Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news

Bitcoin is up 2% at $8,167

XRP is up 1% at 24 cents

and Ethereum is up 5% at $173

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:

Dent up 23%

Metal up 23%

Cortex up 21%

and Particl up 20%

Proposals of a treasure tax on cryptocurrency mining have been put forth by the Association of Banks of Russia.

The NBA has rejected Spencer Dinwiddie's proposal to tokenize his multi-million dollar contract.

ING’s chief economist predicts central banks will be issuing their own digital currencies in 2 to 3 years.

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