BTC up $250 as $6 TRILLION 'world's biggest' asset manager moves closer

8.00am MORNING HEADLINES

Bitcoin is priced at $6,370 this morning with ethereum rising to $452 and ripple up at $0.44.

9.27am - Danger of the 51% attack

A 51 percent attack is a potential attack on the bitcoin network whereby a dominant collective rewrites the rules imposed on the remaining 49 percent.

In short, 51 percent group could just empty the wallets of the 49 percent into their own - theoretically speaking.

10.27am - BTC was in the green

Bitcoin is up $110 on the day so far with prices now at $6,461.

11.44am - BTC even greener

Bitcoin up $176 on the day so far with the price now at $6,526.

Bitcoin started last week at $6,723 and a return could be on the cards.

12.44pm - $8billion on the up

In just 24 hours, the crypto market has added $8 billion to its valuation. Bitcoin Cash and Ether rose by more than 3 percent.

1.18pm - BTC on the UP but it's NOT 'coming home'... yet

2.49pm - Russian hackers and bitcoin

CNN report that hackers working for the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence, hacked into the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the indictment says