Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency headlines Bitcoin is down slightly at $7,195 XRP is up slightly at 23 cents and Ethereum is up slightly at $149 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Streamr up 25% Vechain up 20% and Dentacoin up 15% Bitcoin is up from it’s 6 month low of $6,800. JP Morgan filed a patent application for a DLT based version of a revolving line of credit The Algorand foundation released an update to their blockchain protocol South Korea is looking to invest more than 380 million for blockchain research and development over the next 8 years