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The Question Is Not IF, But WHEN Will Cardano (ADA) Reach $3

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Cardano has made so much headlines as accomplishing many recent updates on their roadmap have helped ADA reach the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

In addition to strong fundamentals, Cardano (ADA) has an interesting technical formation that signals an upcoming price movement. There are high expectations of the community for the price of $3. The question is not IF, but rather WHEN will Cardano (ADA) reach $3?


Is Cardano (ADA) a Good Investment?

Cardano holders have made huge profits since the beginning of 2021. In fact, the value of the token has increased from $0.15 to $1.70. This is +800% returns that are more than traditional shares, and many crypto. In that sense, Cardano is a great investment.

To assess whether Cardano is a good investment today, we need to understand its current price, the schedule of upcoming projects, and what’s happening in ADA community.

Cardano Price Forecast-short-term goal of $2

In the last 24 hours, ADA has managed to jump 6%, while its competitors such as XRP and XLM have fallen almost 4%. In the medium term, the ADA is still in an uptrend. In figure below, we can clearly see how prices have been steadily rising.

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ADA prices are a bit too high so you can expect a slight correction in the short term, especially before reaching the $2 price mark. This target price is expected to be reached around July 2021.

When will Cardano Reach $3?

Many people expect the ADA to reach the price of $3. This will lead to a market capitalization of about $96 billion.

To achieve target of $96 Billion marketcap ADA has to bring innovations, new partnerships, institution investors, and ADA team has been successfully doing this. ADA team is busy in bringing many new features that will certainly increase price of ADA above $3.

The Cardano blockchain development team has already revealed information about the release of the smart contracts. Following the release of its Mary protocol in March, Charles Hoskinson’s Cardano founder announced that its Alonzo update would be available in August.

The addition of smart contracts to Cardano will lead to a flood of new businesses that can potentially reward investors and thus create new earning opportunities.

Smart contracts will appear on the main network for Cardano, probably in August, provided that there are no delays with the roadmap. Because of smart contracts We’re going to see this just an explosion of new projects coming to Cardano.

You can expect big things from Solana (SOL), Because of its high speed, low fees, and size, the Solana developer ecosystem prefers to build with Solana as the ecosystem expands, without sacrificing censorship resistance or protection.

Non-exchangeable tokens( NFTs), which are unique digital assets that can be used to showcase digital art, real estate, tickets, etc, coming on Cardano, are another trend that will continue to generate returns for investors.

With so many developments, it is only matter of time ADA price will touch $3. You can expect ADA price to reach $3 by the end of September, 2021. But it will not be a straight path, you can expect lot of ups and downs before reaching 3 Dollars.

Ripplenet Will Be Used By SBI Ripple Asia For Cambodia-Vietnam Remittance Service

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SBI Ripple Asia and SBI LY HOUR BANK PLC have obtained the necessary license from the Central Bank of Cambodia for money transfers using RippleNet.

RippleNet will facilitate faster, cheaper and more convenient money transfers between Cambodia and Vietnam.


SBI Ripple Asia Co., a joint venture between SBI Holdings and Ripple established back in 2016, is expanding its presence in Asia, according to the latest statement.

Announcement: http://www.sbigroup.co.jp/news/2021/0507_12447.html

The company said that in cooperation with SBI LY Hour Bank, it will be able to provide Cambodia’s first international money transfer service using blockchain. The Company also confirmed that after successful trials, it has received the approval from the Central Bank of Cambodia.

Using RippleNet, the new partnership will facilitate faster, safer, and more convenient transfers of funds in the region. According to the announcement, RippleNet will offer very convenient real-time services with the lowest fees for international money transfers between Cambodia and Vietnam. In the past, Money transfer between these countries was a slow and expensive process that took two to three days.

RippleNet is a global payment network created by Ripple that allows institutions to offer companies and their customers fast, cheap and reliable payment solutions using blockchain technology and the XRP cryptocurrency.

SBI LY HOUR bank is a new bank that has achieved great success in the region. Having started as microfinance in 2012, the bank was granted a commercial banking license by the National Bank of Cambodia in March 2020. A year after its licensing, it enters into a partnership with financial services giants SBI Holdings to offer financial solutions for the region.

SBI LY HOUR Bank CEO Surng Ut said:

To have such low-cost real-time money transfers, the new service brings huge benefits to the people of Cambodia. Customers will be able to transfer money quickly through our banks. This connection allows customers who have an account on Bakong-a mobile payment system initiated by the National Bank of Cambodia-to instantly transfer funds to their account.

SBI Holding has already entered into a distributed ledger technology (DLT) agreement with commercial joint-stock bank Tien Phong (TP Bank), which will facilitate money transfers to Vietnam. The financial giant became a partner of the Vietnamese bank in August 2009 and currently owns 19.9% of the shares.

Vaneck Filed An Application With The SEC To Launch Ethereum Based ETF

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Investment firm VanEck has filed an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an Ethereum-based Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).


If Ethereum ETF is approved, investors will have access to the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization using USA traditional exchanges.

According to the document, VanEck Ethereum Trust shares will be traded on Cboe BZX.

On May 6, the Ethereum price renewed its all-time high above $3600.

On April 21 Purpose Investments, CI Global Asset Management and Evolve Funds listed ETH financial instruments on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

On April 24, 3iQ Corp and CoinShares launched another Ethereum ETF in Canada.

On April 28, the SEC postponed consideration of VanEck’s application for launching an exchange-traded fund based on BTC until June 17.

If approved, VanEck will launch the first Bitcoin ETF in the United States. The SEC is also reviewing WisdomTree and Kryptoin BTC applications.

Read: VanEck SEC ETHEREUM ETF Application

Grayscale Buys More Altcoins LPT, MANA, FIL And LINK

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According to the latest data from Bybt, Grayscale Investments has added more MANA, LPT, LINK and FIL coins.


 

Major cryptocurrency fund Grayscale has bought more altcoins to add to its recently launched cryptocurrency trusts-MANA, LPT, FIL and LINK.

According to the data analytical platform Bybt, purchases were made most recently in 24 hours.

The largest number of crypto bought by Grayscale is MANA.

The table on the website shows that Grayscale is engaged in extreme buying of these cryptocurrencies in the last week and overall in the last thirty days.

Grayscale Buys More Altcoins LPT, MANA, FIL And LINK

24 Hour change in Grayscale MANA Trust was +16710, Grayscale LPT Trust +767, Grayscale Link Trust +516 and Grayscale FIL Trust +196 in last 24 hours respectively.

7 days change in Grayscale MANA Trust was +46328, Grayscale LPT Trust +1483, Grayscale Link Trust +6839 and Grayscale FIL Trust +1470 in last 7 days respectively.

30 days change in Grayscale MANA Trust was +424307, Grayscale LPT Trust +25246, Grayscale Link Trust +53827 and Grayscale FIL Trust +6262 in last 30 days respectively.

According to Bybt, the total amount of crypto assets under Grayscale’s management now stands at $51.41 billion.

Previously, Grayscale’s parent company, DCG continues to pursue its plan to buy back GBTC shares from Grayscale.

According to a recent report, DCG acquired 1,696,219 shares in March as part of its $251 million buyback program.

However, GBTC Bitcoin Trust continues to trade at a discount. At the time of writing, it is -12.52 percent, Which shows investors lack of trust on Grayscale GBTC.

Bitmain Placed An Order With TSMC to Produce 5nm Chips for Crypto Mining

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As Bitcoin and Ethereum reach record high prices, miners can increase their spending on equipment, and companies developing ASICs for mining do not waste time deploying new models.


Bitmain, a developer of mining accelerators, has placed an order with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) to produce ASICs using the latest N5 manufacturing process (5nm) reported by Tom’s Hardware.

TSMC plans to begin Bitmain production order using its N5 technology in the third quarter of 2021 and substantially increase production in the first quarter of 2022.

TSMC N5 production technology delivers industry-leading transistor density and energy efficiency. Experts suggest that this will increase not only the hashrate of ASIC miners, but also the prices.

So far, TSMC’s N5 process has been adopted by Apple and Huawei, two companies selling high-end smartphones, tablets and PCs. For them, SoC prices are not as important as for companies selling chips, so they can afford to become the first followers of TSMC’s advanced technologies.

Bitmain is another company that can afford to design the N5 and order its production from TSMC. There is no information about the 5-nm Bitmain chip, but it is logical to expect that the company will significantly increase the ASIC hashrate compared to existing offers.

The latest Antminer S19j miner from Bitmain has a hashrate of 90 TH/s, as well as a power consumption of 3100 watts. The price of the device is 5017 dollars.

In April 2021, the company announced the release of the Antminer E9 ASIC miner for Ethereum mining.

Read: Bitmain Announced The Release Of New ASIC Miner For Ethereum Mining

Later, the manufacturer hinted that the hashrate of the device will be equivalent to 32 Nvidia GTX 3080 video cards (about 3040 MH/s).

Read: Internal Testing Of Upcoming ASUS CMP 40HX Graphics Card Shows Higher Hashrate From 36 MH/s-Launching Price $699

Cardano CEO: May Will Be A Big Month For Us As We Are Now Leading The PoS World

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Last few months of Cardano included Updates, upgrades, improvements and implementations. Cardano seem to be pretty much sticking to their roadmap.


Charles Hoskinson, CEO of IOHK, spoke about Cardano’s plans in the coming days in his latest video.

He said,

“May is a big month for us. We went through a huge amount of internal testing.”

Plutus pioneers are currently training more than 1,500 people to deploy code on a test network.

Hoskinson said:

“The integration of Plutus with Node is going very wel. The teams are working well. We are where we need to be.”

Mithril and the new Hydra prototype are expected to be unveiled by the end of this month. Mithril is Cardano’s lightweight client protocol, and Hoskinson stressed that it was a “high priority” for him. Light clients are usually upgraded to a full node.

Hoskinson added:

“You can get a pooled data stream from the state pool operators, or you can have a central server, or you can improve the crypto a little bit and use much more sophisticated cryptographic primitives.”

The IOHK CEO also drew attention to a $1.5 million budget to increase the scale of prototyping for his Omega team. According to the roadmap, the main goal of the Omega version is to achieve a speed of one thousand transfers per second. This will create a scalable ecosystem on the network and protect it from 51% attacks.

Hoskinson exclaimed:

“We are now leading the PoS world. I think we are the most advanced of all PoS protocols.”

Hoskinson also said that Cardano will expand its research commitments. In the near future, they will probably invest about $9 million in the creation of specialized labs.

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Ripple Recent Q1 2021 Reports Shows Increase In Demand For XRP

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Ripple released its quarterly report that highlighted the growing demand for XRP in the first quarter of 2021. The company’s total XRP sales reached $150.43 million in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of approximately 97.3% from before Q4 2020.



According to the official report, the global volume of XRP increased significantly in the first quarter of this year. Ripple mentioned the role of key on-demand liquidity (ODL) clients in the recent surge in XRP sales.

During the last quarter, Ripple accelerated its global expansion through several partnerships with companies around the world. The blockchain firm has acquired a 40% stake in Tranglo, one of the leading international payment companies in Asia.

Read: Ripple Acquire Malaysia-based Tranglo To Expand RippleNet to South East Asia

During a recent interview with Reuters, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse mentioned that the company is growing in Asia, and XRP (XRPL) liquidity activity in the region has increased significantly.

Ripple official Report writes:

“Last quarter, total XRP sales by Ripple, net of purchases, were $150.34M (USD) vs. $76.27M the previous quarter. The increase in XRP sales can be attributed to deeper engagement from key ODL customers. For well over a year, Ripple has not sold programmatically.”

“Ripple continued to engage in sales to support ODL and key infrastructure partners as part of providing increased XRP liquidity to improve the ODL experience of certain customers, eliminating the need for pre-funding and enabling instant global payments.”

“Total sales by Ripple, net of purchases, ended the quarter at 7 bps or 0.07% of global XRP volume according to CryptoCompare TopTier (CCTT) volumes. This is compared to total sales in the previous quarter of 5 bps according to CCTT.”

In this report, Ripple noted a significant spike in the number of whales. The company noted that the number of wallets holding between 1 million and 10 million XRP increased from 1,125 to 1,196 in the first quarter. According to the company, 319 crypto wallets contain at least 10 million XRP.

NEM Gets Stronger AS NEM Ventures Announced Mentoring & Financial Support Program “Ignite”

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NEM Ventures, the investment division of NEM (XEM), announced that it will start the mentoring & financial support program “Ignite”.


The first support (Cohort 1) will target three companies that will receive mentoring & financial support from NEM Ventures are LCNEM, KarmaPoint, and FactorChain.

 

LCNEM is a blockchain startup based in Kyoto that develops products based on Symbol blockchain and Cosmos SDK, it also provides DX consulting. LCNEM has a working product “LCNEM Wallet” based on  NEM, it also operates a Symbol node.

FactorChain provides financial services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) utilizing AI and other means. KarmaPoint is a personal credit scoring system that recognizes volunteers and other people who have a positive impact on the environment and rewards them for good deeds as points.

NEM Ignite plans to provide financial and business support for newly born blockchain projects. These projects can get advice from startup experts as well as NEM’s development team.

NEM supported projects can receive up to $10,000  if they are  using NIS1 (NEM blockchain) or Symbol blockchain.

Dave Hodgson, MD of NEM Ventures, said at the time of the program’s announcement:

With the launch of Symbol by NEM, we aim to expand our strong ecosystem with a variety of projects that will contribute to the growth of the entire blockchain space.

Ignite is a virtual incubator to drive the growth of the NEM ecosystem. The funds provided can be used for material advancement, website improvements, legal advice, technology development, and software updates.

Crypto.com Becomes The First Cryptocurrency And NFT Partner Of The Italian Football League SerieA

Crypto.com, a cryptocurrency exchanges and payment services, announced today that it has signed a partnership with Italy’s professional soccer league Serie A.


Crypto.com and Lega Serie A will release a collection of NFTs to commemorate the historic Final on May 19th.

Crypto.com is the first cryptocurrency exchange to sponsor a professional soccer league. Serie A is Italy’s leading professional football league.  Serie A has also become the second sports organization to issue NFTs in collaboration with Crypto.com, as Crypto.com has issued limited NFTs for the F1 Aston Martin F1 team in the past.

According to the official announcement, Crypto.com will be sponsoring the Coppa Italia final, Atalanta vs. Juventus, scheduled for Wednesday, May 19th.

 

Crypto.com official blog said:

“With the fastest growing crypto app and over 10 million users world-wide, Crypto.com is proud to be Lega Serie A’s first cryptocurrency partner. Together the two organizations will create new experiences for football fans in Italy and beyond, starting with special NFT collectibles available exclusively at Crypto.com/NFT. Lega Serie A becomes the second sport organization to launch NFTs with Crypto.com, joining Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team who launched their first NFTs to commemorate their return to the sport after more than 60 years.”

Luigi De Siervo, CEO of Lega Serie A said:

“We are extremely proud to announce this prestigious partnership with Crypto.com, a leading company in the world of cryptocurrencies and NFTs – We are the first football league in the world to sign an agreement in this new market which is extremely innovative and relevant not only for sports fans, where other world-class leagues such as the NBA have been operating in recent months. In this way Lega Serie A aims to expand its target audience and continues the international growth of the brand, always looking to the future and innovation. The Coppa Italia Final will be an expression of these values and will offer millions of fans around the world an exciting experience not only on the pitch, but also before and after the game, thanks to the many commercial and marketing initiatives that we will organize with our partners”.

Kris Marszalek, CEO of Crypto.com, made the following comment.

“We are proud to collaborate with an exceptional partner such as Lega Serie A, the latest in an exciting roadmap of sports partnerships we’ll soon be announcing. It’s a unique opportunity to support the world’s most popular sport during the historic match between Atalanta and Juventus, surely to be watched by football fans world-wide. Through our partnership, we will bring together the best of blockchain technology and football by co-creating NFTs sure to become instant classics and highly coveted collectibles.”

In March, Crypto.com also sponsored the Montreal Canadiens, a powerhouse in the NHL (National Hockey League), one of the four major sports in North America.

Cloudbet Add Dogecoin And Litecoin After The Two Coins Drew The Most Votes In A Survey About Which New Currencies To Add

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Cloudbet introduced Dogecoin and Litecoin on its website after the two coins scored the most votes in a recent survey of nearly 10,000 customers about which new currencies they want on Cloudbet.


“People have spoken out,” said Cloudbet spokeswoman Camilla Wright. “We will only add those currencies that are used by our customers: this has been a central part of our integration philosophy since we opened up for business. New coins are coming soon.”

For the first time Players seeking the most exciting Dogecoin and Litecoin betting experience are eligible for a “very generous” welcome bonus of up to 10,000 Doge or 5 LTC.

Dogecoin was started purely as joke fodder, but its 13,000% growth this year has made both the cryptocurrency and the mass audience sit up and take notice. Its market capitalization of more than $75 billion is well above that of Ford Motor Co. and Twitter. This weekend, the self-proclaimed Dogefather, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, is pushing further into mainstream culture by hosting Saturday night live.

Litecoin, meanwhile, is up 150% this year. The coin, based on the Bitcoin protocol, was designed with the goal of reducing block confirmation time and fees than BTC.

The inclusion of Dogecoin and Litecoin in Cloudbet increases the number of cryptocurrencies supported by the Cloudbet to 12.

Cloudbet, which was born in 2013, has applied blockchain technology to provide players with privacy and financial freedom like never before.

In 2020, Cloudbet launched a revamped website, followed by a record six new cryptocurrencies, esports, political betting, virtual sports, social betting exchanges, and easy coin purchases with credit cards.

Since then, the site has accepted millions of bets, earning a reputation as the most reliable and secure name in the crypto-gaming field. The operator continues to innovate, attracting a more diverse audience to what was once a Bitcoin-only product.