June 14, 2019

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency headlines

Bitcoin is up 2% at $8,277
XRP is down 1% at 39 cents
and Ethereum is down 1% at $255

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:

Chainlink, up 34%
Cortex up 20%

Binance is shuttering access for US based customers.

Napster founder's IOT company Helium went to the blockchain and closed a 15 million series C this week.

Faceboook has signed more than a dozen companies including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe and Uber to back its new crypto.

• Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency, Libra, Gets Big Backers - WSJ
• US customers to be blocked from trading on Binance.com - The Block
• Napster Founder's IoT Startup to Go Crypto With $15 Million Series C - CoinDesk