Bitcoin is up .5% at $43,565
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,101
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $416

Skale Network up 22%

Bi-partisan bill in Tennessee is pro crypto.

BlackRock may offer crypto trading

AML regulation waitlist leaves some crypto firms off balance.

Russia shuts down some darknet sites.

OnlyFans verified NFT pfps

Links:

• Elliptic Analysis: Russia Seizes Four Major Dark Web Carding Sites with $263 Million in Crypto Sales
• Crypto firms face cliff-edge in UK as time ticks down for AML approval
• BlackRock Planning to Offer Crypto Trading, Sources Say
• OnlyFans jumps into NFT profile pictures | Reuters
• Bipartisan Bill Would Allow Tennessee to Invest in Crypto and NFTs
• Coinbase Trading Vulnerability Exposed by White-Hat Hacker
• Dr. Oz files trademarks for digital goods and services in the metaverse
• Andrew Holness on Twitter: "This will serve as a foundation for Jamaica’s digital payments architecture and will facilitate greater financial inclusion, increase transaction velocity while reducing the cost of banking for the Jamaican people." / Twitter
• BlockFi to Pay $100M Penalty, Stop Opening New High-Yield Bitcoin Accounts: Report - Decrypt
• US Treasury reiterates that the IRS won't consider crypto miners, stakers or coders to be brokers

Bitcoin is up slightly at $37,038
Ethereum is up .5% at $2,542
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $372

ApeDAO voting to dissolve, sell NFTs.

BitMEX has airdropped 1.5M BMEX tokens to users

Wall Street banks increasing crypto analysts

Visa sees upswing in crypto-linked cards.

Trezor adopts Swiss travel rule for AML.

Links:

• Visa says crypto-linked card usage hit $2.5 billion in its first quarter
• ApeDAO's members are voting to sell 81 Bored Ape NFTs and many more
• BITMEX on Twitter re: BMEX
• Wall Street banks are expanding crypto sell-side research
• Trezor hardware wallet to integrate the Swiss travel rule protocol | Invezz

Links:

• Bitcoin bargain: 3rd-biggest whale address adds 207 BTC at $62K
• China warns state-owned enterprises to cease involvement in Bitcoin mining
• China warns state-owned enterprises to cease involvement in Bitcoin mining
• Israel reportedly adopts new AML rules for crypto

Links:

• Ethereum ‘liquidity crisis’ could see new ETH all-time high before Bitcoin — Analyst
• Binance Appoints Former US Treasury Enforcer to Anti-Money Laundering Role - CoinDesk
• Jamaica's Central Bank Says Court Order Required to Track CBDC Transactions - CoinDesk

Links:

• Institutional crypto managers report record AUM despite U.S. inflows plummeting
• Crypto Exchange OKEx Korea to Close as New AML Rules Come Into Force - CoinDesk
• Crypto Is Banned in Morocco, but Bitcoin Buys Are Soaring - CoinDesk

Ripple Suit Proceeds

Iranian General: Use Crypto to Evade Sanctions

Hong Kong to Step Up AML Enforcement

Links:

• Ripple Class-Action Lawsuit Can Proceed, Judge Rules - CoinDesk
• Iranian General Calls for use of Crypto to Evade Sanctions
• Hong Kong to Consider Additional FATF-Style Regulations for Crypto Exchanges - CoinDesk