General Market
Outlook
The market has made no significant
downward movement with most coins in the negative. Trading volume
has risen from $13 billion to $18 billion in 24 hours. Nasdaoin
(NSD) is the only the major stand outs of the top 100 coins by
market cap - up almost 6% in the past 24 hours. The value of
Bitcoin (BTC) is roughly at $5,100 for -1.0% and a total market
dominance of about 52.9%, and the value of Ethereum (ETH) is just
over $155 for -12.0?% change in the past 24 hours. Market cap
for the overall cryptocurrency market steadily declined over the
past 24 hours, declining by about $18 billion, falling to over $167
billion total.
Major
Headlines
Largest City In Spain
Raising Money For Blockchain
The government of Bilbao, Spain has
developed a €150,000 fund to develop a blockchain for public
services. Officials of the largest region of Bilbao, Basque country
want to start a decentralized platform that is designed to allow
one to act with “power of attorney” online. One company has been
chosen for the contract to develop the blockchain network within 6
months. According to the technical description of the possible new
tender, the company which wins the bid to build the network is
chosen to be similar to EJIE. EJIE is a digital platform owned by
the Basque country’s government, and operates on JPMorgan’s Quorum.
Their distributed ledger and smart contract platform designed for
financial needs and based on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain.
Bilbao’s authorities want to exchange the data between different
public institutions more smoothly using the interoperability of
EJIE.
Crypto.com Launching
Card
Formerly known as Monaco,
Crypto.com will soon be launching a visa debit card that can be
loaded with cryptocurrencies and used like any standard credit card
or debit card. The company claims that they will be launching the
card in the United States and Singapore, although launch in the
U.S. has not been confirmed. They claim the card has been approved
in partnership with its local bank partner Metropolitan Commercial
Bank. Benefits of the card will be up to 2% token rewards with its
native MCO token, airport lounge access on selected cards,
tap-and-pay feature, as well as competitive interbank rates. They
currently have 100,000 users ready to receive their cards and they
will be accepted at over 40 million locations worldwide, online and
offline. The card does not facilitate fiat to crypto exchanges, but
the cards can be used for no-fee ATM withdrawals.
Russian Authors Using
Blockchain
The Russian Authors' Society will
launch a financial platform to provide intellectual
property-secured loans using blockchain technology. The new
platform called CoFi is intended to be launched in Q1 2019. The
purpose is to bring together potential intellectual property rights
holders and investors with an easy way to provide loan
funds.
Top 5
Gainers
Animation Vision Cash (AVH)
+127.79% at $0.000965
StarChain (STC) +29.39% at
$0.005440
Birake (BIR) +24.95% at
$0.135465
Ternio (TERN) +22.79% at
$0.022218
0xBitcoin (0xBTC) +22.26% at
$0.509636
Top 5
Losers
Thore Cash (TCH) -65.04% at
$0.001898
PRASM (PSM) -41.46% at
$0.000749
ChatCoin (CHAT) -37.56% at
$0.005421
Datarius Credit (DTRC) -37.31% at
$0.000874
Metaverse ETP (ETP) -36.31% at
$1.73
New Coins
Listed
Bitcoin SV (BTSV) listed to
Bittrex
NEO (NEO) listed to
BiteBTC
MicroMines (MICRO) listed to
CatEx
CarTaxi Token (CTX) listed to
Bitker
By: BGN Editorial Staff