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📈 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary
Current Bitcoin Price: $11,797
Bitcoin is up 7.4% over the last 24 hours, after smashing through recent $11,100 highs. Ethereum is up just less than 5%, while XRP has remained relatively stationary. Most other altcoins have dropped in value in Bitcoin pairings, but have maintained increased against the Dollar.
Top Stories for August 5, 2019 🔥
👉 Mastercard job postings hint at crypto wallet space
New job postings on the Mastercard website indicate that the payment-processing giant may be looking to build their own cryptocurrency wallet.
Job position titles and descriptions both explicitly mention cryptocurrency wallets, and require experience in the field.
It is not clear yet what these crypto wallet solutions will look like, however, nor if the positions have any association with Mastercard’s recent partnership with Facebook’s Libra project.
👉 Bitcoin Hashrate hits yet another all-time high
Data shows that network-securing computing power dedicated to Bitcoin has hit new highs once again, following a 10% surge from July 23.
The surge comes as more competition has appeared in the Bitcoin hardware mining market. Well-known Antminer models have been knocked off their top spot in miner profitability rankings, by MicroBT’s WhatsMiner M20 series.
👉 A new law instituted in Iran will not recognize domestic crypto transactions
A new law passed in Iran dismisses cryptocurrency payments, formalizing that they will not be recognized as legal tender.
Bitcoin mining, however, has been given the green light, subject to a very strict permitting scheme. Miners will require approval from the Ministry of Industry, and locate their facilities away from provincial centers.