Ether was recently changing hands above $1,350, up more than 5% from the previous day, same time. Other major altcoins spent much of the day firmly in the green with DOGE rising more than 10% after Elon Musk, a champion of the popular meme coin, indicated he would be willing to follow through on his original proposal to purchase social media platform Twitter. SHIB, a similarly dog-themed meme coin and LINK, climbed over 4% and 5%, respectively.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/10/05/first-mover-asia-bitcoin-is-upbeat-above-20k-as-investors-grow-optimistic-that-steep-rate-hikes-will-soon-end-kim-kardashian-and-the-secs-publicity-grab/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines