Mina Price(MINA)

Mina Foundation, the development team behind Mina Protocol, announced on Friday via a blog post that it has hired Kurt Hemecker as Chief Operating Officer. The team added that Kurt Hemecker would bring a lot of experience to the Mina Foundation after working for more than two decades in various roles, including at the Facebook-backed Diem stablecoin project and at PayPal.Mina is a layer-1 protocol with a succinct blockchain. The current blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum store hundreds of gigabytes of data, and their blockchains will only increase in size over time.MINA is up by more than 12% in the last 24 hours and is trading at $2.958 at press time.Source: MINA

The global cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $1.92T, down by -0.09% over the last day, according to CoinMarketCap data.Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading between $41,773 and $42,896 over the past 24 hours. As of 08:00 PM (UTC) today, BTC is trading at $42,219, down by -0.31%.Most major cryptocurrencies by market cap are trading mixed. Market outperformers include LRC, MINA, and SRM, up by 38%, 23%, and 18%, respectively.Top stories of the day:Yuga Labs valued at $4 billion after raising $450 millionYuga Labs has announced the completion of a $450 million fundraise to develop its NFT metaverse project, bringing the company’s valuation up to $4 billion.Grayscale launches Smart Contract Platform FundGrayscale has launched the Grayscale Smart Contract Platform Ex-Ethereum Fund, which consists of a variety of cryptocurrencies such as ADA, SOL, AVAX, and more.El Salvador postpones planned Bitcoin Bond: reportEl Salvador has postponed its planned $1 billion bitcoin bond offering due to unfavorable market conditions according to a report from Reuters.Avalanche announces new ‘Core’ wallet, Bitcoin Bridge at AVAX SummitAvalanche announced it will launch its own wallet application, called Core, and add Bitcoin bridging functionality.A16z Alum Katie Haun raises $1.5B for 2 new crypto venture fundsFormer Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) partner Katie Haun has raised $1.5 billion for two new crypto-focused funds for her new firm, Haun Ventures, according to an announcement post.Bitcoin price breaks out to highest in almost 3 weeksBitcoin rose to a three-week high as cryptocurrencies moved with major stock market indices.Market movers:ETH: $2962.06 (-0.93%)BNB: $403.5 (+0.12%)XRP: $0.8273 (-0.42%)ADA: $1.052 (+9.58%)LUNA: $94.61 (+2.24%)SOL: $92.83 (+1.31%)AVAX: $84.25 (-0.98%)DOT: $20.67 (+4.24%)DOGE: $0.1273 (+4.00%)SHIB: $0.00002396 (+1.44%)Top gainers on Binance:LRC/BUSD (+38%)MINA/BUSD (+23%)SRM/BUSD (+18%)

The Mina ecosystem secured $92 million through strategic and private sales of MINA led by Three Arrows Capital and others. Mina is a zero-knowledge smart contract and Web3 app protocol, allowing increased user privacy and end-to-end security. The Mina Protocol made the announcement over the weekend via their Twitter.MINA is up 2.5% over the last day and is trading at $2.21 at press time.