Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is even at $9,313 XRP is up 1% 29 cents and Ethereum is down slightly at $179 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Sirin labs token up 33% Neo gas up 27% and neo up 22% The managing director of digital product and development at State Street Bank talks about the typical portfolio model changing to tokenized and illiquid assets. Huobi Japan has raised $4.6 million in new funding to expand in the country, Ethereum’s next system-wide upgrade, Istanbul, is scheduled to arrive on mainnet the week of Dec. 4.