Author: The Daily Hodl

A closely followed crypto analyst believes that the altcoin market is entering an uptrend after bottoming out. In a new strategy session, crypto trader Michaël van de Poppe tells his 751,700 followers on the social media platform X that the price action of the OTHERS chart may be printing a bullish pattern on the weekly timeframe. The OTHERS chart, which is often used to gauge the altcoin market strength, tracks the market capitalization of all crypto assets excluding the 10 largest coins and stablecoins. “The altcoin market capitalization (OTHERS) has bottomed out. There is a bullish divergence and a strong…

A member of the Texas House of Representatives just proposed a new legislation that will enable the Lone Star State to establish a strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserve within its treasury. Republican state Representative Giovanni Capriglione filed the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act on Thursday. The bill says the strategic Bitcoin reserve aligns with the state’s commitment to fostering innovation in digital assets and enhancing financial security as the flagship cryptocurrency can serve as a hedge against inflation and economic volatility. If approved, the proposed law will allow Texas residents to voluntarily contribute to the reserve gifts, grants, donations, bequests or…

Solana (SOL) was the top ecosystem choice this year for new developers, according to a recent report. Researchers at the venture firm Electric Capital note that 39,148 new developers explored the crypto space in 2024. The firm also says that 2024 was the first year since 2016 that any ecosystem besides Ethereum (ETH) ranked first among the new developer cohort, with 7,625 new devs choosing Solana, compared to 6,456 for Ethereum. Solana also leads in terms of decentralized exchange (DEX) usage, capturing 81% of DEX transactions and ranking the highest in terms of the number of unique trading wallets. Base,…

New data from market intelligence firm Glassnode reveals that decentralized oracle network Chainlink (LINK) is gaining on-chain momentum as its price rises. In a new thread on the social media platform X, Glassnode says that LINK’s fundamentals are improving along with its active address momentum and rising price tag. “While LINK’s price surge was clearly driven by speculative and short-term market activity, its fundamentals are improving too. Active addresses momentum is trending higher, with the short-term SMA (simple moving average) of 6,682 still above the long-term SMA of 5,878. That said, active addresses remain far below their 2021 peak of…

Top US crypto exchange Coinbase has added support for three additional digital assets, including memecoin Gigachad (GIGA). Solana (SOL)-based GIGA, a crypto asset inspired by the photo shoot of Russian bodybuilder Ernest Khalimov, is up more than 39% from its $0.04911 low on Tuesday, the day it was listed on Coinbase. GIGA is trading for $0.06844 at time of writing. With a market cap of $657.9 million, Gigachad is the 183rd largest crypto project. Coinbase also added support for Magic Eden (ME) on the Solana network, a utility token for the Magic Eden non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. Users can list…

New data blockchain explorer Blockchair reveals that a hacker took advantage of an exploit in Dogecoin’s (DOGE) blockchain, causing the majority of its nodes to crash. Earlier this week, a Dogecoin monitoring platform noticed that the number of DOGE nodes dipped from 647 to just 205, a decrease of about 69%. “Our monitoring made us aware that the vulnerability appears to have been exploited, and almost 69% of the Dogecoin network has crashed. Blockchair shows the number of public nodes. Before, it was 647, and at the time of writing it is just 205.” However, according to Blockchair, some DOGE…

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) pioneer and early crypto adopter Roger Ver claims the US government was attempting to subvert Bitcoin (BTC) as far back as 2011. Ver says in a new interview with Tucker Carlson that Bitcointalk.org, an early BTC forum, was flooded with bots the same week Bitcoin started to get worldwide media attention for the first time. “Somebody out there literally made the forum unusable as early as 2011. And around that same time, we already know that the CIA was interested in Bitcoin because they were asking different Bitcoin developers, ‘Hey can you explain Bitcoin to us?’ So…

The two founders behind a leading blockchain data firm are diving into what has fueled Bitcoin’s (BTC) most recent venture past $100,000. According to Glassnode co-founders Jan Happel and Yann Allemann, inflation data sparked this week’s BTC rally to over $100,000. “With inflation data meeting expectations, Bitcoin has surged back above $100,000! Next steps: Flip $102,000 into support, breaking the price compression below this zone. A loss of $100,000 could lead to a retest of the $97,200–$98,500 support, aligning with the lower end of the ascending channel. A daily close above $102,000 sets sights on $104,000, and eventually, the upper…

Leading crypto exchange Binance and stablecoin issuer Circle are teaming up to expand the adoption of USDC. In a statement, Binance says the strategic partnership, which was announced at the Abu Dhabi Finance Week on Wednesday, will make USDC more available across its suite of products and services. The exchange says the collaboration will enable its users to seamlessly access and use the dollar-pegged stablecoin for trading, saving and payment applications. Says Binance CEO Richard Teng, “Through our strategic partnership, our users will have even more opportunities to use USDC on our platform, including more USDC trading pairs, special promotions…

Asset management giant BlackRock is reportedly promoting Bitcoin (BTC) as a part of a balanced portfolio. According to a new report by Bloomberg, BlackRock – which has over $10 trillion in assets under its management – released a new research paper saying that a 2% allocation of the top crypto asset by market cap in multi-asset portfolios is “reasonable.” Furthermore, BlackRock says investors weighing their portfolios with 1% or 2% BTC would “produce a similar risk profile to the so-called Magnificent Seven technology stocks in a standard 60/40 portfolio of stocks and bonds.” However, the asset management firm also warns…