After the price crash below $3, crypto analyst SiDec explained that XRP is now seeking to take out more sell-side liquidity. As explained, this sell-side liquidity is where there are a lot of stop-losses placed by leverage traders, as well as buy orders at the same level. These are usually lying below swing lows and present a perfect opportunity for a sweep. 🧙♀️
CryptoPotato, in its infinite wisdom, informed us over the weekend about this monumental occasion: the Pi Network Hackathon. For those unfamiliar, imagine a circus where developers juggle code instead of clubs, all while competing for tokens that may one day buy you… well, something worth buying. Perhaps coffee?
Ah, Ethereum (ETH), the darling of the crypto world, once soared to nearly $4,800 earlier this month, only to tumble like a drunken peasant to $4,250. Yet, while the masses wailed and gnashed their teeth, the whales-those cold, calculating beasts-saw opportunity. 🍴🐋
And why not? After all, what better time to dive headfirst into high-risk investments than during a market downtrend fueled by concerns over rising US inflation? Truly, humans have a knack for finding excitement in chaos. Or maybe they’re just really bad at reading the room. 🐴🔥
Which begs the question: was this entire “altcoin season” just a very elaborate collective hallucination? Seriously.
Hold your horses! Remember when Bullish, that oh-so-modern digital asset platform, did that earth-shattering thing on August 19th-announcing its IPO proceeds would be all about RLUSD, a cool $1.15 billion to be exact? Sit tight because it was the first-ever public listing using a stablecoin for settlement. Go, RLUSD! Celebrations, sparklers, a standing ovation? Well, yeah… for a bit.
Most larger-cap alts are chilling like they’re on a beach, but BNB? It’s out here breaking records like it’s 2017 again! 🚀 Meanwhile, OKB is the crypto equivalent of a magician-*poof*! 50% in a day. 🎩🐇
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The infamous meme coin has been tumbling down the playground slide of markets, leaving investors clinging to hope and their diminishing coin piles. Thanks to an explosion of SHIB tokens darting and dancing from wallet to wallet, the selling pressure is heavier than a hippo in a hammock (and just as comfortable for nobody involved).
The stablecoin market in Latam is booming, and companies are scrambling like kids in a candy store to get a piece of the action. Aptos, the low-cost, low-latency blockchain, has decided to team up with Bitso, one of the region’s heavyweight cryptocurrency exchanges, to provide a wallet-friendly option for stablecoin transactions. Because who doesn’t love saving a few bucks, right?
