Corey Johnson, Ripple’s Chief Market Strategist, put suspicions to rest that XRP was not listed on Coinbase due to its status as a security.

An overnight surge in bitcoin prices reignited optimism among cryptowatchers, and one of the biggest bitcoin bulls on the street, Tom Lee, says BTC could more than triple this year.

Last month, rumors of a BMO internal memo were leaked on Reddit, providing frustrated community members with evidence of a staff bulletin that had been circulating within the organization. Bank of Montreal has now officially restricted users from making purchases with their own money.

Total of nine cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan have suspended their operations so far:

• Coincheck


• Eternal Links


• FSHO


• Mister Exchange


• Bitcrements


• Bit Station


• Tech Bureau


• GMO Coin


• Blue Dream Japan

In addition six crypto exchanges are reportedly withdrawing their applications:

• Tokyo Gateway


• Mr. Exchange


• Raimu


• Bitexpress


• Bit Station


• Campfire’s Firex

A company owned by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, founders of the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, has been granted a patent for a system that seeks to improve the security of digital transactions.

BTC is now over $8,000 and ETH has passed $500 during another day of market growth

A Russian court on Friday April 13, 2018 ordered that access to the Telegram messenger service be blocked in Russia, heralding possible communication disruption for millions of users in the latest clash between global technology firms and Russian authorities.