Cryptocurrency prices: Bitcoin, Dogecoin up; Ripple moves ahead

Cryptocurrency prices continue to be in the green on June 30. The global cryptocurrency market cap is $1.45 trillion, a 3.04 percent increase over the last day while the total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours is $93.19 billion, which makes a 14.18 percent increase. Read more here.

NatWest caps transfers to crypto exchanges over fraud concerns

Britain's Natwest Group has capped the daily amount customers can send to cryptocurrency exchanges, including major platform Binance, because of concerns over investment scams and fraud, a spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday. Read more here.

Questions over a billion dollars as Bitcoin owner dies

Bitcoin blogger and billionaire Mircea Popescu, believed to be one of the largest owners of the cryptocurrency, was found dead in a drowning incident off the Costa Rican coast, Spanish media reported. Popescu, 41, is believed to own over $1 billion in Bitcoin. Now, there are questions over what happens to the cryptocurrency he owns. Read more here.

Bitcoin has not just failed, it's failed miserably: Valuation guru Aswath Damodaran

Professor Aswath Damodaran is unimpressed with Bitcoin and believes it has failed as a measure of a good currency, something that can be used to buy coffee, a house or even a car. Damodaran, one of the finest minds on valuation and markets, weighed in on cryptocurrencies during the 10th episode of Moneycontrol Masterclass. Read more here.

Kevin Pietersen ‘Getting Closer to Joining Bitcoin World’

Former international cricketer Kevin Pietersen announced in a tweet that he was getting convinced to venture into the wild world of bitcoins after interacting with a popular cryptocurrency podcast host, News18 reported. Read more here.