In today’s crypto news, one of the most popular crypto exchanges in the world, OKX has signed a deal with England’s soccer team Manchester City and has become the official crypto partner for the same. More on this crypto news is below.
The famous burger chain, Shake Shack has started a new promotion scheme in collaboration with the Block’s Cash app where it has been rewarding a 15% of purchase made by the customers on any product of Shake Shack in Bitcoin. This is to attract more young customers to the store and also to see the inclination of the public towards crypto in general.
The Sandbox metaverse has finally hit 2 million registered users and is now in talks to ride the K-pop wave. It has also launched season 2 of the game. Read more on this crypto news below.
Crypto Prices Today
| Price Trend | Price for March 08, 2022 | Percentage change |
| The global cryptocurrency market cap | ₹133,370,828,810,308 | +2.14% |
| The total crypto market volume | ₹6,542,715,512,875 | +22% |
| Bitcoin Price | ₹30,54,746.14 | +0.69% |
| Ethereum Price | ₹2,01,725.34 | -0.37% |
*All prices are latest by 11:30 AM, 8 March 2022.
Top Gainers and Losers Today
Top 3 Crypto Gainers
| Cryptocurrency | Price (Latest by March 08, 2022) | Change in % |
| Zcash (ZEC) | ₹9329.66 | 12.17% |
| Siacoin (SC) | ₹0.70 | 9.11% |
| Alpaca Finance (ALPACA) | ₹31.42 | 9.04% |
*All prices are latest by 11:30 AM, 8 March 2022.
Top 3 Crypto Losers
| Cryptocurrency | Price (Latest by March 08, 2022) | Change in % |
| THORChain (RUNE) | ₹333.99 | 8.80% |
| Oasis Network (ROSE) | ₹17.26 | 4.64% |
| Chiliz (CHZ) | ₹15.31 | 4.31% |
*All prices are latest by 11:30 AM, 8 March 2022.
Crypto News Global
Manchester City signs OKX as their Crypto Partner
The English soccer club Manchester City has announced its partnership with OKX as their crypto partner. According to the latest interview by Roel De Vries, Chief Operating Officer of City Football Group, the new partnership is aligned with the success and values shared by both parties. OKX is one of the most popular exchanges across the globe and currently has more than 20 million customers across 180 countries.
This partnership with the Sports team will be the company’s first venture into the world of sports and entertainment.
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Shake Shack offers BTC rewards to customers using Block’s Cash app
The popular burger chain Shake Shack (SHAK) is running a promotion where customers can now receive bitcoin as a reward for the purchases made by them using the Block’s (SQ) Cash app. Customers can receive up to 15% of their amount back in the form of bitcoin on any of the Shake Shack purchases made using the Cash Card. The cash card is a debit card available for Cash App users only.
This promotion is an experiment to attract young customers with crypto rewards as well as to analyze the demand for cryptos among the public in general.
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Top Metaverse & NFT News today
The Sandbox metaverse hits 2M users, begins K-pop partnership
The Sandbox metaverse game, owned by the NFT investment giant Animoca has crossed 2 million registered users during its play-to-earn season 2 alpha launch. This crypto game is backed by the native token SAND and the NFTs have been in the works for the past four years now. The latest season of the game went live last week and now users can explore more than 35 different virtual experiences along with the sneak peek of the Snoopverse.
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