The cryptocurrency market once again finds itself waiting for some form of catalyst to get the prices moving and this week commenced with the market moving sideways as Bitcoin struggles to find its footing near $48,000.
Several altcoins have managed to break free of the wider market malaise and post impressive gains, giving credence to Cointelegraph’s Markets Pro data intelligence service which is now indicating that altseason has arrived.
Celo launches a “DeFi for the people” initiative
The top gainer over the past 24-hours was Celo, a blockchain ecosystem that focuses on increasing cryptocurrency adoption among smartphone users as a way to help increase global financial inclusion.
VORTECS™ data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro began to detect a bullish outlook for CELO on Aug. 29, prior to the recent price rise.
The VORTECS™ Score, exclusive to Cointelegraph, is an algorithmic comparison of historic and current market conditions derived from a combination of data points including market sentiment, trading volume, recent price movements and Twitter activity.
The sudden surge in CELO price came following the launch of a $100 million “DeFi for the people” initiative by Celo in conjunction with multiple partners including AAVE, SushiSwap, Curve, 0x and PoolTogether. The initiative is built on the Celo blockchain and looks to harness the decentralized nature of the blockchain ecosystem to help increase financial inclusivity for the world’s 6 billion mobile phone users.
Fantom’s liquidity mining program lures investors
Fantom is a layer-one smart contract platform that utilizes a directed acyclic graph architecture to attempt to solve the common problems faced by other blockchain networks, including slow transaction speeds and high costs.
According to data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro, market conditions for FTM have been favorable for some time.
The surge in interest for FTM came following the Aug. 30 announcement of a 370 million FTM incentive program for builders, protocols and teams who bridge assets to Fantom blockchain and engage with the ecosystem.
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Keep3rV1 rallies after a protocol upgrade
Keep3rV1 is a decentralized job board of sorts that is designed to help projects that need external development operations connect with individuals or organizations that can provide the required services.
VORTECS™ data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro began to detect a bullish outlook for KP3R on Aug. 25, prior to the recent price rise.
Momentum for the project is on the rise following the release of Keep3r expansion and consolidation which includes options liquidity mining (olm), fixed forex, and v3 liquidity incentives.
The overall cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $2.08 trillion and Bitcoin’s dominance rate is 43.5%.
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