Bitcoin Trades Above $20k; FTX Potential Acquisition of Robinhood

28 Jun 2022

📉BTC | $20,709.58 ($-447.12, -2.11%)
📉ETH | $1,181.10 ($-39.50, -3.24%)
📉XRP | $0.343624 ($-0.020370, -5.60%)
📉LTC | $54.60 ($-3.17, -5.50%)

📉Total Crypto Market Cap: The global crypto market cap is $926.32B (-2.60%)

😮‍💨Despite a Monday decline, Bitcoin (BTC) was still comfortably above the $20,000 mark. The price of the BTC, which had fallen more than 2% on the previous day, was currently trading around $20,700. As investors maintained their cautious attitude to riskier assets, Ether was trading at about $1,200, down 3% from the previous day. Major altcoins such as XRP and LTC also plummeted, falling by 5%.

🤑Trading was briefly suspended when shares of no-commission trading platform Robinhood (HOOD) rose by approximately 16% after Bloomberg reported that cryptocurrency exchange FTX was considering a possible acquisition of the company. No formal offer has been made, and FTX may decide not to move forward with any plans.

📃In a last-ditch effort to craft anti-money-laundering regulations and a new authorization system for crypto service providers, European Union (EU) negotiators will meet this week to decide on EU’s regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. Key topics of discussion include uncertainties regarding the handling of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), the energy consumption of Bitcoin, and the private usage of unhosted wallets.


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