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Here is the rest of the week in review:
Crypto startup Purse announced it will shut down after 6 years of continuous operation, according to an email the firm sent to customers on Thursday. Purse support manager Eduardo Gómez tweeted: "It was a business decision, nothing funky going on," adding Purse will disclose more information in a blog post. Purse offered customers discounts of up to 5% at Amazon's
Digital transfer agent Vertalo, alternative trading system tZERO, and consulting firm Advantage Blockchain are partnering to tokenize the portfolio of $300 million real estate properties owned by a boutique firm, the firms told CoinDesk. The portfolio is owned by Pennsylvania-based Real Estate Capital Management, and Advantage plans to tokenize the portfolio in phases, starting with $90 million of office and hospitality real estate over the next three months, according to the firm's president Alec Beckman. Through Vertalo, Advantage will use the Tezos (XTZ) blockchain to tokenize the real estate. Vertalo CEO Dave Hendricks noted that though past efforts to tokenize real estate have failed because of low investor interest, Vertalo aims to help real estate managers who are looking to boost back-office efficiency and liquidity.
Crypto prices rose slightly again this week to $208 billion. For the majors, Tezos, Ethereum (ETH), and Binance Coin (BNB) posted outsized double-digit gains, while Bitcoin Cash slipped. In the top 100, the biggest losers were Insolar (XNS), down 13%, Swipe (SXP), down 10%, and MonaCoin (MONA), down 4.3%. The biggest gainers were Komodo (KMD), up 45%, Hyperion (HYN), up 41%, and Numeraire (NMR), up 30%. Next week traders will see if crypto can stay above the key $200 billion level through volatility or even prepare for another leg upward.
The author owns a small amount of BTC.