Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news Market leaders Bitcoin is up 9% at $7,910 XRP is up 7% at 40 cents and Ethereum is up 8% at $252 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Blocknet, up 24% Syscoin up 23% and Mithril up 18% The European Central Bank has released a report that they believe cryptocurrencies currently have no significant implications for monetary policy. Baltimore is the latest city to be hit with a Bitcoin ransomeware attack. Bitcoin has hit a 14th month high in search results on Google.