Bitcoin is down slightly at $47,351
Ethereum is down .5% at $3,437
and Cardano is down slightly at $2.36

Aelf up 35%
Shiba Inu up 24%
Audius up 24%

More than a billion dollars worth of Ether has been burned since Ethereum’s London upgrade.

Franklin Templeton has formed a blockchain venture fund that has already raised $10M

Audius has raised $5M from giants in the music industry.

Joke Project Jay Peg Auto Mart sees $3M siphoned from SushiSwaps MISO launchpad.

Decentral Games makes strategic investment in GameFi DAO supporting metaverse poker.

Links:

• Franklin Templeton's SEC FORM D
• More than $1 billion worth of ether has been burned since Ethereum's London upgrade
• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
• (1) Decentral Games on Twitter: "1/ Decentral Games is excited to announce the development of free-play, play-to-earn Metaverse poker! ♦️♣️♥️♠️ 👉 Read the announcement here: https://t.co/NMZBPdgTrz 👉 Read the whitepaper here: https://t.co/idXvAbiz8B A thread 👇 https://t.co/g1isrCPFRi" / Twitter
• ‘Kia Sedona’ NFT sale goes belly up as $3 million goes missing
• Audius Announces $5 Million Strategic Investment From Katy Perry, The Chainsmokers, Nas, Jason Derulo, Pusha T, Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures, Electric | LinkedIn

Bitcoin is down .5% at $51,378
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,901
and Cardano is down 1% at $2.84

Quant Network up 22%
OMG Network up 21%
Aelf up 16%

Bored Ape NFTs on auction with Sotheby’s exceeds expectations set by the auction house with 3 days to go.

Ethereum’s future open interest is setting new records

Senator Elizabeth Warren calls crypto the new shadow bank.

Australian neobank Volt inks partnership deal with exchange BTC markets.

Links:

• Crypto’s Rapid Move Into Banking Elicits Alarm in Washington - The New York Times
• Ethereum futures open interest sets new record as price nears ATH
• 101 Bored Ape Yacht Club | Ape in !2021 | Sotheby's

Bitcoin is up slightly at $10,324
Ethereum is up 1% at $370
and XRP is up 2% at 24 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Waves up 15%

A man in DC faces charges over his involvement in a diamond-backed token ponzi scheme.

Swisscom blockchain won an grant from the Web3 foundation to protect the Polkadot network.

Aelf Launches SashimiSwap

Miner revenue, and crypto trading volumes were up in August

Bitcoin is down slightly at $6,629
Ethereum is up slightly at $135
and XRP is up 8% at 17 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Holo up 20%
Blockstack up 17%
Aelf up 15%

Boston based Coinmetrics, a blockchain data firm closed a $6 million dollar series A.

Binance has officially announced the Binance card

South Korea’s biggest bank is getting ready to launch a crypto custody service

Links:

• Introducing the Binance Card: Shop and Pay With Crypto Anywhere in the World | Binance Blog
• Blockchain data firm Coin Metrics raises $6M from Highland Capital Partners, Fidelity and others - The Block
• South Korea's biggest bank is set to launch crypto custody service - The Block