Market Update 2.21.18 – Japanese Exchange Allows Purchase Bitcoin for Free
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Glitch in Japanese Crypto Exchange Allowed Users to Purchase Bitcoin for Free
A technical glitch in a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange which allowed users to buy Bitcoin for free. Zaif, an exchange registered with the government and run by Tech Bureau Corp, stated that an error occurred with the price calculation system, which caused the price of Bitcoin to be displayed as ¥0. To read the full story, click here.
Russian Creating Transparency in Democracy using Blockchain Technology
Russia seems to be leading the way in creating a more transparent democratic process. The city of Moscow has been using a program called Active Citizen to allow its people to cast votes for measures being taken by the government. To ensure that people can trust the system, the government is using Ethereum’s blockchain as its platform. To find out more, click here.
Hackers Cryptojack Tesla’s AWS Cloud Account to Mine Cryptocurrencies
Tesla’s Amazon Web Services Cloud system account was “cryptojacked” and used it to mine cryptocurrencies. The hack was well disguised and low-key to keep from being spotted. To read the full story, click here.
Total Market Cap
The total cryptocurrency trading volume for the last 24 hours is $25.22 billion with a current market cap of $483.89 billion. The dominant cryptocurrency remains the Bitcoin with a 39% share.
Bitcoin Price Analysis
At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is at $11,179.60, representing a loss of 3.21% in the last 24 hours. Total trading volume for the cryptocurrency is $10.19 billion. Bitcoin’s market cap at this time is $188.68 billion.
Ethereum Price Analysis
Ethereum’s current price is at $897.41, which represents a loss of 5.04% in the last 24 hours. Trading volume for the altcoin has been at about $2.66 billion in that time period and its market cap is at $87.72 billion.
State of the Top 20 Cryptocurrencies
**All data given below is for the last 24 hours.
- Bitcoin is trading at $11,179.60, down 3.21%. BTC’s market cap is currently $188.68 billion.
- Ethereum is trading at $897.41, down 5.04%. ETH’s market cap is currently $87.72 billion.
- Ripple is trading at $1.07, down 6.14%. XRP’s market cap is currently $41.92 billion.
- Bitcoin Cash is trading at $1,394.60, down 8.41%. BCH’s market cap is currently $23.68 billion.
- Litecoin is trading at $224.31, down 9.10%. LTC’s market cap is currently $12.40 billion.
- Cardano is trading at $0.377, down 3.82%. ADA’s market cap is currently $9.79 billion.
- NEO is trading at $128, down 7.01%. NEO’s market cap is currently $8.31 billion.
- Stellar is trading at $0.432226, down 0.74%. XLM’s market cap is currently $7.98 billion.
- EOS is trading at $9.15, down 6.34%. EOS’s market cap is currently $6.24 billion.
- Dash is trading at $717.66, down 1.08%. DASH’s market cap is currently $5.66 billion.
- IOTA is trading at $1.93, down 5.85%. MIOTA’s market cap is currently $5.35 billion.
- Monero is trading at $328.82, down 4.10%. XMR’s market cap is currently $5.17 billion.
- NEM is trading at $0.498920, down 2.52%. XEM’s market cap is currently $4.49 billion.
- Ethereum Classic is trading at $38.02, down 9.94%. ETC’s market cap is currently $3.80 billion.
- TRON went up one place and is trading at $0.046904, down 5.92%. TRX’s market cap is currently $3.08 billion.
- VeChain is trading at $6.13, down 13.17%. VEN’s market cap is currently $2.93 billion.
- Lisk is trading at $25.69, down 9.79%. LSK’s market cap is currently $2.62 billion.
- Bitcoin Gold is up one place and is trading at $131.62, down 5.89%. BTG’s market cap is currently $2.21 billion.
- Qtum is trading at $29.95, down 7.27%. QTUM’s market cap is currently $2.213 billion.
- Tether is trading at $0.99, down 1%. USDT’s market cap is currently $2.212