Current Bitcoin Price: $7381 (as of 8:45 AM PST)

The cryptocurrency market is mostly up today. While Ethereum and Ripple are continuing to perform below average, Bitcoin is up a further percent — propelling it ever closer to the $8000 mark. NEM and NEO are the top-20’s high performers today, up 9.7% and 7.7%, among a sea of other top-100 coins.

Not more than 20 coins are in the red today, and it’s Bitcoin Private — which is down less than 9% — that’s suffered the worst damage.

Top Bitcoin & Crypto News Stories for 4th September 2018

Yahoo Finance lists cryptocurrencies

While Yahoo has fallen out of the memory of many younger internet users, it remains one of the most popular sites on the web — ranking in as the sixth most visited site on the internet.

Yahoo Finance is their online finance portal, and as of last month, it now offers cryptocurrency trading, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin.

New Coinbase page showing unlisted assets

Coinbase remains one of the space’s most popular fiat-crypto onramps, offering Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, and Litecoin on its basic site.

They’ve just released a new page — visible only to logged-in users — showing all of the cryptocurrency assets they haven’t yet listed, including Ripple and Monero.

Alibaba files for over 10% of blockchain patents

Alibaba is the Chinese commerce giant created by Daniel Zhang, and in recent years it’s been pushing hard to move into new spaces — just like Amazon.

A recent report shows that Alibaba filed for over 10% of the blockchain patents in 2017, showing they have a definite interest in the crypto world.