| | | | | $BTC (1:07 p.m. EST): $6,616.20 (-1.12%) // 90-day high: $8,245.16 // 90-day low: $5,889.64/ / More… $BCH (1:07 p.m. EST): $469.62 (-3.25%) // 90-day high: $872.84// 90-day low: $420.58 // More… $ETH (1:08 p.m. EST): $234.62 (-3.25%) // 90-day high: $531.53 // 90-day low: $171.58 // More… $LTC (1:08 p.m. EST): $58.23 (-4.30%) // 90-day high: $107.31 // 90-day low: $49.35 // More… $XRP (1:08 p.m. EST): $0.52 (-7.57%) // 90-day high: $0.57 // 90-day low: $0.22 // More… Here are the 10 most important stories about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies today | | | 2. Alena Vranova, co-founder of Trezor and Satoshi Labs, announced the creation of The B Foundation. The organization, which Vranova founded alongside evangelist Giacomo Zucco, will be a mixed charitable and commercial organization, focused on coordinating general bitcoin adoption and research developers. Vranova said it is modeled similar to the Ethereum Foundation. "Bitcoin and lightning network development are the main focus," she said. "We might have some side projects like privacy-related projects like tor, freenet, stuff like that, bittorrent, but mostly bitcoin and lightning network." –BITS ONLINE | | | | Trade crypto across exchanges with real-time portfolio analytics - all in one simple place. Sign Up Free Today Manage your digital assets across exchanges and with a holistic, real-time portfolio dashboard AND advanced trading features built right in. A powerful tool for both active traders and long term investors, Quadency was built with speed, reliability, and your security in mind. | | | [Developers] Chainkit helps you add blockchain to your app in 5 minutes. With Chainkit's new API, you don't need to be a blockchain expert to Register() and Verify() data, events, or processes in your applications. Inside readers get early access before they go live on Product Hunt. Get Early Access | | | 5. Bloomberg profiles Cathie Wood, the CEO of Ark Investment Management who bought bitcoin in 2015 and currently manages three of the top 15 ETFs in the market. –BLOOMBERG 6. Bitcoin is seen as a "safe haven" compared to altcoins during bear markets. –VENTURE BEAT 7. The United States has the most bitcoin "hodlers" in the world. –USE THE BITCOIN 8. Here's another helpful guide from CoinIQ – this one reviews the 20 post popular cryptocurrency portfolio track apps current on the market. –COINIQ 9. The largest brokerage firm in Brazil will launch an exchange for bitcoin and ethereum. –COIN TELEGRAPH 10. Sheffield Clark, CEO of Coinsecure, said bitcoin is not practical for everyday use. –CRYPTO NEWS REVIEW | | | | | | |