Bitcoin Price Passes $500 as Optimism Continues
Have you checked the price of bitcoin today? You might have noticed it's climbed up a bit more than when you had last checked it. At Bitstamp, the current price (as of this writing, of course) is about $511 - up just over three percent in the last twenty-four hours. Passing the $500 mark, some say, is a move past a big psychological barrier, which could of course mean that the price could continue its climb. Read more: Tuesday Ends With Bitcoin Price Up Nearly Ten Percent. That said, it's difficult to pinpoint just what caused the price increase in the first place after hovering in the....
Related News
Optimism price registered a spike of 25% after its opening at $1.9890. The OP/USD pair currently trades at $1.9510, with a high of $2.2150 and a low of $1.9390. The current price movement of Optimism is going with the flow as far as the Ethereum layer-2 protocol is concerned. It makes use of rollups that enable quicker and low-cost Ethereum transactions. OP Labs of Optimism protocol has announced this week that the planned update will happen this quarter 4 of 2022. And when that happens, this will be a game-changer. Early Friday, OP has spiked by 11.43% and the sentiments show that it....
As Bitcoin (BTC) continues to trade in the mid-$80,000 range, optimism on social media appears to be strengthening around the leading cryptocurrency. Crypto analysts suggest that BTC may be gearing up for its next move upward, with some eyeing a potential target of $95,000. Bitcoin Sentiment Improves Despite Tariff Uncertainty Macroeconomic uncertainty continues to brew […]
Ten days into June, bitcoin continues to trade lower, with prices hovering close to a twelve-month low. Despite this, there continues to be optimism around potential rallies in price over the next few weeks. Overall, there is still a lot of uncertainty in the market, with the potential for either bullish or bearish runs in upcoming sessions.
Current Market Conditions
Heading into June, bitcoin (BTC) had seen its value fall for nine consecutive weeks, pushing prices to their lowest level since the same point last year.
This run started towards the end of March, when....
Ethereum layer 2 network Optimism (OP) has maintained its market recovery in the last few days, recording a 5.57% gain over the last 24 hours, based on data from CoinMarketCap. Since hitting the $1.31 price mark, Optimism has embarked on an upward curve, looking set to return to the high price levels seen at the start of August. Optimism Major Investors Boost Holdings By 300% In The Last Year Among many positives for Optimism, the on-chain analytics firm, Santiment has also revealed another significant development for the altcoin in terms of investors’ interest. Related Reading:....
On August 17, the decentralized exchange (dex) aggregator 1inch announced the platform will leverage the Layer 2 solution called optimistic rollups provided by the project Optimism. The collaboration with Optimism aims to “substantially increase transaction speeds and lower gas fees for 1inch users.” 1inch to Use the L2 Solution Optimistic Rollups via Optimism Gateway Ever since the Ethereum network has been dealing with transaction congestion and much higher fees in 2021, innovations revolving around Layer 2 (L2) scaling solutions and sidechains have been pushed to the....