Author: The Daily Hodl

A closely followed on-chain analyst says that investors are pulling out massive amounts of Bitcoin (BTC) over the last week. Popular analyst Ali Martinez says in the second week of December, market participants took out nearly $4 billion worth of BTC from crypto exchanges. Citing data from digital asset analytics firm CryptoQuant, Martinez details a steady downtrend in the overall balance of BTC on crypto exchanges. “Another 40,000 BTC were withdrawn from exchanges over the past week, totaling over $3.92 billion!” However, Martinez also says that Bitcoin miners have unloaded massive amounts of BTC during the first half of the…

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Bitcoin (BTC) is starting the week at another all-time high as optimism around the incoming new presidential administration builds. At time of writing, BTC is trading above $107,000, up nearly 10% in the last week and over 150% year-to-date. President-elect Donald Trump, the first vocally pro-digital asset commander-in-chief of the US who has referred to himself as the “crypto president,” was spotted over the weekend accumulating several altcoins. According to data from crypto intelligence platform Arkham, the treasury for Trump’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) project, has acquired at least $50 million worth of crypto assets, including Ethereum (ETH), Chainlink (LINK)…

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President-elect Donald Trump’s crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) is loading up on decentralized finance (DeFi) altcoins, on-chain data shows. Blockchain intelligence platform Arkham reports that WLFI’s treasury acquired $50 million worth of different DeFi coins in preparation for its launch. “UPDATE: DONALD TRUMP’S WORLD LIBERTY FI ACQUIRED $50 MILLION OF DEFI COINS The World Liberty Finance Treasury just acquired: $35 million of ETH/WETH$10 million of cbBTC$1 million of LINK$1 million of AAVE Is Trump long DeFi?” WLFI went live with its token sale in October. The project originally said that 63% of all WLFI would be sold to the…

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The richest country in Southeast Asia has reportedly become the global leader in crypto adoption. Citing data from consultancy Henley & Partners, Bloomberg reports that Singapore is beating all other countries in embracing cryptocurrencies with the necessary infrastructure and rules the nation built for the digital asset industry. Singapore now has about 30 payments firms, including US-based Coinbase and Ripple and Hong Kong-based Futu that are licensed to provide digital token services by the central bank and financial regulator, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which is also experimenting with a digital Singapore dollar. The city-state is also implementing tax…

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The founder of venture capital firm Pomp Investments says that mounting US national debt is helping push Bitcoin (BTC) to new heights. In a new interview with Fox Business, longtime crypto bull Anthony Pompliano says that as long as the US government keeps the money printers on, the top crypto asset by market cap will continue to rally. “I think that Bitcoin is going to continue to go up as long as the government keeps printing money. So at the same time that Trump has been elected and has stepped into the White House, saying that he’s going to be…

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A widely followed crypto analyst says that holders of smart contract platform Solana (SOL) may be due for the same pain Ethereum (ETH) traders felt during previous cycles. In a new interview on the Crypto Banter YouTube channel, popular crypto trader Benjamin Cowen says that Solana paired against Bitcoin (SOL/BTC) is printing the same patterns that ETH/BTC did years ago before stagnating. “A lot of these altcoins follow this pattern, and I want to show you this really interesting pattern by Solana… It’s following the same pattern so far – look at ETH/BTC. This was a 90% drop followed by…

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A veteran crypto trader says that one digital assets sector is about to pull off an under-the-radar repeat of its 2021 rallies. The pseudonymous trader known as Bluntz tells his 304,000 followers on the social media platform X that the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector is “de-risked” following news that the crypto project linked to President-elect Donald Trump has accumulated tokens. Says Bluntz, “The president is accumulating DeFi coins and is making his own DeFi company. I think it’s safe to assume DeFi is now de-risked and due for a 2021 repeat.” Crypto intelligence platform Arkham recently reported that Trump’s World…

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Macro guru Luke Gromen believes the US has minimal choice but to seriously consider elevating Bitcoin (BTC) as a neutral reserve asset. In a new interview with Bitcoin firebrand Robert Breedlove, Gromen says the country is facing a national security crisis after Russia crushed US and NATO forces in Ukraine. Gromen believes that the defeat has changed the rules of the game, forcing the Department of Defense and the national security apparatus to abandon the fiat currency system. According to the macro guru, the US dollar system drove the country to shutter its factories, crippling America’s ability to manufacture armaments…

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An on-chain analyst says deep-pocketed investors are loading up massive amounts of Cardano (ADA) and a top memecoin as the market went sideways for the past week. Analyst Ali Martinez tells his 98,800 followers on the social media platform X that crypto whales accumulated $85.6 million worth of ADA in a couple of days. “Cardano whales bought over 80 million ADA in 48 hours!” At time of writing, ADA is trading for $1.07. Martinez also says deep-pocketed investors snapped up $64 million worth of the large-cap memecoin Dogecoin (DOGE). “Whales bought another 160 million Dogecoin DOGE in 24 hours!” At…

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A closely followed crypto trader and Elliott Wave specialist is forecasting rallies for several altcoins amid a correction in the digital asset markets. Pseudonymous trader Bluntz tells his 304,000 followers on the social media platform X that the utility token for decentralized oracle service Pyth Network (PYTH) has broken out of a bull flag pattern. Bluntz’s chart also suggests that PYTH is in the midst of a five-wave impulse to around the $0.50 level. “Solana ecosystem looking good again, nice bull flag PYTH breakout. Looking impulsive.” Bluntz practices Elliott Wave theory, which states that a bullish asset tends to go…

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