Top stories in the Crypto Roundup:
- New smart contract language for Bitcoin posted to bitcoin-dev mailing list.
- Square Crypto makes first full-time Bitcoin developer hire.
- SEC announces $268,998 settlement with Russia-based ICO Rating.
The BTC/USD pair broke lower overnight (UTC), falling below all three of the 14, 50, and 100 EMAs on the one-hour timeframe. Ethereum Classic (ETC) bucked the downward trend set by virtually all large-cap cryptocurrencies, rising 11% as anticipation over its mid-September Atlantis hard fork grows.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $10,164.75 (-6.08%) with a daily trusted volume of $1.96 bn. As for ether (ETH) it is trading at $187.41 (-6.51%) with daily trusted volume of $385.07 mn. The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index is currently tracking at 3,309.47 (-4.24%).