plots of land for sale within the VulcanVerse ecosystem

The plots of land available for purchase have led to an increase in token price and demand since the traders need to accumulate PYR tokens to purchase the plots of lands.

The limited listing of 100 plots was the main contributor to last week’s bullish momentum.

Apart from the plot holders earning 35 PYR coins per month in the next four years, the plots of land can also be used to earn through rent or gameplay.

3. Launching of a PYR bridge between Polygon and Ethereum

The success of VulcanDex, a decentralized exchange protocol that operates on Ethereum and Polygon Networks, is also seen as a major contributor towards the current PYR bullish trend.

As of 29th January, VulcanDEX had a total value locked of more than $10 million and the protocol is in the process of integrating a cross-chain bridge between Polygon and Ethereum to enable the simple transfer of PYR tokens between them.

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Rekt Capital: Bitcoin’s dip below mid-range support highlights $43-$48K as a key barrier

The analyst says February could see a green candle if $37,000 holds as key monthly support, which could potentially open the path to $50,000.

Bitcoin price has failed to break above $39,000 this week, having bounced near the level multiple times since the upside from lows of $33,000 last week.

BTC is currently 2% down and looking to retest the $38k support level, which if it fails to hold, could see the flagship cryptocurrency dip further.

Pseudonymous crypto trader and analyst Rekt Capital says the declines keep Bitcoin in a consolidation phase, with support and resistance at two exponential moving averages (EMAs) on the weekly chart.

According to him, Bitcoin price has dipped below the two EMAs which macro-wise, represent the mid-range area.

“Since BTC lost its Mid-Range area as support… [It] has revisited the Macro Range Low area (green).Macro-wise however, BTC is still just consolidating between $28000-$68000 (green-red),” he noted in a tweet shared on Wednesday.

Chart showing BTC price below the two EMAs. Source: Rekt Capital on Twitter.

The analyst says Bitcoin is thus set to trade within the lower half of its range low-range highs of $28K-$68K. The benchmark crypto will stay within this “macro range for the next weeks,” Rekt added.

He highlights the $43-$48K range as a critical barrier below which BTC price is likely to hover until bulls reclaim the two EMAs. If this scenario plays out, he believes fresh momentum will see Bitcoin break back into the upper half the $28k-$68k.

BTC set for a “green February”

Looking at monthly support, the analyst notes Bitcoin has had three successive negative closes so far. It includes January that saw BTC/USD slip over 20%.

According to Rekt, Bitcoin is likely to see a reversal in February. His outlook is that the monthly candle shows a retest and bounce off a key level at $37,000.

“The last time BTC successfully turned this level into support was in August 2021 [and] that retest preceded a move to $50,000,” he added.

The last time Bitcoin rebounded off lows of $30k was in July 2021, with an uptick to highs above $52k followed by a retest of $40k and another bounce all the way to its all-time high in November.

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Taxes don’t mean crypto trading automatically becomes legal, Indian tax official says

  • India’s Finance Minister had announced a 30% tax on all crypto income, including NFTs

  • Tax chief JB Mohapatra says the step doesn’t equate to legalizing crypto trading in the country.

Tuesday’s budget speech by India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman included a provision for a 30% tax on crypto income, prompting reactions from across the crypto community that the country had signaled recognition for crypto assets.

But in a statement made after the budget speech, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman JB Mohapatra looked to clarify that this view could be wrong.

According to the CBDT boss, the finance ministry’s move to tax cryptocurrencies should not be taken to mean that trading in these digital assets is officially legal.

He said that taxing crypto trades under the new laws has no connection whatsoever with their legality.

Crypto “do not ipso facto become legal or regular just because you have paid taxes on that,” Mohapatra noted in the interview.

He added that while the move to introduce the taxes widens the tax bracket and gives the taxman an extra net to target potential cheats and other illegal activities.

Despite this obvious benefit, he explained, only a proper regulatory framework on cryptocurrencies could spell the legality or otherwise of trading of the asset class.

India will launch its central bank digital currency in the next one or two years, even as it looks to bring private cryptocurrencies under government regulation.

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