Sunday, Sept. 30 — Markets are trading sideways today, with gains and losses among the top five cryptocurrencies not exceeding 4%. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 The Bitcoin (BTC) price has spiked slightly after trading close to $9,600 for most of the day. At press time the coin is trading at $9,799, up 1.72% on the day. Bitcoin 24-hour price chart. Source: Coin360 Industry investor Mike Novogratz recently said that, while Bitcoin is trading below $10,000, the seminal cryptocurrency is merely in a consolidation phase. Per Novogratz, the next leg of the bull run will begin once institutional investors become more …
The long-awaited Bakkt platform will start accepting depositс of funds in the Bakkt Warehouse starting Sep. 6. The futures platform will launch on Sep. 23 and is expected to attract institutional investors because the settlement will be in Bitcoin (BTC) and the platform will offer the same cyber and physical security protections as the New York Stock Exchange. Telegram Open Network’s (TON) blockchain public testing is expected to start on Sep. 1, according to sources. The blockchain will be integrated into the messaging app, which will be a huge positive because of its large user base of 200 million, many …
On Aug. 29, MorningStar Japan, a subsidiary of financial services giant SBI Holdings, announced that it will offer its shareholders dividends in the form of XRP tokens. According to the statement, the Japanese company will offer 30 XRP to its shareholders if they hold a minimum of 100 shares by Sept. 30. Shareholders will receive 30 XRP It is noted that shareholders who are eligible to receive 30 coins of the world’s third largest cryptocurrency by its market capitalization will have to open an account with cryptocurrency exchange SBI VC Trade. At press time, 30 XRP are worth around $7.50, …
Thursday, Aug. 29 — Top cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) are still in the red, though XRP has managed to see minor gains on the day. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin is trading at $9,496 at press time, marking a 1.85% price drop on the day. Yesterday, BTC, ETH and XRP all dropped sharply in price from 5:45 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. UTC. BTC in particular fell below the $10,000 price point, and continued to slip to under $9,500 earlier today. Regular contributing analyst Josh Rager commented that he thinks BTC needs to close out the week — on …
Wednesday, Aug. 28 — Top cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and XRP are in the red following a sudden price crash at 5:45 p.m. UTC. The market as a whole is also red across the board. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 The Bitcoin price is trading at $9,691 at press time, marking a 4.42% price decrease on the day. BTC, ETH and XRP all sharply dropped in price from 5:45 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. UTC today — just over 35 minutes’ time. Bitcoin dropped by approximately 6% in this period, falling from over $10,265 to $9,630. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: …
Monday, Aug. 26 — Top cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and XRP are in the red. After trading sideways for most of the day, the market is currently seeing minor losses. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin price is trading at $10,350 at press time — a 1.72% price decrease on the day. BTC has been mostly trading between $10,000 and $10,800 over the past seven days, with its current price sitting right in the middle of those two price points. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360 BTC also recently achieved a new record, hitting a realized market capitalization of $100 …
Australian citizen Katherine Nguyen has pleaded guilty to stealing $450,000 in XRP — over 100,000 tokens — in January 2018. Local news channel 7News Sydney reported the latest about the case on Aug. 23. According to the report, Nguyen hacked into the email account of a man with the same last name. She then proceeded to steal all of his XRP, before unlocking his account two days later. Police reportedly investigated the theft for 10 months before locating and arresting her. Nguyen has since pleaded guilty to the theft, for which she will reportedly face jail time. A special hearing …
Money transfer service Xendpay has joined Ripple’s global network RippleNet to support international transactions. Going beyond the U.S. dollar Ripple announced the news on Aug. 20. Per the news release, RippleNet will allow Xendpay to provide money transfer services beyond the United States dollar. Xendpay will use Ripple’s pre-existing network of banks and other financial partners to facilitate money transfers via other forms of currency — especially Ripple’s XRP. New capabilities with RipplePay As stated in the announcement, Xendpay previously had trouble transferring anything other than dollars in foreign markets. Offering a smaller currency involved establishing direct partnerships with local …
Thursday, Aug. 22 — Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and XRP are all in the green. The top three coins fell from Monday to Wednesday but are moving upwards again — and other altcoins are generally green across the board. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin is trading over $10,120 at the time of publication — a 0.08% price increase on the day. Hans Hauge, a senior qualitative researcher at crypto investment fund Ikigai, believes that BTC is still in the middle of a bull run. According to Hauge, the Bitcoin Days Destroyed metric — a measure of the time between movements …
Thursday, Aug. 15 — Bitcoin (BTC) is seeing some upward movement as Ether (ETH) and XRP continue to slump. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin is trading at $10,407 at press time, representing a 0.82% price increase on the day. Bitcoin has ranged from just under $10,000 to over $12,000 this month and had most recently been on a downward streak. However, after bottoming out around $9,700 today, BTC has turned around to retake the $10,000 barrier and push beyond. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360 The number two cryptocurrency, ETH, has continued its gradual decline. Ether is currently trading at …
Cryptocurrency mining company CoinMine has received a fresh injection of funds from a $2.5 million seed round led by the investment company M13. Coinmine announced the successful fundraiser in an official blog post on Aug. 15. As part of the announcement, Coinmine said it will continue to support more cryptocurrencies and ship out “over-the-air” updates. The company offers a product called Coinmine One, which is an all-purpose cryptocurrency mining computer that costs $700. The announcement also included a shoutout to previous investors, who include familiar names such as Coinbase Ventures and Anthony Pompliano. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, Robot Ventures …
Ripple’s infrastructure development and XRP adoption initiative Xpring announced a 1 billion XRP (roughly $265 million) grant to web monetization platform Coil on Aug. 15. Coil will reportedly use the funds to build an ecosystem of creators, developers, companies and nonprofits that use XRP through the Web Monetization open standard. Giving creators control over distribution and monetization Coil is a platform that provides an alternative method for creators to monetize their content on the internet. Users can post public and exclusive content on the platform, which is automatically enabled for streaming payments. Alternatively, creators can monetize their own websites by …