The Permanent Electoral Authority in Romania (ROAP—Romania Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă) is using blockchain technology to count and validate presidential electoral votes on November 24.

Should you diversify into MKR now that MakerDAO is demonstrating healthy activity and growth? Here's what our findings reveal.

The Maker (MKR) token has seen a notable surge in whale activity, with large transactions jumping by a staggering 1,400%. Despite this increase in large-scale transactions, technical indicators and on-chain metrics are sending mixed signals about the future direction of MKR's price.

For Maker to confirm a bullish breakout, it needs to flip the resistance at $1,550.

Sky co-founder Rune Christensen told Decrypt that Solana support "marks the beginning of a new multi-chain era for USDS."

The Chinese giant Alibaba Cloud announced a partnership with MultiversX (EGLD), while Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) published Q3 2024 earnings results. This partnership starts as EGLD strongly enters the Asian market with an UpBit listing and notable mentions in the media.

Maker's exchange reserve and exchange supply ratio hits a yearly high signaling potential correction.

Elrond (now rebranded as MultiversX) has continued to make strides as a scalable and secure blockchain platform for decentralized applications (dApps) and decentralized finance (DeFi). With its focus on high-speed transactions, low-cost operations, and interoperability, the platform has garnered considerable attention from both investors and developers.

Maker (MKR), the governance token of the MakerDAO ecosystem, has been showing impressive upward momentum, recently breaking out of a long-standing bearish pattern. Despite its 11.20% surge in the past 24 hours, reaching $1,416.32, the cryptocurrency faces some resistance and market dynamics that could limit its progress in the short term.

The DeFi project Sky has retained its new brand identity rather than revert to MakerDAO following a community vote. Polling data revealed that 79.3% of votes supported maintaining the Sky brand as the core protocol name.

Trader bids are fueling the uptrend, with a 13.67% rise in Open Interest to $120.30 million.

Sky's USDS is now the third-largest stablecoin, replacing the original DAI which held that position for years on the charts.

The Maker price has jumped ~10% over the past day, resulting in this altcoin successfully recording a bullish reversal. Moreover, with the technical sentiments and on-chain data favoring the project, the MKR coin hints at a promising bullish month.

Early polling indicates MKR holders want to keep the SKY brand, though participation in the poll is still low.

Bitcoin's rally slows down near the weekend, top altcoins record double digit gains.

Historically, the fourth quarter often brings notable gains for cryptocurrencies, and with November underway, crypto whales are strategically positioning themselves for potential profits.

This week, we examine Ripple, Binance Coin, Solana, Dogecoin, and Maker in greater detail. Ripple (XRP) The week started well for XRP, but the price action turned bearish on Wednesday, closing the week with a 3% loss.

Rune Christensen, founder of Sky (formerly MakerDAO), has proposed a strictly deflationary approach to the protocol's governance token as the community prepares to vote on whether to revert its brand or not on Nov. 11.

MKR may finally be ready for a recovery after dancing with the bears since April.

Ever since the launch of the Bitcoin ETF, the institutions have been accumulating the token heavily. As the price is ascending towards the ATH, these activities have been intensifying, and as a result, the total ETFs held by them have now surpassed the Bitcoins held by Satoshi Nakamoto.

Maker (MKR) has staged a significant comeback, revitalizing interest and ignite predictions that it could potentially climb as high as $3,000. Given its central role within the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, Maker (MKR) has captured investor interest, primarily because of the demand for decentralized stablecoins like DAI and the protocol's recent technological strides.

MKR, the governance token of MakerDAO, has witnessed a 10% price uptick over the past 24 hours. It's currently trading at a weekly high of $1,224.

Maker has experienced a sustained downtrend over the past month, declining by 32.58%. However, analyst predicts MKR is set for a reversal.

The well-known crypto project MakerDAO, after rebranding to Sky, is considering backtracking.

MakerDAO is reconsidering its recent rebrand to Sky following poor SKY token performance and strong community preference for the original Maker brand

SKY has significantly underperformed the CoinDesk 20 since the re-brand.

Barely two months after, the project now appears to be reconsidering the change.

The decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape is ever-evolving, and the recent developments surrounding the stablecoin-focused protocol Sky, formerly known as MakerDAO, highlight the complexities of brand identity and community engagement in the crypto space.

The following article is adapted from The Block's newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.

Sky is reconsidering its rebrand from MakerDAO after community pushback, with options including returning to the original MakerDAO brand or adopting a hybrid approach.

Sky, the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform previously known as MakerDAO, is considering reverting to its original brand, Maker.

DeFi project Sky (formerly known as MakerDAO) is evaluating the possibility of additional brand adjustments following community feedback on its recent rebrand. On Oct. 21, Sky's co-founder Rune Christensen released a proposal that reviewed the protocol's accomplishments and the challenges it has faced since transitioning from MakerDAO to Sky.

After rebranding to Sky, MakerDAO may change its name if the community agrees.

Sky will hold a community call this Friday to discuss rebranding options set forth by founder Rune Christensen.

A whale sold Maker (MKR) at a loss, making speculative bets on SPX6900 (SPX) and Mogcoin (MOG), with floating gains of $230K as the memes rallied in the short term.

Here is how some of your favorite assets concluded the week.

MKR, the governance token of the leading stablecoin lender MakerDAO, has experienced a sharp decline in recent weeks. It currently trades at $1,206, noting an 11% price drop over the past week.

Sky Ecosystem will change the security fees on its WBTC vaults, but has given up on the accelerated divestment of the asset.

The layer-1 blockchain MultiversX (EGLD) continues to lead the digital asset gaming sector in terms of development activity, according to the crypto analytics firm Santiment. Santiment notes in a new post on the social media platform X that MultiversX, formerly known as Elrond, registered 264.9 notable GitHub events in the past 30 days.

Ethereum (ETH) has grown to be the most competitive Bitcoin (BTC) rival, allowing for programmable money and smart contracts. After that, other cryptocurrencies surged as Ethereum rivals, challenging its dominance with advanced technologies fostering innovation, scalability, decentralization, and security.

DeFi's transformative potential is making a comeback, and these standout projects are poised to drive the next wave of innovation.

Maker has made significant recovery on its price charts, but is that all?

The cryptocurrency market has been on a red-hot streak in the past week, with most large-cap assets posting significant gains. The Maker (MKR) token is another one of the assets enjoying a positive week, with the DeFi (decentralized finance) coin recording a 12% price increase in the last seven days.

In the past few days, the cryptocurrency market has recovered significantly, but Maker (MKR) though initially lagging, now appears poised for a significant rally. With bullish market sentiment, MKR has recently broken out of its bullish price action pattern resulting in an increase in interest from traders and investors.

Bitcoin's price crossed above the $66,000 on Friday, reaching highs of $66,400 across major exchanges. While bulls failed to extend gains during the US trading session, which had BTC flipping to around $65,789, sentiment remained bullish going into the weekend. Here's an outlook for Ripple's XRP, Maker (MKR) and Notcoin (NOT).

Maker (MKR), one of the leading decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens, is showing signs of a potential rally, backed by a combination of bullish technical indicators and on-chain data. The cryptocurrency, currently trading above $1,500, is nearing key resistance levels that could determine its next major move.

The apparent change of heart follows extensive public discussions with BitGo CEO Mike Belshe.

Maker exchange data suggests that selling activity could be rising intensifying the bearish pressure.