Coming every Saturday, ) is at $18,800, Ether (ETH) at $1,296 and XRP at $0.47. The total market cap is at $923.34 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.
Among the biggest 100 cryptocurrencies, the top three altcoin gainers of the week are XRP (XRP) at 40.98%, Chiliz (CHZ) at 31.63% and Algorand (ALGO) at 29.76%.
The top three altcoin losers of the week are Ravencoin (RVN) at -23.49%, Toncoin (TON) at -22.90% and Terra Classic (LUNC) at -16.59%.
For more info on crypto prices, make sure to read Cointelegraph’s market analysis.
Most Memorable Quotations
“Regulation is always a concern, but BTC is regulated.”
Jamie Coutts, crypto market analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence
“How does a DAO really own the IP [intellectual property] of the protocol it is supposed to govern?”
David Kappos, partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
“The government in India definitely doesn’t want crypto anymore. […] The government is outright saying, ‘We like blockchain but we don’t like cryptocurrency,’ but it’s kind of ridiculous.”
Anshul Rustaggi, CEO and founder of Totality Corp
“Sharding is indeed one of the most effective and universal ways to solve the so-called ‘scalability trilemma.’”
Martin Hiesboeck, head of research for Uphold
“The concern is that if the Fed tightens too much, the U.S. economy may actually go into a severe recession.”
CK Zheng, former global head of valuation risk for Credit Suisse
“Cryptocurrencies are volatile, but no middlemen are taking a hefty commission or scrutinizing your transactions.”
Alan Austin, managing director for the Litecoin Foundation
“There’s an outside chance we find a way to get to consensus on a stablecoin bill this year.”
Warren Davidson, U.S. congressman
“People are getting more cautious in the space and are not sure how to interact with Tornado Cash, we’ve seen deposits into services providing similar activity go down at least temporarily, because people are measuring like, ’What does this mean for me?’”
Jacob Illum, chief scientist at Chainalysis
“I’m a major skeptic on crypto tokens, which you call currency, like Bitcoin. They are decentralized Ponzi schemes.”
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan
Prediction of the Week
This Bitcoin long-term holder metric is nearing the BTC price ‘bottom zone’
Bitcoin largely traded between $18,000 and $20,000 this week, according to Cointelegraph’s BTC price index. The number of Bitcoin long-term holders (LTHs) in the red currently lines up with previous bear market bottoms, suggesting that the digital asset may be in the process of bottoming out. Of Bitcoin’s long-term hodlers, about 30% sat in losses as of Sept. 22. Bitcoin’s 2020 and 2018 bottoms occurred when the percentage of LTHs in the red hit around 35% and 32%, respectively. A drop to between $10,000 and $14,000 could cause the LTH loss percentage to line up with previous bear markets.
FUD of the Week
$160M stolen from crypto market maker Wintermute
Decentralized finance operations under United Kingdom-based company Wintermute suffered an attack that cost the firm roughly $160 million. Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy noted the company has enough funds to withstand the loss without affecting customers. Gaevoy expressed willingness to classify the event as a white-hat hack — but only if the violator comes forward. Later reporting showed the attack was not a smart contract exploit as originally thought, but instead a private key issue, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.
BTC mining firm Compute North files for bankruptcy
Filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, Bitcoin mining hosting company Compute North is one of the latest crypto bear market casualties. However, the price of energy also weighed on the firm. The company reportedly has between $100 million and $500 million worth of assets, although its debts total roughly $500 million. Compute North partners Marathon Digital and Compass Mining should not see negative effects from the bankruptcy filing, according to comments from both companies, but additional updates may follow.
Draft US stablecoin bill would ban new algo stablecoins for 2 years
Bloomberg got its hands on a draft of a U.S. government bill that reportedly aims to prohibit new algorithmic stablecoin creation for two years. The text seemingly seeks to enforce a ban on new stablecoins that derive their pegs from other associated digital assets from the same creator, where redemptions can occur for a fixed price. Stablecoins currently fitting the bill’s description would have two years to alter their models.
Best Cointelegraph Features
Saving the planet could be blockchain’s killer app
“Putting Paris Agreement carbon markets on Ethereum and connecting the national carbon accounts of the world, is blockchain’s killer app.”
Toss in your job and make $300K working for a DAO? Here’s how
“The collaboration-maxi nature was a welcome breath of fresh air.”
The market isn’t surging anytime soon — so get used to dark times
Global economic conditions suggest that markets — including the cryptocurrency market — have further downside ahead. Don’t bank on a surge to new all-time highs in the months ahead.
“When you’ve been in crypto long enough, everything is a chart.”
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