Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down 5% at $7,990 XRP is down 3% at 24 cents and Ethereum is down 2% at $165 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Eidoo up 37% Dentacoin up 15% The CEO of KIK, Ted Livingston is vowing to fight the SEC over the KIN crypto until "We don’t have a dollar left.” The Unilever digital ad buying blockchain pilot program with IBM has produced positive results. Binance is launching a staking platform. Binance aided the UK police in their investigation of a 51 million pound fraud. Medici Ventures has invested 2 million dollars into the blockchain based identity firm Evernym.