Cryptocurrency prices LIVE – Bitcoin, Shiba Inu, and Ethereum struggle as Polygon up 40% and Metaverse tokens soar

CRYPTOCURRENCIES Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu are all facing devastating drops in value, in the wake of a market crash.

The price of Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency on the market, is now trading at $50,134.95 after hitting a record high of more than $69,000 in November.

Of 100 cryptocurrencies listed on Coinmarketcap, 97 have seen price falls over the past 24 hours.

However, Polygon’s MATIC token jumped 40 percent, and Metaverse is doing well.

Fears that crypto has reach is peaked continues to mount as monetary support scales back in the US and news of India’s plans to stop private cryptocurrencies.

The crypto market has also been battered by India taking action to ban all private cryptocurrencies – aside from a few exceptions – and launch a central bank-backed official digital currency.

Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile, meaning their values often make large swings with no notice, as the latest plunge shows.

On Friday, the crypto market capitalisation was $3.7trillion, but over $1.5trillion has been wiped leaving capitalisation at a current value of $2.2trillion.

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  • What are Altcoins?, continued

    Simon Peters, crypto-asset analyst at eToro, said: “They build on the success of bitcoin by slightly changing the rules, economics or use cases to appeal to different users.”

    “Altcoins vary greatly in their use cases and practical application. They typically have a form of technology they underpin or provide a liquidity solution to a product or service.”

  • What are Altcoins?

    Altcoin stands for alternative coin, a type of virtual currency that uses the so-called blockchain to allow secure transactions. 

    Altcoin is a category of cryptocurrency rather than a currency itself, and there are more than 900 different altcoins available.

  • Gyen cryptocurrency price predictions, continued

    Wallet Investor expects the price of GYEN to add another zero and fall to $0.00845 in a year’s time.

    Meanwhile, Digitalcoin expects GYEN to gain to around $0.022 in 2021.

    Furthermore, Goldman Sachs expert Andrew Lokenauth is even more bullish on GYEN.

    “From my prior experience, I feel it will be included on other exchanges due to demand,” he told The Sun.

    “Also, due to current hype and mentions of GYEN on Reddit and Twitter, this can easily reach 10 cents.”

  • Gyen price predictions

    The price of GYEN has jumped thanks to becoming available to Coinbase pro members.

    Where the price will wind up in the future is tough to predict – and it is yet to be included on other major exchanges like Robinhood.

    Marie Tatibouet, chief marketing officer of crypto exchange Gate.io, told The Sun that stablecoins aren’t exactly supposed to surge in trading like this.

    “It looks like the demand is so high that the peg has failed to hold,” she said.

    “A good stablecoin shouldn’t surge or fail under scrutiny.”

  • Microstrategy spends $414 million on Bitcoin

    The business intelligence company led by Michael Saylor revealed in a November 29 Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it bought 7,002 bitcoins between October 1 and November 29.

    MicroStrategy reportedly spent $414million on the coins.

    The company now has a reported stockpile of 121,044 bitcoin tokens.

  • Omicron token rises after new variant named

    The little-known Omicron token skyrocketed over the weekend, after a new Covid-19 variant was given the same name, before it tumbled as much as 75 percent.

    On Friday, the World Health Organization named the new Omicron variant.

    Other cryptocurrencies dropped after the announcement, and Bitcoin suffered its worth day in two months on Friday. However, it has since recovered from most of its losses.

  • What are red flags of scams?

    Gizmodo shared that other red flags of the SQUID coin being illegitimate was that the website that the creators launched was filled with spelling and grammatical errors.

    The crypto’s telegram channel also did not allow comments from outsiders, and its Twitter account did not allow users to reply to posts, which Gizmodo flagged as suspicious.

  • Who is behind Algorand?

    The Algorand Foundation based in Singapore is behind the project.

    Algorand claims that it speeds up transactions and improves efficiency when compared to bitcoin and other blockchains.

  • BitMart resumes deposits and withdrawals after breach

    After BitMart identified a security breach on December 4, the platform announced that it would resume deposits and withdrawals for ETH and similar tokens.

    ERC20 deposits have resumed as of December 7 at 10.00pm ET.

    ERC20 withdrawals have resumed as of December 7 and 11.00pm ET.

    The company said in a statement that based on its initial investigation, “it appears that approximately $200 million in digital assets were removed by a malicious actor who had gained access to critical private keys.”

  • What is Algorand?

    Algorand is a cryptocurrency of the Algorand blockchain, a public decentralized network on which smart contracts can be built.

    It was created in 2019 by Silvio Micali, a professor a the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

    The computer scientist has also won the Turing Award for his work in the area of cryptography.

  • NFT marketplace

    An NFT is a non-fungible token.

    Non-fungible tokens, in contrast to bitcoin, are each unique and cannot be replaced by something else.

    The majority of NFTs exist within the Ethereum blockchain. Ethereum is a cryptocurrency that has the ability to support NFTs.

    NFTs can be anything digital, and are commonly being used as a way to buy and sell digital art.

    An NFT marketplace is used to list NFTs and ensure they are accessible for trading.

    Marketplaces allow users to promote their NFTs, where buyers can browse through and bid on what they would like to purchase.

  • Gamestop’s NFT marketplace rumors

    Within the past month, rumors have been gaining traction on the internet that GameStop is partnering up with Loopring to launch an NFT marketplace.

    The price of Loopring has risen over 400 per cent since the initial rumors began to spread.

    Typically valued for less than one dollar, Loopring prices are now over $3 a share.

    While no official announcement by either of the companies in question has been made in regards to a partnership, social media is full of users waiting for the statement.

  • Can Shiba Ibu hit $1?

    Shiba Inu has soared in value recently, hitting several new all-time highs.

    On November 12, 2021, cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX listed Shiba Inu on its mobile trading app.

    Up until then, it was only available on the platform in trade-only mode on CoinDCX Pro.

    Shiba Inu being traded on CoinDCX follows the company announcing it is the first cryptocurrency firm in India to reach a valuation of over $1billion, giving it unicorn status.

    On October 28, Shiba hit an all-time high of $0.00008845.

  • Will Shiba Inu’s price rise?

    For Shiba in particular, there has been a fair share of volatility this year despite the surge in the past month.

    For example, up until October 28, the token hit its last record high of $0.00003641 on May 11.

    It’s difficult to predict how Shiba Inu’s price will change in the future, due to a wide number of factors affecting it.

    This includes regulatory crackdowns around the world, comments by high-profile individuals such as Musk, and other developments.

  • Shiba Inu Coin, continued

    Whether you’ve already invested or not, keep in mind that making money through cryptocurrencies or other investments is never guaranteed, even with a popular one like Shiba Inu.

    Cryptocurrencies are especially volatile, so their values can crash with little to no notice.

  • What is Shiba Inu Coin?

    Shiba Inu is a cryptocurrency token that allows users to hold trillions of them.

    The tokens feature the same Shiba Inu dog as Dogecoin, which has risen massively in popularity recently.

  • What are Shiboshi NFTs?

    Shiboshi NFTs are non-fungible tokens representing various “lovable creatures.”

    The NFT holders will also be able to name the Shiboshis for an additional $100.

    The Shiboshis will come with generic names like 00001.

    The post states: “It’s important to name your Shiboshi because names are unique and can only exist once in the Shib Oshiverse.

    “With the expansions, we are planning, this could potentially make your Shiboshi more valuable.”

  • Kraken lists Shiba Inu

    The crypto exchange shared the news in November.

  • Crypto opportunity for U.S.A

    China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency transactions “is a big opportunity for the U.S.”, according to Pat Toomey, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee.

    This comes as the US Securities and Exchange Commission lobbied for more regulations when it comes to cryptocurrency.

  • China’s crackdowns on crypto

    While crypto creation and trading have been illegal in China since 2019, further crackdowns this year by Beijing warned banks to halt related transactions and closed much of the country’s vast network of bitcoin miners.

    The previous statement by the central bank sent the strongest yet signal that China is closed to crypto.

  • China stopped its crypto exchanges

    In 2017, China shut down its local cryptocurrency exchanges.

    Despite the war on crypto, Chinese mines power nearly 80 percent of the global trade in cryptocurrencies.

  • China’s statement, continued

    Bitcoin, the world’s largest digital currency, and other cryptos cannot be traced by a country’s central bank, making them difficult to regulate.

    The crypto crackdown opens the gates for China to introduce its own digital currency, which it is already working on and will allow the central government to monitor transactions.

  • China’s statement on Cryptocurrency

    The PBOC said it will “resolutely clamp down on virtual currency speculation, and related financial activities and misbehaviour in order to safeguard people’s properties and maintain economic, financial and social order”.

    It said that trading of virtual currencies had become “widespread, disrupting economic and financial order, giving rise to money laundering, illegal fund-raising, fraud, pyramid schemes and other illegal and criminal activities.”

  • No guaranteed returns

    There are no guarantees when it comes to cryptocurrencies, so when someone mentions “guaranteed returns,” they are often scammers.

    There is no way to eliminate the element of risk from cryptocurrencies, although scammers may try to convince you otherwise.

    Check out these other ways to spot scammers in the crypto space.

  • What Crypto is B.K. giving away?

    Last month,Burger King announced it was partnering with RobinHood to give away cryptocurrency in a promotion that started shortly after.

    The company is giving away Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin.

    “The prize pool includes two million Dogecoin, 200 Ethereum and 20 Bitcoin, so only 220 guests could receive a Bitcoin or Ethereum cryptocurrency prize,” the company website revealed.



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