Christian’s journey with the written word began long before the age of Bitcoin. In the hallowed halls of academia, he honed his craft as a feature writer for his college paper. This early love for storytelling paved the way for a successful stint as an editor at a data engineering firm, where his first-month essay win funded a months-long supply of doggie and kitty treats – a testament to his dedication to his furry companions (more on that later).

Christian then roamed the world of journalism, working at newspapers in Canada and even South Korea. He finally settled down at a local news giant in his hometown in the Philippines for a decade, becoming a total news junkie. But then, something new caught his eye: cryptocurrency. It was like a treasure hunt mixed with storytelling – right up his alley!

So, he landed a killer gig at NewsBTC, where he’s one of the go-to guys for all things crypto. He breaks down this confusing stuff into bite-sized pieces, making it easy for anyone to understand (he salutes his management team for teaching him this skill).

Think Christian’s all work and no play? Not a chance! When he’s not at his computer, you’ll find him indulging his passion for motorbikes. A true gearhead, Christian loves tinkering with his bike and savoring the joy of the open road on his 320-cc Yamaha R3. Once a speed demon who hit 120mph (a feat he vowed never to repeat), he now prefers leisurely rides along the coast, enjoying the wind in his thinning hair.

Speaking of chill, Christian’s got a crew of furry friends waiting for him at home. Two cats and a dog. He swears cats are way smarter than dogs (sorry, Grizzly), but he adores them all anyway. Apparently, watching his pets just chillin’ helps him analyze and write meticulously formatted articles even better.

Here’s the thing about this guy: He works a lot, but he keeps himself fueled by enough coffee to make it through the day – and some seriously delicious (Filipino) food. He says a delectable meal is the secret ingredient to a killer article. And after a long day of crypto crusading, he unwinds with some rum (mixed with milk) while watching slapstick movies.

Looking ahead, Christian sees a bright future with NewsBTC. He says he sees himself privileged to be part of an awesome organization, sharing his expertise and passion with a community he values, and fellow editors – and bosses – he deeply respects.

So, the next time you tread into the world of cryptocurrency, remember the man behind the words – the crypto crusader, the grease monkey, and the feline philosopher, all rolled into one.

An analyst who continues to grow his following with timely crypto calls believes that altcoins are about to witness a final capitulation event.

Crypto strategist Benjamin Cowen tells his 876,600 followers on the social media platform X that the altcoin market looks poised to plummet against Bitcoin (TOTAL3/BTC).

TOTAL3 serves as a proxy for the altcoin market as it tracks the market cap of all crypto excluding Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH) and stablecoins.

According to Cowen, TOTAL3/BTC appears to follow a price pattern witnessed in 2019 when the pair slumped to a key support level before a reversal and a strong uptrend.

“It looks like the grand finale of the altcoin reckoning has finally arrived.

The altcoin reckoning should be over by December 2024 (2nd week of January 2025 at the latest).

It has been a long journey, and many gave up along the way, but this process was always going to play out.” 

A bearish TOTAL3/BTC chart suggests that Bitcoin is primed to significantly outperform the altcoin market.

Zooming in on the altcoin market, Cowen takes a closer look at the OTHERS chart, which tracks the market cap of all crypto assets excluding the 10 largest coins and stablecoins. According to Cowen, OTHERS against Bitcoin (OTHERS/BTC) just lost a key support level, suggesting that lower-cap altcoins are about to lose a lot of value against Bitcoin.

“I warned that OTHERS/BTC would sweep the lows, rally to the BMSB (bull market support band) then get rejected and put in new cycle lows.

This is now playing out, while those that promote memecoin garbage will pretend like this is not happening.

Don’t lose all your money chasing garbage memecoins, the people that promote them non-stop will not care if you lose all your money trading them, and you will find they will move on to promoting different projects in just a few months.” 

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A popular on-chain strategist says Ethereum (ETH) is showing a great risk-reward ratio setup.

Analyst Ali Martinez tells his 76,900 followers on the social media platform X that ETH appears to be forming a bullish ascending channel on the weekly timeframe.

“The risk-to-reward ratio on Ethereum is too good to pass up for a long position! I’ve set my stop below $1,880 and am aiming for a target of $6,000.”

Looking at his chart, the analyst suggests ETH is holding the bottom trend line of the ascending channel as support and could soon re-test the upper bound at around $6,100.

However, fellow crypto trader Benjamin Cowen tells his 819,000 YouTube subscribers that based on a historic pattern of Ethereum bottoming out during the fourth quarter, he’s anticipating ETH drops to its logarithmic trendline, potentially as low as $1,000.

“When I look at the cycle, I see ETH at $2,400 and I just think that there is a really high probability that within a couple of months, probably in less than two months, we will look back at this and see that Ethereum finally went home and it took until Q4 of 2024 to do so…

In 2016, you can see that Ethereum finally entered the lower logarithmic correction trendline in basically early to mid-November. In 2019, it entered it in August but then it got back above it and then didn’t really durably stay in it until almost late September and October.”

ETH is trading for $2,409 at time of writing, down 2.1% in the last 24 hours.

Next up, the analyst says that Dogecoin (DOGE) is signaling a bullish reversal on the TD Sequential indicator, which traders use to predict potential trend reversals for tokens based on the closing prices of their previous nine or 13 bars or candles.

“The TD Sequential indicator has flashed a buy signal on the Dogecoin four-hour chart! If DOGE holds above the $0.141 support, we could see a rebound to $0.162.”

He also suggests that if DOGE flips the $0.169 level into support, the next resistance level would be in sight.

“If Dogecoin DOGE breaks above the $0.169 resistance, we could see a 27% rally up to $0.209!”

DOGE is trading for $0.162 at time of writing, up 7.4% in the last 24 hours.

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