Author: Andrew Turner

Andrew is a writer that does most of his work on cryptocurrency-related topics. While he's primarily interested in Bitcoin, he also follows major altcoins and the innovative ideas that new cryptocurrency and blockchain projects are bringing to the table.

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Binance Coin Ranks #3 as Binance completes 21st quarterly BNB Burn–Top Coins to Watch for Oct 17–Oct 23
ByAndrew Turner October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

The total cryptocurrency market capitalization dropped by some $20 billion throughout last week, causing the cryptocurrency sector to enter Week 42 with a total valuation of only $945 billion. Judging by the fact that the total market capitalization is following a slightly decreasing trend, it seems more likely that the market will dip below $900 billion valuation before we will se market caps higher than $1 trillion again. Nevertheless, each week one can find several coins that stand out from the recently mostly negative general market trend. This week, we have identified the following three “exchange coins” – 2 belonging to CEX platforms and 1 belonging to a popular DEX protocol.

Read More Binance Coin Ranks #3 as Binance completes 21st quarterly BNB Burn–Top Coins to Watch for Oct 17–Oct 23
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Chainlink Ranks #1 Thanks to Plans to Launch LINK Staking in Dec 2022–Top Coins to Watch for Oct 10–Oct 16
ByAndrew Turner October 10, 2022October 10, 2022

With no major moves in the valuations of largest cryptocurrencies last week the total cryptocurrency market capitalization still lingers below $1 trillion. The only notable exception was Ripple (XRP), which gained almost 20% last week as investors still await the resolution of the SEC legal battle. Nevertheless, this was not enough to cause a noteworthy increase the total market capitalization, which stood at $962 billion at the beginning of this week. In hopes that we will soon see more green numbers and a market cap higher than $1 trillion, we place our bets on the following three projects this week.

Read More Chainlink Ranks #1 Thanks to Plans to Launch LINK Staking in Dec 2022–Top Coins to Watch for Oct 10–Oct 16
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Optimism Earns #2 Spot Thanks to OpenSea Integration–Top Coins to Watch for Oct 3–Oct 9
ByAndrew Turner October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

After another week with no bigger moves on the cryptocurrency market, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization stands at $970 billion as we enter Week 40. Bitcoin has been trading below $20,000 for the majority of the week, but the number of coins that remained unmoved in the past 90 days has hit the all-time high. This indicates that there is still a large percentage of strong-hand holders among us. With no foreseeable moves expected in the prices of Top 20 cryptos (except for XRP – which we are still following to see whether and how the SEC lawsuit will end), we have turned to smaller market cap but still reputable coins and tokens for this week’s Top 3 Coins to Watch selection.

Read More Optimism Earns #2 Spot Thanks to OpenSea Integration–Top Coins to Watch for Oct 3–Oct 9
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XRP Claims #1 as Investors Expect Favorable Resolution of SEC vs Ripple Legal Saga–Top Coins to Watch for Sep 26–Oct 2
ByAndrew Turner September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

The total cryptocurrency market capitalization is again in a slow but steady decline. The total valuation of all cryptocurrecies in circulation combined accounted for $945 billion at the beginning of this week. However, while the average price change last week was negative several crypto assets defied the market trend and stood out by posting high gains. Best performers of last week were Ripple (XRP), Quant (QNT) and Algorand (ALGO).

Read More XRP Claims #1 as Investors Expect Favorable Resolution of SEC vs Ripple Legal Saga–Top Coins to Watch for Sep 26–Oct 2
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ParallelChain Raises $50M From GEM Digital to Support Continuous Innovation and Ecosystem Growth
ByAndrew Turner September 22, 2022September 22, 2022

ParallelChain Lab, a blockchain company focused on bridging the divide between Web2 and Web3 services, has announced it reached a $50 million financing agreement with GEM Digital, a digital asset-focused venture capital firm.

Read More ParallelChain Raises $50M From GEM Digital to Support Continuous Innovation and Ecosystem Growth
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SweatCoin, a Recently-Launched Move-to-Earn Token, Ranks #2–Top Coins to Watch for Sep 19–Sep 25
ByAndrew Turner September 19, 2022September 19, 2022

Despite the successful competition on The Merge on the Ethereum mainnet on Thursday, September 15, ETH and the majority of other cryptocurrencies lost value last week. While the total market capitalization peaked at $1.1 trillion on Tuesday, it took a dive towards the $1 trillion line on Wednesday and dropped below this psychological line soon after The Merge was completed. Possible culprits for the downward trend include growing inflation as crypto market plunged in correlation with the stock market. Furthermore, the red numbers could also be a result of hype-driven investors and speculative traders dumping their ETH soon after the big event was behind us, as ETH ended the week as one of the biggest losers, ending the week with an almost 20% loss.

Read More SweatCoin, a Recently-Launched Move-to-Earn Token, Ranks #2–Top Coins to Watch for Sep 19–Sep 25
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Ethereum Ranks #1 as The Merge is Expected to Execute in the Middle of the Week –Top Coins to Watch for Sep 12–18
ByAndrew Turner September 12, 2022September 12, 2022

After a few weeks of rather sideways trading, the cryptocurrency market has demonstrated a slight growth in valuation last week. While the total market capitalizations accounted for almost exactly $1 trillion last Sunday, the total valuation of all cryptocurrencies combined stood at almost $1.1 trillion at the beginning of Week 37. Nevertheless, some cryptos exceeded the market average growth of 10%. These include LUNA, LUNC, RVN, HNT and ATOM to mention just a couple currencies that have demonstrated the fastest growth in terms of relative price change throughout last week. To find out which coins could end up dominating the list of gainers for this week, continue reading this article.

Read More Ethereum Ranks #1 as The Merge is Expected to Execute in the Middle of the Week –Top Coins to Watch for Sep 12–18
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Kava Ranks #2 as Kava 11 is soon to be deployed on mainnet–Top Coins to Watch for Sep 5–Sep 11
ByAndrew Turner September 5, 2022September 5, 2022

After another week of rather sideways trading the total cryptocurrency market capitalization still hoovers around $1 trillion as we enter Week 36. Perhaps, as the Ethereum Merge approaches a new trend cryptocurrency market trend will crystalize, causing the total capitalization to either lift off or take a dive even deeper, below the current $1 trillion valuation. Either way the market plays out, you are more likely to end the week in the green if you follow the news from the crypto world. So here is our Top 3 Coins to Watch article – essentially a short summary of future (and past) events that are likely going to influence the prices of associated cryptocurrencies this week.

Read More Kava Ranks #2 as Kava 11 is soon to be deployed on mainnet–Top Coins to Watch for Sep 5–Sep 11
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Uniswap Ranks #1 as the Project’s Governance Community Unanimously Decides to Create the Uniswap Foundation–Top Coins to Watch for Aug 29–Sep 4
ByAndrew Turner August 29, 2022August 29, 2022

During another week of bear market, the cryptocurrency market capitalization dipped below $1 trillion for the first time since the end of July. After a minuscule recovery, the combined market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is slowly reaching back the $1.00 trillion milestone as we enter Week 35. Both BTC and ETH have incurred weekly losses of around 5%, causing two of the biggest cryptocurrencies to change hands at prices of $20,000 and $1,500 respectively – both of which are very near the coins’ two-year low valuation. Will we see trend reversal this week or will the market cap dive even deeper in the sub $1 trillion levels?

Read More Uniswap Ranks #1 as the Project’s Governance Community Unanimously Decides to Create the Uniswap Foundation–Top Coins to Watch for Aug 29–Sep 4