Current Bitcoin Price: $6488 (as of 12:30 AM PST)

It’s normally quite binary with cryptocurrency: either the market is up or the market is down. This afternoon we’re following a small, but much-welcomed upswing across major currencies.

Bitcoin is up 1.80% and Ethereum 3.06% but yet again Ripple has outdone the market today — up by more than 18%. Interestingly, Bitcoin Cash is in the same category as XRP, up more than 18% as well.

Top Bitcoin & Crypto News Stories for 26th September 2018

Coinbase introduces listing applications

Coinbase is used across the world to purchase cryptocurrencies with fiat currency, like the Dollar or Pound Sterling, but hitherto it’s only offered 5 assets for purchase: Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ethereum Classic.

The selective exchange has just published a new page on its website with the application framework needed to list your own digital asset, which has passed “legal and security review”!

Smart contracts activated on WAVES

Waves is a proprietary cryptocurrency platform for investing in and trading a range of mainstream coins. We recently featured it for reaching over one million users, but there’s more good news.

Smart contracts have just now been activated on the Waves platform, which is a huge milestone in the development of the token’s utility.

Bakkt confirms physical USD/GBP/EUR futures

Bakkt is a much-awaited global network for the purchase of cryptocurrencies and their derivatives, backed by ICE’s experience in market infrastructure.

Their communications have just confirmed that the platform will feature physical Bitcoin futures in Dollars, Pounds Sterling, and Euros.