📈 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary Current Bitcoin Price: $13,184 Bitcoin price printed a spike, dip and strong recovery over the weekend, kicking off the week well above the $13,100 mark today. Top-20 altcoins have traveled somewhat sideways, with Ethereum and XRP almost unchanged over the last 24 hours, while Polkadot is the most notable mover with a 7% gain. Top Stories for October 26, 2020 🔥 Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Harvest Finance was exploited today, resulting in the loss of $24 million in user funds. The hacker funded the attack using a flash loan, manipulating the prices of assets used in the protocol and eventually converting his funds to Bitcoin. $2.5 million of the stolen funds were returned to the protocol, for unknown reasons. China's central bank digital currency will work with major payment apps WeChat and Alipay, according to a People's Bank of China (PBoC) official. The official, Mu Changchun, said during a conference that the digital currency would not compete with current payment applications, but rather be integrated with them. Currently, however, the digital yuan is only available to a limited number of users through its own mobile application. Prominent computer chip company AMD is reportedly considering repurposing older model graphics processing units (GPUs) for cryptocurrency mining. Tech website Phoronix made the discovery, spotting evidence of "blockchain" Linux drivers that hint at new graphics cards specialized for cryptocurrency mining. | 