Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news Bitcoin is up 5.5% at $8,013 XRP is up 5.9% at 38 cents and Ethereum is up 6.9% at $250 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Edgeless, up 34% Waves up 25% Aelf up 23% and MaidSafeCoin, up 20% Facebook has revealed that they’re finalizing plans to launch their own cryptocurrency—internally known as GlobalCoin—in 2020. AT&T announced that they will now accept bill payments in the form of crypto. Robinhood has officially launched Bitcoin, Ethereum trading in New York state. Over a quarter of the 800 people working at Kraken take their salaries in bitcoin.