Bitcoin is up 8% at 6,665
Ethereum is up 5% at $137
and XRP is up 3% at 17 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Tomochain up 18%
Block stack up 17%
Icon up 15%

Todays headlines:

Bitcoin core maintainer Michal Ford has received a $100k grant from BitMEX.

Binance is set to open a new crypto-to-crypto exchange today in South Korea.

France’s central bank set to test the integration of digital Euro in settlement procedures.

Links:

• France's central bank begins experimenting with digital euro - The Block
• BitMEX parent awards $100k grant to Bitcoin Core maintainer Michael Ford - The Block
• Binance is launching a new exchange in South Korea next week - The Block