Hi traders, let's talk about Bitcoin and Ether.

Bitcoin (BTC).

Nothing much has happened in the market, volatility has dried up and public awareness is at its lowest:

Google Trend for the term: "Buy Bitcoin" (lowest since April 2017)

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Meanwhile Bitcoin continues to consolidate above $6,000 USD:

Forming a pattern chart with striking resemblance to the 2015 accumulation market:

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Ether (ETH).

After losing close to 80% of its value during the course of 2018, the price of ETH seems to have found some support around the $200 mark as indicated by a huge surge in buying volume last month.

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Anticipation for the Constantinople update (which will considerably reduce the inflation of ETH) and staking (once Shasper is implemented) seem to have played a role in pricing the digital asset at its current level.

Indeed the buzz around the technology keeps building, Truffle (the most popular development framework for Ethereum) just passed over a million downloads...

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... which solidifies the platform as the fastest growing crypto project out there and certainly the most advanced in terms of its large financial ecosystem and fanatic developer community.