Bitcoin is up 3% at $7,327
XRP is up 1% at 19 cents
and Ethereum is up 2% at $132

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Ethos, up 79%
Loom Network up 24%
Particl up 22%
Moeda loyalty points up 15%

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is selling oil and gold for his cryptocurrency the Petro.

The ECB is urging European banks to come up against Facebook’s Libra with an even cheaper payment solution

The SEC is saying that Telegram refuses to turn over bank records related to the GRAM sale

Poloniex is in the news after refuting a data leak.

Links:

• Venezuela to sell oil and gold for petro cryptocurrency, says Maduro - The Block
• Crypto exchange Poloniex denies data leak after resetting passwords for some users - The Block
• Crypto fund has sued law firm Faegre Baker for ‘erroneous’ legal advice - The Block
• Telegram refuses to share 'bank records' related to its token sale, says SEC - The Block
• ECB official urges European banks to counter Facebook’s Libra with a cheaper payment solution - The Block

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."

Links:

• 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

Bitcoin is down 1.5% at $8,610
XRP is down 2.5% 26 cents
and Ethereum is down 1% at $186

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Cortex up 48%
and Dentacoin, up 15%

Coinbase’s visa debit card has added support for XRP, BAT, Augur, Stellar and 0x.

Iran has announced new power tariffs for crypto miners, and is offering a bounty for exposing illegal mining operations.

Hackers are demanding 5 million in bitcoin as they hold Mexico’s national oil company Pemex in a cyberattack.

Justin Sun has confirmed his involvement in the investor group that acquired Poloniex from Circle.

Google is partnering with Citi bank to offer checking accounts under the moniker Cache.

Links:

• Google plans to offer checking accounts in partnership with Citi bank - The Block
• Hackers demand $5M in bitcoin from Mexico's national oil company Pemex - The Block
• Iran announces power tariffs for crypto miners; offers bounty for exposing illegal operations - The Block
• Coinbase’s crypto Visa debit card adds support for XRP and 4 more coins - The Block

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
EthLend up 28%
Particl up 21%
and Dentacoin, up 15%

HTC is launching the Exodus 1s, another version of their Exodus 1, that has a built-in wallet and a full bitcoin node.

ATT has been named as a defendant in a SIM-swapping legal battle in california.

Circle is spinning Poloniex out into its own entity.

Links:

• Circle spinning out Poloniex; new exchange plans to spend $100M and not serve US clients - The Block
• AT&T customer lawsuit alleges employee-aided SIM swap led to $1.8 million theft of cryptocurrency and more - The Block
• HTC launches smartphone with Bitcoin full node capabilities - The Block

Bitcoin is up 1.5% at $10,334
XRP is up 2% at 26 cents
and Ethereum is up half a percent at $185

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Syscoin up 30%
PumaPay up 23%
and Dent up 23%

Crypto miniing hardware and softwaare company Coinmine has reported a 2.5 million seed round of financing.

A blockchain war-game called Fumblechain was introduced at the Black Hat InfoSecurity event.

Poloniex is removing 23 crypto trading pairs due to low volume.

Biance is opening Binance US sometime before November.

Australian tax office has distributed letters and will be fining pensioners and investors who have invested the majority of their retirement funds in cryptocurrencies.

Links:

• Warnings issued to Aussies betting 90% of retirement funds on crypto | Micky
• Binance to Launch U.S. Division Before November on Cheddar
• Poloniex exchange removing 23 crypto trading pairs, citing ‘low volume’ - The Block
• Meet FumbleChain, the Deliberately Flawed Blockchain - CoinDesk
• Crypto Miner Company CoinMine Scores $2.5 Million in Seed Round - CoinDesk