π 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary
Current Bitcoin Price:Β $10,452
Bitcoin price continued its crash yesterday, tagging the $10,000 mark before making a slight recovery overnight.
Top-20 altcoins still look in rough shape, with Ethereum falling 5% and XRP dropping 3% over the last 24 hours. EOS and TRON are the only gainers in the top-20, with rises of 4% and 2%, respectively.
Top Stories for September 4, 2020 π₯
π MetaMask Launches Mobile Wallet App
MetaMask, one of Ethereum’s most popular wallet providers, has finally launched a mobile app for iOS and Android.
The wallet is used mostly for its ability to connect to smart-contracts, but until now has been stuck in the desktop realm its Chrome extension.
Users of the new mobile app will be able to import their complete transaction history simply by scanning a QR code.
π BitMEX to List New Coin Contracts for First Time Since 2018
Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX has announced that it will list futures contracts for two new cryptocurrencies, it’s first listing of new coins since mid-2018.
The markets will be for Chainlink (LINK) and Tezos (XTZ), in pairings against USDT – rather than the usual BTC pairing.
More details will be released later today.
π US Air Force Agrees to Third Contract with Chainalysis for $800K
The US Air Force has agreed to a third contract with Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics firm, for a deal worth almost $800,000.
The contract states that the Air Force is paying for a cryptocurrency data subscription, however no additional details have been disclosed.