At the time, A large divergence was in play between the two, with a significant dominance towards coins being dormant, inactive, and illiquid.

This year we see the first signs of a potential closing of this divergence, a notable increase across all measures of “Active Supply”. This provides confluence with the aforementioned uptick in older coin spending.

How Does LMD GHOST Deal With Attacks?

One potential attack risk is a “balancing attack” meant to split consensus between two competing versions of the ledger. To prevent balancing attacks, the Ethereum developers modified LMD GHOST to incentivize confirming only one fork. The changes ensure nodes bet on a single chain to continue building new blocks. This modification has successfully protected Ethereum from major balancing attacks thus far. Ongoing monitoring and tweaks to LMD GHOST aim to head off any future attacks that threaten consensus.

Does LMD GHOST Bring Fast Performance?

By design, LMD GHOST offers superior performance and scalability compared to previous consensus methods. It allows Ethereum to handle far faster transaction speeds and higher throughput than Bitcoin. However, the surge in Ethereum adoption has also revealed limitations in LMD GHOST’s capabilities. Congestion and high gas fees frequently bog down the network. More refinements to the protocol are needed to fully realize its potential.

Different Between LMD GHOST and Ethereum GHOST Protocol

The Ghost protocol is the basis for LMD Ghost. LMD Ghost is a fork choice rule used in Ethereum's consensus protocol. LMD GHOST provides strong protection against tampering and revision of Ethereum’s transaction records. Its multi-step voting process makes it difficult for attackers to override consensus. The major security concern is its vulnerability to balancing attacks. However, the preventative changes implemented have proven effective so far. Additional mechanisms to disincentives and penalize such attacks could offer even greater protection.

Does LMD GHOST Bring Benefits Beyond Ethereum?

LMD GHOST has the ability to broadly benefit blockchain technology. The voting approach it pioneered enables faster and more decentralized consensus. These advantages could enhance transaction speeds, efficiency and participation in other public blockchains should they implement an LMD GHOST-style protocol. A more inclusive consensus aligns with the democratic spirit of cryptocurrency. Of course, LMD GHOST itself requires further upgrades to maximize those benefits.

Here's the Analysis of #THETA :

#THETA is been formed a Head and Shoulder Pattern which is a reversal pattern but still stuck lower below the Strong Resistance Zone of $1.03 - $1.05. Price formed the minor support zone nearby $0.96 and if its break below the zone then we can go with the shorting opportunities and buys only after the break and close above the resistance area.

#BTC made a weekly closing with the rejection and as per our daily analysis price is expected back to retest the major support zone and the probability of breaking/ deeper retracement is increased. Looking into the H4 TF, its going same, as expected a range, so have a eye on retest now.

#LDO has successfully maintained the crucial support zone on the daily timeframe, with the daily candle closing above this significant level. Traders may consider cautiously initiating a small long position, implementing a tight stop-loss strategy, and adhering to effective risk management practices. There is a potential for a minor upward move in the near term.

The largest increase in liveliness since the Dec-2022 capitulation event. This again supports the above analysis, denoting an increase in Coinday Destruction as some investors part ways with a portion of their long-held coins.

However, when viewed in a macro context, Liveliness remains near multi-year lows, suggesting that the dominant majority of the supply remains tightly held, arguably waiting for higher spot prices, or perhaps increased volatility as a motivator to spend.

What Is Loan-to-value (LTV)?

LTV is the ratio of the loan's value to the value of collateral. In a typical financial market, credit scores determine the risk involved in a loan. The lower the credit score, the higher the risk for lenders. Instead of credit scores, the crypto lending process offers asset-backed loans.

Loan to value (LTV) determines the amount of cryptocurrency one would need as collateral before one could get a loan. The lender holds on to this collateral until the loan is fully paid back.

The main benefit of LTV in crypto lending is that it helps minimize the risk on the lender's part. The user also benefits from LTV in that they can access larger loans at lesser interest rates.

How to Calculate LTV?

Case 1: When borrowing a crypto-backed loan, you calculate the loan-to-value (LTV) as follows:

LTV = Loan Amount/ Market value of collateral

Your LTV would be 50% if you borrowed $5,000 and deposited $10,000 worth of bitcoin. However, if the value of bitcoin fell, your collateral's value would decrease, increasing your ratio. To get your loan back to its original LTV ratio, if your LTV rises too high, you might need to put up extra collateral.

Case 2: Once your loan is active, you can continue to monitor your LTV using the following formula:

LTV = Outstanding balance/ Market value of collateral

Here's the Analysis of #RNDR :

#RNDR moving inside the small uptrend channel approached the strong resistance zone of $4.89 - $4.96. Price moved the market structure to bearish and hodling nearby the bottom line of the channel pattern. So, with that bearish structure, expected a break to happen, and shorting only after a retest of the pattern.

#BTC now goes with the range as expected, price started ranging between the $42,000 and $45,000 level. Price kept on hodling the trendline too, if this sustains then its good, and approach towards the $43,500 and $45,000 is expected otherwise, a drop back to $42,000 will kept this range going on.

Binance Will Delist ANT, MULTI, VAI, XMR on 2024-02-20

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/f73b083ba6834771b07dbe5319917ae5

#BTC.D maintaining above the support zone and already started struggling to push higher. A short-term rally is expected in altcoins and a drop, as Dominance giving signals for a rise. In case #BTC started dropping with rising index then alts with flow with that and might remains the stable too.

#THETA unable to hodl its right shoulder move and making it way down as per the 2nd scenario. Price already made a retest and expected to move lower, so manage the stops and position size accordingly. Target will remain the same as support around $0.87.

When MVRV nears 2.00 (yellow line), Bitcoin previously exceeded $50,000. Rising MVRV with MA30d implies market cap surpasses realized cap, causing increased selling pressure. This phase historically precedes a local top, leading to a strong bull market, pushing BTC to new highs and MVRV to the Distribution range (red line).

After the recent $49,000 peak, a -20% correction occurred. The question arises if this selling pressure will return MVRV to the Accumulation range (green line), as seen in 2019-2020. Despite this, the upcoming Halving event in less than 3 months is a positive catalyst historically marking the start of a new bull market.

#ETH is been moving very corrective after bouncing off from the strong support zone. The price looks like very struggling but anyways reaching the Major Resistance zone of $2403 - $2424. Price might reach through it, but over all its looks bullish as it broke the trendline too. Daily TF attached with the chart and looks like, it stuck in a range, so eyes on break now.

MicroStrategy bought 850 #BTC for $37.2 million, increasing their total holdings to 190,000 #BTC

Notice of Removal of Margin Trading Pairs - 2024-02-16

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/772c3895550d4b858e4747030c9a6068

#BTC still moving within a range and made a triangle formation. A range inside a pattern is a strong signal of a big accumulation or distribution goin on. We've to wait for a breakout of the zone either side, and also we're expected a retest back to the major support zone, before moving with any major direction.

#TOTAL MARKETCAP UPDATE :

#TOTAL Marketcap, started moving back and forth in the major level. Index formed a small and tight range (Blue Box) and need to breakout either side of the zone. Just not a Breakout, #Bitcoin is also ranging, so this mess might continue till halving.