Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is up 4.5% at $4,112 XRP is up 4.5% at 33 cents and Ethereum is up 10% at $162 Liechtenstein-based Bank Frick has announced they’re launching an institutional cryptocurrency trading platform called DLT markets. The developers of Ontology have released a development platform on Google’s cloud marketplace. Mercury FX, a ripple partner is planning to open up as many as 10 new payment corridors using xRapid by the middle of 2019. Microsoft’s Stratis, a turnkey ICO platform.