"Governance, Nuance, and Power. " January 22, 2021

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Bitcoin is down slightly at $31,790
Ethereum is up slightly 4% at $1215
and Polkadot is down slightly at $17.18

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
HedgeTrade up 23%
UMA up 18%
Basic Attention token up 16%

Janet Yellen evolves on crypto stance.

30% of Ethereum Miners oppose EIP 1559.

Yearn Finance considers minting more YFI Tokens.

Firo wars with 51% attacker.

• Yellen Leaves Door Open to Tax Increase on Wealthy Americans - Bloomberg
• Minority Ethereum Mining Pools Threaten to Block Update - CoinDesk
• Firo (formerly Zcoin) on Twitter: "We are under 51% attack at the moment. We recommend not to make transactions during this time until the network returns to a normal state. We will post updates when we have them. Note this is not a coding error but a nature of PoW. $XZC $FIRO" / Twitter
• 'Let's Not Be Bitcoin': Yearn Finance Considers Minting $200M in New YFI Tokens - CoinDesk