First Mover: Dogecoin Miners Revenue Up 4,500% This Year

PLUS: Bitcoin Stalls at $56K Resistance; Support Within Reach

Everything you need to make sense of the crypto markets and beyond By the CoinDesk Markets Team Edited by Lawrence Lewitinn, Managing Editor, Global Capital Markets April 28, 2021 Sponsored by     Bitcoin (BTC) -0.6%  $54,459 Ether (ETH)  +3.5%  $2,637 (Price data as of April 28 @11:00 UTC) If you were forwarded this newsletter and would like to receive it, sign up here.  Good morning. Here's what we're writing about: Market Moves: Dogecoin Miners Revenue Surges by 4,500% Technician's Take:    Check out the CoinDesk TV show "First Mover," hosted by Christine Lee, Lawrence Lewitinn and Emily Parker, at 9 a.m. U.S. Eastern time. Today the show will feature guests: Cynthia Lummis, United States Senator (R-Wyoming) Michael Moro, Genesis Global CEO Sébastien Derivaux, MakerDAO Head of Real-World Finance Biggest Movers These are the biggest movers in the CoinDesk 20 over the past 24 hours:   Gainers: Aave (AAVE): +7.6% Yearn Finance (YFI): +6.5% NuCypher (NU): +3.9%   Losers:  Stellar (XLM): -5.7% XRP (XPR): -5.1% Tezos (XTZ): -4.3%   The CoinDesk 20 are 20 digital assets filtered from the larger universe of thousands of cryptocurrencies and constitute roughly 99% of the market by volume at eight of the largest and most trustworthy exchanges. Market Moves by Omkar Godbole Dogecoin Miners Revenue Up 4,500% This Year The dogecoin (DOGE) army is not the only one making a killing this year. Miners responsible for generating the Shiba Inu-themed cryptocurrency may also be laughing their way to the bank. The daily revenue of dogecoin (DOGE) miners rose to a record high of $3.6 million on April 26, marking a 4,575% rise from the New Year's day tally of $77,000, blockchain data provided by ByteTree shows. Revenue estimates assume miners, who operate predominantly on cash, sell their coins immediately. Miners receive newly created coins and transaction processing fees as a reward for mining blocks and processing transactions on the distributed ledger. Dogecoin daily miner revenue (Source: ByteTree) The price of dogecoin has rallied by 7,000% this year, sending miner revenue skywards. The meme-based cryptocurrency reached a record high of 45 cents on April 18 and was last seen changing hands near 32 cents, up nearly 20% rise on a 24-hour basis. Data provided by Coin Metrics shows a 60-fold increase in daily transaction fees this year alongside several brief spikes in the number of daily transactions. However, transaction fees brought in just $23,200 or 0.64% of the total miner revenue of $3.6 million on April 26. Dogecoin: Daily transaction fees and transaction count (Source: Coin Metrics) Some observers fear the ongoing price rally is a bubble that can burst easily as 98 wallets are holding nearly 65% of all coins. Besides, the cryptocurrency is heavily influenced by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's usually humorous tweets. Bitcoin bull and CEO of Galaxy Digital Mike Novogratz recently called dogecoin's rally a sign of speculative retail frenzy. However, DOGE's real-world adoption is gaining traction with basketball team Dallas Mavericks, medical supplier CovCare, and several others adopting the cryptocurrency as a payments alternative. Read the original story here: Dogecoin Miners Revenue Up 4,500% This Year A message from Nexo Your digital assets deserve a savings account in their BEST INTEREST. Leading crypto lender Nexo treats you, your crypto and your fiat to industry-best Crypto & Fiat services, featuring:    * Up to 12% interest on digital assets, paid out daily! * Yields available on BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH, XRP, XLM, EOS, TRX, LINK, BNB, PAXG, USDT, USDC, TUSD, PAX, DAI, HUSD, GBP and EUR. * No minimum or maximum limits on funds deposited, offering infinite opportunities to earn. * #ZeroFees on all transactions. * Military-grade wallet security and top-tier insurance on all custodial assets with SOC 2 Type 2 certified crypto custodian BitGo. Get started at nexo.io Technician's Take by Damanick Dantes Bitcoin Stalls at $56K Resistance; Support Within Reach Bitcoin (BTC) has traded in a tight range over the past two days after rallying nearly 18% from the April 25 low around $47,000. The cryptocurrency was trading around immediate support at $54,700 at the time of writing and has nearly retraced 50% of the prior two-week downtrend. Lower support is around $52,000. Hourly BTC chart shows recent trading range with support and resistance levels alongside RSI (Source: TradingView) BTC stalled just below $56,000 resistance after the relative strength index (RSI) reached overbought levels on intraday charts. Lower highs on the hourly RSI indicates slowing upside momentum after the 18% price rally. Typically slowing momentum suggests profit taking as buyers look to establish positions at lower support levels. BTC is trading just above the 50-period volume weighted moving average on the hourly chart, which could provide immediate short-term support. BTC will need to return above $56,000 to sustain the recovery from last week's sell-off.   Original story found here: Bitcoin Stalls at $56K Resistance; Support Within Reach A message from Residual Our software platform leverages blockchain's near instantaneous, immutable settlement capabilities and eliminates latency and costly transaction fees. 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How is India's largest crypto exchange responding to that country's Covid crisis? Is the regulatory environment affecting crypto relief efforts, and what is the state of the crypto industry generally in India right now? Also, Daniel Lacalle of Tressis Gestión joins today's markets discussion, and Hong Fang of OKCoin on what it's like being the only woman CEO of a U.S. crypto exchange. Introducing CoinDesk Indexes TradeBlock, the leader in providing crypto asset indexes to financial institutions, will now assume the CoinDesk name. Introducing CoinDesk Indexes: the industry standard for institutional-grade digital currency price references with billions of dollars in monthly trading volume quoted against them. Underlying new brand names, TradeBlock's index methodology will continue to adhere to the standards of integrity and reliability that have always differentiated its indexes. Read more about CoinDesk Indexes, the industry standard in crypto benchmarks. Latest Headlines   Turkish Government Plans Central Custodian Bank to Manage Crypto Risk: Report Authorities are also contemplating a capital threshold for crypto exchanges and education requirements for the executives at the firms, Bloomberg said, citing an unnamed official. Square Adds Bitcoin Policy Lead From US Chamber of Commerce Julie Stitzel was at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness prior to joining Square.   US Officials Arrest Alleged Operator of $336M Bitcoin Mixing Service Roman Sterlingov faces three charges: unlicensed money transmission, money laundering and money laundering without a license. Asian Video Game Publisher Nexon Buys $100M in Bitcoin The purchase represent less than 2% of Nexon's total cash and cash equivalents on hand, the firm says. BitMEX Launches New Program to Reward Partners, Drive Platform Traffic The program is an attempt to spur new user growth and reinvent the platform's image. Coinbase Pro Delays Rollout of Tether Trading Citing API Issues Coinbase has said it is continuing to work on the backend while it resolves the issue. Dogecoin Spikes on Elon Musk's SNL Tweet The Tesla CEO referred to himself as "The Dogefather" ahead of his SNL appearance on May 8. DBS, JPMorgan and Temasek to Create Blockchain-Based Payments Joint Venture The platform, to be dubbed "Partior," will seek to disrupt the traditional payments model and the common pain points that come with it. Malaysian Delivery App Bungkusit to Use Blockchain to Avoid Customer Disputes A delivery photo, as well as other details such as the order, location and drop off are recorded and stored on a blockchain.   CoinDesk Research: Does Bitcoin Have an Energy Problem? Is Bitcoin bad for the environment? This CoinDesk Research report looks at the data behind the most common critiques and shows that, while Bitcoin uses a lot of energy, the mix is evolving toward renewables. 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