Brazil is likely to introduce crypto regulation bill soon. Meanwhile, the price of Bitcoin rose 3.18 per cent in the last 24 hours; Ethereum was down 4.52 per cent.
Recently, the Brazilian Senate economic affairs committee has approved a bill on regulations of crypto transactions. The bill, introduced by Senator Flávio Arns, has to be voted on by the Senate plenary and, if approved, then by the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. The executive branch then has the power to veto the bill, Coindesk reported.
In the cryptocurrency market, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) was up by 3.18 per cent in the last 24 hours, while it was trading at $38,871.63 at 4:30 pm IST. Its dominance in the crypto market is currently at 41.85 per cent, down by 0.29 per cent in the last 24 hours, according to Coinmarketcap.com.
Ethereum (ETH) was trading at $2,714.85, with a rise of 4.52 per cent in the last 24 hours, while Binance Coin (BNB) was rising by 3.96 per cent over the same period and was trading at $380.61. Solana (SOL) was up by 7.10 per cent to $91.14 and Cardano (ADA) was up by 7.56 per cent to $0.9311.
Meme Coins
Among meme coins, Dogecoin was up by 3.90 per cent, and was trading at $0.1299 at 4:30 pm. Rival Shiba Inu was up by 7.41 per cent in the last 24 hours and was trading at $0.00002652. Dogelon Mars was up by 5.49 per cent and was trading at $0.0000008168, while Samoyedcoin was trading at $0.01976, recording a fall of 6.15 per cent in the last 24 hours.
Overall Scenario
The global crypto market cap was at $1.76 trillion, registering an increase of 4.12 per cent in the last 24 hours, while the total crypto market volume was $80.65 billion, down by 27.61 per cent.
Australian Crypto Coin Green (ACCG) became the biggest gainer, recording a rise of 720.76 per cent. It was trading at $0.09087
at 4:30 pm, as per Coinmarketcap data. In contrast, Spook Inu (SINU) witnessed the maximum loss, falling 100.00 per cent, it was trading at $0.0000000004252, shows the data in CoinMarket Cap.
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