📈 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary Current Bitcoin Price: $8,648 Bitcoin price has traded in a tight range once again over the last 24 hours, with price settling back in the $8,600s. Top-20 altcoins remain somewhat stationary, as Ethereum and XRP fall less than 1%. Ethereum Classic was the biggest mover of the day, gaining 3.5%. Top Stories for January 22, 2019 🔥 According to reports in India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has denied that they placed an outright ban on Bitcoin or cryptocurrency. Rather, they have restricted a handful of companies - including banks - from dealing in cryptocurrencies, in an effort to prevent illicit activity. There is no current restriction on the wider public from trading or using cryptocurrencies. Square Crypto has announced that they are creating a development kit to assist wallet developers with Lightning Network support. The kit is claimed to be an attempt at assisting Bitcoin's progression toward being a widely-used global currency, by improving user experience and scalability. Gaby Wallet and Bancor have partnered to create a bot which enables users to trade via popular messaging app, WhatsApp. Users can trade cryptocurrency simply by messaging a Gaby Wallet bot, without the need to download any other mobile applications. | 