August 31, 2019

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news:

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,599
XRP is up slightly at 25 cents
and Ethereum down half a percent at $168

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Wanachain up 21%
Quarkchain up 17%

A judge in Florida has confirmed that Craig Wright the self-proclaimed inventor of bitcoin must forfeit half his crypto mined prior to 2014 to the estate of Dave Kleiman.

Japanese monolith SBI holdings has launched an interim shareholder benefits program that pays out in XRP.

Alan Howard, the head of the Brevan Howard hedge fund is launching a crypto portfolio platform.

Seoul based Artbloc will be fractionally selling two pieces of artwork by David Hockney as a pilot program.

• Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Creator Slammed by Judge, Ordered to Pay Up to $5B - VICE
• Seoul's Artbloc to Offer High-End Art Using Blockchain-Based Fractional Ownership - CoinDesk
• Billionaire Investor Eyes $1 Billion Crypto Hedge Fund - CoinDesk
• SBI Holdings subsidiary to pay shareholders an interim dividend in XRP crypto - The Block