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📈 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary
Current Bitcoin Price: $9,768
Bitcoin price once again finds itself in the high $9,000s today, briefly breaking the $10,000 mark overnight but failing to hold.
Top-20 altcoins have remained stable for a third day in a row. Ethereum has gained just over half a percentage point over the last 24 hours, while XRP remains almost completely unchanged. The largest mover was Neo, which fell almost 2%.
Top Stories for June 11, 2020 🔥
👉 Coinbase Explores Addition of 18 New Cryptocurrencies
Coinbase is considering adding up to 18 new cryptocurrencies to its platform, according to a blog post released today.
The assets currently under review include more-established favorites such as Siacoin, Digibyte and VeChain, as well as newer assets such as Ren and SKALE Network along with DeFi tokens LEND and COMP.
Coinbase is well-known for their rigorous evaluation and review process when it comes to adding new assets, which includes legal compliance, technical standards and more.
👉 Filecoin Announces Final Testing Phase Before Launch
Filecoin has announced the release of their “incentivized testnet” – the final testing phase before their mainnet launch, which is due to occur this summer.
The final testing phase is designed to stress-test the network, evaluating its ability to take on large quantities of data storage in a short amount of time.
Filcoin was one of the more significant ICOs in 2017, raising over $257 million in their token sale.
👉 Microsoft Identity System Launches on Bitcoin Network
Microsoft’s decentralized identity system, named “ION”, has been launched in beta on top of the Bitcoin network today.
The project runs as a second-layer on top of Bitcoin, and allocates each individual with a unique decentralized identifier, dubbed a “DID”. The aim of the platform is to decentralize message and application data, and give users the ability to own their identifiers, such as log-in details.