Payments giant Mastercard has tapped Chainlink (LINK) to connect off-chain payments to on-chain decentralized finance (DeFi). According to a new press release, the partnership will use top decentralized exchange Uniswap and work closely with crypto firms Zero Hash, Swapper Finance, Shift4Payments, and XSwap. Swapper Finance uses XSwap – a decentralized exchange built on Chainlink –…
A closely followed crypto analyst is predicting a historic rally for altcoin markets based on an unprecedented technical setup. The pseudonymous analyst known as TechDev shares a chart with his 532,000 followers on the social media platform X showing the price action of TOTAL2 – which tracks the total market cap of crypto assets excluding…
A trader who continues to build a following with timely calls on Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins is issuing a warning on the broader crypto market. Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen tells his 1 million followers on the social media platform X that he sees Bitcoin breaking support at $100,000. “Will likely see BTC back at its…
An analyst who has earned the “Master Trader” rank on the crypto exchange Bybit believes that Bitcoin (BTC) is now poised for a surge to new record-high levels. Pseudonymous trader Bluntz tells his 321,100 followers on the social media platform X that Bitcoin completed an ABC correction after its brief dip below $100,000 over the…
A crypto analyst with a history of timely Bitcoin (BTC) calls believes that altcoins are gearing up for a price spike. In a new strategy session, Kevin Svenson tells his 83,300 YouTube subscribers that he’s keeping a close watch on the OTHERS chart, which tracks the total market cap of crypto, excluding the top 10…
A widely followed crypto analyst says that Bitcoin (BTC) surging to a new all-time high (ATH) is still a very real scenario. In a new thread, crypto trader Michaël van de Poppe tells his 792,000 followers on the social media platform X that the top crypto asset by market cap looks poised to hit a…
A widely followed analyst and trader who accurately predicted the Bitcoin (BTC) bottom in 2018 is highlighting one crypto asset that could go up by triple-digit percentage points. The trader pseudonymously known as Bluntz tells his 321,100 followers on the social media platform X that dogwifhat (WIF), a memecoin built in the Solana (SOL) ecosystem,…
An artificial intelligence (AI)-based altcoin is faltering after gaining support from the world’s largest crypto exchange platform by trading volume. In a new announcement, Binance says that it is adding support for Sahara AI (SAHARA), a decentralized AI platform that enables users to develop and monetize AI models, datasets and applications. “Binance is excited to…
A US judge doesn’t think Ripple should get to walk back the civil penalty from its XRP lawsuit just because the new leadership regime at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now sides with the payments firm. Ripple and the SEC first filed a joint request in May for an “indicative ruling” to see…
The banking titan JPMorgan is piloting a US dollar-backed permissioned deposit token on the Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 scaling solution built by the American crypto exchange Coinbase. In a statement, Coinbase says that JPMorgan is launching the token called JMPD on Base through its blockchain business unit Kinexys. “These are USD-denominated and backed 1:1 by deposits—combining…
