Bitcoin is up 1% at $11,880
Ethereum is up 2% at $436
and XRP is down 1% at 29 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Synthetix up 32%
Digibyte up 17%
and Aave up 16%

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple told the financial times that the company aims to be the Amazon of payments.

The Boston Federal reserve is partnering with MIT on a research effort focused on central bank digital currencies

The Winklevoss Twins met with Barstool founder Dave Portnoy in a wide-ranging conversation about Bitcoin.

Links:

• Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy buys bitcoin after Winklevoss pitch - The Block
• Ripple aims to become 'the Amazon of payments' says CEO - The Block
• Ripple CEO Hits Out at Reports Claiming Firm Is Pivoting From Interbank Payments - CoinDesk
• Speech by Governor Brainard on "An Update on Digital Currencies" - Federal Reserve Board

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 2.4% at $10,767
XRP is down slightly at 31 cents
Ethereum is up 1% at $222

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Hydro up 36%
RChain up 26%
Chainlink up 18%

The Goldman Sachs backed Apple card will not allow the purchase of cryptocurrencies.

China has announced that it is planning to accelerate the research and development of its “legal digital currency”.

AWS has launched a competition with several partners with a 100,000 grand prize.

MIT & Elliptic are using machine learning to examine bitcoin transactions that may be associated with illicit activity.

Links:

• China's central bank seeks to accelerate the development of its 'legal digital currency' - The Block
• The Apple Card, issued by Goldman Sachs, will not allow purchase of cryptocurrencies - The Block
• Time, Randomness, and a $100,000 Prize to Forever Change Blockchain | AWS Startups Blog
• MIT's AI Lab Analyzed 200,000 Bitcoin Transactions. Only 2% Were 'Illicit' - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 3% at $9,478
XRP is down 3% at 31 cents
and Ethereum is down 4% at $207

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Zclassic up 17%

The IRS is sending letters to 10,000 cryptocurrency holders telling them to report their crypto holdings and pay the proper taxes.

An MIT fellow has called out Libra for "lifting” several of his ideas for the token.

Bitcoin-rewards app Lolli has added 900 retail locations of SafeWay.

Links:

• IRS sends letters to warn over 10,000 cryptocurrency investors to report and pay taxes properly - The Block
• MIT Fellow Says Facebook 'Lifted' His Ideas for Libra Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk
• Lolli CEO on Twitter