{"id":421188,"date":"2023-07-20T19:13:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=421188"},"modified":"2023-07-20T19:13:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:13:11","slug":"top-trending-crypto-coins-on-dextools-chainlink-merit-circle-arkham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/top-trending-crypto-coins-on-dextools-chainlink-merit-circle-arkham","title":{"rendered":"Top Trending Crypto Coins on DEXTools – ChainLink, Merit Circle, Arkham"},"content":{"rendered":"
There is a generally good sentiment through the crypto market since Wednesday. This followed the slow-down of inflation in certain places. Not that the economies are back to healthy states, inflation just slowed its acceleration. The UK situation is what sharpened investor sentiment the most.<\/span><\/p>\n Central banks are still holding on to their plans to raise interest rates but it is not clear when. A lot of financial institutions will naturally wait for the US Feds to make their next move. Investors, however, will take advantage of the current sentiment to enrich their portfolios.<\/span><\/p>\n Stock markets are also on the rise across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the US. Crypto boards are filled with mostly green assets and the <\/span>trending cryptos on DEXTools<\/span><\/a> are not so different. It is hoped that this trend continues and gets better for a long time. Bulls have to consolidate their positions to make up for losses incurred when the market slid.<\/span><\/p>\n Chainlink<\/span><\/a> price saw a sharp rise on Thursday and it benefited from mass activity. Investors were excited about recent news from the platform. They also appreciate the huge whale activity that saw lots of LINK tokens bought. All these are pushing LINK to become the <\/span>top trending crypto.<\/span><\/p>\n LINK’s price has risen to $8.24 as of the time of this report. This is the highest it has gotten since the 20th of April. It is also more than a 65% rise from the lowest point it fell to in June.<\/span><\/p>\n There are two major reasons said to be responsible for the rise of LINK’s price. The first is the recent announcement from the Chainlink project developers. They want to introduce a Cross-chain Interoperable Protocol. It is a central upgrade that will connect Chainlink with established financial institutions. <\/span><\/p>\n The Cross-chain Interoperable Protocol will broaden LINK’s utility and expand Chainlink’s scope. It will make it possible for banks and other financial institutions like insurance firms to be part of the network. This announcement was made just a month after Chainlink revealed that it was testing how to link banks with the blockchain after it partnered with Swift.<\/span><\/p>\n The second reason for the price surge is whale activities. There are signs that whales are buying LINK. according to data, 2 whales bought 788,877 tokens just this week. The acquisition was done by swapping ETH and stETH tokens for LINK tokens. Such whale activities are usually signs of heavy buying to come.<\/span><\/p>\n Reports from Coindlass also show that Chainlink’s open interest is on the rise. The platform says the open interest has risen by more than $267 million and they were mostly from Binance.<\/span><\/p>\n Open interest is a futures market metric that shows the number of futures contracts held. The higher the figures are, the more bullish the crypto is.<\/span><\/p>\n Merit Circle<\/span><\/a> is a new DAO that seeks to maximize the value of various gaming experiences in the metaverse. This platform is at the juncture of capital, expertise, and the player. These represent the investor, the platform, and the manager.<\/span><\/p>\n The project holds a lot of prospects for gamers who use it. The projected returns it is expected to make may translate into huge income for them. Gamers realize the project’s value and other scholarship programs already created. There are more than 500 beneficiaries playing one of the games, Axie Infinity, right now.<\/span><\/p>\n Revenue is already flowing into the Merit Circle network. They have also been of immense value to the DAO. It has already also been beneficial to the platform’s liquidity providers and players. More revenue is expected, especially now that the platform is diversifying into other aspects of the metaverse. This will be done by providing new games.<\/span><\/p>\n More than that, Merit says it has a good number of partners to help its vision. Some of them are Spartan Group, DeFinance Capital, Yield Guild Games, and others. They are all top players in the gaming industry that have also applauded Merit Circle. According to DeFinance Capital, “Merit Circle is going to be part of the leading guilds to make kings in the land.”<\/span><\/p>\n Merit Circle was able to raise $4.5 million during its seed round with the help of its partners. They share the platform’s vision of building a process that can onboard new users and also scale.<\/span><\/p>\n1. Chainlink (LINK)<\/b><\/h3>\n
2. Merit Circle (MC)<\/b><\/h3>\n
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