Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Bitcoin is up slightly at $3,750 XRP is down 2% at 36 cents Ethereum is down 2% at $124 Cryptocurrencies may soon be legal in India, with a strong regulatory oversight. Japan’s financial giant MHFG is launching its own Yen-pegged stablecoin in March GMO, the japan based internet infrastructure firm, has announced it will no longer develop or sell mining machines related to cryptocurrencies. The lightening network has grown over 200% in the past six weeks.