π 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary
Current Bitcoin Price:Β $37,765
Bitcoin price found a bottom in the $36,000s overnight, bouncing back toward $38,000 to begin Tuesday.
Top-20 altcoins have had a rough 24 hours of trading, as Ethereum falls 4%, XRP tumbles 10% and Cardano takes a 7% hit.
Top Stories for February 22, 2022 π₯
Non-profit organization, the Luna Foundation Guard, has successfully raised $1 billion in funding for a Bitcoin-based reserve for the Terra UST stablecoin.
The fund is designed to provide more stability to UST in times of market uncertainty, with Bitcoin being the least-correlated cryptocurrency to LUNA β the Terra-native token that backs UST.
Jump Crypto and Three Arrows Capital led the funding round, which was carried out through a sale of LUNA tokens.
Former cryptocurrency exchange giant Huobi is looking to re-enter the US market. The move comes several months after closing access to Chinese customers last year to comply with regulations β eliminating one-third of its revenue in the process.
According to co-founder Du Jun, the company is not necessarily focusing on exchange services, but may also provide traditional financial services.
Austria-based crypto exchange Bitpanda has acquired UK company Trustology, an FCA-approved cryptocurrency custodian and wallet provider.
Bitpanda will be rebranding the company to "Bitpanda Custody" and will be offering its own crypto custody services, with a focus on institutional investors.