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SOL, AVAX and DYDX rank among the top-performing altcoins this month. Cointelegraph investigates what is behind the move. On Nov. 15, several altcoins continued to show strength alongside Bitcoin (BTC), which notched an intra-day high at $37,400. Leading into the week, DYDX, Solana’s SOL (SOL) and Avalanche’s AVAX (AVAX) currently reflect double-digit gains , with each chasing after new year-to-date highs.  The sustained bullish price action from altcoins has led some analysts to declare the arrival of an altcoin season, and at the time of writing, the total market capitalization of the altcoin market has hit a 2023 high at $659.5 billion. Altcoin price rallies typically involve a slew of factors, some being sentiment-based and others based on project fundamentals. Let’s look at a few of this week’s top market performers to see what catalysts underlie their growth. dYdX fee switch boosts price The platform behind the DYDX token is dYdX, a decentralized exchange that offers futures co...

SOL price recently rallied by 30%, but on-chain data suggests that the network’s growth challenges could restrict Solana’s upside. Solana saw two positive developments this week with the launch of the Saga Android-based smartphone powered by Solana blockchain and the retail trading debut of Grayscale’s Solana Trust shares. The developments along with bullishness in the broader market, boosted the price of SOL by 29.05% from April 11 to a monthly high of $26.03. While the mobile launch positively boosts the Solana ecosystem, the Saga phone appears over price d at over $1,000 apiece. Nevertheless, the smartphone received positive reviews in user experience and quality. Independent cryptocurrency investor, Amy Wu, noted that “Saga-exclusive dApps, games, and rewards as the phone ships globally, which will also make it easier to justify the $1,000 premium price.” It remains to be seen how the Solana Foundation leads the marketing efforts for the phone against existing giants like Samsung ...

GMX and LOOKS price pulled off double-digit rallies in the last week as former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes revealed his investment thesis for both projects. In a recent blog post, cryptocurrency legend and former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes mentioned he holds sizable bags of GMX and LOOKS tokens. According to Hayes, his main reasoning for investing in both tokens was their platform revenue and the potential of both assets to outperform standard treasury bills.  Let’s take a brief look at on-chain data and compare GMX and LOOKS to competitors to determine whether Arthur’s assumption will work out.  GMX usage cooling after a strong November The week prior to Nov. 16 provided decentralized Finance (DeFi) with a significant influx in fees after the centralized exchange (CEX) exodus triggered by FTX’s bankruptcy. The temporary high inflows to DeFi propelled GMX to outperform Uniswap in protocol fees. On Nov. 28, GMX earned about $1.15 million in daily trading fees, which surpassed Uniswap’s $1.06...

MoneyGram's decision to integrate Litecoin into its crypto services and the coin's upcoming halving event has served as catalysts behind LTC's price rally. Litecoin (LTC) could rise another 20% amid a rare trend reversal breakout that has already resulted in LTC outperforming most crypto assets in recent days. LTC's not-so-bearish symmetrical triangle LTC's price broke out of what earlier appeared to be a bearish symmetrical triangle. Symmetrical triangles are trend continuation patterns, meaning breaking out of their range typically prompts the price to move in the direction of their previous trend.  Litecoin formed a symmetrical triangle pattern between May and November after dropping 70% to nearly $40 in the prior trading sessions. Ideally, the LTC/USD pair could have resolved the pattern by breaking below its lower trendline. But instead, it broke above the upper trendline in early November, as shown below. According to Edwards and Magee, the authors of Technic...