📈 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary Current Bitcoin Price: $10,784 Bitcoin price has cooled off after a run that broke the $11,000 mark yesterday, now sitting in the $10,700s. Top-20 altcoins seem to have stabilized over the last 24 hours, with Ethereum gaining 4% and XRP rising over 2%, while Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin remain unchanged. Top Stories for September 17, 2020 🔥 Decentralized exchange Uniswap has created its own UNI governance token, airdropping 150 million of them to its users. The token is designed to grow the platform via a decentralized mechanism, as well as reward users who contribute to the ecosystem. Some believe that the release of the token was a direct response to rivals Sushiswap, who cloned the Uniswap platform and released their own SUSHI token. Kraken exchange is launching a bank in the state of Wyoming, under a new regulatory framework built for cryptocurrency companies. The development will allow Kraken to launch the trading of non-crypto assets, and also no longer have to rely on third-party companies for banking services such as wire transfers. The Libra Association - the group behind Facebook's cryptocurrency project - has hired James Emmett, a former HSBC bank CEO. His role at the Libra Association will be managing director, where he will use his 25 years of HSBC experience to "help make Libra's vision a reality". | 
