Links:

• CardCoins Offers Bitcoin Payments Over the Lightning Network
• Kraken CEO reverses $100K BTC 2021 forecast: Crypto winter now possible
• Crypto bank Anchorage raises $350 million in Series D funding

Bitcoin is up 1% at $47,168
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,113
and Cardano is up 1% at 2.58

Radicle up 20%
Tokocrypto up 20%
Storj up 15%

Police in Brazil have seized $28.8M in crypto and made 5 arrests.

Microstrategy has announced a new Bitcoin buy of $177M.

Anchorage has hired the former Wells Fargo Digital Assets Executive.

3LAU has raised $16M to tokenize music royalties with Royal.

NFT+AI platrofm Althea AI has raised $16M

Euler has raised $8M in a series A.

Links:

• Mark Cuban-backed startup that fuses AI with NFTs raises $16 million
• Paradigm leads $8 million Series A into DeFi lending company Euler
• Microstrategy 8-K
• Anchorage Hires Former Wells Fargo Digital Assets Executive for Banking, Capital Markets - CoinDesk
• Polícia Federal faz maior apreensão de criptomoedas da história: R$ 150 milhões | CNN Brasil

Glassnode Data Shows Fifteen Percent of Bitcoin Hoarded in 'Accumulation Addresses

Exchange Website Traffic Up

Visa Pilots APIs to Buy/Sell Bitcoin

Links:

• US Bitcoin exchange traffic explodes as analyst says flows hint at new BTC bull run
• Bitcoin Holders Have Now Stashed Away 15% of Circulating Supply - CoinDesk
• Visa Signals Further Crypto Ambitions With API Pilot for Bank Customers to Buy Bitcoin - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 3% at $37,775
Ethereum is up 2% at $1220
and Polkadot is up 10% at 13.80

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
HedgeTrade up 115%
Cosmos up 25%
Chainlink up 20%

Francis Suarez, mayor of Miami, considers some BTC reserves.

Anchorage secured conditional approval for a national trust charter from the US OCC.

Derebit sets maximum bitcoin options strike price to 400k.

Acting comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks says 'everything is at risk'

Chainalysis flags pre-Jan 6th $500k donation to alt-right factions.

Links:

• Chainalysis Blog | Alt-Right Groups and Personalities Involved In Last Week’s Capitol Riot Received Over $500K In Bitcoin From French Donor One Month Prior
• Miami mayor considers bitcoin investment to create crypto hotbed | Fox Business
• Financial Censorship After Capitol Riot 'Truly Chilling,' Says OCC's Brooks - CoinDesk
• Deribit on Twitter: "We've added the $BTC 400K strike in the Dec21 expiry! 🚀 Send tweet!" / Twitter
• Anchorage Becomes First OCC-Approved National Crypto Bank - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 1% at 6,793
Ethereum is up 1% at $143
and XRP is up slightly at 18 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Cybervein up 35%
Storj up 19%

Tezos staking service is big business for Coinbase Custody.

The SEC is suing a couple in texas for allegedly defrauding hundreds of investors.

Binance has removed the mention of any affiliation with Visa from their Binance card website.

Anchorage added support for XRP.

Thesis closed another round of funding this week as it prepares for the tBTC launch later this month.

Links:

• Binance quietly scrubs Visa mentions from its payment card website - The Block
• Coinbase Custody is the biggest Tezos staking service, despite charging higher fees - The Block
• SEC charges Texas couple in fraudulent water-backed crypto token scheme - The Block
• Venture production studio Thesis closes a $7.7 million funding round as it prepares for tBTC's launch in April - The Block
• Crypto custodian Anchorage adds support for XRP - The Block

Block.one Pays 24 Million Dollar Fine

FairWin at Zero

Coinbase Co-Founds Crypto Rating Council

Links:

• EOS Maker Block.One Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Securities Sale - CoinDesk
• From $10M to Zero in 10 Days: ETH Smart Contract FairWin Is Empty
• Coinbase-Led Group Aims to Help Crypto Firms Avoid Securities Violations - CoinDesk