π 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary Current Bitcoin Price: $8,838 Bitcoin price has ranged in the mid to high $8,000s over the last day of trading, as momentum from its recent pump dies down. Top-20 altcoins also remain stable, as Ethereum and XRP each gain just a fraction of a percentage point. TRON was the largest mover today, gaining 3%. Top Stories for May 1, 2020 π₯ The new Brave desktop browser update features their new Binance trading widget, which had its plans first revealed on March 24. The widget is accessible upon opening a new tab in the browser, and enables users to manage, buy and trade cryptocurrency without having to open the Binance website. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz have broken the capital raise target for their new cryptocurrency investment fund, raising $515 million. Plans for "Crypto Fund II" were only announced earlier this month, with a target of $450 million. The fund will invest in cryptocurrency networks and businesses, focusing on next-gen payments, modern stores of value and decentralized finance (DeFi). The Tezos team announced today that they will be using Chainlink oracles for smart contracts on their platform. Tezos will be using these Chainlink oracles in their development of new dApps and stablecoin projects, possibly suggesting the birth of a new decentralized finance ecosystem on the platform. |