Crypto Market Analysis: September 27, 2021

Crypto markets were rocked on Friday as it emerged that China was implementing a full ban on cryptoasset trading inside the country. Despite it having announced the ban previously, markets reacted badly with big falls in BTC and other altcoins. BTC entered last week on a downward trend and had already hit a low of $40,500 by Wednesday morning, but it was recovering steadily until the news from China knocked it down more than 8% on Friday. The price then stabilised before a jump on Sunday and returned to over £44,100 this morning. ETH likewise hit a weekly low on Wednesday, touching £2,700 before a climb back up to over $3,100. Following its own fall of over 9% on Friday, ETH then stabilised along with BTC over the weekend and was trading again at over $3,100 this morning after strong gains on Sunday. Twitter launches crypto features Social media platform Twitter has launched a series of crypto-related features on its platform. Users will now be able to tip popular tweeters in bitcoin through Strike, a third-party payments app built on the Bitcoin Lightning Network. iOS-based Twitter users will now be able to access the Tips feature while the platform says it will roll out Android functionality soon. The company is also looking to make non-fungible tokens (NFTs) more prominent on the platform, giving creators more tools and moderation functions. Twitter says it is exploring NFT authentication which would let users connect their...