Today's blockchain & cryptocurrency news: Bitcoin is up 4% at $4,165 XRP is up 4% at 37 cents Ethereum up 4% at $117 Amazon managed blockchain & Amazon Quantum Ledger Database. The Austrian Blockchain Center for multidisciplinary research has been established in vienna. Belarus has solidified its governing rules for the cryptocurrency market. Vitalik Buterin's honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Basel.