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This article is a Brand Press post. Brand Press is a paid service for brands that want to reach Techpoint Africa’s audience directly. Techpoint Africa’s editorial team doesn’t write Brand Press content. To promote your brand via Brand Press, please email business@techpoint.africa Meme coins have played a significant part in cryptocurrency becoming a part of the mainstream discourse. As of mid-December 2021, the market capitalisation of all meme coins combined is $46 billion. Dogecoin (DOGE) accounts for over $22 billion, almost half of the total meme coin market cap. DOGE is currently the king of meme coins and is the 12th highest ranked of…

Experienced crypto investors will often look to more than just bitcoin and seek to build a portfolio containing other cryptoassets too.The most well-known of these alternatives is ethereum, but crypto portfolios will often be far broader than holding just this and bitcoin.In investing, diversification and spreading your risk is important, and in investment terms that means holding crypto as part of a wider portfolio including other assets too, such as stocks, bonds and cash.But for those interested in zooming in on the solely crypto element of a wider investment strategy, we speak to eToro crypto analyst Simon Peters to ask…

This story is part of The Year Ahead, CNET’s look at how the world will continue to evolve starting in 2022 and beyond. Cryptocurrency made many of the strangest headlines of 2021. Boosters touted digital currencies as a world-changing technology with the potential to create new economies and empower unbanked populations everywhere. Critics pointed to crypto’s massive environmental footprint, as well as its popularity in online crime. The chasm between these views will be hard to bridge.Much of the cryptocurrency industry functions as a hype-monster, powered by oddball memes of cute dogs and outer space emoji. The same industry boasts…

Bitcoin extended losses, deepening its December decline with the world’s most popular and largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization trading 5% lower to $47,912, after it slid below $50,000 mark on Tuesday. Bitcoin, famed for its volatility, has shed more than $21,000 since hitting a record in early November, and is up around 64% in 2021 (year-to-date or YTD). “Bitcoin has shown signs of trend reversal and has broken out of the trendline. It is retesting the support around $47k. The Bitcoin chart is making higher highs and higher lows on a 4 hour timeframe, however the $45k level needs to…

Everyone is looking for the next Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD) or Shiba Inu (CCC:SHIB-USD), but they aren’t easy to find. Despite the crypto group going through a bit of a lull, Harvest Finance (CCC:FARM-USD) is surging this week. Indeed, crypto traders are showing interest in the Harvest Finance crypto today. Therefore, we’re going to break down some things to know about this crypto.  Source: Shutterstock So, what is the Harvest Finance crypto? “Harvest Finance empowers you to deposit tokens from various supported cryptocurrencies, working in potentially high-yield DeFi pools.”  Harvest Finance’s token is FARM, which utilizes smart contracts — a major benefit…

Widely followed crypto strategist and trader Michaël van de Poppe is outlining what’s next for Bitcoin (BTC), Chainlink (LINK) and the low-cap altcoin Verasity (VRA). Van de Poppe tells his 523,000 Twitter followers that he sees Bitcoin climbing as high as $53,000 before igniting another pullback to around $46,000. “Bitcoin held the level at $47,800 after breaking beneath, through which the other side of the range was tested. Breakout & now onto next resistance points at $51,600 and $53,600. Altcoins following.” Source: Van de Poppe/TwitterAccording to Van de Poppe’s chart, the corrective move below $50,000 will allow Bitcoin to retest…

InvestorPlace – Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Investorplace.com – InvestorPlace Cardano (CCC:ADA-USD) has been slogging through a downturn. A cursory look at its price chart reveals as much. It has been in bear territory since the beginning of September.  Source: Shutterstock But, if you’re like me, you believe Cardano is one of the altcoins with solid long-term prospects. These are still the early days of cryptocurrency. One of the most important things to do is to simply understand projects, decide you believe in their goals and stick with them if you do. In time, many altcoins will multiply…

Shiba Inu, Dogecoin, Bitcoin, Ethereum, EGC, and Dogelon Mars- Which Crypto You Should Buy for 2022?2021 was arguably the year of the memecoin, but will investors in 2022 be looking for hype and celebrity endorsement, or will value and utility lead the pack? Today we compare the top memecoins and the top utility projects to see which cryptos will perform best next year.  Shiba Inu (SHIB)Shiba Inu currently sits at a staggering $19 billion valuation, and those who invested at the beginning of 2021 have likely been celebrating Christmas on their private yachts in the Caribbean. But for those mere mortals…

Cryptocurrency Prices Today, 31 December 2021: Check and compare cryptocurrency prices. Get to know how much bitcoins, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, Dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies rate, value, worth today, compare prices, and check market capital across all the top Indian exchanges. Cryptocurrency Prices in India: Cryptocurrency remains a volatile market, and prices change very frequently. Even if you look at just the most well-known ’coins’, like Bitcoin, Ether, Dogecoin, Litecoin and Ripple, there have been constant changes in their value. Bitcoin is the oldest and most well-known cryptocurrency token that can be purchased and in the last 24-hours,  its value has…

Bitcoin (BTC) bears lost out at the last minute as 2021 came to an end — and consensus is building around China again being the reason for weakness.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewChina “last hammer” could now provide optimism on BTCHours before the yearly close, BTC/USD dived $2,000 to lows of $45,630 on Bitstamp before a modest recovery drew a line under 2021 at $47,200, data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows.While something of an anticlimax and far below many popular projections, the lack of parabolic upside for Bitcoin has recently seen explanations shift to exchanges.Chinese users, following years…