Top stories in today’s Crypto Roundup:
- France to follow Portugal in making cryptocurrency-only trades tax-exempt.
- CryptoKitties creator Dapper Labs announces new blockchain, partners, and an $11 million investment round.
- Premier League’s Watford FC adds BTC logo to player uniforms.
BTC/USD pushed higher throughout yesterday afternoon (UTC) and into the late evening. Having peaked at $10,450 at roughly 10:15pm, the trading pair was then sold down to as low as $10,275 at roughly 5:30am this morning. Importantly, BTC/USD has continued to remain north of $10,000 after having fallen below the psychologically significant level early Wednesday morning.
At the time of writing, bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $10,323.2 (+2.43%) with a daily trusted volume of $1.20 bn. As for ether (ETH) it is trading at $179.4 (+1.31%) with a daily trusted volume of $151.61 mn. The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index is currently tracking at 3,193.92 (+0.15%).