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📈 30 Second Price Summary
Current Bitcoin Price: $10,670
On average, the cryptocurrency market is up a couple of percent today. Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin is up 2%, Ethereum is up 1.2%, and XRP hasn’t moved at all. Big movers in the top-20 are Chainlink and NEO — up 21% and 11% respectively.
Top Stories for 2nd July 2019 🔥
👉 $100m crypto mining center to be built in Colorado
What with the cryptocurrency market picking up again, Bitcoin mining has once again become profitable in developed and developing countries alike.
Plans have been proposed to build a $100 million cryptocurrency mining center in Colorado. However, protesters say the center will make it impossible for the local area to reach its otherwise-achievable renewable energy goals.
👉 ErisX receives approval from CFTC for futures trading
ErisX is an upcoming cryptocurrency futures trading platform, backed by TD Ameritrade. As always with futures trading, the platform needs to get plenty of approvals before it can be released.
Just today, ErisX gained approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to launch its platform, which team members say will happen some time later this year.
👉 Binance to launch futures platform with 20x leverage
BitMEX is without a doubt the most popular cryptocurrency exchange for trading with leverage. However, Binance has shown signs of wanting to get in on the action, recently announcing the possibility to trade crypto assets with single-digit leverage.
Binance now plans to launch a separate futures trading platform which will have up to 20x leverage.