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Bitcoin is up slightly at $13,013

Ethereum is up .5% at $417

and XRP is down 1% at 25 cents

Those are your leaders by market cap

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:

Vertcoin up 62%

Villanova University is sending a private Ethereum blockchain into space to test DLT on satellites.

The CFTC issued guidance on digital currencies for futures commission merchants.

PayPal is going shopping—reportedly in talks to acquire BitGo

Filecoin upgrade means miners get rewards faster.

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