Bitcoin Above $4,800 / Altcoins Own Q1 / IPOs / Cross-Border Payments

Subscribe | View in browser $BTC (1:41 p.m. EST): $4,714.39 (13.43%) // 90-day high: $4,849.12 // 90-day low: $3,286.14 / / More… $BCH ABC (1:41 p.m. EST): $210.21 (25.43%) // 90-day high: $218.09// 90-day low: $80.95 // More… $ETH (1:41 p.m. EST): $156.11 (​10.12%) // 90-day high: $160.13 // 90-day low: $86.08 // More… $LTC (1:41 p.m. EST): $70.74 (16.83%) // 90-day high: $62.08 // 90-day low: $22.09 // More… $XRP (1:41 p.m. EST): $0.33 (8.39%) // 90-day high: $0.43 // 90-day low: $0.28 // More…       1. The price of bitcoin jumped more than 15 percent early Tuesday to more than $4,800 per coin. The increase added more than $14 billion to bitcoin's market cap and represented bitcoin's highest price since November. Experts could not immediately point to a reason or reasons for the increase. The price of bitcoin was relatively stable during March, trading in its smallest window over a month is its recorded history. Ether and XRP also saw a nice price increase, both jumping about 7 percent each. –CNBC       2. Bitcoin saw its value increase by about 10 percent in the first quarter of 2019, but the altcoin market was the true winner of the year's first three months. Analytics provider Messari revealed that 118 cryptocurrencies outperformed bitcoin in the first quarter with some posting triple-digit percentage gains. Binance Coin (202 percent), Ravencoin (386 percent) and Pchain (781 percent) were some of the most notable winners. On the downside, Bitcoin SV lost 26 percent while NEM dropped 13 percent. –COINDESK       Ad Creating Company Culture: How to Support Employee Retention, Productivity, and a Sense of Belonging Workplace culture is no longer an office "perk," but a critical component of a business's operations. It impacts how teams collaborate and whether employees feel included, respected, and recognized—which enables them to do their best work. Download our guide to company culture. 3. This year's wave of technology IPOs may bode well for cryptocurrency companies. As Nick Chong argues at News BTC, IPOs at companies like Lyft, Pinterest, Uber, and Slack will serve as an opportunity for venture firms to cash out at least some of their investments. These funds will likely be reinvested in some of Silicon Valley's biggest names with crypto-friendly firms at the top of the list. "Billions of dollars in private company stock is becoming liquid via IPOs this year," Barry Silbert, head of the Digital Currency Group tweeted. "The crypto asset class is going to be a huge beneficiary." –NEWS BTC       4. Coinbase customers can now transfer funds to any user using either XRP and the exchange's Stablecoin, USDCoin, with no fee. The ability to transfer will make it easier for customers to send payments across borders. With this new capability, users can send and receive money instantly, as well as convert into local currency. –COIN TELEGRAPH       Ad Free Online Programming Courses from Harvard, MIT, Microsoft, IBM, Berkeley, and more Did you know you can take courses from 140 top institutions on edX.org? Gain new skills or stay up to date with the latest tech. Learn Data Science, Python, C/C++/C#, Java, Power BI, AI, ML, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, IoT, AWS, Deep Learning, Front-End, DevOps, Big Data, etc. Join free today. 5. Dogecoin saw its price increase 18.31 percent over a recent 24-hour period. –ETHEREUM WORLD NEWS 6. A bitcoin whale placed an $80 million sell order above bitcoin's current price. –NEWS BTC 7. Tech Republic names the top 10 companies that have the highest share of cryptocurrency or blockchain-related jobs and the results are not surprising: Deloitte, IBM, KPMG and Ernst & Young top the list. –TECH REPUBLIC 8. There is one benefit to last year's crypto plunge: Lower taxes. –QUARTZ 9. MetaMask broadcasts public key information, but P.H. Madore argues that no one should care. –CCN 10. Elizabeth White, the CEO of The White Company, believes "cryptocurrency will be limited to bitcoin and its forks." –CRYPTO GLOBE       Written and curated by David Stegon. He has been a reporter for 15 years, the past 10 focused on technology. Follow him @davidstegon. Editing team: Kim Lyons (Pittsburgh-based journalist and managing editor at Inside); Susmita Baral (senior editor at Inside, who runs the biggest mac and cheese account on Instagram); and David Stegon (senior editor at Inside, whose reporting experience includes cryptocurrency and technology).       Ad A reimagined Jira Software. Simpler and more powerful than ever before. Learn more. Vettery's 2019 Tech Salary Report Is Here. Download Now.   Meet the Pod: A high-tech bed designed to improve your sleep through dynamic cooling and heating. Learn More

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