Top stories in today’s Crypto Roundup:
- North Korea reportedly building its own cryptocurrency.
- Early Ethereum supporter arrested and charged for extortion of startup cryptocurrency company.
- Binance.US announces support for Binance Coin (BNB).
The BTC/USD pair broke below the psychologically significant $10,000-mark early Thursday morning (UTC), falling precipitously from a price of $10,080 at 3:01am to $9,690 just five minutes later. The price has since rebounded and is pushing toward $9,900 at the time of writing.
At the time of writing, bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $9,889.7 (–3.25%) with a daily trusted volume of $1.60 bn. As for ether (ETH) it is trading at $205.5 (–3.21%) with a daily trusted volume of $620.05 mn. The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index is currently tracking at 3,412.86 (–4.8%).