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For some reason, Bitcoin forks have been rallying extremely hard over recent days.

Despite the wild price action that the cryptocurrency market went through today—where bitcoin saw its value jump above $9,000 to then quickly drop to $8,000—the charts could help determine where some of the highest market cap altcoins are heading.

Crypto research firm Coinfirm has found that US authorities have left “substantial funds” left on various cryptocurrency wallets seized from criminals over the years, as a result of multiple “forks” that issued newer cryptocurrencies that traded on public markets.

Ethereum is strongly leading in the total number of active developers working on both its core protocol and in total development; Bitcoin boasts a strong developer ecosystem 10 years after launch, while Litecoin and Dogecoin are “being abandoned,” according to an analysis by one crypto venture capital firm.

A Chinese arbitration court declared crypto-assets such as Bitcoin must be treated as legal property, despite an infamous blanket ban on cryptocurrencies in the country.