The daily volume for the entire crypto market has jumped 144% in the last three days, up from $8.7 billion on July 15th to the current $21 billion at the time of writing. Every coin in the top ten is glowing green, with Stellar in particular showing tremendous growth for the day.

Earlier this morning XLM coins were trading for $0.23. Fast forward just over twenty hours and that price now sits at $0.318 – that’s a 38% increase for the day, and sets Stellar apart as the best performer in the top ten, run close only by Cardano’s 25%+ growth in the same time frame.

Just six days ago, on July 12th, one unit of XLM was valued at $0.179, meaning today’s price marks 77% growth for Stellar in less than a calendar week. Stellar has now smashed through the monthly high, recording its highest market value since May 22nd.

Stellar’s highest concentration of trade movement has come on Binance today, with BTC and USDT being popular trades. The Korean touch is also felt with around 18% of Stellar’s trades coming against KRW on the Upbit and GOPAX exchanges. The overall daily volume for XLM is currently 425% higher than it was this time last week.

Sharia Compliance

According to a Reuters press release which dropped just last night, Stellar has just received a certificate of Sharia compliance, one which will allow them to focus on bringing the 1.6 billion Muslim population onto the blockchain, so to speak.

Muslim adoption of cryptocurrency has always had to contend with religious money laws, but this recent development could be the watershed moment which changes everything – not just for Stellar, but the for the entire crypto market as it spreads across new lands.

Mansoor Ahmed, assistant general manager at Shariya Review Bureau, said that the technological aspects were never a sticking point:

““For the blockchain technology there was no issue, the main thing we needed to consider was the use of the underlying cryptocurrency”

The Islamic approach to finance is one that emphasizes real-world assets, and tangible value. The accumulation of interest, for example, is forbidden in Islamic society, and so it’s easy to see why there were concerns about cryptocurrency to begin with.

Coinbase and IBM

Stellar and Cardano were two of the coins mentioned in the Coinbase tweet earlier in the week, and the spikes they experienced at the time have compounded over the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, Stellar’s close relationship with IBM continues to flourish this week as IBM launch their own stablecoin on the Stellar platform.

Stronghold USD is intended to be Stellar and IBM’s answer to Tether; although unlike Tether, one would expect much greater transparency from a company like IBM.

Jesse Lund, IBM’s vice president of Global Blockchain told Reuters:

“IBM will explore use cases with business networks that we have developed, as a user of the token. We see this as a way of bringing financial settlement into the transactional business network that we have been building.”

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On Wed July 18, Ether is falling, although the previously formed local uptrend still looks quite sustainable. The crypto is trading around $498, says Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex.

Today’s morning, Ether rose above $500, which helped to determine the next important resistance levels. The bullish trendline at $480 that was formed yesterday is now confirmed on H1, and in case Ether is able to go above $500 shortly, its chances for going further up will increase.

Once Ether continues rising, it will quickly reach $525, and the current support levels will go above, too. As of now, Ether has some potential to rise till $550, according to D1.

For now, the key support for Ether is at $480, and once the crypto heads up, a new support at $500 will get active. $525 is still key resistance for now. The MACD is going up on D1, still in the negatives, and is issuing a buy signal, while the Stochastic confirms it, being in the positive territory.

Among fundamentals and events that are important for Ether traders, one can mention the addition of Bitcoin and Ether to Purple Group. The company believes its customers will now have more freedom in selecting payment methods for running their transactions.

Another important news item is that the brokers using MT4 began offering cryptocurrency trading (at first, only Bitcoin, but then other cryptos were added). In most cases, the clients can trade CFD’s, although some brokers allow direct cryptocurrency transactions, too. This is a very interesting opportunity, as the investors trust MT4 and consider it a secure platform, so crypto trading added to it will be trusted, too.

With more products added to the platform, both direct crypto trading and CFD’s, more people will come to MT4 in order to try it. This is positive for both Ether and other altcoins.

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Cryptocurrencies were nearing an important psychological milestone Wednesday, as surging trade volumes propelled the market to its highest level in five weeks.

Market Update

The digital asset market has tacked on over $26 billion in the last 24 hours to reach $296.1 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. At this pace, $300 billion is likely within reach in the coming day. Total market prices have been capped below that level since June 12.

Daily trade volumes on global exchanges now exceed $20 billion for the first time since May. Three exchanges processed more than $1 billion worth of trades.

Bitcoin, which was the main catalyst for the rally, has retained a 43% share of the total market. The largest cryptocurrency by trading volumes and market cap is up nearly 11% over the past 24 hours to trade at $7,741. The bitcoin price peaked just below 7,500 overnight.

Altcoins have also picked up the pace, with all the majors reporting solid gains. Ethereum was up 6% as prices approached $500. Ripple XRP gained almost 9% to $0.513.

Stellar Lumens led the double-digit gainers with returns of 28.4% over the last 24 hours. XLM now sits at $0.296.

Cardano’s ADA coin jumped 19.6% to $0.181. Bitcoin cash, the no. 5 currency, rose 10.1% to $872.

Bitcoin Volumes Double

Bitcoin’s trading volumes have virtually doubled over the past week, as positive headlines surrounding adoption and regulation triggered renewed interest in the cryptocurrency. Hacked previously reported that daily trade volumes of $4 billion or greater are needed to sustain a meaningful rally for the bitcoin price. On Wednesday, bitcoin turned over nearly $6.6 billion.

Tether – a cryptocurrency pegged to the dollar that is often traded against bitcoin – continues to exhibit higher than normal trade volumes. On Wednesday, USDT trades generated $4.2 billion in volume, which is an all-time high.

Unlike previous rallies that appeared technical in nature, the latest uptrend was sparked by news that a trillion-dollar asset manager was exploring ways to enter the cryptocurrency market.

BlackRock, which controls over $6 trillion in assets, has assembled a working group to explore crypto adoption. In an interview, CEO Larry Fink said his firm is a “big student of blockchain” but that he does not see “huge demand for cryptocurrencies” at the moment.

Fink has changed his tune compared to last year, when he called crypto assets “an index for money laundering.”

Coinbase, a large and influential digital currency exchange, has also fueled positive sentiment after the firm said it had gained regulatory approval to begin listing security tokens. Last week, Coinbase also said it had short-listed five cryptocurrencies for future consideration on its exchange.

Disclaimer: The author owns bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. He holds investment positions in the coins, but does not engage in short-term or day-trading.

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