In today’s crypto news, An American pro-crypto film theatre chain, AMC, has now updated its mobile application to accept Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and other crypto-assets as a mode of payment across the entire United States. More on this crypto news is below.
After many countries made a move to regulate crypto across the globe, Brazil has also taken its stance. A private member’s bill which seeks to regulate the Brazilian Crypto Market might get approval by the national Congress before the first half of this year comes to an end. A detailed overview of this crypto news is below.
As the high demand for DeFi continues to soar, the native Web3 browser as well as the wallet provider Opera has announced its support for Apple’s iOS. Read what Opera has in store for its iOS users below.
Crypto Prices Today
| Price Trend | Price for April 18, 2022 | Percentage change |
| The global cryptocurrency market cap | $1,803,290,945,570 | -4.12% |
| The total crypto market volume | $66,545,910,073 | 35% |
| Bitcoin Price | $38,833.31 | -3.62% |
| Ethereum Price |
$2,914.57
|
-4.07% |
*All prices are latest by 11:30 AM, 18 April 2022.
Top Gainers and Losers Today
Top 3 Crypto Gainers
| Cryptocurrency | Price (Latest by April 18, 2022) | Change in % |
| Monero (XMR) | ₹19078.50 | 1.70% |
| Binance USD (BUSD) | ₹80.26 | 0.71% |
| Tether (USDT) | ₹80.28 | 0.71% |
*All prices are latest by 11:30 AM, 18 April 2022.
Top 3 Crypto Losers
| Cryptocurrency | Price (Latest by April 18, 2022) | Change in % |
| Celer (CELR) | ₹3.66 | 10.36% |
| Siacoin (SC) | ₹0.78 | 10.32% |
| Filecoin (FIL) | ₹1509 | 9.26% |
*All prices are latest by 11:30 AM, 18 April 2022.
Crypto News Global
AMC Theatres mobile app accepting Dogecoin, SHIB, and more
An American pro-crypto film theatre chain, AMC, has now updated its mobile application to accept Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and other crypto-assets as a mode of payment across the entire United States.
It had started accepting crypto payments back in November 2021 that helped the customers to buy movie tickets online by paying in crypto assets such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, and Bitcoin Cash. The promise of including meme coins such as DOGE and SHIB was made by the CEO of the company long back in January 2022 which has finally come to fruition.
Read Shiba Inu vs Dogecoin| Comparative Analysis of SHIB vs DOGE
Source: Cointelegraph
Brazilian Parliament heading towards crypto regulation
After many countries made a move to regulate crypto across the globe, Brazil has also taken its stance. A private member’s bill which seeks to regulate the Brazilian Crypto Market might get approved by the national Congress before the first half of this year comes to an end. The MPs are ready to undertake the Key vote on Tuesday this week.
According to Globo, congress expects that the bill shall be passed anytime before June. Crypto has always received a positive response from the Brazilian Senate given the acceptance of the last two bills.
Source: Cryptonews.com
Top DeFi & Metaverse News today
Opera expands crypto browser to iOS
As the high demand for DeFi continues to soar, the native Web3 browser as well as the wallet provider Opera has announced its support for Apple’s iOS. This will help the wallet be on all the major mobile platforms as well as desktops.
The company is vouching for a strong adoption of the wallet software along with integrating Solana, Polygon, Bitcoin, and other major crypto assets. According to StatCounter, Opera has a market share of 2.81%.
Read: Total Value Locked (TVL) Explained: Why TVL matters in DeFi
Source: Blockworks
NEW COIN LISTING ON COINDCX
| New Coin | Market Cap | Circulating Supply |
| Coti (COTI) | ₹17,857,488,752 | 1.05B COTI |
| SuperFarm (SUPER) | ₹18,710,847,560 | 404,410,904.42 SUPER |
| XDC Network (XDC) | ₹50,976,753,997 | 12.31B XDC |
| Mina (MINA) | ₹77,339,054,758 | 464,165,350.84 MINA |
| Stacks (STX) | ₹109,204,582,110 | 1.31B STX |
*All prices are latest by 11:30 AM April 18, 2022.*
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