Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,809
XRP is down slightly at at 28 cents
and Ethereum is up 2% at $225

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Kick token up 139%%
Educare up 20%
Decentraland up 17%
Bitcoin SV up 15%

Todays headlines:

Dr. Li Wenliang has been memorialized in the Ethereum blockchain.

The global blockchain business council is partnering with Earnst and Young, and MIT to take on the problem of taxes around the world.

The Australian government has released a national blockchain roadmap.

Links:

• Australian government issues national blockchain roadmap to help drive adoption - The Block
• China’s Coronavirus Whistleblower Is Now Memorialized on Ethereum - CoinDesk
• How Blockchain Will Track Taxes (and Tax Cheats) - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up half a % at $8,129
XRP is up 1% at 21 cents
and Ethereum is up slightly at $143

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bitcapital vendor up 186%
Cortex up 30%
Educare up 24%

Ethereum classic complete its Agharta update this morning.

CES saw two blockchain devices pick up accolades.

LedgerX has named the former chief technology officer as the new CEO.

The SEC has filed documents indicating that telegram kept selling tokens after their 1.7 billion ICO

Links:

• Ethereum Classic Successfully Completes ‘Agharta’ Hard Fork - CoinDesk
• Hardware Is Hard: Two Blockchain Devices Win Plaudits at CES 2020 - CoinDesk
• LedgerX Names Former Chief Tech Officer as New CEO - CoinDesk