"News & Holiday Pause" December 23, 2019

We'll be off the 24th and 25th for the holiday.

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news

Bitcoin is up 5 % at $7,572
XRP is up 1% at 19 cents
and Ethereum is up 3% at $133

Those are your leaders by market cap

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Cortex, up 17%

Blockforce filed a proposal for an exchange traded fund composed of 15% bitcoin and 85% global currencies.

Poloniex has dropped KYC for their new level one account tier that has a daily withdrawal limit of $10k per day.

Coinbase announced that they will be "sunsetting Earn.com to focus exclusively on Coinbase Earn."

• Poloniex exchange drops KYC for withdrawals of up to $10,000 per day - The Block
• Coinbase to begin 'sunsetting Earn.com'; will focus on Coinbase Earn product - The Block
• Why the SEC Asked Blockforce Capital to Pull a Bitcoin ETF Proposal as Soon as It Was Filed - CoinDesk