Cryptocurrency news: Bitcoin, Ethereum slip by 2.9%
Top cryptocurrency prices today: Cardano showed the highest gain of 0.90% to $2.16, while Binance Coin increased by 0.52% to $481.94
Six of the top ten cryptocurrencies were trading in green on October 23 as Bitcoin, the world’s oldest and largest cryptocurrency declined by 2.99% to $61,307.97. Ethereum, the second-largest token, fell by 2.94% to $4,034.89. Cardano showed the highest gain of 0.90% to $2.16, while Binance Coin increased by 0.52% to $481.94. Others like Dogecoin and Solana climbed by 0.44%, while Polkadot slumped by 0.51%. In terms of ranking, all the cryptocurrencies remained in the same position, except for Dogecoin which moved from the tenth position to ninth.
Cryptocurrency prices
| S. No | Cryptocurrency | Price (in $) | Price (in Rs) | %Change |
| 1 | Bitcoin | 61,307.97 | 47,91,365 | -2.99 |
| 2 | Ethereum | 4,034.89 | 3,15,500 | -2.94 |
| 3 | Binance Coin | 481.94 | 37,693.80 | 0.52 |
| 4 | Cardano | 2.16 | 168.90 | 0.90 |
| 5 | Tether USDT | 1.00 | 78.16 | 0.01 |
| 6 | Solana | 203.50 | 16,039.66 | 0.44 |
| 7 | XRP | 1.09 | 85.45 | -1.09 |
| 8 | Polkadot | 44.62 | 3,509.84 | -0.51 |
| 9 | Dogecoin | 0.24 | 19.28 | 0.44 |
| 10 | USD Coin | 1.00 | 78.16 | 0.04 |
*All prices as of 23rd October 2021, at 9:45 AM, Table Source: Coinmarketcap.com, For rupee values: WazirX
Avail cryptocurrency with just an eyeball scan
Backed by Anderseen Horowitz and co-founded by the former head of Y Combinator Sam Altman, Worldcoin, is looking to put cryptocurrency in the hands of people, just by scanning their eyeballs. It has so far signed up more than 1,30,000 users and in the last four weeks alone, they have signed up about 60,000 users.
The reason for the eyeball scan is that the startup is using iris recognition to make sure that people who receive the crypto handouts aren’t getting multiple allocations.
Vitalik Buterin clears off Dogecoin wallet from his collection
Ethereum, co-founder, Vitalik Buterin has been clearing his Dogecoin collection copy cats like Small Doge, Baby Shiba, and Kishu Inu among others. Recently, Buterin has reportedly sold-off around $4.3 million (roughly over Rs 32 crore) worth of dog-themed meme-coins from his wallets.
Some of these coins were utilised to purchase tokens from Proof of Humanity’s UBI initiative and burn them. Proof of Humanity is an Ethereum based social verification system for humans in partnership with Klerosand Democracy Earth.
Several Dogecoins had fallen sharply by 72%, with the coin presently trading at $0.00000183. Buterin is known for swapping his dog coins for funds that he invests in areas related to community services.
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