Forex AcademyYou can find here all the news about the upcoming hard fork, releases, exchange listings, updates, conferences, new launches, etc. We gather the most relevant events and conferences for you
You can find here all the news about the upcoming hard fork, releases, exchange listings, updates, conferences, new launches, etc. We gather the most relevant events and conferences for you
You can find here all the news about the upcoming hard fork, releases, exchange listings, updates, conferences, new launches, etc. We gather the most relevant events and conferences for you to pick from.
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Red Pulse (RPX) — AMA on YouTube | ||
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Sharpe Capital (SHP) — Qryptos Exchange Listing | ||
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MaidSafeCoin (MAID) — Meetup in Melbourne |
News Commentary
The Euro strengthened on rising bets that the European Central Bank (ECB) may soon announce it will start shooting off its massive bond purchase program.
News Commentary
The Euro strengthened on rising bets that the European Central Bank (ECB) may soon announce it will start shooting off its massive bond purchase program.
The Euro strengthened on rising bets that the European Central Bank (ECB) may soon announce it will start shooting off its massive bond purchase program.
The central bank’s chief economist Peter Praet, a close ally of President Mario Draghi, said the ECB would discuss next week whether to end bond purchases later this year.
Data indicated that Switzerland’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.4% on a monthly basis in May, more than the 0.3% expected.
On other hand, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday and Friday at the White House to discuss a planned U.S. summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week.
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest rates for the second time this year at their next meeting on Wednesday.
But many investors are cautions on making big bets due to uncertainties over trade tensions, given U.S. President Donald Trump looks set to clash with other Group of Seven leaders at their weekend summit in Canada.
On the other hand, Mexico announced on Wednesday that it was imposing $3 billion in tariffs on U.S. imports in response to the latter’s triggering duties on steel and aluminium last Thursday.
US INDEX
On the daily chart, the price had successfully broken the ascending trend from the high of 2017, along with the resistance level to eventually reach the key resistance 95.15, to then bounce back from there. The price shaped a reversal pattern (wedge) which closed with a break beneath it.
With divergence in RSI, the price is expected to have a correction to the key support at 92.6 which is located at the broken trend too.
USD/JPY
On the daily chart, the pair had broken the ascending channel followed by bouncing from the descending trend from the high of 2017 and the key resistance of 111.1.
The price also broke the support 110.05 to reach the next support 108.15 to get back up again from this level to retest the level at 110.05.
As you can see on the chart, the price is moving according to Elliot waves. By forming the A & B waves, we are waiting for the next move down to hit the C level which is located at the support 106.9.
So, any bounce now with price action will enhance the down run.
On the daily chart, we can see that the price is moving sideways between the resistance zone 84.4-84.15 and the support zone 81.2-80.5.
The price has now entered the red resistance area with a possible bounce.
Also, watch the ascending channel which has formed to be considered as a flag pattern. The pattern boosts the original trend which is a down one.
So, any bounce now with price action will push the price to fall.
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Market Cap: $420,694,166,630
24h Vol: $23,401,165,415
BTC Dominance: 36.8%
In the last 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market cap has dropped by approximately 10B, from 430B to around 420B.
The valuation is at the same level as it was nine days ago, at the start of the month.
The market is currently in red, with the biggest decrease of around 11% for some cryptocurrencies like Salt, Kyber Network, Ox and Aion. Meanwhile, some cryptos are in the green like Pundi X +25%, Augur +12%, Zilliqua +10.11%.
Some of the significant stories that came out yesterday are the following:
Facebook Forms Exploratory Blockchain Team Led By Coinbase Board Member
David Marcus, the head of Facebook’s messaging app Messenger, announced that the social media site is exploring possible applications for blockchain technology, CNBC reported May 8. “I’m setting up a small group to explore how to best leverage blockchain across Facebook, starting from scratch,” Marcus shared in a post Tuesday afternoon on his personal page. Marcus has been leading Messenger for almost four years. In December, he joined cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase as a board member. However, Facebook hasn’t revealed how interested it is in applying blockchain.
Source: cointelegraph.com
Ukrainian Securities Regulator To Consider Crypto As Financial Instrument
The Ukrainian National Securities and Stock Market Commission (SSMCS) will consider recognizing cryptocurrencies as a financial instrument, according to an announcement on the 8th of May. The head of the commission, Timur Khromaev, made the announcement in a Facebook post following the annual conference of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on Crypto and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
Source: cointelegraph.com
Ex-Goldman Sachs President Says Global Cryptocurrency Will Come, But It’s Not Bitcoin
Gary Cohn, former Goldman Sachs President as well as former chief economic advisor to US President Donald Trump, believes that there will a global cryptocurrency in the future, but it will be a coin “more easily understood” than Bitcoin (BTC), CNBC reports May 8.
Source: cointelegraph.com
From yesterday’s opening until now, the price of Bitcoin has decreased by 3.14% – from $9380 to $9081.
On the daily chart, we can see that the price is currently sitting on a 0.5 Fibonacci retracement level, slightly below the 100-day EMA. This is the fourth consecutive red candle on the daily chart, which indicated that bears are in control.
Zooming into an hourly chart, we can see the interaction with the Fibo level. The price has fallen below it four times, after which it quickly bounced back above it, leaving a lot of wicks. This looks like the price is struggling to find support there, but the bears have more power at the moment.
Overall, hourly chart signals a strong sell.
S3 8382.3 S2 8808.0 S1 8996.3 P 9233.7 R1 9422.0 R2 9659.4 R3 10085.1
In the last 24 hours, the price of Ethereum has dropped from $770 to $716, which is a 7% decrease.
Looking at the daily chart, we can see that the price has fallen below the 0.786 Fibonacci level, and is currently looking for support at the prior high of the triangle from which the price broke out, which is around the $710 level. Exponential moving averages are below the price and the 0.618 Fibo level, so the price is likely heading towards them for support.
Zooming into an hourly chart, we can see that the price is ready for another drop.
Overall hourly chart signals a strong sell.
S3 637.60 S2 692.76 S1 720.35 P 747.92 R1 775.51 R2 803.08 R3 858.24
Since yesterday’s open, the price of Ripple has dropped by 8.68% going from $0.84 to $0.769 where is currently sitting.
Looking at the daily chart, we can see that the price is currently below the 50-day EMA, which didn’t serve as support, so the price is heading towards the 0.786 Fibonacci retracement level, as it is the next significant level which can serve as support.
Zooming into an hourly chart, we can see that the 0.786 Fibonacci level is crossing over my downward channel support line, which would be a perfect point of reference for a short-term target.
Overall, hourly chart signals a sell.
S3 0.70279 S2 0.75859 S1 0.78247 P 0.81439 R1 0.83827 R2 0.87019 R3 0.92599
Having three major cryptocurrencies falling below their pivot points, they are now looking for a strong support which can hold back this bear momentum. Even though we can see that this find is almost completed I wouldn’t say this for a correction overall. I am expecting a larger move to the downside in the following days, as buyers were exhausted previously. The only thing that can push prices back up, and past the prior high is some global hype like we have seen in December, so a catalyst is needed.