Bitcoin is up 1% at $16,223
Ethereum is up 0.5% at $465
and XRP is up 1% at 26 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Civic up 28%
Decred up 15%

Bitcoin flows from Huobi to Binance in wake of larger Chinese crackdown.

Bitpay is rolling out a cryptocurrency payroll service

Axelar, a decentralized protocol for cross-blockchain communication has raised $3.75M in seed funding.

Ripple has filed a trademark for a potential new product called paystring.

Links:

• $300M in Bitcoin Flow to Binance From Huobi as China Gets Tougher on Exchanges - CoinDesk
• PAYSTRING - Ripple Labs Inc. Trademark Registration
• Payments Provider BitPay Rolls Out Cryptocurrency Payroll Service - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 3.8% at $9,977
XRP is down 2.8% at 26 cents
and Ethereum is down 3% at $188

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
WanChain up 70%
Civic up 43%
FunFair up 37%
and Ignis up 35%

The Governor of the bank of England Mark Carney favors a libra-like currency as the world’s reserve currency instead of the US dollar.

Chairwoman Maxine waters has said that her committee will continue to keep its sights on Libra through the fall.

Circle is planning to raise a 100 million venture capital fund for its equity crowdfunding platform seedinvest.

Hotmine wants to heat homes in Siberia, and decentralize mining power.

Links:

• Waters Announces Fall 2019 Priorities and Highlights Committee Accomplishments | Financial Services Committee
• Circle is raising $100 million for its new venture fund - The Block
• Carney Urges Libra-Like Reserve Currency to End Dollar Dominance - Bloomberg
• Bitcoin Miners Are Heating Homes Free of Charge in Frigid Siberia - CoinDesk