Ledger Nano S Vs Trezor Review 2019 | Best Hardware Wallet Battle

Ledger Nano S Vs Trezor
Now let’s compare both – Trezor and Ledger Nano S – that have been voted best hardware wallets for 2019.

1. The appearance of the Systems
Trezor devices are made of plastic, and the Ledger Nano S is made of stainless steel which offers maximum damage resistance. The Ledger looks way more stylish than the Trezor as it’s less bulky.

Both the devices come with two buttons to manage crypto wallet software and are integrated with miniaturized USB ports. The size (length) and screen of Trezor is larger than the Ledger’s screen.

2. Box Content
The Trezor comes in a little square box with a security seal. The container contains the gadget encased in dark foam with a strap for hanging it up. Additionally incorporates a USB cable for association with your PC, a user manual card, two recuperation seed cards, and various Trezor marked stickers. While in the Ledger box, you will get a USB Cable for easily connecting it to your computer, a Key Chain, a Lanyard to keep the device on your person along with instructions and a recovery card for your seed words.

3. Device Usage
Trezor is compatible with desktops and mobile devices that are installed with MacOS, Windows, and Linux. It is also compatible with all Android devices, and Google Chrome extensions available for Trezor that helps users to manage the gadget and the data placed in it. It has ‘well-designed’ user-friendly interface that enables you to view transactions with send and receive tabs at the top. Moreover, on the top left, it has a drop-down to switch between cryptocurrencies.

On the other hand, the Ledger Nano S is compatible with all devices integrated with MacOS, Linux, Windows, and Chrome OS. Basically, it requires chromium and extension downloads to function properly. It has an easy-to-use with all the information and tools clearly labeled. Moreover, one can store cryptocurrencies in one place and access them from one screen.

4. Cryptocurrency Support
Cryptocurrency support is the most important factor in deciding which hardware wallet to use. Trezor can be utilized to hold a wide assortment of digital coins. However, it does not provide full support for certain cryptocurrencies due to hardware constraints. Following cryptocurrencies are supported by Trezon:

Bitcoin (BTC)
Litecoin (LTC)
DASH
Zcash
Bitcoin Cash / Bcash (BCH)
Bitcoin Gold (BTG)
Ethereum (ETH)
Ethereum Classic (ETC)
ERC-20 Tokens
Expanse (EXP)
UBIQ (UBQ)
NEM (XEM)
Namecoin
Dogecoin
On the contrary, Ledger offers full support for Bitcoins, Ethereum and other currencies, thanks to its Google Chrome extensions. The device fulfills the standard requirements of cryptocurrency users by supporting the following cryptocurrencies:

Bitcoin (BTC)
Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
Bitcoin Gold (BTG)
Ethereum (ETH)
Ethereum Tokens (ERC-20)
Ethereum Classic (ETC)
Litecoin (LTC)
Dogecoin (DOGE)
Zcash (ZEC)
Ripple (XRP)
Dash (DASH)
Stratis (STRAT)
Komodo (KMD)
Ark (ARK)
Expanse (EXP)
Ubiq (UBQ)
Vertcoin (VTC)
Viacoin (VIA)
Neo (NEO)
Stealthcoin (XST)
Stellar (XLM)
Hcash (HSR)
Digibyte (DGB)
Qtum (QTUM)
PivX (PIVX)
PosW (POSW)
5. Setup
The setup process for Trezor and Ledger is quite similar. Both the devices require you to set up a pin code as an added security measure. Pin code reinforcement stops hackers and scammers from stealing information from your device, that is, if someone makes more than three incorrect attempts, the device automatically deletes all the data stored on it. In such a case, you can use recovery seeds for lost data. Moreover, the user’s seed is never displayed on a computer screen for an extra level of security.

6. Pricing
The cost of a Ledger device is around USD 60, while the cost of a Trezor device is approx USD 100.

he Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade at block number 7,280,000, which is predicted to occur on Thursday, February 28, 2019. The exact date is subject to change depending on block times between now and then and could be activated 1-2 days before or after. A countdown timer can be seen at https://amberdata.io/blocks/7280000. You can monitor the network upgrade in real time at http://forkmon.ethdevops.io/.

What is Constantinople and St. Petersburg?
Constantinople and St. Petersburg are the names given to this network upgrade. Previous network upgrades have been given other names such as Spurious Dragon and Byzantium. The reason that this network upgrade has two names is because the original Constantinople network upgrade was postponed and two protocol upgrades will need to occur on the same block number in order to fix issues on various Ethereum test networks, such as Ropsten.

As an Ethereum user or ether holder is there anything I need to do?
If you use an exchange (such as Coinbase, Kraken, or Binance), a web wallet service (such as Metamask, MyCrypto, or MyEtherWallet), a mobile wallet service (such as Coinbase Wallet, Status.im, or Trust Wallet), or a hardware wallet (such as Ledger, Trezor, or KeepKey) you do not need to do anything unless you are informed to take additional steps by your exchange or wallet service.

As a node operator or miner, what do I need to do?
Download the latest version of your Ethereum client:

Latest geth client (v1.8.23)

Latest Parity client (v2.2.10-stable)

Latest Harmony client (v2.3 Build 74)

Latest Pantheon client (v0.9.1)

Latest EthereumJS VM client (v2.6.0)

Latest version of Ethereum Wallet/Mist (v0.11.1)

What happens if I am a miner or node operator and I do not participate in the upgrade?
If you are using an Ethereum client that is not updated to the latest version (listed above), your client will sync to the pre-network upgrade blockchain once the upgrade occurs. You will be stuck on an incompatible chain following the old rules and you will be unable to send ether or operate on the post-upgrade Ethereum network.

What is a network upgrade in Ethereum-land?
A network upgrade is a change to the underlying Ethereum protocol, creating new rules to improve the system. The decentralized nature of blockchain systems makes a network upgrade more difficult. Network upgrades in a blockchain require cooperation and communication with the community, as well as with the developers of the various Ethereum clients in order for the transition to go smoothly.

What happens during a network upgrade?
After the community comes to an agreement concerning which changes should be included in the upgrade, changes to the protocol are written into the various Ethereum clients, such as geth, Parity, and Harmony. The protocol changes are activated at a specific block number. Any nodes that have not been upgraded to the new ruleset will be abandoned on the old chain where the previous rules continue to exist.

What changes are going into Constantinople?
Changes that are implemented in Constantinople are defined using EIPs. Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) describe standards for the Ethereum platform, including core protocol specifications, client APIs, and contract standards. The following EIPs will be implemented in Constantinople.

EIP 145: Bitwise shifting instructions in EVM
Provides native bitwise shifting with cost on par with other arithmetic operations.

EVM is lacking bitwise shifting operators, but supports other logical and arithmetic operators. Shift operations can be implemented via arithmetic operators, but that has a higher cost and requires more processing time. Implementing SHL and SHR using arithmetics cost each 35 gas, while these proposed instructions take 3 gas.

In short: This EIP adds native functionality to protocol so that it is cheaper & easier to do certain things on chain.

EIP 1014: Skinny CREATE2
Adds a new opcode at 0xf5, which takes 4 stack arguments: endowment, memory_start, memory_length, salt. Behaves identically to CREATE, except using keccak256( 0xff ++ address ++ salt ++ keccak256(init_code)))[12:] instead of keccak256(RLP(sender_address, nonce))[12:] as the address where the contract is initialized at.

This allows interactions to be made with addresses that do not exist yet on-chain but can be relied on to only possibly contain code eventually that has been created by a particular piece of init code.

Important for state-channel use cases that involve counterfactual interactions with contracts.

In short: This EIP makes it so you can interact with addresses that have yet to be created.

EIP 1052: EXTCODEHASH opcode
This EIP specifies a new opcode, which returns the keccak256 hash of a contract’s code.

Many contracts need to perform checks on a contract’s bytecode, but do not necessarily need the bytecode itself. For instance, a contract may want to check if another contract’s bytecode is one of a set of permitted implementations, or it may perform analyses on code and whitelist any contract with matching bytecode if the analysis passes.

Contracts can presently do this using the EXTCODECOPY opcode, but this is expensive, especially for large contracts, in cases where only the hash is required. As a result, a new opcode is being implemented called EXTCODEHASH which returns the keccak256 hash of a contract’s bytecode.

In short: This EIP makes it cheaper (less gas is needed) to do certain things on chain.

EIP 1234: Constantinople Difficulty Bomb Delay and Block Reward Adjustment
The average block times are increasing due to the difficulty bomb (also known as the “ice age”) slowly accelerating. This EIP proposes to delay the difficulty bomb for approximately 12 months and to reduce the block rewards to adjust for the ice age delay.

In short: This EIP make sure we don’t freeze the blockchain before proof of stake is ready & implemented.

What changes are going into St. Petersburg?
Before Ethereum performs network upgrades on the main network, test networks, such as Ropsten, are upgraded to test the changes. The original Constantinople changes, listed in this blog post, were applied to test networks before the postponement and require a 2nd network upgrade to reverse the original Constantinople changes. This is called St. Petersburg and it occurs on the same block number as Constantinople.

The following EIP was removed from test networks using the St. Petersburg network upgrade:

REMOVING EIP 1283: Net gas metering for SSTORE without dirty maps
Thank You!
A big thanks to the Ethereum community, and to all Ethereum developers across all clients and platforms who came together to provide input, thoughts, and contribution. Special thanks to Reddit user cartercarlson who let us use his Reddit post and the MyCrypto team who let us use their “Ethereum Constantinople: Everything You Need To Know” Medium post.

DISCLAIMER: This is an emergent and evolving highly technical space. If you choose to implement the recommendations in this post and continue to participate, you should make sure you understand how it impacts you. You should understand that there are risks involved including but not limited to risks like unexpected bugs. By choosing to implement these recommendations, you alone assume the risks of the consequences. This post and recommendations are not a sale of any kind and do not create any warranties of any kind including but not limited to any relating to the Ethereum network or the Ethereum clients referred to herein.

The securing and verification of transactions is a fundamental factor which facilitates the functioning of the cryptocurrency system. Also known as crypto-mining, this process is performed by the stakers who verify any given transaction and earn a reward in the process of doing so.

Since the cryptocurrency is a fully automated domain, verifying every single bit of information is imperative to ensure that invalid blocks don’t get entry into a blockchain.

In order to verify and secure transactions, two major blockchain consensus algorithms are used. The first kind is the traditional Proof of Work (PoW) model and the second is a comparatively newer version known as Proof of Stake (PoS).

The primary attempt of this article is to break down the functioning of the PoS to inform the reader about things like Proof of Stake implementation, Proof of Stake validation, as well as, Proof of Stake attacks.

Proof of Stake Validation – Defining the Term

In this mining algorithm, a miner (node) has to put at ‘stake’ an amount of cryptocurrency to be able to verify a block. The number of blocks a single node can validate depends on the number of coins he/she is staking. In other words, you can only validate as many transactions as the number of coins you have in your wallet.

The core principle of the PoS consensus method is that more coins lead to more mining capacity in the hands of a node.

Proof of Stake Implementation- The Working of the Algorithm
Now that we know what the PoS consensus algorithm is, let us move to the more necessary question of how it is implemented.

To begin with, it can be said that the PoS algorithm involves a voting process for the selection of the miner. The owner(s) of the original coin or network is required to randomly vote for a miner whom they assign the task of validating their transaction.

Depending on the blockchain’s requirements, a miner must have a minimum amount of coins in their bound wallet to be able to qualify as a node. Once chosen, the miner is required to deposit a number of coins into a "staking wallet”. This amount is used as the reference point to determine the node’s mining capacity.

For instance, if a miner as 10% of the total number of coins on the blockchain, he/she can validate and earn rewards for only 10% of the transactions. Owing to this requirement, at times, stakers pool their coins in order to mine high-value blocks and then share their rewards. Obviously, mutual trust is a pre-requisite for such pooling practices.

The significance of the PoS Algorithm
The development and, also, the growing popularity of the PoS method is due to the fact that it has helped the cryptocurrency market to overcome some of the major issues posed by the traditional PoW algorithm.

First, the PoS method has significantly reduced the need for highly complicated machinery, which was required for mining under the PoW consensus algorithm. Consequently, it has made the entire process of mining much more accessible, as well as, cheaper.

Second, by making use of the ‘number of coins’ as the determining principle for mining capacity, the PoS algorithm has simplified the mining process.

Third, since the PoS method isn’t hardware-dependant and doesn’t involve appendages like the ASICs, it has minimized the risks of depreciation of the investments made in the system. Presently, the only way in which the value of the initial investment may be reduced is by a fluctuation in the trading rates.

Fourth, there has been a massive reduction in the overall power consumption of the process, leading to obvious environmental benefits.

Fifth, the PoS system provides a major relief to the traders in the cryptocurrency market from the ever-increasing rise of the 51% attacks under the PoW framework.

Concerns over the PoS Algorithm
Owing to the number of coins equals mining capacity principle, users have often raised concerns regarding a specific kind of Proof of Stake attacks. It has been feared that this approach to mining capacity determination will lead to a rise in the monopoly in the market as the rich will always be in a better position to mine new blocks.

Although the concern is very much valid, the PoS algorithm is not devoid of the remedies for the same. One of the most effective ways in which this is checked is the aging of the coins.

In order to gain the ability to discover new blocks, the coins must be at stake for a specific period of time, usually a month. Not only can the staked coins not be used otherwise during this period, but they also earn their reward only after the same. Moreover, the staked coins automatically expire after the said period and the user has to go through the process again.

Conclusion
As we have seen, the Proof of Stake consensus algorithm is transforming the cryptocurrency market in many different ways. By making the mining process way simpler and less demanding, it has enhanced the growing popularity of the cryptocurrencies and their usage. Moreover, it has also made the process safer by reducing the threat of attacks. It is beyond doubt that further enhancements in the PoS algorithm would play a major role in securing a prospective future for the cryptocurrency market, as well as, its traders.

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Cryptocurrency market has seen a significant jump in overall market-cap with the addition of $10+ Billion recently and can see the effect on top performing cryptocurrencies.

Overall market-cap has jumped from $120 Billion to $132 Billion at the time of writing which shows bullish momentum for coming days/weeks. Let’s have a deeper look at the 5 best cryptocurrencies 2019.

#1 Bitcoin: BTC/USD (Coinbase)
Bitcoin pair has seen a price surge of around 18+% after testing the support level $3400-$3300 mentioned in the previous article. It has proved to be the most valuable cryptocurrency over the period.

Let's look at the 4-Hour Time frame chart for analysis.

Click here for the Charts, I am not allowed to post images.

Bullish Case:
Bitcoin pair is testing a preliminary resistance (red bar) around $3900 price level, at the time of writing. We might see a healthy pullback to $3600+ price level and needs to hold for further bullish momentum.

Also, if the pair manages to break the major resistance level around $4200 then it would be strongly bullish and we might test $5000 level in the coming weeks.

Other bullish signs are that the pair has crossed the 200H-SMA (Simple Moving Average) and accelerated through the Ichimoku cloud which will act as preliminary support in the near future.

Simply put, buying around $3600 price level with tight stop-loss, can be profitable for traders as well as investors for coming weeks.

Bearish Case:
If the support level $3600+ doesn't hold in the coming days then it would be early signs of the bearish sentiments and breaking $3300 level after would be super bearish for the pair.

STOCH-RSI and MACD are also moving into bearish zones which depicts a pullback.

Simply put, if someone bought at around $3600- price level then it should sell asap if the $3300 price level breaks downward.

Did anyone use Binance DEX today? I want to know the pros and cons, also all the coins are wrapped to BNB?

I think you can buy from someone who is willing to sell you at cheaper rates then then current price, but use escrow service to do that, also stay away from scammers. Blockchain transactions are irreversible.

When you plan to be a part of cryptocurrency word, your first step into this volatile industry will occur through an exchange. Basically, there exist two types of crypto exchanges to buy and sell Bitcoin – first – a fiat exchange that allows the direct transfer of US Dollars, Euros, and most government-backed currencies to be traded for cryptocurrency – and second - cryptocurrency to cryptocurrency exchanges (C2C), that allow cryptocurrencies to be traded with each other.

But, before choosing the best Bitcoin exchange USA 2019, it is important to consider the following things:

How safe and secure is the website and server of the exchange?
How is the liquidity, basically exchange’s volume?
What are the fees charged by exchange?
How is the customer service?
What are the trading pairs available?
Are multiple payment options available?
Is the exchange beginner friendly?

So, you will need to use certain exchanges depending on what cryptocurrency you are investing in. Following is the list of best Bitcoin Exchange USA 2019 : https://coinswitch.co/news/11-best-exchanges-to-buy-bitcoin-in-usa-in-2019

Let me give you some very super important tip, always buy BTC with legitimate source, specially when you are buying this big amount, since exchanges these days are keeping transactions on hold and asking for KYC also for the source of the fund. Buying such a big amount from local bitcoin is never safe. I will not recommend you doing that, you can buy doing KYC on IndaCoin, Coinswitch.co has integrated IndaCoin on their platform for buying from USD. Though I am sure you will have to pay a slightly higher price, but being safe is more important.

Good to see the New Version of KuCoin Platform, but why does it looks like Binance a bit, anyway I have not traded on KuCoin since long time, will try out today for sure.

Yes opportunities are still there, I invested in LTO Network recently and it is trading at 2x price at which I bought it. You need to identify opportunities which obviously won't come by asking it here, you actually need to find the right sources for it. You can message me where I can send you link to some of the good telegram groups, which are free, you can just follow them for few days and try to do your analysis, later start with some small amount of investment say 100$

Also never invest all your money in a single project, diversify your investment portfolio i.e do not keep all your eggs in one basket.

I think in near future cryptos will grow in collaboration with government, but according to the currency systems, even if identities of people are with the government, money laundering, money being sent to Swiss banks, corruption, everything is happening, terrorists are getting funded, human trafficking is happening etc.

No where you can say the because crypto is anonymous it will fuel the crimes or money laundering. Crypto might bring an end to rigid financial systems developed by countries. JP Morgan has launched its own coin, similarly amazon google and even Microsoft will have its own coin, to develop its own ecosystem.

With one month passed in 2019, it’s time to delve slightly deeper into proven ways to earn free Bitcoins. BitCoin (BTC) offers money-making opportunities for people with an entrepreneurial spirit. This digital asset makes starting an online business faster and easier than ever before. If you want o know how to earn bitcoin, let’s explore the most profitable ways to earn free Bitcoin in 2019.

1. Gambling
People usually lose money by falling for scams. Moreover, you would typically lose money overall when gambling. If an offer asks you to make a payment without notifying what you’re getting in return, there’s a fair chance it’s a scam. There are true and legitimate ways of getting small amounts of bitcoin for free on bitcoin gambling sites. These sites are legitimate as online gambling with any other kind of currency. Though these sites might be full of ads or malware, and you’ll typically lose money overall, but you may get a free bitcoin from it.

2. Bitcoin Faucets
A bitcoin faucet is a certain feature on websites which steadily drips bitcoin. Like for instance, a website might dispense a fraction of free bitcoin every second as a promotion. It’s usually an extremely small amount, awarded to one user every few minutes. If a faucet holds visitors on a website, it may translate to higher ad revenue, increased engagement or other benefits for the site’s owners that make it worthwhile.

3. Bitcoin Games
Many online games award small amounts of bitcoin as a prize. Typically filled with advertisements, it works similar to bitcoin faucets. The bitcoin rewards engage gamers to play and view ads. Thus, the game has emerged a great source for advertisers to reach people by offering bitcoin prizes.

4. Referral Program by CoinSwitch

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Affiliate programs are used in all industries and also in the cryptocurrency industry. For example, you might refer a friend to a service and then you both get a discount, accrue rewards points or get a BTC or fiat currency bonus. Now you can earn free bitcoin instantly with CoinSwitch's bitcoin referral program. So, start referring your friends and earn 5 USD when they make a transaction of a minimum of USD 100. In return, your friend earns 5 dollars, too. All the payout will be made in BTC, and the BTC value in the dollar will be calculated when the referral transaction is completed. The minimum payout amount in this referral program is 0.005 BTC. Hurry up and earn free bitcoins at CoinSwitch's Referral Program.

5. Mining
This is the oldest and most appealing way to earn Bitcoin instantly. With this fast, cheap, and low-risk, you can essentially make money for nothing. All you need is your own home computer to mine bitcoins. You may need Bitcoin Miner and then join a mining pool, which is basically a group of miners. These miners make a group to mine bitcoin by combining their efforts and then split the rewards accordingly. The network of bitcoin mining is mostly dominated by big players with hundreds of thousands of dollars of computing power dedicated to bitcoin mining.

6. Microtasks
This is the easiest methods for how to earn bitcoins fast by only investing your time. All you have to do is do small tasks and earn small fractions of BTC for the time you spend. There are many websites that allow you to earn free Bitcoins in exchange for some of completing various tasks. The tasks you have to do to earn free bitcoins varies from site to site, and some common tasks include watching promo videos, filling survey forms and playing games. And the latest method to earn Bitcoin is to test applications on phones and tablets.

7. Donations
To earn bitcoin instantly via donation, you have to work hard for it. You can create a website and ask for bitcoin donations on your website through a wallet address and QR code. Did you know BitPay helps your organization accept blockchain donations? And, Bitcoinerpro.com is a blockchain community funded project that accepts the donation. This donation is used further to improve the website and spreads cryptocurrency awareness towards future financial independence.

8. Salary
You can work for a company that pays directly to bitcoin. For example, if can freelance for a cryptocurrency business that has a reputation of a reliable service provider in order to get paid in bitcoin. Moreover, if you want, you might ask your employer to pay a part of your wages or salary in bitcoin. After all, Bitcoin multiplies tenfold in value. So, more bitcoins means more value and it’s better than those ten cents of bitcoin you’ve earned from a game.

9. Writing and Research Info Products
If you are decent at writing and researching, then these skills can help you earn bitcoin. There are a lot of bitcoin-related websites or other types of bitcoin businesses that need content written for various purposes – sites, blogs, use for marketing purposes, sell to others. These businesses are willing to pay good money for someone else to write it for them. Moreover, they own bitcoin and will be willing to pay you with it in exchange for your writing services. So, you can offer up your services on platforms like BitGigs and Coinality, and ask them to pay you in bitcoin.

10. Selling Products & Services
Selling products and services is one of the best ways to earn free bitcoins. You can make money selling any type of product or service, and accepting bitcoin as a payment method. Many online retailers are now taking bitcoin as one of their payment options. Further, there are sites like Bitify.com and Purse.io out there where you can specifically sell things in exchange for bitcoin.

11. Get Tipped
You can earn Bitcoins as tips by accepting it as a means of payment. All you need is a wallet, a QR-code with your BTC address on it and the people who could give you a tip need to be aware of it. For tips, you can display QR code in your shop for tipping or display the QR-code at the bottom of your website or blog. Bitfortip or bctip is another way to get tipped online. These sites offer little paper vouchers with a Bitcoin balance to its customers. Customers, in return, can simply give it to you or your employees or can redeem it like a coupon.

12. Trading
Arbitrage has always been considered the safest way to make money with trading. It offers you an opportunity to buy a certain asset at one place for a certain price and then sell it immediately at another place for a higher price. Cryptocurrency market does offer such arbitrage opportunities. You only have to look for the concrete opportunities on Bitcoin StackExchange. Focus on the price differences between exchanges, the speed of fiat money transfers and access restrictions to find the opportunities. If you manage to somehow earn Bitcoins from arbitrage, you get a hold of Bitcoins fast. Bit4coin is a crypto exchange site where you can try arbitrage and the best part is that the site does not require signup.

So, what are you waiting for? Earn extra income by investing your time and skill in Bitcoin. Finally, it’s up to you to find the right way for you to cash in on the bitcoin craze.

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I got scammed by FreeWallet my Monero coins are not showing in my wallet, when I reached out to them they told that they never received the coins. I also have given them the transaction hash for the exchange I did for BTC to MONERO.

I also noticed that r/monero on the monero sub reddit has listed FreeWallet as a scam. Anyone else faced a similar issue?

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You can check out the tweet about the listing announcement here - https://twitter.com/coinswitch/status/1093830586291105794

Let me know if anyones has any queries. Thanks.

Buy from a reliable source only, you did not mention your geo-location, which country you belong to, because that plays an important role in buying BitCoins. Local Bitcoin is good, Coinbase, indacoin are good too, conditioned they provide services in your country.

#1 Key Highlights

Ethereum (ETH/USD) price surged 7%+.
 
10 and 20-EMA (exponential moving average) providing support.
 
$130 resistance tested.
 
#2 Chart Analysis

As stated in the previous article Ethereum was showing upside momentum and it moved 7+% today as per Ethereum trading sites.

Looking at the ethereum trends on Hourly (4H) chart timeframe, we can observe potential resistance turned support (S/R) around $119-$120 was held.

See the charts here since I am not allowed to post images

#3 Conclusion

Ethereum price analysis 2019 states it needs to undergo a corrective rally before continuing the bullish momentum.

I have personally looked the ETH ecosystem since the inception of it, now there are two things one is price, another is technical growth and adaption of the project. I think the hard fork is going to help a lot in the tech ecosystem and will surely  strengthen its position, let me know what you think of it, would like to know your insights. Thanks.

#1 Key Highlights

Ripple(XRP/USD) is still under the control of Bears.
 
XRP/USD needs to make a move above $0.31 for potential bullish momentum.
 
MACD and Stock-RSI turning towards bulls territory.
 
#2 Chart Analysis

Ripple analysis today will be insightful enough to know significant price levels of the crypto asset.

If we see the XRP technical analysis today over the Daily timeframe chart then one can conclude that it couldn't hold the important support level around $0.32 as there was a major resistance to break. It tried to hold this price level for 10+ days before breaking down.

Please refer this link for Charts [I am not allowed to post images] - https://coinswitch.co/news/ripple-latest-technical-analysis-2019-02-07

Ripple Technical Analysis

Ripple technical analysis today shows that it needs to hold the $0.29+ price level and close above the long term uptrend line (green line) to show some signs of bullish momentum. Breaking the first resistance level (red bar) would be bullish for the crypto asset.

Further XRP analysis shows that indicators like MACD and Stock-RSI are showing signs for bullish momentum signaling potential upside.

There is also major bearish development as well. There is not enough buying volume (interest) at these levels which is quite a bearish sign. If it doesn't hold up $0.30 level and closes below the long term uptrend line (green line) in the coming days then it might test <$0.24 price level.

Further ripple price analysis shows that it has to cross strong hurdles before turning into strongly bullish.

The bearish development of ripple analysis 2019 includes trading under the Ichimoku cloud.

#3 Conclusion

Overall, Ripple has to respect the long term downtrend-line otherwise it would be strongly bearish for the crypto asset in the coming days/weeks.

Read todays analysis of ripple's price - https://coinswitch.co/news/ripple-latest-technical-analysis-2019-02-07