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Contrary to Crypto Influencer Hype, Data Reveals ‘It is Not Altcoin Season’
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Japanese Crypto Influencer Calls Ethereum Improvement Proposal 4844 a ‘Layer 1 Middle Ground’
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Dogecoin Influencer Sounds Critical Warning Alarm For Scams Targeting The Community
Dogecoin influencer Mishaboar has issued a vital warning to members of the Dogecoin (DOGE) community. This warning could prove timely as meme coin-related scams look to be on the rise in the crypto community.
Beware Of Fake Dogecoin Airdrops
Mishaboar warned community members in an X (formerly Twitter) post to be “extremely careful,” stating that there are several fake airdrops targeting the Dogecoin tag and other popular meme coins. The influencer also added that some of these scams are also deployed using the tags of popular AI tokens.
These scammers are said to promise airdrops to community members with the aim of solely stealing the tokens of unsuspecting users in the process. It is not surprising that these schemes are perpetuated using the tags of popular meme and AI tokens, as these categories of crypto tokens are two of the leading narratives for this bull cycle.
Therefore, using these token tags is likely to help these scammers gain more reach and attract more users. Mishaboar’s warning is no doubt crucial, especially for newbies in the crypto space who could easily fall prey to these scams in the bid to earn ‘airdrops’ that could give them more leverage entering into the bull run.
As part of his warning, the influencer advised his followers to report any account they suspected to be a scam. Mishaboar also noted that some of these accounts have a huge following and might seem legitimate, but users shouldn’t be deceived. Accounts with a significant following always tend to look more legit. That’s why these crypto users have to be extra vigilant.
Mishaboar is known to be very particular about the safety of crypto users. When the ‘MyDogeWallet’ Hack occurred, he advised members of the crypto community to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on their X accounts using an authenticator application or a physical security key.
Shiba Inu Community Also Faced Similar Scams
At the beginning of the year, Shiba Inu scam detector platform Susbarium drew the SHIB community’s attention to scams that were targeted at obtaining people’s identities and stealing their crypto holdings. Back then, Susbarium warned that one of the scams involved fake accounts promoting fake TREAT tokens to unsuspecting investors.
Like Mishaboar, Susbarium urged users to enable 2FA on all their crypto accounts. They also proposed using hardware wallets to help community members securely store their crypto tokens. Some scam accounts clone or impersonate official accounts, so the scam detector advised to be wary of unsolicited messages they might receive from these impersonators.
Is Worldcoin Just Another LUNA? Crypto Influencer Reveals
Worldcoin (WLD) has recently emerged as a subject of fervent discussion especially due to its biometric data collection through retina scans. Its launch came in amid the growing interest in decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain technology as well as new tokens and projects constantly striving to stand out and make a significant impact.
Among the voices guiding investors through the labyrinthine world of crypto is Jordi Alexander, a renowned crypto influencer and the chief alchemist of the Mantle Network. Recently, he stirred conversations by drawing a parallel between Worldcoin and LUNA, though not entirely for auspicious reasons.
According to the crypto influencer, Worldcoin might just be the next LUNA given some factors that comes with the token’s objective which makes it similar to LUNA which was portrayed as a “new digital currency” that needed to “maximize adoption in order to become useful.”
The most important thing you need to know about Worldcoin is that it aims to become a currency.
An unbacked currency used for monetary transactions.
A.K.A. base money. Sound familiar? pic.twitter.com/9MdLAnqqEQ
— Jordi Alexander (@gametheorizing) July 29, 2023
The Rise Of Worldcoin And Its Ambitions
Worldcoin, under the vision of Sam Altman – the brains also behind ChatGPT, has made headlines with its mission. The Worldcoin Foundation envisions creating the largest decentralized identity and financial network on the globe.
Central to this vision is Worldcoin’s native token, WLD. For the project to be successful, WLD’s widespread adoption is imperative, as is its ability to service the “Orbs” used in the new user onboarding process via retina scans.
Lets put aside the eyeball scanning weirdness.
And the VC allocations and Market Maker deals, the ZK-proofs and the Low-float tokenomics.
—-> The crypto-economics of Worldcoin are ill-considered and potentially very dangerous.
Here’s why $WLD might become the next $LUNA– pic.twitter.com/0LTjJMGI8s
— Jordi Alexander (@gametheorizing) July 29, 2023
In his discussion on Crypto Banter, Alexander elaborated on Worldcoin’s goal to position WLD as an alternative to fiat currencies. Their agenda to become a digital base currency mimics the aspirations that LUNA once held.
The gravity of this comparison is substantial, especially when considering LUNA’s precipitous fall from grace due to financial challenges.
Trillion-Dollar Bubble In The Making?
While drawing parallels with LUNA, Alexander’s intent wasn’t to prophesize an equivalent success for Worldcoin but rather to signal the risks of potential downfall. A primary concern centers around the controversial methods that Worldcoin employs, notably, collecting biometric data through retina scans.
The rapid appreciation of WLD’s value further compounds these concerns. Since its inception just over a week ago, the token’s value has surged significantly from .1 to as high as trading above . This growth has inevitably attracted a slew of investors, catapulting its market capitalization to more than 0 million.
It’s this velocity of growth, coupled with Worldcoin’s overarching ambition, that leads Alexander to opine that the cryptocurrency might be veering into “bubble” territory. He even suggested the possibility of it snowballing into a trillion-dollar bubble if unchecked.
Worldcoin (WLD) price is moving sideways on the 4-hour chart. Source: WLD/USDT on TradingView.com
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This Crypto Influencer Predicts Bitcoin Price At $25,000-$30,000 Soon
The start of 2023 is bringing a different phase in the crypto market. Over the past few days, most crypto assets have regained value. The bullish trend has spiked a new sentiment in the market as several positive predictions have emerged.
Ben Armstrong, a popular YouTuber known as BitBoy, predicted a bullish trend for Bitcoin in a few weeks. Armstrong, the author of a new book “Catching Up To Crypto” took to Twitter to express his views on BTC’s future price surge.
Bitcoin Price Rally Triggers Bullish Sentiment
According to Armstrong, the primary crypto asset has triggered a bullish sentiment in the crypto community with its recent uptrend. Finally, BTC broke the barrier and climbed to the ,000 level. As of January 12, the leading token reached K during trading hours.
A review of the price history indicated that BTC reached the K region in November 2022. Notably, Bitcoin started alternating between ,000 and ,000 in December 2022. But this 2023, the primary crypto asset is showing impressive price movement.
According to BitBoy’s post on Twitter, Bitcoin will gradually reach ,000 or ,000 this year. He forecasted that BTC would attain this new price rally within the next 10 to 15 weeks. Also, several people are becoming bullish in their trades with Bitcoin.
On January 11, Armstrong posted about his belief in Bitcoin’s price explosion in 2023. However, the controversial YouTuber noted that the primary cryptocurrency might not hit a new all-time high (ATH) this year.
On January 12, Bitcoin slightly hit the ,000 level before retracting to the K level. BTC’s new price rally is likely due to the risk-on sentiments associated with other markets.
At the time of writing, the price of Bitcoin is hovering around ,627. This shows that the token increased by 3.50% within 24 hours. Bitcoin’s market cap is about 6.43 billion having a surge of 4.62% in the past day. Also, its dominance over altcoins is 40.26%.
Recall that in December 2022, Armstrong gave a forecast for Bitcoin. According to BitBoy’s tweet, the end of 2023 will see BTC reaching the ,000 level. Also, he predicted the token would finally hit a new all-time high (ATH) by the end of 2024, while a new cycle of bearish trend would break out in 2025. But now, analysts believe BTC will reach the price mark in a few weeks.
Crypto Whales Resume Transactions In Bitcoin
With the recent BTC price rally, some crypto whales have resumed massive transactions in BTC. Some of the on-chain data providers have recorded huge BTC transactions recently.
According to WhaleAlert, an unknown whale moved 5,545 BTC tokens to another anonymous wallet. The value of coins is worth over 4.3 million in the current market prices. On January 12, 4.000 BTC tokens worth .51 million were moved from an unknown wallet to the Huobi crypto exchange.
Further, Santiment, an on-chain data firm, confirms the increasing whale transactions involving BTC.
#Bitcoin is on the verge of breaking the k resistance level for the first time since Nov. 8th. Whales are beginning to take interest and are likely perpetuating this climb, with M+ $BTC transactions rebounding to November, 2022 levels. https://t.co/UuH8aFUmh3 pic.twitter.com/2oeIyi3xSV
— Santiment (@santimentfeed) January 12, 2023
The data provider reported that the BTC whale transactions average had exceeded 1,700 daily. This new average occurred for the first time in the past two months.
Mykola Udianskyi Wins “Best Digital Currency Influencer 2022” at WIBA Awards in Cannes
The fourth annual WIBA awards (World Influencer & Blogger Awards) have just concluded in Cannes, France, with Ukrainian IT entrepreneur and crypto guru Mykola Udianskyi winning the “Best Digital Currency Influencer 2022” award. And this year, it was the people of Ukraine who were the focus of the event, with the format of the ceremony being changed to that of a gala dinner and fundraiser to help the country’s most in-need citizens.
And Mykola wasn’t the only Ukrainian to win an award this year. Over the two days from May 18th to 19th, four other Ukrainians walked away with awards, including bloggers and YouTubers.
Mykola receiving this award will not surprise those within the crypto industry due to his tremendous experience across the cryptocurrency, blockchain, and media industries. After receiving his honor, the first-time winner said, “I am so grateful for this award. I am proud that I am Ukrainian, and I am proud that I am here. Thank you all for supporting Ukraine. We are all like one family now, and we all have one problem. Glory to Ukraine!”
Mykola Udianskyi is co-founder of the popular QMALL platform, Ukraine’s first government-regulated cryptocurrency exchange, and CEO of Prof-IT, an IT company providing blockchain solutions for web and mobile applications. In addition, Mykola is the CEO of global marketing company PRMR, a co-owner of Parliament Media Group Holdings and president of EHOLD, a company that created many of the world’s best-rated cryptocurrency exchanges. In this industry, there are few others who can bring this type of experience to the table.
Because of this, Mykola has enormous influence in the blockchain and crypto world, as well as the knowledge, expertise and resources to make things happen for any project he becomes involved with. When he joins or starts a project, it draws serious interest from the public and investors alike. In short, Mykola Udianskyi’s involvement has the power to move both share prices and cryptocurrency values. Thus, when he recommends a new crypto coin or up-and-coming blockchain project on his Instagram page, you can be pretty sure it will be a major success.
As the owner of a growing media empire, Mykola regularly mingles with the great and the good at various launches, promotions and events. Most recently, Mykola has collaborated with many famous YouTube vloggers and has just announced that he is launching a crypto TikTok house. House residents will be famous bloggers and celebrities who want to become more involved in the crypto-world and metaverse.
An entrepreneur, crypto visionary, blockchain trailblazer, and now an award-winning influencer and trendsetter, it seems there’s no end to Mykola’s talents.
How Much Is Your Love Worth? Polish Influencer Sells “Love” As NFT
NFTs are becoming the next big thing in the crypto market as more investors get on board with projects surrounding them. Non-fungible tokens like the “Stoner Cats” NFTs was released with huge success in their communities. Non-fungible tokens which mostly revolved around art when they were first released has now expanded into a wider domain.
Increasing support for NFTs has shone through with e-commerce giant Shopify adding merchant support for non-fungible tokens. And most recently, Coca-Cola partnering up with Tafi to launch its very first collection of non-fungible tokens. The non-fungible tokens include files like images, audio, and video.
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Now comes one of the most interesting uses of none-fungible tokens so far and that is 26-year-old Polish influencer Marta Rentel announcing she has sold her love online as an NFT. The NFT sold for 0,000 and the lucky buyer gets to go on a date with the influencer.
Selling “Digital Love”
Talking about the sale, Rental explained that she wasn’t selling her physical love. But was rather selling the love of her online persona. “Nothing on the Internet is physical,” Rental said. “It’s part of my online persona.”
The 26-year-old Polish influencer boasts over 600,000 followers on Instagram and goes by the name of Marti Renti online. The influencer explained that she wanted to be the first person in the world to tokenize emotions.
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This remains a novel idea, as one would scratch their head trying to figure out exactly how they would tokenize emotions. But Rentel believes that love can be separated into physical love, platonic love, and most importantly, digital love. With each one being just as real as the other.
Rentel confirmed the sale of the NFT but added that she did not know who had bought it either. The identity of the buyer seems will remain unknown until the date with the influencer.
NFTs As A Store Of Value
NFTs are gaining more support given what they represent. With this, people can show that they undisputedly own a piece of artwork or anything else being sold as a non-fungible token. Information about the work and the owner is written directly to the blockchain where everyone can see who the owner of the piece is.
This has been especially popular amongst artists as this provides them a way to directly sell their art. And also helps to combat people using their work without properly paying or licensing it.
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The information on the blockchain is impossible to edit or remove. So every and all record regarding a sale is put on the blockchain, which basically acts as a digital ledger for the sale.
Marta Rentel does not stop at selling her “love” as an NFT. The influencer plans to continue to sell her Instagram photos and YouTube videos as non-fungible tokens.
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