The open-source blockchain application platform Lisk is organizing Lisk.js 2021 on May 21 and 22, 2021. The two-day program will be held online live-streamed from the stage in Berlin. It is Europe’s most influential blockchain developer event.

One of Lisk’s renowned events will bring together developers and blockchain industry experts alongside the Lisk team. The event’s main highlight is the launch of Lisk’s new blockchain interoperability solution and the interoperability LIPs (Lisk Improvement Proposals). 

Lisk aims to deliver a scalable and decentralized blockchain interoperability solution for the Lisk open ecosystem. The blockchain developer event will also announce a new Lisk research roadmap, development announcements and updates, as well as the launch of a new Lisk developer program that will focus on real production-ready blockchain applications. 

The event will help the developers learn about blockchain development with Lisk SDK. The other highlights of the event will be in-depth talks on Lisk’s ‘ interoperability solution and presentations from community members who have built blockchain applications on Lisk. 

There will also be a Q&A session where attendees can ask their queries from the speakers. The event will be hosted fully online to keep people safe and secure from the pandemic that has hit the world in 2020. The two-day event will feature a packed agenda with cutting edge and in-depth presentations by the Lisk Research, Development, and Marketing teams. 

There will be an online hackathon, live demos, a newly improved Lisk developer program, and Lisk core community members’ blockchain application showcase. The main focus of Lisk.js will be on Lisk interoperability specifications. 

The event has been designed to cater to all levels of technical knowledge and experience, including newcomers into the Lisk ecosystem and blockchain enthusiasts and development professionals. The two-day event will focus on the culmination of all the research and development efforts of the Lisk project and ecosystem.

The first day of the event will see Max Kordex, CEO and Co-founder of Lisk, highlighting Lisk achievements and vision for the future. The research team will then unveil the Lisk new interoperability solution. 

The second day will be followed by in-depth Lisk blockchain interoperability presentations, demos, and blockchain applications showcased by the Lisk community. It will be virtual and live-streamed from Berlin on their YouTube channel. For registration, the attendees will have to register here.

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Dvision Network, the blockchain-based virtual reality (VR) content ecosystem, has announced the introduction of five limited-edition NFT characters, to be auctioned later this month. These NFTs are the first among many unique tokens to be introduced by the project as it continues to enhance the VR industry.

The limited-edition NFTs will be auctioned on OpenSea – a leading decentralized NFT trading and auction platform to mark Dvision’s own primary NFT marketplace’s upcoming launch. Those successfully bidding at the auction to acquire these valuable crypto assets will also become eligible for certain privileges within the Dvision ecosystem, including access to NFTs from other limited-edition series and DVI token incentives. One of the five limited-edition NFT designs is the avatar prototype of celebrities in the crypto world, which has become the centerpiece of the entire exercise.

“We intend to supply these sorts of unique NFT items to the prospective Dvision Network users in order to add the fun elements to their gamified metaverse ecosystem experience, and to let them play joyfully, surfing across the virtual reality and open-world via the usage of the celebrity characters,” said JungHyun Eom, CEO of Dvision Network

The auctioned NFTs can be used within the Dvision metaverse and traded on primary and secondary NFT markets.

Dvision is one among a handful of crypto projects in the VR segment. The project aims to improve the space by addressing the existing challenges surrounding content quality, customization, market expansion, and copyright protection in the VR content market. The three primary services on the Dvision network making it possible include:

While the use of blockchain technology makes tracing and enforcing copyright protections easier, the availability of other resources in an open, readily accessible platform encourages community participation in the virtual reality space. The collaborative environment offered by Dvision Network will help individual developers, studios, businesses, advertisers and end-users join forces to create and consume quality virtual reality content.

Dvision Network is establishing a strong partner network to make its ecosystem secure, user-friendly and easily accessible. It has already joined forces with Chainlink, Blockchain Game Alliance, Blockwater Capital, Matic, Arkane Network, Coinbase Custody, Upbit Safe and more.

The Dvision blockchain network is built on Ethereum protocol and fueled by DVI utility token. DVI is also the preferred payment method within the Dvision ecosystem where users, developers and advertisers can buy and sell digital content, promote their businesses, and even acquire their own space in the virtual world by staking.

In another milestone, Bithumb Korea has listed the DVI/BTC trading pair on the platform. Soon, it will include DVI/KRW following the project’s performance in the recently concluded “BTC Open” event. Other exchanges listing DVI include CoinOne, Uniswap and Hoo.

The limited-edition NFT auction will help in further adoption of the Dvision Network. It offers the community an opportunity to acquire a unique digital asset and receive additional perpetual benefits within the ecosystem.

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November was an overwhelmingly positive month for blockchain.  Not only were markets greeted with the entrance of major players, but cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin managed to set new all time highs versus the U.S. Dollar.

These events throughout November seem to have kickstarted interest in blockchain, hopefully allowing for a strong finish to a trying 2020.

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With increased attention being paid to Bitcoin, investment firms are looking closely as to why.  With findings by investment firms disproving lingering narratives about the volatility, supply versus demand, and correlation of Bitcoin, expectations surroundings the asset’s performance continue to grow.  Read More

“When PayPal went live, volume started exploding…within four weeks of going live, PayPal is already buying almost 70% of the new supply of bitcoins.  PayPal and Cash App are already buying more than 100% of all newly-issued bitcoins.” – Pantera Capital

In November, the Department of Justice (DOJ) proved that the bad guy doesn’t always win.  Despite becoming defunct years ago, the DOJ never gave up on retrieving stolen funds from dark-web marketplace ‘Silk Road’.

In what amounted to the largest seizure in its history, the DOJ recovered assets worth roughly $1B at the time.  Read More

“In 2020, law enforcement officers used a third party bitcoin attribution company to analyze Bitcoin transactions executed by Silk Road. From this review they observed 54 transactions that were sent from Bitcoin addresses controlled by Silk Road, to two Bitcoin addresses,” – DOJ

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“Despite its undeniable role in the future of finance, there remains barriers to blockchain proliferation on a mainstream scale. DeFi is continually breaking down these barriers through effective use of the technology.

DeFi stands to disrupt and revolutionize established financial networks and systems and change the industry for the better. The tools to build the future of the industry are in our hands.”

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VeChain (VET), BTCMVMNT, and Team Zuby have joined forces to create a limited-edition merchandise collection dubbed “Take the Power Back.” The team says the merchandise data will be stored on the VeChain blockchain and each garment will come with an NFC chip that will enable users to get important information about their collections.

As stated on the BTCMVMNT website, the blockchain-based limited-edition merchandise collection is made up of just 300 items: 125 fully branded T-shirts, 125 caps, and 50 hoodies. The team says the entire details of each collection will be stored on the VeChainThor blockchain forever via NFC chips.

Explaining the reason behind its decision to use the number 21 as its design feature, the team stated categorically that the inspiration comes from the scarcity of bitcoin, as only 21 million BTC can ever be mined. 

At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the world economy really hard, Zuby has made it clear that the primary objective of his merchandise design is to educate, empower and inspire the people to take absolute control over their money via bitcoin and blockchain technology.

Sales of the garments will officially go live on November 14, 2020, at exactly 17:00 EST and interested participants are required to express their interest via the BTCMVMT site before the sales begin.

The team says buyers will be able to verify the authenticity of their purchases through an app that will be launched on November 14th. 

The Bitcoin Movement said:

A good number of projects and enterprises in various sectors of the global economy have chosen VeChain as their preferred blockchain technology partner in recent times, due to the real-world use cases its DLT solutions offer.

On November 2, 2020, BTCManager reported that Health Revolution, a top U.S.-based supplements manufacturer is now using VeChain (VET) to tackle the issue of counterfeiting.

At press time, the price of VET, VeChain native cryptocurrency is up by 8.74 percent in the last 24-hours, trading at $0.010323, with a market cap of $664 million, as seen on CoinMarketCap.

LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency firm Blockchain.com said on Wednesday it had raised $300 million in its latest funding round at a valuation of $5.2 billion.

The round was led by DST Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners and VY Capital, the London-based company said

Blockchain.com offers digital wallets for storage of cryptocurrencies as well as retail trading and other services for larger investors.

Bitcoin soared to a record just shy of $62,000 this month as mainstream firms and investors increasingly embrace cryptocurrencies, leading to ballooning valuations of related companies.

Blockchain.com said last month it raised about $120 million, with investments from Alphabet Inc’s venture capital unit.

Reporting by Tom Wilson; Editing by Edmund Blair

The 6th edition of the CV VC Top 50 Report, released on March 3, 2021, shows striking growth in Crypto Valley in spite of the public health crisis. Between July 2020 and February 2021, the number of companies specialized in blockchain in Crypto Valley rose 4.4% from 919 to 960, total employment by blockchain companies grew from 4,784 to 5,164, and the number of unicorns increased from 6 to 11.

Joining the six blockchain unicorns of July 2020 are Aave, Cosmos, Solana, Near and Nexo. These 11 blockchain unicorns in Crypto Valley are all protocols and focus on areas such as scalability and security.

With the ongoing crypto frenzy that began in late-2020, markets have seen a surge in valuations with Ethereum reaching US$152.2 billion, making it the biggest blockchain project in the hub that represents more than 60% of the total capitalization of the blockchain sector in Crypto Valley. Ethereum is followed by Cardano (US$40.6 billion), and Polkadot (US$29.3 billion).

Like previous editions, the CV VC Top 50 H2 2020 report names its selection of the Crypto Valley Top 50 companies. Out of the 50 companies, 24 focus on blockchain technology, providing services related to data and analytics, hardware and infrastructure, and platform and protocol; 22 are applying blockchain in financial use cases such asset management, crypto banking, and payment and stablecoins; and 4 use the technology in other areas including art, insurtech, media and supply chain.

Together, these 50 companies are valued at a combined US$254.9 billion, have raised a total of US$3.7 billion in funding, and employ more than 800 people.

Big names that made the list include Bitcoin Suisse, a regulated Swiss financial intermediary providing prime brokerage, trading, custody and lending services, among other things, serving both private and institutions clients. Bitcoin Suisse, which is valued at an estimated US$302 million, is currently undergoing licensing as a Swiss and Liechtenstein bank.

Nexo, which recently reached unicorn status, is another Top 50 blockchain company. It specializes in lending and has some US$4 billion worth of assets under management.

Diem, previously known as Libra, is a stablecoin project led by Facebook that seeks to use blockchain technology to enable open instant and low-cost movement of money. Diem is valued at US$1 billion and has raised US$210 million in funding.

Other notable brands and blockchain companies in the CV VC Top 50 H2 2020 list include Crypto Finance, a firm serving institutional and professional investors, Mt Pelerin, a tokenization specialist, and Sygnum, the world’s first digital asset bank.

With the price of bitcoin reaching new highs, institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies has increased, and new financial applications, or so-called decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, have risen to prominence.

DeFi projects including Curve.fi, Enzyme and Oxygen were added to the Crypto Valley Top 50 list due to recent interest surge and booming activity. Curve.fi enables the direct exchange of stablecoins. Enzyme is the follow-on protocol of Melon, providing on chain asset management infrastructure. And Oxygen is developing infrastructure for prime brokerage services in DeFi.

Beyond financial services, use cases in other areas including supply chain, track and trace, healthcare, and non-fungible tokens (NFT) continue to develop, signaling that adoption of blockchain technology is rising across the board.

Maps.me, an offline mapping tool counting 140 million users, was added to the Crypto Valley Top 50 list for its rapidly growing user base. Modum, another Crypto Valley Top 50 company, specializes in supply chain traceability. Meanwhile, 4Art Technologies and inacta are building the application infrastructure and ecosystem for the traditional art space to be fully digitized.

As of February 2021, Zug remained the largest blockchain hub in Crypto Valley, being home to more than 400 companies or 45% of all companies in the zone. Zug is followed by Zurich (178), Liechtenstein (83), Geneva (57) and Ticino (49).

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HONG KONG – Snoop Dogg will debut his first NFT collection on Crypto.com/NFT entitled “A Journey with the Dogg”. The collection brings together Snoop Dogg’s memories from his early years with art inspired by the NFT movement including an original track “NFT” an instant classic that is inspired by the movement, and may end up defining it.

The drop is scheduled for Friday, April 2 at 4:00 pm PT for 24 hours only. A total of eight pieces will be available in limited quantities with one piece being auctioned, and another — “Snoop Dogge Coins” — will be an open edition piece available for one hour only.

Any collector or fan can acquire, trade, and resell NFTs through the platform using a debit or credit card. Crypto.com/NFT also offers Crypto Pay allowing fans to use over 20 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and even Dogecoin. A portion of the proceeds will support young, emerging artists in the crypto space as well as Snoop’s Youth Football League.

Commenting on the launch Snoop Dogg said “I’ve seen the game change over the years from analog to digital and I’m always happier when the technology lets the fans get to connect with the artists. NFT’s are an amazing innovation and it is an honor to do my first drop with Crypto.com/NFT.”

The Crypto.com/nft platform is dedicated to delivering unique content from popular artists, musicians, athletes, and sports. Poised to be the world’s largest and most user-friendly NFT platform, Crypto.com/NFT is committed to partnering with creators to develop the most compelling content for this new medium.

Joe Conyers III, EVP, global head of NFTs for Crypto.com said: “We’re thrilled to have worked with Snoop Dogg on his first NFT drop. He’s been a cultural icon and a trendsetting artist throughout his career. His upcoming drop will be no different. I can’t wait to see the reaction from Crypto.com’s 10+ Million global user base.”

Cardano’s growth is now undeniable. The blockchain, as well as the ADA cryptocurrency, are becoming the protagonists of 2021.

Let’s start with the cryptocurrency, ADA, which opened 2021 at 18 cents, and then grew almost 10 times, reaching a peak of $1.48 in recent days.

A rally also dragged by the upgrades that the blockchain is undergoing. The first in order of time, during this 2021, was the Mary hard fork, an upgrade that now allows the creation of native tokens on Cardano. A bit like what happens on Ethereum. So much so that on Cardano the first NFTs have already been issued, the CardanoKidz, which have already sold the limited editions of the first 3 sets.

In recent days, the price of ADA has also been driven by its listing on Coinbase Pro. The addition of ADA to the trading platform has sent the cryptocurrency’s price soaring.

These pieces of news are overwhelming and exciting.

Messari also notes that Cardano has already overtaken Ethereum in terms of daily transactions and is now second only to Bitcoin. According to his survey, Cardano boasts $13.5 billion in daily volumes, Ethereum stands at $8 billion. Bitcoin remains firmly in first place with $26 billion in volumes.

It is also worth noting the vertical growth in the number of addresses on the Cardano blockchain. Again according to Messari, there are 131,000 active addresses. This platform sees Cardano as the sixth-largest blockchain by the number of active addresses.

In short, 2021 is turning out to be the year of Cardano. The blockchain numbers and the ADA price testify to that. If anything, some say it’s only just the beginning.

According to some forecasts, the price of Cardano could reach $10 by the end of 2021. It could even reach $22 in 2022. Regardless of the accuracy of the predictions, what is certain is that Cardano is positioning itself to be a benchmark for the cryptocurrency industry.

Boy George has said he will be “mixing all of the things I do together” as he announced he will be creating content for cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com’s new non-fungible token (NFT) platform.

An NFT is a unique digital token, a limited edition asset in the digital world, including jpegs and video clips, that can be bought and sold like any other item but has no physical form of its own.

The NFT works as a certification for ownership of a physical asset which means the NFT will effectively function like a rare trading card.

New #NFTs from @Bosslogic dropping Friday March 26!

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— Crypto.com (@cryptocom) March 24, 2021

NFTs are bought using cryptocurrency and run on a blockchain, a decentralised digital ledger that documents transactions and ownership.

Crypto.com previously announced the platform will feature content from Snoop Dogg and Lionel Richie and sea shanty singer Nathan Evans, and will make a bid to be the “world’s largest and most user-friendly NFT platform”.

Boy George’s content will include animated and still versions of his own paintings, as well as music and other artistic endeavours.

He said: “I think life turned me into art. My role models were both artistic types and hard-working types.

“I’ve painted myself and others. I have painted myself into a corner.

“I love metaphors and mystery and crypto sounds like klepto so that makes me a crypto maniac.

“Art is like a partner? Can you live with it? Digital art is a new emotion and it can be very musical.

“I’m mixing all of the things I do together, music, art, fashion, poetry and anything else it leads to. I have stopped refusing to be influenced.”

Crypto.com/NFT, which is launching on March 26, will also host content from athletes and sports.

Source: Business News

(Reuters) –     Visa Inc said on Monday it will allow the use of the cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its payment network, the latest sign of growing acceptance of digital currencies by the mainstream financial industry.

The company told Reuters it had launched the pilot program with payment and crypto platform Crypto.com and plans to offer the option to more partners later this year.

Bitcoin, the most popular crypto coin, jumped to a one-week high on the news, rising as much as 4.5% to $58,300 and heading back toward a record-high above $61,000 hit earlier this month.

Visa subsequently confirmed the news in a statement.

The USD Coin (USDC) is a stablecoin cryptocurrency whose value is pegged directly to the U.S. dollar.

Visa’s move comes as finance firms including BNY Mellon, BlackRock Inc and Mastercard Inc take steps to make more use of cryptocurrencies for investment and payment purposes.

Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk, a major proponent of cryptocurrencies, said last week that customers can buy its electric vehicles with bitcoin, hoping to encourage more day-to- day use of the digital currency.

“We see increasing demand from consumers across the world to be able to access, hold and use digital currencies and we’re seeing demand from our clients to be able to build products that provide that access for consumers,” Cuy Sheffield, head of crypto at Visa, said.

Traditionally, if a customer chooses to use a Crypto.com Visa card to pay for a coffee, the digital currency held in a cryptocurrency wallet needs to be converted into traditional money.

The cryptocurrency wallet will deposit traditional fiat currency in a bank account, to be wired to Visa at the end of the day to settle any transactions, adding cost and complexity for businesses.

Visa’s latest step, which will use the ethereum blockchain,  strips out the need to convert digital coin into traditional money in order for the transaction to be settled.

Visa said it has partnered with digital asset bank Anchorage and completed the first transaction this month — with Crypto.com sending USDC to Visa’s Ethereum address at Anchorage.

(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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As always, it's been an eventful week in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter that the electric car maker now accepts — and holds — BTC as payment, while asset management giant Fidelity joined the Bitcoin ETF race in the United States. At the same time, the Grayscale Ethereum Trust has a new challenger, and Uniswap revealed new details for its next iteration, V3.

Here's everything you need to know about these stories, and more, in this week's edition of OKEx Insights' News of the Week.

Staked, a provider of crypto-staking services, is entering the asset management space through a new trust product for ETH. Called the Staked ETH Trust, accredited investors are able to both gain exposure to and earn staking rewards for the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum. 

Fireblocks is the product's custodian.

Fidelity is throwing its hat into the Bitcoin ETF ring, according to a new filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 

The asset management behemoth's exchange-traded fund is dubbed the "Wise Origin Bitcoin ETF" and joins the race to become the first exchange-traded product for the foremost cryptocurrency in the U.S.

As expected, electric car maker Tesla now accepts BTC as payment in the United States, with international availability expected to come later in 2021. The company's plans to allow BTC as a means of payment were noted alongside its $1.5 billion purchase in February.

Uniswap — one of the top decentralized exchanges by total value locked — revealed new details about its next iteration, dubbed V3.

Primarily, the next form of Uniswap will have liquidity providers make markets within customized price ranges, as opposed to having their funds idling in an infinite range of prices — increasing capital efficiency.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey successfully sold the first-ever published tweet, in the form of a nonfungible token, for $2.9 million. The NFT was minted using Ethereum-based platform Cent and carries the tweeted text "just setting up my twttr."

Dorsey donated all proceeds from the sale to GiveDirectly, a nonprofit that assists families living in extreme poverty by directly sending cash.

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If mining or staking became too much of a hassle, and forex trading doesn’t bring you joy anymore, then it’s time for you to change the game. Let your fate be free of worries and see how lucky you really are. 

And now is the perfect time since Cardano is up for gamble on 1xBit – the most popular crypto gambling platform in the world.  

Easy. Cardano is the third blockchain generation developed by highly skilled developers with strong PhDs. That’s why the development team succeeded in improving the interoperability, scalability, and sustainability of previous blockchains. 

And its dedicated cryptocurrency hit a market cap of $33.23 billion this year, reaching a place in the top 5 cryptocurrencies worldwide. Everybody talks about it now – being seen as the next gem of the crypto area. 

What does 1xBit offer?

In case you’re a novice, you should know that 1xBit is the leader of the crypto gambling field. It provides plenty of alternatives for gambling, both in terms of games offered and cryptocurrencies listed.

First and foremost, the platform includes 30 cryptos, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. And what’s even better – there is no place for fiat. In other words, you don’t have to give up a part of your wins to the government. 

Secondly, thousands of gambling options, from sports bets to lotteries, are ready to be tried. Let’s take a look at the platform and see what it has to offer:

Diversity at its best. From football, baseball, or basketball to boat races. 

Anything played on Leap, Edge, Global bet, or 1×2 Virtuals.

You are free to choose what game fits you best – jackpot, poker, blackjack, and the list continues. Every game is provided by top brands in the area, like SlotVision, or OMI. 

And you can even choose the Lotto editions depending on the country you prefer. SuperLotto, Mega Millions, Euro Jackpot – they’re all here. 

And those are just the popular platform’s categories. You can also bet on politics, horse races, and more. The choice is yours.

Are there any bonuses?

Yes, ever since your first deposits. 

The star is the welcome bonus of up to 7 BTC to the newcomers for their first four deposits made. Up to $400,000 in your hands, ready for gambling. This could easily make you the best customer of Elon Musk’s Teslas. 

Now, if you want to keep up with their offers and updates, then follow them on their social media channels:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1xbit/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/1x_bit 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1xbit/ 

YouTube: ram: https://t.me/sportsbook_1xBit

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Thanks to Bitcoin’s recovery run and its latest effort to breach the $60k-level, the rest of the altcoin market was climbing too. However, some signs of exhaustion could be seen too, with the likes of Tezos, Basic Attention Token, and Tezos recording some corrections over the past 24-48 hours.

Tezos [XTZ]

Tezos has had a good few weeks, with the altcoin hitting a new ATH on the charts just recently. However, its performance has been overshadowed by that of its fellow alts, with Tezos ranked all the way down at 35th on CoinMarketCap. The month of March saw XTZ at its inconsistent best, with the cryptocurrency noting a series of brief hikes followed by sharp falls.

The same was the case over the past two days, with the altcoin dipping by over 6% on the back of an uptrend that saw the crypto recover from the market-wide depreciation on the 25th.

While the dotted markers of the Parabolic SAR were well place above the price candles, the MACD line was creeping below the Signal line on the charts.

The altcoin’s latest movement was in complete opposition to what was expected a few days ago, a time when the alt was on a sharp uptrend.

Tezos was in the news recently after France’s Lugh.io launched a Tezos-based stablecoin.

Basic Attention Token [BAT]

Brave browser’s native crypto, Basic Attention Token, like Tezos before it, was at the end of a correction wave at press time, with a brief recovery following suit. The said corrections came on the back of BAT climbing by over 9.5% on the charts, a hike that pushed the value of the crypto closer to its local top.

It’s worth noting, however, that BAT’s latest price action was backed by very minimal trading volume.

The Bollinger Bands on BAT’s charts were holding their width, a finding indicative of some degree of price volatility. However, the Awesome Oscillator pictured some negative momentum, with the histogram flashing bearish signals.

The altcoin’s movements can also be interpreted to be an extension of the descending triangle seen on the crypto’s charts a few days ago.

Zcash [ZEC]

Zcash, one of the crypto-market’s premier privacy coins, climbed by over 30% in just under 5 days to recover all of its previous losses. At press time, however, the altcoin’s prevailing bullish momentum had stalled, with the crypto yet to breach its local top on the charts. It’s worth noting, however, that the trading volume noted a surprisingly significant spike a few sessions ago, something that might indicate more market activity to come in the near-term.

The same was supported by the findings of BAT’s technical indicators as while the Relative Strength Index was skirting the overbought zone on the charts, the Chaikin Money Flow was holding firm above 0.20 to underline the strength of capital inflows.

The altcoin was in the news today after a report revealed that several cryptos, including the likes of Bitcoin and Zcash, remain popular among terrorists based in Idlib.

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Hello, and welcome to the free edition of the 101st Market Outlook. In these free versions of the Outlook, I provide my analysis on Bitcoin and Ethereum. If you’d like to check out the premium version of this post, including analysis and trade ideas for Litecoin, Monero, Tezos, Zilliqa, Fetch.ai, Fantom, Kleros, COTI and more you can find it here. Weekly: Daily: Price: $16,219 Market Cap: $300.676bn Thoughts: Despite last week’s minor signs of over-extension, Bitcoin appears to give absolutely zero fucks about printing any meaningful dip, with the past of maximal pain appearing to be higher towards $17,150 short-term. If we look at the weekly, each week continues to close higher than the previous. with 6 consecutive weeks now closing green. Looking at recent history, there have been a couple of 7-week periods where candles have consecutively closed in the green – as such, its likely that we are now approaching the top of this rally, which does not necessitate a subsequent decline; after all, there was a several week consolidation period following the previous 7-week rally from March capitulation. Nonetheless, I would be surprised to see more than a week or two more of rallying before we see price take a breather. Above us, there is only that $17,150 area as resistance before the all-time high. Turning to the daily, here we can see a new, steeper trendline support has been formed since mid-October, with price expected to push for $17,150 before December at the current rate. A break below that trendline support is likely to be the first major indicator of a short-term top, so I am watching that closely. It is quite clear that Bitcoin is now rallying in a parabolic manner, with trendlines growing steeper as we move into lower time-frames. This often precedes a blow-off top, which does appear to be the likely scenario now. How high we peak before a meaningful dip I have no idea at this point, but the reaction at $17,150 will tell us a lot; close the daily above it and hold there and we may well push for $20k before this tops out; however, wick above $17,150 and begin to break down on the lower time-frames and I’d be looking for intra-week shorts into $15,800. The daily trend is still clearly pointing higher, however, so do not try to call tops and punt shorts for the sake of it just because it looks over-extended. The smart trade at present is simply longing any daily dip. ETH/USD Weekly: Daily: ETH/BTC Weekly: Daily: Price: $453.82 (0.02779 BTC) Market Cap: $51.485bn (3,153,276 BTC) Thoughts: Ethereum continues to lag at present because ETH/BTC is finding and forming a new base. If we look at ETH/USD, from the weekly we can see that price rejected a push higher into the 2020 high at $490 last week, wicking up into resistance but ultimately closing at the reclaimed support ~$448. Trendline support from May has continued to sustain the rally, with the preceding week evidence of that, as price pushed back above that $448 area. If we see ETH continue to hold this level, I am absolutely of the belief that this breaks out upwards very soon and pushes on for that $830 swing-high in early 2021. Turning to the daily, there is not a lot to add here except that we continue to print higher-highs and higher-lows since mid-September, and a dip into that $423 area or trendline support would make a good long entry for another push into $490. Looking now at ETH/BTC, whilst the week before last closed with a strong bullish hammer from the confluence of support at 0.0263, this past week was more bearish, with price consolidating but ultimately closing below 0.0286. It is still above trendline support that has been respected this entire year, however, and I’d like to see this next week hold above that 0.0263 low. That said, if we drop into the daily time-frame, as I mentioned last week there is a distinct possibility that price sweeps that low into the 360-day moving average but prints bullish divergence on the dump lower, thus marking a bottom. Whilst I would like to see ETH/BTC hold a higher-low and push up and out of trendline resistance from here, the extent of a BTC/USD rally may well dictate which path we follow. Nonetheless, I do think we are very close to the pair reversing, and I’d expect a trendline breakout before 2021. Following that, we will be looking for a higher-high to follow before I start considering ETH/USD longs over BTC/USD longs, as that would mark the beginning of another period of BTC under-performance. And that concludes this week’s free Market Outlook. I hope you’ve found some value in the read! If you’d like any questions answered, feel free to leave them below. If you’d like to try out my Premium Content, you can do so here!

Visa Inc. has stated it will accept the use of the crypto in settling transactions on its payment network.

Visa Inc. has announced it will permit the use of the crypto in settling transactions on its payment network, the latest sign of growing acceptance of Crypto assets by a major financial player.

In a report credited to Reuters the crypto asset being used is the USDC stablecoin crypto whose value is pegged directly to the greenback.

“We see increasing demand from consumers across the world to be able to access, hold and use digital currencies and we’re seeing demand from our clients to be able to build products that provide that access for consumers,” Cuy Sheffield, head of crypto at Visa, said.

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Recall some weeks back, Visa’s Chief Executive Officer, Al Kelly, revealed that in order to make Bitcoin and other crypto-assets safer, useful, and applicable, Visa might add them to the company’s payments network.

During Visa’s fiscal first-quarter 2021 earnings call, the CEO of Visa described crypto assets like bitcoin as “digital gold” which are “not used as a form of payment in a significant way at this point.”

“Our strategy here is to work with wallets and exchanges to enable users to purchase these currencies using their Visa credentials or to cash out onto our Visa credential to make a fiat purchase at any of the 70 million merchants where Visa is accepted globally,” Kelly said.

READ: Why PayPal dropped 6% after posting its strongest earnings growth

The payments executive also said stablecoins could be used for “global commerce” and “digital currencies running on public blockchains as additional networks just like RTP or ACH networks.”

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Good afternoon sir, I have crypto that I was unable to sell

Crypto traders and investors can trade these sports tokens on Crypto exchanges like Chiliz.net, Binance and others.

A growing number of football teams are now venturing into crypto for obvious reasons. With a Covid-19 battered global economy, football teams have had their stadium gates closed in compliance with lockdown measures aimed at curtailing the spread of the virus, leading to billions of dollars in losses.

Data from Deloitte, revealed that major football league clubs will have lost over €2 billion in revenue by the end of the 2020/21 season, including amounts foregone in respect of 2019/20, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily due to:

READ: Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first footballer to earn Crypto

Taking into account that the top 20 football clubs generated a combined €8.2 billion in 2019/20, down 12% on the prior season (€9.3 billion), it then becomes unsurprising that football clubs would be searching for other revenue channels and innovative strategies to keep their fans engaged.

Sports teams take advantage of the feeling of ownership exhibited by their fans. It is logical, therefore, for football teams to explore avenues that strengthen fan loyalty and their passion for the game.

Juventus the best-supported football club in Italy became the first team offering the world’s first fan token.

Holders of the Juventus Fan Tokens ($JUV) will be able to vote on some specific decisions made by the club, such as changes to the club’s jersey. They can also earn rewards while doing so, as well as access exclusive content and memorabilia.

READ: Ex-Real Madrid Striker, David Barral becomes first-ever footballer to be bought with Bitcoin

Recall that the world’s highly respected footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo collected about 770 Fan Tokens ahead of Juventus’ match against Benevento some weeks ago, as a way of marking his record-breaking goal milestone.

It is the first time a footballer has been rewarded with Crypto, which is becoming a prominent feature in the interaction of fans with the world’s most popular sport.

A growing number of fans holding the leading Italian football team’s token are obviously smiling to the bank. At the time of writing this article, the fan token has already generated returns of about 596.98% within a span of 11 months according to Coinmarketcap.

Barcelona FC has also seen its token rise by over 1,500% since its launch at $2; and now trades at about $35 (at the time of writing this article), posting massive gains to holders of such asset.

Manchester City Football Club is the latest football club exploring sports fan tokens. Registered Manchester City fans can use these tokens to get rewards or giveaways organized by the football club, play mobile games, access promos, and vote on the club’s polls.

READ: Cryptos likely to gain at least 1000% very soon

Besides Manchester City Football Club, Barcelona and Juventus, other clubs that have signed deals with Socios.com, a first-of-its-kind mobile app for football fans to vote on club-specific decisions, include AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain.

Manchester City Football Club has announced that it will be rewarding all registered fans with free $CITY Tokens. Such offering is seen as a reward for fan loyalty and, therefore, increases the clubs’ engagement with their fans. Other teams like Liverpool Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester United are also towing the path.

The use of crypto in sports will also address geographical challenges and trigger the global expansion of sports and teams. Football clubs are now using blockchain to facilitate better experiences for their fans and presently, Chiliz is the crypto used in buying these sports fan tokens.

Crypto traders and investors can trade these sports tokens on Crypto exchanges like Chiliz.net, Binance and just recently, HitBTC added AC Milan (ACM), Juventus (JUV) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) fan tokens to their platform.

We have successfully added AC Milan (ACM), Juventus (JUV) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Fan Tokens to our platform.

Trade $ACM, $JUV and $PSG against $USDT, visit: https://t.co/nGfrMnquKU pic.twitter.com/DpeoEAoojJ

— HitBTC (@hitbtc) April 2, 2021

Nairametrics anticipates that such engagements with these football clubs via blockchain will open more economic opportunities and leverage the wider audience via collaboration with the industry’s global brands.

However, as this market segment grows and becomes increasingly concentrated, Crypto education also becomes necessary. Supporters of the most popular sport games need to adapt and work adaptively with their respective football teams in utilizing these tokens more efficiently rather than for just speculating price movements.

A crypto expert has highlighted 2 crypto assets that he expects would likely push higher in the near term.

Tyler Swope a highly revered crypto trader recently announced some relatively unknown crypto assets via his YouTube channel that he anticipates would likely push higher in the near term.

On the YouTube video, he started by endorsing Chainlink’s (LINK) node service provider LinkPool (LPL), adding credence to its strong structure within the niche segment it occupies.

His next pick was Alchemist Coin (MIST) a non-fungible token (NFT) project, on account that it could permit early users to get limited edition NFTs known as crucibles. These first version non-fungible tokens could help owners with major value in the future as the protocol grows, notes Swope.

READ: Investor buys first Crypto artwork for $70 million

“The proposal is overwhelming, yes, and ended today. It proposed, that v1 (first version) crucibles be limited to those using the terminal or PowerShell… a.k.a technical user. Once the frontend UI (user interface) launches, those users will get v2 (second version) crucibles using that interface. The crucibles, are NFTs, thus having a v1 limited edition could be a valuable thing down the road.”

Davis, a top crypto strategist also highlighted his bias that altcoins could provide investors with incredible returns and why investors should not just focus on the flagship crypto.

“2021 is seriously one of the biggest opportunities of your financial life. The potential for life-changing money to change your financial destiny in 2021 is incredible.

“But here is the truth, if you just buy Bitcoin, you are not going to see the exponentially huge gains. You will get decent returns but if you want to make the big money you got to invest in altcoins.”