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Ethereum hit an all-time high on Thursday as investors bought the cryptocurrency before the launch of ethereum futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange next week.
Ether, the second biggest crypto asset after bitcoin, hit its previous all-time high of US$1 400 this month and is trading at 130 times its price of four years ago. Astonishingly, the rally may be far from over.
Bitcoin wavered on Friday and was heading toward its sharpest weekly drop since September, as worries over regulation and its frothy rally drove a pullback from recent record highs.
Bitcoin fell sharply on Monday, losing ground from a record high of $34 800 touched a day earlier, with traders citing volatility in highly leveraged futures markets.
Bitcoin may have grabbed the headlines in 2020 with a price gain of 160% for the year to date, but this pales alongside its smaller brother, ethereum, which has clocked up a gain of 344% so far.
Digital currencies ethereum and XRP soared on Monday, gaining momentum as bitcoin powered on towards its all-time high.
The most exciting innovation in initial distribution of cryptocurrency in 2019 is Handshake’s directed airdrop.
Technical indicators show the price action between bitcoin and alternative tokens is nearing its highest correlation this year, indicating that a so-called alt season may be on the horizon.
Facebook’s foray into digital currencies risks reversing gains in privacy and user sovereignty won by computer networking pioneers, according to one of the co-founders of ethereum.