π 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary
Current Bitcoin Price:Β $10,725
Bitcoin price has traded in a small range over the last day of trading, spending the majority of the time in the $10,700s.
Top-20 altcoins have also traded sideways over the last 24 hours, as Ethereum remains almost unchanged, XRP falls 2%, and Bitcoin SV is the largest mover with just a 4% gain.
Top Stories for September 30, 2020 π₯
π Coinbase Offers Exit Packages To Staff Unhappy With New Company Direction
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has offered “generous separation packages” to employees who disagree with the company’s new “apolitical culture”.
The exit package offer appears to be a response to backlash to Armstrong’s recent open letter, which said Coinbase would not engage in “broader societal issues”.
Packages will include six months’ severance for long-term employees, or four months’ severance for newer hires. Six months of health insurance will also be included.
π Microequity Firm Enables Fractional Purchases of Tech Stocks With Crypto
Microequity firm MESE.io launched today, enabling users to purchase as little as 1/10,000th of a tech company share with cryptocurrency.
MESE.io is a product of social impact development project, International Blockchain Monetary Reserve, and will run on the Algorand blockchain.
π Gemini Exchange Adds Support for Shielded Zcash Withdrawals
Gemini cryptocurrency exchange has added support for shielded Zcash (ZEC) withdrwawals – a feature which enhances the privacy of withdrawal transactions.
The move makes it the first regulated exchange to offer the feature, allowing its users to obscure their identities and the size of their withdrawals.