π 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary
Current Bitcoin Price:Β $20,566
Bitcoin price is sitting above the $20,000 mark to begin Thursday, coming down slightly from its test of the $21,000 level yesterday.
Top-20 altcoins have also cooled off a bit from yesterday’s run, as Ethereum and BNB fall 1% a piece. Dogecoin has stood out with a powerful 14% advance, following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover.
Top Stories for October 27, 2022 π₯
π FTX Exchange “Likely” To Create A Stablecoin, Says CEO
Crypto exchange giant FTX is “very likely” to create a stablecoin, according to CEO Sam Bankman-Fried β who also hinted that an announcement is on its way.
FTX currently offers margin trading against a basket of USD stablecoins, including trueUSD (TUSD), USD coin (USDC), Pax dollar (USDP), HUSD and rival Binance’s Binance USD (BUSD).
Bankman Fried says the exchange knows how to create such a token and is exploring who to partner with to get the job done.
π Mara Launches African Crypto Wallet With Backing From Coinbase, Alameda
Mara, a crypto ecosystem project backed by Coinbase Ventures and Alameda Research, has launched a cryptocurrency wallet for African users β beginning with Nigeria, then followed by Kenya and Ghana.
The project raised $23 million from its investors and aims to offer crypto brokerage services, educational resources and personal finance management.
π “Decentralized Uber” Project Raises $9 Million For Development On Solana
The Decentralized Engineering Corporation (DEC) has raised $9 million to build “The Rideshare Protocol (TRIP) on the Solana blockchain β a project best described as a decentralized version of Uber.
Investors include Foundation Capital, Road Capital, Jake Paul, Uber’s third-ever employee, and several other notable names.