Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news:


Bitcoin is up half a percent at $5,723
XRP is down 1% at 29 cents
and Ethereum is down 2.5% at $160


Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
LBRY credits, up 18%
Digix DAO, up 18%
Particl, up 18%


Microsoft is teaming up with JP Morgan— making JP Morgan’s Quorum available on Microsoft's Azure blockchain service.


Belarus-based currency . com — a tokenized securities exchange — has announced that it is coming out of beta mode.


Christian Catalini, the prominent MIT crypto economist is on leave from MIT and working at Facebook.
Links:

World’s First Tokenized Securities Exchange Currency.com Goes Live

J.P. Morgan and Microsoft announce strategic partnership to drive enterprise adoption of Quorum - Stories

MIT's Christian Catalini Said to Be Working on Facebook's Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk



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