📈 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary Current Bitcoin Price: $8,242 Bitcoin is down almost 2% in the last 24 hours, somewhat stabilizing after its recent fall. Both XRP and Ethereum are down about 2.5% each, following Bitcoin's lead. Most other top-20 altcoins are also down, with IOTA being the biggest mover at -3.4%. Top Stories for October 3, 2019 🔥 Cryptocurrency payments processor BitPay have announced that they’ll be supporting payments made in XRP for businesses, before the end of 2019. BitPay are extremely well established in the space, processing over USD$1 billion in cryptocurrency payments. Merchants using BitPay include Microsoft, Lush, and the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Ohio made headlines in 2018, as it became the first US state to accept payments in cryptocurrency (Bitcoin). The payment method has now been suspended, however, pending formal authorization from the Attorney General. Famous billionaire Mark Cuban has stated that he would rather have bananas than Bitcoin, due to its lack of intrinsic value. The statement comes at a strange time for the Dallas Mavericks owner, whose NBA team began to support Bitcoin as a form of payment just over a month ago. | 
