📈 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary
Current Bitcoin Price: $63,316
Bitcoin price has surged to new all-time highs once again, currently trading well above the $63,000 mark.
Top-20 altcoins are a mixed bag once again, with Ethereum gaining 1%, XRP leaping by 16%, and Binance Coin falling 9%.
Top Stories for April 13, 2021 🔥
👉 HSBC Has Banned Purchases Of MicroStrategy Shares
The largest bank in Europe, HSBC, has put a ban on purchases of MicroStrategy stock, labeling it a “virtual currency product”.
The bank already had a blanket ban in place on virtual currencies, which it claims has been effective since 2018. MicroStrategy currently holds about $5.5 billion of Bitcoin.
HSBC says it will still allow the holding sale and outgoing transfer of the shares, however will no longer accept new incoming transfers or purchases.
👉 Binance Launches Trading For Tokenized Stocks
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched trading for tokenized stocks, beginning with tokens for the ever-popular Tesla.
Users will be able to buy as little as one-hundredth of a share, with prices being settled in the BUSD stablecoin. Coindesk report that the tokenized stocks will be backed by a portfolio of the underlying securities.
👉 New York Stock Exchange Releases NFT Collection
The New York Stock Exchange has released its very own collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which commemorate significant past IPOs.
Each NFT memorializes the moment at which the companies joined the public market for the very first time,.