Bitcoin is up slightly at $18,735
Ethereum is up slightly at $1512
and Binance Coin up slightly at $263

Tesseract raises $78M in first funding round.

Attacker profits $370k off of flash loan attack.

Circle CEO says Binance's decision re: BUSD is good for USDC liquidity.

Kwasi Kwarteng to be the new finance minister in UK.

3AC withdraws $45M from Curve and Convex

Links:

• (1) Jeremy Allaire on Twitter: "Sharing some perspective on Binance forced conversion of USDC. Lots of misleading headlines and interpretations. Binance is not ending support for USDC, and change will likely lead to more USDC flowing to Binance. Here’s why. 1/" / Twitter
• (1) CertiK Alert on Twitter: "#CertiKSkynetAlert🚨 CertiK Skynet has reported a #flashloan attack on #AVAX impacting contract 0xe767c... & some LPs. The attacker profited ~$370k USDC. Possible impacted protocols include: @nereusfinance @traderjoe_xyz @CurveFinance Contact us for analysis. Stay Frosty!☃️ https://t.co/bZvtgVPpl4" / Twitter
• Former Revolut big cheese Alan Chang’s Tesseract raises $78m | Sifted
• 3AC withdraws $45 million from Curve and Convex
• UK’s New PM Truss Picks Kwasi Kwarteng to Be Finance Minister

Bitcoin is down .5% at $19,219
Ethereum is down .5% at $1046
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $215

Meta to shutter Novi Crypto wallet.

CEO of KuCoin says exchange is fine despite rumors.

3AC files chapter 15.

Sam Bankman Fried says he'll consider belagured miners to help crypto contagion.

Voyager Digitial temporarily halts trading, withdrawals, deposits.

Links:

• Johnny_KuCoin on Twitter: "Be aware of FUDs! Not sure who's spreading these sheer rumors, and what their intentions are, but #KuCoin does not have any exposure to LUNA, 3AC, Babel, etc. No “immense suffer” from any “coin collapse”, no plan to halt withdrawal, everything on KuCoin is operating well." / Twitter
• Three Arrows Capital Files for Bankruptcy in New York Tied to British Virgin Islands Proceeding
• After BlockFi Deal, Sam Bankman-Fried Explores Buying Distressed Crypto Miners - Bloomberg
• Voyager Digital Provides Market Update
• International Money Transfers & Remittances | Novi

Bitcoin is down .5% at $21,280
Ethereum is down 1% at $1220
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $238

Stacks up 16%

Goldman Sachs is reportedly raising $2B from investors to buy distressed assets from Celsius

Shares in Coinbase are down 5% in premarket trading

Voyager Digital issues default notice against 3AC.

FlowDesk raises 30M to expand market making services

XCarnival Hacker returns half of stolen Eth.

Links:

• Flowdesk, the French Digital Asset Financial Technology Provider, Raises $30 Million to Expand Its Infrastructure and Trading Platform | Business Wire
• Voyager Digital issues default notice against Three Arrows Capital
• Goldman Sachs Leading Investor Group to Buy Celsius Assets: Sources
• Tal Be'ery on Twitter: "1/8 Update 🧵: The hacker accepted the offer and returned ~ half of the funds to @XCarnival_Lab. Some of the negotiations (the victim to attacker side) is visible on the blockchain! Including the "bounty" offer going up from initial $300K to $1.8M https://t.co/iWLDyp15Gl" / Twitter

Bitcoin is down .5% at $20,938
Ethereum is down 1% at $1090
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $217

Elon Musk named in class action lawsuit over Dogecoin

Babel Finance suspends client withdrawals

3AC has been liquidated by FTX, Deribit and BitMEX according to the Block

Bitso passes $1B in crypto remittances

Circle announces euro-backed stablecoin