Open interest in Ether options trading has increased from $50 million to $4 billion over the last year. The massive growth of Ethereum’s futures and options arena is reportedly pointing toward significant institutional involvement in the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. According to a recent report by crypto investment advisory firm Two Prime Digital Assets,…
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Altcoins begin to deliver gains on Thursday, while Bitcoin stays down, bringing its market cap dominance below 50%. Ether (ETH), the largest altcoin by market capitalization, hit new all-time highs on April 22 despite a bearish phase sweeping through Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. ETH/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Ether’s price claims new…
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The buying support for ETH/USD near its record high appears to be weaker than Bitcoin’s. The price of Ether (ETH) is hovering near its all-time high once again, while Bitcoin (BTC) is still far from surpassing its record high at $60,805. But despite ETH demonstrating strong technical momentum and entering price discovery, on-chain analysis finds…
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The two largest cryptocurrencies revisit significant price levels with sellers rapidly disappearing from exchange orderbooks. Bitcoin (BTC) briefly hit $60,000 on April 2 in the latest installment of its slow grind back to all-time highs. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: Tradingview BTC price taps $60,000 Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed bullish tendencies remaining…
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The ETH/BTC pair remains pinned below a key resistance level as the macro landscape worsens. Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum, has failed to break out once more against Bitcoin (BTC) with BTC/USD rallying by more than 8% on March 18. There are two likely reasons why the ETH/BTC pair is failing to break through…
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The price of Ether saw gains in its BTC pair on Monday as Bitcoin price dropped below $60,000. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price made another new all-time high above $60,000 over the weekend. However, the same cannot be said for Ether (ETH), and the market in general didn’t show much strength thereafter for a continuation. As a result,…
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The ETH/BTC pair is showing signs of bottoming, but further consolidation should not be ruled out. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has been broken past a major resistance level of $52,000 in the past few days and is approaching the all-time high region. However, other cryptocurrencies are rallying heavily as well. In the recent months, the market…
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Evolve Funds Group Inc has filed a preliminary prospectus for an Ether ETF in Canada. Less than a month after becoming the second firm to secure approval from Canadian regulators to list a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, Evolve is looking to debut an Ether (ETH) ETF product in Canada. According to a Tuesday press release,…
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Ether price is attempting to conquer $2,000 as the Ethereum blockchain is seeing increasing demand. The price of Ether (ETH) is surging past $2,000 with strong momentum while gaining a bit of ground on Bitcoin (BTC) in the last 24 hours. There are three key reasons behind the explosive rally of Ether, namely the rapid…
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has seen the value of his personal ETH stash soar over 700% in a single year. With Ether surpassing its $1,428 all-time high, Buterin is close to re-joining the class of crypto owners who hold $500 million or more in cryptocurrency. At the current ETH price, Buterin’s Ether holdings on his…
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