Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Bitcoin is up 2% $5,142 XRP is up 1.5% at 35 cents and Ethereum up 2.5% at $166 G20 member countries will meet to discuss international cryptocurrency AML regulation this June. Vitalik Buterin and a group of bipartisan lawmakers urged the South Korean government to deregulate the blockchain industry. Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen announced at a San Francisco State University event that the company would donate $25 Million dollars in XRP. CME group has reported an all-time high Bitcoin Futures trading volume on april 4, 2019.