Over the last 24 hours, Ether (ETH), the currency for the Ethereum network, went from ₹3,86,457 to ₹3,80,498, with a market cap of ₹41.7T. In the same time, Litecoin (LTC) moved down from ₹23,859 to ₹21,497, a change of -9.90%, with a market cap of ₹1.4T. Ripple, or XRP, is another hugely popular token, with a market cap of ₹4.3T. In the last day, its value has changed -7.36%, moving from ₹105.61 to ₹97.85.
The long term positive coherence relationship observed between online metrics and price may be the result of another factor which we hypothesise could be technical progress. As a project makes technical progress, it is likely to have a community form around it over time, increasing online activity and also demand, and hence price, of the particular cryptocurrency. An interesting avenue of future work would be to consider the coherence between price and technical progress (via looking at each projects source code repository—these are available as cryptocurrency projects are generally open-source).

The good news is that the glare of public opinion will eventually dissipate, and that as the spotlight diminishes, real developers will find themselves in a healthier environment within which to do the work needed to unlock this technology’s potential. We saw a similar period of constructive building during the 2014-2016 hiatus.
Despite its size and name recognition, Binance has had issues with regulators. In 2017, Binance left China and re-located to Japan and Taiwan before eventually moving to Malta. However, in February 2020, after Malta announced that Binance was not actually within its jurisdiction, the exchange quickly changed positions and declared that it doesn’t have a headquarters because Bitcoin doesn’t have a central headquarters.