General Market
Outlook
The market continues to rise
steadily. Most coins are in the positive today, and trading volume
has slowly increased by $1 billion to over $12 billion in 24 hours.
Bitcoin Dark (BTCD) is making headlines for a massive 257% increase
over the past 24 hours, but Komodo (KMD) is also noteable of the
top 100 coins by market cap, up over +16% in the past 24 hours.
Bitcoin (BTC) is right around $7,400 for +1.5% and a total
market dominance of about 53.0%, and Ethereum (ETH) is right at
$290 for about no change in the past 24 hours. Market cap for the
overall cryptocurrency market gained just over $3 billion doin to
$240 billion total.
Major
Headlines
Abra Adds Euro
Support
Abra mobile currency wallet is
expanding their fiat deposit services. Residents in the Single Euro
Payments Area (SEPA) and additional nations in the European Union
(Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Monaco and San Marino)
can now transfer euros or other national currencies directly to
Abra. The app supports 50 fiat currencies and 25 cryptocurrencies
that can be purchased through fiat or credit card. The company is
working on further expansions with Coinify cryptocurrency payment
processing company to add direct support for European banks. The
organization has strong connections to the banking industry and
software development from founders Bill Barhydt, a former software
engineer for Goldman Sachs and former director of
Netscape.
German Stock Company
Pushing Crypto Research
Germany’s joint stock company
Deutsche Börse (DB) created a dedicated unit for blockchain and
crypto assets. “DLT, Crypto Assets and New Market Structures” is a
twenty four person group designed to explore the disruptive and
beneficial potential of cryptocurrencies in the financial markets
infrastructure, as well as new products DB could develop using the
technology. They hope to innovate and streamline many traditional
segments across their value chain, such as pre-IPO listing, trading
and clearing, settlement and custody, and data analytics
improvements. “The digital economy in general is heading for
decentralisation. In [the] future, there will be more peer-to-peer
governed marketplaces and less intermediaries. In that regard,
blockchain has the potential to disrupt the capital markets
infrastructure." - Team Lead, Jens Hachmeister
Walmart Autonomous Drones
Patent
Walmart has been developing and
implementing blockchain technology for several years. In their most
recent patent submission, the company outlines a method for using
cryptographic signitures, blockchain style data compilation and
private/public keys to facilitate autonomous drone delivery. The
technology is perfectly suited to securely move packages between
two autonomous drones without compromising customer information
while maintaining a live data feed of delivery progress. Smart
contracts enable decision autonomous chains.
Top 5
Gainers
BitcoinDark (BTCD) +254.43% at
$75.16
Bitcoin Plus (XBC) +137.70% at
$38.90
BitBar (BTB) +132.64% at
$16.97
Melon (MLN) +102.89% at
$19.70
Quant (QNT) +80.60% at
$0.795676
Top 5
Losers
Namecoin (NMC) -24.95% at
$1.45
Tokes (TKS) -24.87% at
$0.788419
Bitcoin File (BIFI) -20.14% at
$0.005412
Mozo Token (MOZO) -18.66% at
$0.008497
Vikky Token (VIKKY) -18.62% at
$0.000161
New Coins
Listed
Ubex (UBEX) listed to
Yobit
Memez Token (MEME) listed to
Yobit
Rate3 (RTE) listed to
Hadax
By: BGN Editorial Staff
News:
Bitcoin
(BTC)
Ethereum
(ETH)
BitcoinDark
(BTCD)
Komodo
(KMD)
Bitcoin Plus
(XBC)
BitBar
(BTB)
Melon (MLN)
Namecoin
(NMC)
Tokes (TKS)
Bitcoin File
(BIFI)
Mozo Token
(MOZO)
Vikky Token
(VIKKY)
Cryptocurrencies