Crypto market

BTC – $29266 3.38%.

The growth leaders among altcoins are BSV, STX, HEX.

The leaders of the fall are TWT, APE, HT.

BTC dominance - 52.44%.

Altseason index 20.

 

Bitcoin breaks $30,000 on rumors of approval of applications from BlackRock

On October 16, Cointelegraph reported the SEC's approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF from BlackRock. Amid rumours that the first cryptocurrencies exceeded $30,000, however, after some time the publication deleted the post.

Against this background, it broke through the level of $29,000. Over the past 24 hours, assets have risen in price by 6.9%, in an hour by 5.2%, according to CoinGecko. At the time of the first cryptocurrency, it exceeded $30,000.

In comments, Representatives of The Block Representatives of BlackRock stated that their application is still under consideration by the SEC. A similar confirmation was received on CoinDesk.

Soon, Cointelegraph apologized for the tweet “which led to the spread of inaccurate information about the BlackRock ETF virus.”

 

SEC drops charges against Ripple CEOs

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has withdrawn its lawsuit against Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and CEO Brad Garlinghouse alleging violations of securities laws.

Against this background, the price of the XRP token rose above the $0.5 level.

The parties reached a settlement agreement on the claims. This means that the defendants cannot be sued on the same grounds in the future.

 

Ferrari will allow you to buy its cars in the US with cryptocurrency

Carmaker Ferrari has started accepting cryptocurrency payments for its sports cars in the US and will extend the scheme to Europe.

Reuters reports this.

Ferrari said the decision was made in response to market and dealer requests as many of its customers had invested in cryptocurrency.

Accordingly, Ferrari has turned to one of the largest cryptocurrency payment processors, BitPay, for the initial stage in the US, and will allow transactions in Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDC.

It is added that the Italian company, which sold 13,200 cars in 2022 with prices ranging from more than 200 thousand to 2 million euros, plans to expand the crypto scheme to Europe before the first quarter of next year, and then to other regions where cryptocurrency is legally accepted.

 

Roblox Integrates XRP as a Payment Method

Online gaming platform Roblox, which has more than 200 million monthly active users, has partnered with cryptocurrency payment provider BitPay to integrate XRP as a payment method. As part of the cooperation, BitPay acts as a partner responsible for uninterrupted connection with crypto wallets. The company said that users will now be able to buy and play games on Xsolla, such as SMITE and Roblox, using XRP for payments.

 

Rbitrum hints at partnership with FIAT

The car company FIAT has created a Twitter (X) account, which says that very soon they will be releasing collectibles in web3.

Most likely this will be a collection of NFTs on Arbitrum, since Arbitrum has already supported the project with a post on Twitter (X).

Now they are offering to join their Discord channel and become an early user of the project before launch.