 | | | Here are today's ten most important Bitcoin stories, efficiently ranked & summarized by smart humans, not algorithms: | | $BTC (12:44 p.m. EST): $6,291.80 (4.19%) // 90-day high: $9,927.71 // 90-day low: $5,755.25/ / More… $BCH (12:44 p.m. EST): $749.04 (5.35%) // 90-day high: $1,786.80// 90-day low: $608.37 // More… $ETH (12:45 p.m. EST): $461.70 (3.93%) // 90-day high: $831.65 // 90-day low: $365.43 // More… $LTC (12:45 p.m. EST): $82.88 (6.24%) // 90-day high: $251.03 // 90-day low: $85.13 // More… $XRP (12:45 p.m. EST): $0.48 (3.51%) // 90-day high: $1.20 // 90-day low: $0.47 // More… Here are the 10 most important stories about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies today |     | | 6. Tether has had a higher daily trading volume than ethereum in recent weeks. About $3 billion in Tether has exchanged hands each day, a total about 7 percent higher than ethereum. A few months ago, ethereum had the second highest trading volume – also around $3 billion – but has dropped to $1.7 billion as the cryptocurrency’s price has dropped. Bitcoin still has the highest daily trading volume but its total has dropped from more than $5 billion a few weeks ago to about $3.4 billion in recent weeks. –NEWS BTC 7. A cryptocurrency researcher has published data that he believes disproves the idea that bitcoin’s price has been manipulated. The data uses a statistic called “Bitcoin days destroyed” to judge investor sentiment. -BITCOINIST 8. Forget lambos. Bitcoin whales in Silicon Valley have used bitcoin to buy millions worth of watches, diamonds, and other luxury items. –BITCOIN.COM 9. The price of bitcoin continues to fall despite record mining. Bitcoin miners have been more active than ever but transaction levels have remained stagnant. -CRYPTOVEST 10. BTCC Pool Limited is prepared to sell 49 percent of its business for $17 million. BTCC Pool Limited, the mining pool business of the BTCC cryptocurrency exchanged, would sell to a Hong Kong-based financial service firm. -COINDESK | | | | | | | |
