π 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary
Current Bitcoin Price:Β $56,913
Bitcoin price has made a run at all-time highs over the last day of trading, now retreating slightly to around $57,000.
Top-20 altcoins are looking a little stronger over the last 24 hours, as Ethereum rises 3%, XRP gains 2% and VeChain leads the way with a 19% jump.
Top Stories for March 12, 2021 π₯
π Binance Launches New Payments App In Public Alpha
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched Binance Pay, its payments app, in public alpha.
The app is a peer-to-peer platform which allows users to send and receive payments in over 30 different cryptocurrencies, as well as supporting several fiat currencies.
Merchant-based transactions are among the new features available in the alpha release, which is available to all eligible users on the Binance exchange.
π WisdomTree Files Latest Application For A Bitcoin ETF
WisdomTree is the latest company to file for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) product, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The company is a fund management company which has been creating ETFs since 2006, and plans to list shares of the ETF on Cboe’s BZX Exchange.
π Artist Beeple Sells NFT For Record $69 Million
Digital artist Mike Winklemann, also known as Beeple, has sold an NFT artwork for $69 million at Christie’s auctionhouse, setting a new record for tokenized art.
The sale is the latest of several multi-million dollar sums that the artist’s work has sold for this year. Before October 2020, the most the artist had ever sold a print for was $100.