π 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary
Current Bitcoin Price:Β $46,532
Bitcoin price slid further over the last day of trading, briefly breaking into the $44,000 range earlier this morning.
Top-20 altcoins also continue to fall, as Ethereum drops 7% and XRP falls 6%. Cardano stands out with a 9% gain for the day.
Top Stories for February 26, 2021 π₯
π RobinHood Has Added 6M New Crypto Customers In 2021
RobinHood’s cryptocurrency platform has already added six million new customers within the first two months of 2021, according to a company announcement.
Both January and February attracted almost 3 million customers each, more than seven times as many as the most successful month during 2020.
The average transaction size over January and February has been $500.
π Proposed Kraken Capital Raise Values Exchange at $10B
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is looking to raise capital which would value the company at around $10 billion, according to Bloomberg.
The report claims the exchange has been in talks with multiple parties, including investment giant Fidelity, Tribe Capital and General Atlantic.
π $6.6M NFT Resale Breaks Records
An NFT digital artwork by artist Beeple has been sold for a new record of $6.6 million, beating the previous record of $1.5 million by more than four times.
The artwork, named “Crossroads”, was originally purchased for over $66,000 in November, now fetching a resale value of 100 times the original value.