No single mood in the market: Bitcoin stays below 9K, yet it r | Velvet.Exchange

No single mood in the market: Bitcoin stays below 9K, yet it rose +0.4% and touched $8,800.
Ethereum as well had +0.3% gain in the last 24 hours, Bitcoin Cash dropped down a bit -0.5% and Litecoin lost -0.4%. To sum up, 1st tier is super flat.

China is preparing to be the first country to roll out a digitized domestic currency, speculators say (as officials give very cloudy comments, as usual). and it is not a bid to gain full control of information belonging to the general public — the goal is to balance privacy concerns and the authorities’ need for information.