Cryptocurrency prices hiked today, with Bitcoin rising nearly 7.03% making new high for the month.Trading volumes is seen low, since U.S. financial markets were closed due to the observation of President’s Day.But, Bitcoin jumped 7.03 % to $3,898.60. Etherum rose 12% to $144.37 amid support for a hard fork expected later in February. XRP gained 5% to $0.31638 while Litecoin was at $46.209, up 6.7%.
Meanwhile the Shift Bitcoin debit card, which allows users at Coinbase to spend their bitcoin via a visa card, is closing.
According to the screenshot, the card program will be deactivated on April 11, 2019. The card itself was criticized when it first came out in 2015, due to users having to already hold Bitcoin to pay the $20 activation fee.In other news, Israel-based crypto brokerage Coinmama reported a major data breach that affected 450,000 users. It said a list of around “450,000 email addresses and hashed passwords” was posted on the dark web.