• The launch of Ethereum 2.0 may be delayed
• Twitter hackers made $121,000 in Bitcoin
The consolidation that we have seen in the last few weeks has ended in losses for most cryptocurrencies. Some altcoins that jumped in the last two weeks such as Stellar, Tezos, Cardano, VeChain and Chainlink suffered the greatest losses. Bitcoin's market dominance decreased to 62.4%. The capitalization of all digital assets in circulation reached almost $269 billion, while an average daily trading volume dropped to $53 billion.
Open interest for Bitcoin rises
According to recent report from Skew, Bitcoin futures contracts open interest continues to surge despite declining volatility. The recent analysis data shows that the open interest on Bybit crypto exchange platform had jumped to a new high of $434 million by July. Bybit CEO, Ben Zhou said: "When there is market volatility, volume spikes. However, when more users enter the market, open interest would naturally increase. Recently, we have seen more users registering and I do believe that this is a clear indicator that a bullish market is upon us."
Recent risk aversion helped Bitcoin break free from the wedge formation pattern. Yesterday price broke below the $9100 support level. Should downbeat moods prevail, support at $8964.31 may come into play. Source: xStation5Ethereum 2.0 Sets for Another Delay?
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake said that Ethereum 2.0 might not launch until January 2021, far later than the 2020 release that the Foundation is pushing for. Ethereum 2.0 is the next version of the Ethereum blockchain which offers users more utility in terms of increased transaction capacity, staking and decentralized application development among other key features. For the launch to happen, Ethereum 2.0 would need, among other things, a public testnet and a bug bounty program running for two to three months, said Drake. “All the above cannot happen in Q3 2020,” he said. “I'm now inclined to say that the earliest practical date for genesis is something like January 3, 2021 (Bitcoin's 12th anniversary)."
Ethereum is trading in the middle of the range around $230.00 level The positive movement of Ethereum needs to go above the $250.00 level to confirm the new bullish scenario for the medium term. However breaking below $215.00 may trigger a bigger downward move.Source: xStation5On Wednesday, several high-profile accounts on Twitter (TWTR.US) were hacked simultaneously and the hackers sent out tweets promising to send $2000 to every $1000 sent to anonymous Bitcoin addresses. Company is investigating this security breach, which impacted the accounts of Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Barack Obama and Uber. According to the Blockchain intelligence firm – Elliptic, four Bitcoin wallets were used by hackers to receive around 400 payments (valued at $121,000).
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