Welcome to the CryptoWatch Today for Friday, March 9, 2018.
🔊 Latest News Headlines:
- Cryptocurrency Markets Are Melting Down
- PayPal Filed a Patent to Speed Up Crypto Payments, Bitcoin Dev Argues It Already Exists
- China Blocks Cryptocurrency Exchanges Following Major Security Breach At Binance
- Read more below...
Today's Top 5 Cryptocurrencies Change (24h) Overview:
➀ Bitcoin (BTC) -13,06%
➁ Ethereum (ETH) -12,25%
➂ Ripple (XRP) -11,51%
➃ Bitcoin Cash (BCH) -12,30%
➄ Litecoin (LTC) -11,34%
Today's Top 5 Biggest Gainers and Losers:
💰 24 Hour Biggest Gainers
➀ Kzcash (KZC) 61.63%
➁ GoldMint (MNTP) 46.11%
➂ MyBit Token (MYB) 31.87%
➃ Ontology (ONT) 30.30%
➄ Qube (QUBE) 22.84%
💣 24 Hour Biggest Losers
➀ Chronobank (TIME) -43.60%
➁ ZClassic (ZCL) -39.86%
➂ Content and AD Network (CAN) -38.44%
➃ Leverj (LEV) -37.10%
➄ StrikeBitClub (SBC) -36.92%
📰 Latest News Headlines:
Cryptocurrency Markets Are Melting Down
It has gone from bad to worse for cryptocurrency traders on Friday with the sell-off accelerating during Asian afternoon trade. At the time of writing the total market is down 13.5% over the last 24 hours to US$344.9 billion according to Coin Market Cap. Crypto markets have come under significant pressure over the last few days after a series of negative events weighed heavily on trader sentiment.
Read more: fool.com.au
Other sources:
PayPal Filed a Patent to Speed Up Crypto Payments, Bitcoin Dev Argues It Already Exists
PayPal has filed a patent to speed up cryptocurrency transaction times by eliminating the verification time of payments. Bitcoin expert argues that this is already made possible through existing technologies in the cryptocurrency industry.
Read more: cointelegraph.com
China Blocks Cryptocurrency Exchanges Following Major Security Breach At Binance
A day after major cryptocurrency exchange Binance suffered a major hack, several cryptocurrency exchanges have been blocked in China, prompting investors to suspect that the Chinese government may be involved. Cryptocurrency trading online portals including Binance, BitMEX, Gate.io, and Bitfinex have all gone offline in China as of Friday afternoon.
Read more: chinamoneynetwork.com
📊 Steem Price Update
4H Chart
❶ Total accounts: 818.557 ( +748 in 24h )
❷ Alexa Global Rank: 930 ( -2 in 24h )
❸ Market Cap: $573.758.284
❺ Price in USD: $2.21
❹ 24h Change: -21,12%
❻7d Change: -30,50%
Total Market Capitalization: $348.526.156.486
Source: coinmarketcap.com