Shiba Inu v Dogecoin – Which one is a better buy?

Shiba Inu’s deflationary tokenomics give it a clear edge over Dogecoin

Key Points:

  • Both SHIB and DOGE have strong prospects for growth. They are trading at massive lows while their core fundamentals are getting stronger. 

  • Shiba Inu recently launched a Metaverse and a layer-2 scaling solution. 

  • Many top organizations now adopt Dogecoin for payments, including Tesla. 

  • While the two are likely to perform well long-term, SHIB’s deflationary tokenomics give it an edge over DOGE. 

Shiba Inu (SHIB)

Shiba Inu made history in 2021 as one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies ever. Shiba Inu launched in August 2020, and by November 2021, it was up by 48,000,000%. However, for most of 2022, things have not been rosy for Shiba Inu. Shiba Inu is currently down by over 80% from its November 2021 highs. 

Despite the price crash mainly being a function of the broader cryptocurrency market, the Shiba Inu ecosystem is growing fast. For instance, Shiba Inu recently launched a Metaverse and a layer-2 solution to help scale and cut down on transaction costs. Adoption of SHIB for payment is growing too, which points to Shiba Inu’s potential as a cryptocurrency likely to rebound once the bear market ends. 

Dogecoin (DOGE)

Dogecoin is the oldest meme coin. While it was created as a joke coin, Dogecoin has maintained its position as one of the top cryptocurrencies by market cap since 2013. However, Dogecoin only started making headlines in 2020 after Elon Musk got interested. His tweets about Dogecoin saw it pump and record gains of 12,000% by April 2021. 

Since then, Dogecoin has been in a correction and has struggled to retest its all-time highs. That aside, Dogecoin adoption continues to grow, and many large corporations now accept Dogecoin payments. These include the Dallas Mavericks and Tesla, which now sell some of their low-cost merchandise in Dogecoins. 

As adoption grows, Dogecoin has a good chance to perform well once the market turns bullish again. The fundamentals are getting better, and Dogecoin in 2022 is miles ahead of where it was in 2020. 

Which one is a better buy?

Both Dogecoin and Shiba Inu are among the best meme coins to bet on in the long term. However, in terms of absolute gains, the odds favor Shiba Inu as the likely winner of the two. That’s because of its deflationary tokenomics. SHIB also has a more robust ecosystem that includes a Metaverse. 

Conclusion

While both Shiba Inu and Dogecoin have the potential for long-term growth, SHIB could perform better. It has a more extensive ecosystem, and its deflationary tokenomics favor long-term value growth.

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Tether launches its USDT stablecoin on the Polygon network

Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin company, has launched its USDT stablecoin on the Polygon network bringing its utility to the over 19,000 decentralized applications (dApps) running on Polygon.

Polygon, a layer 2 (L2) scaling solution for the Ethereum network, allows cheaper and faster transaction costs using ZK rollups and optimistic rollups technologies. Its dapps have been created by more than 8k developer teams from 3k in October.

Tether has a variety of tokens backed by assets with a more “stable” value like the commercial paper and US treasury bills. These assets keep Tether tokens pegged to one dollar each. Besides, Tether had recently announced a new stablecoin, MXNT, launch that will be pegged on Mexican Peso.

Advantages of stable assets

Stable assets are very important as they help to increase the rate of trade in the market as well as cubbing all the risks involved in the DeFi ecosystem in terms of market volatility.

Polygon is now the 11th blockchain to host USDT. Other blockchains that host USDT are; Solana, Ethereum, Avalanche, Omni, Kusama, Algorand, EOS, Bitcoin Cash’s Standard Ledger Protocol, and Tron.

Paolo Ardoino, Tether CTO said:

“We’re excited to launch USD₮ on Polygon, offering its community access to the most liquid, stable, and trusted stablecoin in the digital token space.” 

Notably, USDT had faced some turbulence after TerraUSD (UST) collapsed. This could not be dealt with since UST was an algorithmic stablecoin that was backed by unstable crypto instead of direct dollars.

However, Tether’s recovered its peg quickly and reassured its holders that their reserves were fully backed.

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STEPN (GMT) price surges 20% a day after STEPN said it’ll block GPS services in China

STEPN, the most popular fitness-focused Move-to-earn game, shared an official announcement stating that they will block geolocation (GPS) services for users in China mainland starting on July 15.

Following the announcement, the price of STEPN (GMT) dropped by 5.29% to a low of about $0.83 before bouncing back by 20.67% to trade at $1.05 at the time of writing.

What is STEPN?

After its launch in late 2021, STEPN gained popularity in the world gaining over $20M profit in Q1 of 2022. Currently, the game has over 580K global players, however, it’s not clear how many players are in China.

Since the company will be blocking all the China-based IP addresses, local users have been given up to July 15 to make arrangements themselves for their virtual assets before the change becomes effective. 

STEPN uses the GPS concept to track the movement and steps of the players who purchased the virtual NFT sneakers. The virtual NFT sneakers are then converted to in-game utility tokens.

What caused STEPN to block GPS services in mainland China?

The move to block GPS services in mainland China is mainly due to regulatory issues.

Although STEPN did not explain the reason why the team decided to take that stand, their Twitter thread has hinted at regulatory policies compliance.

The post noted:

“STEPN has always attached great importance to compliance obligations and always strictly abides by the relevant requirements of local regulatory agencies. We also remind users to beware of scams.”

However, the Chinese government is known for its strict policies against digital recording technologies it has not provided and also the fear of foreign surveillance.

Last year, the Chinese government banned the use of Tesla cars by its state officials due to their facial recognition cameras saying that they can be used to spy and gather state information.

Earlier this year, China’s general prosecutor added the level of inspecting non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the Metaverse. Besides, the officials in the country have been warned against financial crimes like illegal fundraising and money laundering carried out through the Metaverse and NFTs. Related crimes will not be tolerated and will attract severe punishment

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Ankr’s (ANKR) bearish outlook continues as the coin struggles to escape major resistance

Ankr (ANKR) continues to show bearish signs and could remain on the downside for weeks. The coin is suppressed below several crucial resistance zones. It will take time and a significant change in sentiment for this overall bearish outlook to reverse. Here are some points:

  • ANKR was largely exposed to the UST collapse about a week ago.

  • UST’s recovery in recent days has however failed to translate into gains for ANKR.

  • The coin lost nearly 5% in the last 24 hours.

Data Source: TradingView

Will ANKR recover in 2022?

The long-term outlook for ANKR has always been positive. However, there is still a long way to go before the coin reaches any meaningful milestones. First, the biggest challenge will be to overcome the $0.041 resistance zones. At the moment, ANKR is roughly 15% away from this. 

However, we don’t see the token testing of $0.041 in the coming days. In fact, owing to the broader weakness in the crypto market, ANKR will likely retreat by at least 10% by the end of the week before its next leg up. This will push the token towards its next support of around $0.031. 

Now, here is where things might get interesting. If indeed ANKR consolidates above $0.031 for a few days, it may reverse the downtrend and test $0.04. But if bulls fail to hold that, then ANKR will likely bottom at $0.023 by the end of June.

Is ANKR worth buying?

Despite the price decline over the last few weeks, ANKR still retains very good fundamentals. In fact, the project recently announced a major partnership with the Tron Network. 

So, for the long term buyer, ANKR is a decent buy. However, wait a few weeks for the price action to retreat further. That way, investors can get an even bigger discount as they await a long term ANKR recovery.

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Litecoin (LTC) breaks below crucial support – What to expect next

should I buy litecoin

After days of trading sideways and showing very little appetite for trending upwards, Litecoin has finally broken below a crucial support zone. The coin is now facing a major downside and could crash over the coming days. Here are the main takeaway points:

  • LTC has broken below the crucial $64.34 support.

  • The coin is exposed to a 30% downswing as a result of this.

  • However, so far LTC is yet to decisively drop and could still regain this support this week.

Data Source: TradingView 

LTC price analysis: What to expect Next

At the moment, it doesn’t seem like LTC will crash. If anything, the bulls are trying to regain the $64 mark. The coin will need to gain around 5% over the next 24 hours to reclaim the support. However, although this may look like a simple thing, LTC has actually remained suppressed below that price for most parts of the day. 

We do not think there is enough buying activity in the market to push LTC above $64. As a result, we expect the coin to remain closer to the price at the end of the day but ultimately, LTC will not close above this price. 

This will trigger a decisive sell-off over the coming days that could see LTC drop by nearly 30%. The altcoin will eventually settle at around $51 in this bearish cycle before it tries to find its next run. But if more weakness follows and LTC loses $51, it could crash to $40.

How to trade this set-up?

The downside risk for LTC is significant right now. The best you could do is to wait a few days to see if bulls can regain $64 and keep the price action above it. 

But if you are looking to buy LTC for the long term, there will be an opportunity to get it cheap when it tanks to $51 or thereabout.

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