Why Solana and Polkadot Have Been The Least Impacted By The Crypto Crash
Research firm Messari published a report on the performance of 5 sectors in the crypto industry after the recent crash. Written by Roberto Talamas, the report determined that smart contracts (Solana, Cosmos, Polkadot, Kusama, and others) have been amongst the least affected by this event. Relentless selling pressure caused the main cryptocurrencies to correct by […]
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On Tuesday, the fund manager Wisdomtree announced the launch of three crypto asset exchange-traded products (ETPs). The ETPs are associated with the cryptocurrency networks Solana, Cardano, and Polkadot and the new crypto investment products are currently listed on Börse Xetra, SIX, and the Swiss Stock Exchange.
Wisdomtree Launches Cardano, Solana, and Polkadot Exchange-Traded Products
Wisdomtree has announced the launch of three new digital currency exchange traded products (ETPs) and the products are physically-backed by cryptocurrency. Wisdomtree revealed on Tuesday that....
The Solana price rebounded quite nicely from the October 10 crash, quickly reclaiming $200 after hitting as low as $150 on some crypto exchanges. Despite this, though, the altcoin is still not out of the woods, with bearish indicators that seem to be piling up around it. Unless something changes soon, the Solana price could be gearing up for another major hit that could send it down even lower than the legendary flash crash. Friday’s Crash Was Only Confirmation Of Bearish Pattern For Solana Price While the broader market thinks that the October 10 crash has come and gone, leaving the....
Solana (SOL) is the best performing asset in the crypto top 10 by market cap. The market seems to be positively reacting to Solana Labs’ smartphone announcement as the cryptocurrency is surging faster than other assets in this tanking. Related Reading | Bitcoin Whale Presence On Derivatives Still High, More Volatility Ahead? At the time of writing, SOL’s price trades at $42 with a 12% and 36% profit in the last 24 hours and 7 days respectively. In the meantime, the second-best performing cryptocurrency is XRP with a 16% profit in the past week, followed by Polkadot (DOT) with 15%, and....
Polkadot (DOT) is experiencing a sharp price correction for the past days, painting its charts in red as it continues to struggle to find a solid footing and start climbing once again. At press time, tracking from Coingecko shows the crypto is trading at $6.11, going down by 1% over the last seven days, 5.1% for the past two weeks and by 4.6% over the last month. Furthermore, forecast from cryptocurrency data provider Coincodex points at a massive decline for Polkadot. While the altcoin in seen to slightly increase its value over the next five days to $6.18, it is bound to fall down all....
Electricity consumption has been one of the major concerns with the advent of cryptocurrencies especially Polkadot. Though with models running with the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, this electricity use seems to be minimal since their process for transaction validations is staking. But the story is not the same for those running with Proof-of-Work (PoW) such as Bitcoin. Mining is the associated process through which the PoW models could validate their network transactions. However, the process consumes lots of electricity as it uses highly computational equipment to solve....