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XRP, the digital token used in Ripple Labs’ payments network, was outperforming bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies on Tuesday, with a longer-duration technical indicator flashing a bullish signal. The token’s price was around 48 cents at press time, up 9% on a 24-hour basis, based on CoinDesk 20 data. Other prominent cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ether, chainlink and litecoin were nursing moderate losses. XRP’s 50-week moving average crossed above the 100-week moving average (MA) earlier this month, confirming a pattern known in price charts as a “golden crossover” – a long-term bullish indicator. Traders and chart-reading analysts often…

Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $55,736.37 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Sliding 1.73% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $53,350.37-$56,988.34 (CoinDesk 20) BTC trades between its 10-hour and 50-hour averages on the hourly chart, a sideways signal for market technicians. Bitcoin trading on Coinbase.Source: TradingView Bitcoin traded in a narrowed range as Monday’s sell-off appeared to subside and prices settled in the mid-$50,000 range for the most of Tuesday. Monday’s decline resulted in some $1.6 billion in derivatives bets being liquidated, second only to the record level that took place on…

The total locked-in value of decentralised finance is now a staggering 310 billion and the market keeps on growing as more and more investors are starting to shift towards DeFi; which is great news because the blockchain industry can’t possibly grow without the support of its world wide users, and at the same time, traffic is the main thing that will keep projects going in the long run. As the DeFi industry continues to evolve, Chainge, a coded financial platform customised for both institutional and individual investors, is in full swing…

A Goldman Sachs executive predicts there may be consolidation coming for cryptocurrency infrastructure providers as the market matures. In a recent company podcast, Matt McDermott, global head of digital assets for Goldman Sachs Global Markets Division, hinted that “incumbent banks” – like Goldman – could face pressure to increase their crypto business lines, with one obvious path being mergers and acquisitions. “This is a fast-evolving landscape where the crypto incumbents have certainly made huge progress over the last couple of years,” McDermott said. “There is an expectation from clients now that…

Galaxy Digital’s institutional-grade ether (ETH) funds have raised over $32 million since their February launch, according to documents filed Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Early returns – for an “onshore” $22 million fund and its Cayman-domiciled $10 million sibling – reveal a small but deep-pocketed clientele participated in the twin funds’ earliest days. Just five total investors have joined the funds since Galaxy unveiled them in late January. The funds debuted as ETH settled in the $1,500 range, well below highs set February when the native asset of the world computer…

Thedevelopment of China’s insurance industry started relatively late.However, as the living standards of its citizens improved, theinsurance industry went through a similar overhaul. In 2020, theinsurance industry realized 4.53 trillion yuan in premium income, ayear-on-year increase of 6.1%. Among them, health insurance isgrowing at a rapid rate. In 2020, the premium income for healthinsurance will be 817.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of morethan 15%. Even so, compared with the United States, Japan and othercountries, the development of China’s insurance industry is still inits infancy. In terms of insurance depth…

Life has been being consistently limited from the global Covid-19 lockdown, while social isolation has also brought thrives on the short-form social video platforms, such as TikTok and Instagram. And in this situation, influencer marketing incorporating social media is a new phenomenon within the industry. For example, some non-celebrity social media influencers can pull in millions of dollars each year from brand partnerships and sponsorships. No wonder that, it illustrates perfectly how big a fan community of a Social Media Influencer and how successful Social Media Influencer can nowadays become….