The price of Ark (ARK) leapt 89% on Sunday, Feb 17th, and climbed to a new three-month high the process.

The rise in value came days after the Core V2.1 update to the Ark mainnet, and hot on the heels of the ARK coin being added to the popular Exodus Wallet.

ARK Price – ARK/BTC

As seen below, February has been a hectic month for ARK. The coin experienced four spikes in the last ten days or so, during which time the price rose 154% overall. Since the 18-month low on December 12th, the coin is up 195%.

On Sunday the coin moved from a value of $0.460082 up to a peak of $0.869728. That marked 89% growth for a brief moment, before the coin plunged again down to the $0.72 range, leaving Ark on net 52% gains for the day.

The ARK/BTC pair on Binance accounted for 20% of the daily turnover of $47 million. That’s a new one-year high for trade volume, not seen since the altcoin pump of January 2018.

Most of that has to be attributed to the Korean markets, as the ARK/KRW pair on UPbit made up close to 70% of the daily total, or around $33 million.

Ark Core Upgrade V2.1

The Ark Core upgrade V2.1 was released on February 11th. The main goal of which was a straight-up conversion of its programming language.

“The newest Core upgrade is primarily focused on changing the codebase from JavaScript to TypeScript. This means rewriting the entire Core to the TypeScript programming language. While this sounds unreal to accomplish in such a short period of time (the initial new Core v2 was released just over 2 months ago), TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript which makes the conversion easier.”

According to the accompanying release notes, TypeScript is a coding language that identifies syntax errors in real time, rather than waiting for when the app is already up and running. In this sense, V2.1 was an update for developers, but one which could pay off for holders in the long run.

The following is a description of Ark’s function according to the project website:

“ARK provides users, developers, and startups with innovative blockchain technologies. We aim to create an entire ecosystem of linked chains and a virtual spiderweb of endless use-cases that make ARK highly flexible, adaptable, and scalable.”

ARK Added to Exodus Wallet

On Feb 15th, Ark was added to the Exodus Wallet – a cryptocurrency wallet that houses around 90 different currencies at time of writing. The desktop wallet also features an in-built exchange, meaning users can trade from the security of their wallets. The Ark team announced:

“We are very excited to announce that ARK is now integrated into the Exodus cryptocurrency wallet. All Exodus wallet users now have the option to store ARK in one of the most popular and trusted universal cryptocurrency wallets in the industry.”

Looking forward, the next Ark Core update is due in March and will see a utilities library made available for Ark developers.

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• Litecoin price on Saturday is seen holding decent gains of over 3% at the time of writing, as the bulls continue their latest push north.
• Fundamental prospects surrounding the Litecoin Foundation remain strong and supportive of the price recovery.

LTC/USD since last week has been on a decent push to the north; the price has gained well over 40% since 7th February. A breakout kicked-started the previous week after the bulls managed to escape a narrowing daily range-block. LTC/USD was contained within the tightening structure from 11th January right up to 7th February, which then saw an explosive move shortly after. In terms of the range, this was seen at a high of $35 down to a low $29.

Between 10-11th February, Litecoin managed to see its highest levels since 14th November, which demonstrated its recovery. Price action over the last few sessions has been somewhat consolidating while maintaining the new heights. As a result, LTC/USD has formed a bullish pennant structure following the long pole from 8th February gains. Given the current formation, the price does appear to be subject to further upside movements.

Adoption Progress – Litecoin

Earlier this week, Spend App announced iit would begin supporting Litecoin. The Spend App currently facilitates users to buy, sell and pay with Litecoin in more than 40 million locations, a massive step towards mainstream adoption. According to Spend’s official website, card transactions can be performed in 180 countries.

The company tweeted, “Litecoin is now available on the SpendApp. You can buy, sell and pay with Litecoin with your linked bank account. Spend LTC at 40+ million locations with the Spend Wallet by instantly converting to fiat with the Spend Visa Card!”

Pricing in Litecoin’s ‘Halving’

In August of this year, Litecoin is expected to see it’s second ‘Halving’. In a PoW, or proof of work blockchain, halving results in the miner’s reward being cut in half. Although the halving causes miners’ reward to be reduced, they tend to Bboost the price of an asset over the longer-term.

The inventor of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, introduced the halving feature to protect against inflation. Besides, he wanted to ensure that not all of the blocks were mined so soon. Similarly to bitcoin, Litecoin has a cycle of “halving”. What will happen is at predetermined blocks, Litecoin’s mining reward will reduce. It will be Litecoin’s second halving, as the first one occurred back on 25th August 2015. At the time miners rewards went down from 50 LTC to 25 LTC, this time round miners reward will be 12.5 LTC.

Technical Review – LTC/USD

LTC/USD daily chart.

As detailed earlier, LTC/USD is subject to an extended move higher should the market bulls breakout of the pennant pattern. The upper part of the structure can be seen tracking around $44.00; this must be broken down to see a more significant wave of buying pressure. Looking to the north, the next realistic target for the bulls will likely be the psychological $50.00 mark. The price has not been up at these heights since 14th November 2018.

In terms of support, it is observed at the lower acting trend line of the pennant structure, $41.50. If this fails to hold a complete reversal of the latest run of gains may be seen. LTC/USD would then likely be forced to return down to the low $30 region.

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• NEO/USD bulls are penetrating overhead resistance of a triangular pattern formation.
• NEO Global Development (NGD) has set up an office in Seattle, Washington, keen to break into the Western markets.

NEO/USD: Recent Price Behaviour

The NEO price over the past week has managed to see some upside momentum, having gained around 25% since 7th February. At the time of writing, NEO/USD is running towards another session in the green, which would make it nine in the last ten. This is the best run of gains observed since the crypto market uptrend of December 2018.

In terms of the latest push to the north, NEO/USD bounced off a critical near-term supporting ascending trend line, which makes up a triangular pattern structure. It began the formation of this back in mid-December 2018 when the bulls entered a decent path of upside. However, the bulls eventually ran out of steam and were forced to narrow and trade within the confinements of the mentioned pattern.

NEO Looking to Make Ground in Western Markets

The team at NEO is taking serious steps towards expansion into U.S. markets, following its latest announcement to open an office in Seattle. This is the site of the new NEO Global Development (NGD) office. NGD will begin immediately recruiting for the new set up, which is going to be headed up by ex-Microsoft executive John deVadoss.

NEO is hosting its 2019 DevCon in Seattle, Washington between 16th February through to 17th. There is much anticipation around the announcing and details of NEO 3.0. As it currently stands, no clear specifications about the upgrade have been disclosed. Previously, NEO co-founder Erik Zhang said:

“NEO 3.0 will be an entirely new version of the NEO platform built for large scale enterprise use cases. It will provide a higher TPS and stability, expanded APIs for smart contracts, optimised economic and pricing models, and much more. Most importantly, we will entirely redesign NEO’s core modules.”

More on DevCon: NEO Price Update: Bulls Take Control as Anticipation for DevCon Builds.

Technical Review – NEO/USD

NEO/USD daily chart.

The NEO/USD price continues to trade within the earlier described triangular structure, demonstrating signs of late for a possible breakout higher. The markets bulls have been testing the upper acting trend line of the pattern; given the recent penetration, one would suggest a subsequent breach is likely. The resistance is currently tracking at $8.60; a break and daily closure above could invite another wave of buying pressure.

Further to the north, eyes would be on a retest of the significant psychological area of $10.00. The price last peaked up at these heights on 9th January, before running into sellers and being forced back south. At the time this was the highest NEO/USD had reached since 20th November. A push above this will then call into action $13.00, where the price consolidated briefly during the heavy November selling. Lastly, a return to the pre-November fall levels near $20.00 would be the next likely target.

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