Current Bitcoin Price: $3893 (as of 9:00 AM PST)
Overall, the cryptocurrency market has climbed just under one percent today. Both Bitcoin and Ethereum are up less than a percent, while XRP is down a similar amount.
Binance Coin is the big mover today, having climbed up more than 10% in value in the last 24 hours alone.
Top Crypto News Stories for 7th March 2018
Jack Dorsey buying $10k BTC per week
Jack Dorsey is the Founder and CEO of both Twitter, the giant social media platform, and Square, the crypto-friendly payment platform. He’s a known Bitcoin bull, but can that be quantified?
It’s been revealed that Jack Dorsey is buying $10,000 of Bitcoin every week through the built-in purchase functionality provided by the Square app. Currently, $10,000 is the weekly limit for cryptocurrency purchases with square.
Argentina buying into Binance-backed projects
South America is taking very kindly to cryptocurrencies. Among the growing demand for cryptocurrency adoption in Venezuela, which is in severe political and economic turmoil, there’s Argentina — which is slowly buying into cryptocurrencies despite an economic recession.
In fact, Argentina’s Ministry of Production Labour is buying into cryptocurrencies itself! The government body is investing $50,000 into each of Binance’s “backed” projects as part of a partnership with the exchange.
Chess.com becomes Brave partner
Brave is the new crypto browsing project which allows creators to accept BAT tips, in addition to paying users of the proprietary Brave browser to watch ads.
Chess.com, the world’s most popular online chess platform, has just become a Brave partner, which allows you to tip BAT to the website!