Bitcoin is up 3% 8,980
Ethereum is up 3% at $214
and XRP is up 3% at 22 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Power Ledger up 37%
Bytecoin up 36%
and Hedra Hashgraph up 15%

MMC ventures points to equity funding as the area to be optimistic about within the UKs blockchain ecosystem.

Ripple has released their Q1 numbers showing their lowest ever XRP sales.

Fireblocks is reporting they’ve conducted $30 billion in digital asset transfers to date.

a16z raises $515m for their Crypto Fund II.

Links:

• Ripple posts its lowest ever XRP sales in Q1 2020 - The Block
• MMC Ventures report
• Fireblocks crosses $30 billion in digital asset transfers, expands in Asia - The Block
• Crypto Fund II - Andreessen Horowitz