Crypto market participants may be underestimating how aggressive the US Federal Reserve will be in the coming months in shifting its policy direction, according to an economist. “Markets are underpricing the likelihood of rapid rate cuts in the coming months on the part of the Federal Reserve,” Economist Timothy Peterson told Cointelegraph on Friday. “There has never been a gradual reduction in rates like that currently envisioned by the Fed,” Peterson said, explaining that he expects “the surprise effect” to kick in and potentially catch the market offside. “It will…
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Market Expert Says XRP Price At $1,000 Will Happen, But The Timeline Is Different
The XRP price is once again at the center of discussion in the cryptocurrency market after a market expert reiterated their bold long-term forecast. The founders of EasyA, Dom and Phil Kwok, say the token still has the potential to hit $1,000, even if it takes longer than first expected. They explain that the short-term view is not yet clear, but the long-term case for XRP remains strong. EasyA Founders Stand By $1,000 XRP Price Prediction Dom and Phil Kwok joined host Tony Edward on the Thinking Crypto podcast to…
Is Bitcoin About to Start Its Next Bear Market?
Key points: Bitcoin is approaching the start of its bear market if four-year cycle theory is still valid. BTC price targets include $50,000 for October 2026. Bitcoin is currently battling a resistance trend line that could spark a $100,000 support retest. Bitcoin (BTC) could have just one month before the end of a four-year cycle, triggering a $50,000 collapse. New comments from Joao Wedson, founder and CEO of crypto analytics platform Alphractal, also include a $140,000 BTC price target. Can Bitcoin escape its scheduled bear market? Bitcoin faces a new…
Etherealize Raises $40M to Market Ethereum to Finance Firms
Ethereum advocacy firm Etherealize has closed a $40 million funding round to help it pitch the blockchain to Wall Street in a week that’s already seen public firms add over $1.2 billion worth of Ether to their treasuries. Etherealize said on Wednesday that the crypto-focused venture firms Electric Capital and Paradigm led the round, which it would use to “continue driving institutional adoption of Ethereum.” The company launched in January with funding from the Ethereum Foundation and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin to educate institutions on the blockchain and the Ether…
Dogecoin Overtakes Tether in Market Cap After Making New All-Time High
Key Takeaways Dogecoin has posted year-to-date returns of nearly 7,000%. The meme coin continues surging while the rest of the market takes the backseat. If buying pressure continues mounting, DOGE could rise to $0.36 or even $0.52. Share this article Dogecoin continues its staggering advance thanks to a new wave of interest. Even after nearly 200% in gains, DOGE may just be getting started. Dogecoin Leads the Charts Dogecoin has stolen the crypto spotlight after skyrocketing by a more than 180% in the last 24 hours. While the rest of…
Pendle Finance Raises $3.5 Million to Launch Tokenized Yield Market
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Pendle Finance raises $3.5M to launch secondary market for DeFi yields
Pendle Finance, a DeFi protocol that allows users to tokenize and sell future yields, has completed a private investment round worth $3.5 million to power the next phase of its platform’s evolution. The private investment round included contributions from several companies, including CMS, DeFi Alliance, Lemniscap, Hashkey Capital, imToken and Spartan Group, among others. The team is being advised by industry leaders from such projects as Kyber Network and KeeperDAO. Pendle’s co-founder, referred to as TN, said his platform allows users to trade the “ever-increasing yield” offered by DeFi products…
Nigeria’s SEC says central bank’s crypto ban disrupted the market
Lamido Yuguda, the director-general of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission has said the central bank’s crypto ban has caused significant disruptions to the market. According to a report by The Guardian, the SEC director-general made this assertion known during a press conference organized after the meeting of the Capital Market Committee on Thursday. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the Central Bank of Nigeria barred commercial banks from servicing crypto exchanges back in February. According to Yuguda, the Commission has been forced to pause its planned cryptocurrency regulatory framework announced in…
DOGE passes Uniswap and Litecoin to become 8th largest cryptocurrency by market cap
The price of Dogecoin has surged seemingly without any push from prominent figures on social media or major developments in the project. According to data from CoinMarketCap, the price of Dogecoin (DOGE) is more than $0.18 at time of publication, with a market capitalization of roughly $23.8 billion. The token’s most recent rally had its price surge more than 63% over the last 24 hours, passing both Uniswap (UNI) and Litecoin (LTC) and become the 8th largest cryptocurrency by market cap. More retail outlets have adopted the currency as a…
USDT, USDC, and BUSD represent 93% of stablecoin market cap
Research from on-chain analytics provider Glassnode has revealed that the top three stablecoins represent more than 90% of the sector’s entire market cap. Glassnode’s April 13 “Week On-chain” report found that the top three stablecoins — Tether (USDT), USD Coin (USDC), and Binance USD (BUSD) — have seen significant growth over the past six months to represent a combined capitalization of more than $60 billion, equal to 92.75% of the stablecoin market. By contrast, six months ago the combined stablecoin capitalization for those three was less than one-third of its…