The cryptocurrency market never closes, and the industry itself is growing faster than ever. This means there’s more breaking news, and more vital information emerging than ever before. This Week in Crypto is Covesting’s weekly news recap aimed at providing the most complete coverage across the cryptosphere.

Forbes Launches CryptoMarkets Price and Market Data Aggregator

Media powerhouse Forbes has inked a deal with NewCity Capital and Trade.io to launch Forbes CryptoMarkets – a new website similar to CoinMarketCap, featuring real-time data on cryptocurrency prices and market trends.

The new tool offers data on the top 200 cryptocurrencies and over 30 of the top cryptocurrency exchanges across the industry.

Binance CEO Offers to Buy Tesla with Crypto after Elon Musk Tweet

Serial entrepreneur, bad-decision-maker, and tweeter Elon Musk recently tweeted the question "Wanna buy some Bitcoin?” In response, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao told the eccentric Tesla CEO that he’d purchase one of Musk’s Tesla electric vehicles if he’d accept crypto as payment.

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Bakkt’s Futures Trading Goes Live in December

The parent company behind the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, is set to launch their much-hyped Bakkt trading platform on December 12, pending approval from U.S. regulators, that is all but guaranteed.

Bakkt will offer physically-backed Bitcoin Futures, and is causing quite a buzz of anticipation in the cryptocurrency community, with many speculating, it could be the news that brings the bear market to a close.

CoinMarketCap Lists Data for Its 2000th Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency market and price data aggregator CoinMarketCap has listed its 2,000th cryptocurrency. To date, there are now a grand total of 2,111 altcoins alongside Bitcoin included on the popular site.

For perspective on how much the market has grown, CoinMarketCap featured only 66 coins back in 2013 when it launched. 2018’s total has almost doubled that of 2017, which had 1,335 coins.

Coinbase Lists USD Coin, Joins CENTRE alongside Circle

Coinbase has joined Circle to become a founding member of CENTRE. CENTRE is a “governed network powered by price-stable crypto assets.”

The firm’s first stablecoin, USD Coin, has now been listed on Coinbase both for trading and sending payments. While the cryptocurrency community is quick to pass off USD Coin as just another stablecoin, its inclusion on Coinbase could help it thrive as more of a payment technology than an asset or trading pair due to it having lower fees and faster transaction times than PayPal and other more traditional payment methods.