Top stories in today’s The Crypto Roundup:
- European Central Bank (ECB) president nominee tables measured regulatory approach to digital currencies in parliamentary address.
- Samsung to launch smartphone compatible with Klaytn blockchain.
- Blockchain.com reportedly in talks to raise a $50 million venture capital fund.
BTC/USD has comfortably managed to remain above $10,000 since bursting through the psychologically significant price level earlier in the week; an encouraging sign for bitcoin holders. The trading pair spiked to a two-week high of $10,800 last night (UTC), before falling to—and subsequently rebounding off of—$10,500 overnight.
At the time of writing, bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $10,583.3 (+1.81%) with daily trusted volumes of $1.54 bn. As for ether (ETH) it is trading at $174.6 (+0.7%) with daily trusted volumes of $231.24 mn. The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index is currently tracking at 3,207.96 (–0.20%).