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Cryptocurrencies Price Prediction: Bitcoin, Runes & VeChain – American Wrap 26 September

Bitcoin Ordinals creator proposes “Runes”, a replacement for BRC-20 standard

Bitcoin in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) space noted stellar growth earlier this year when the network witnessed the arrival of the BRC-20 standard. Akin to Ethereum’s ERC-20 standard, BRC-20 allowed the creation of fungible tokens on the network through the Ordinals protocol. However, the creator of the protocol is now suggesting a new standard in place of BRC-20.
Bitcoin Ordinals daily unique users
VeChain price is slowly undoing the gains witnessed in the second and third weeks of September. If this trend continues, VET could stand to trigger a steep correction in the near future.
VET/USDT 1-day chart
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) price presents an opportunity that could profit traders who are bullish on the short term. Additionally, investors might get a better chance to accumulate due to a pullback to a key support level.
BCH/USDT 12-hour chart
 

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