Bitcoin is up 1% at $39,886
Ethereum is up 2% at $2,843
and Binance Coin is up 2% at $379

Enjin Coin up 24%
Nexo up 22%
EOS up 15%

PayPal is working on crypto withdrawal capability

Carl Icahn considering moves in crypto space.

Fidelity’s bitcoin fund has picked up more than $100M from investors

Apple job post points to business development involving digital wallets/crypto

Ledn closes a $30M series A

Links:

• PayPal exec says payments giant is working on crypto withdrawal capability
• Carl Icahn hints at investments in the crypto space, says 'I'm looking at the whole business'
• SEC FORM D/A - Fidelity filing
• Business Development Manager – Alternative Payments - Careers at Apple
• Digital Asset Savings and Loan Platform Ledn Raises US$30M Series A | Business Wire

Links:

• Ethereum hits $3,000 for the first time, now larger than Bank of America
• Binance CEO CZ: Bitcoin is less volatile than stocks like Apple and Tesla
• Digital Dollar Project Plans First 5 Pilot Projects for US CBDC - CoinDesk

Coinbase CEO: Apple Stifling Crypto Innovation

Communist China Requires CBDC Acceptance

New Group Promoting Blockchain Forms in Switzerland

Links:

• Uniswap Takes Lead Over SushiSwap Less Than 24 Hours After SUSHI Rewards Drop - CoinDesk
• No one can refuse China’s digital currency, says central bank exec
• Swiss blockchain group formed to encourage new blockchain companies

Bitcoin is up .05% at $9,538
Ethereum is up 4% at $274
and XRP is up .05% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
VeThor Token up 23%

A hacker has been using a botnet to infect thousands of computers to hijack them and mine Monero

Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak has sued Youtube and Google over Bitcoin giveaway scams

Opera’s web browser is reporting for the first time that 170,000 users use its crypto wallets each month.

Links:

• YouTube asks court to dismiss crypto giveaway scam lawsuit filed by Ripple - The Block
• Opera's Built-In Crypto Wallets Have 170K Monthly Active Users - CoinDesk
• Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube Over Bitcoin Giveaway Scams - CoinDesk
• Newly Discovered Botnet Infected Up to 5,000 Computers with a Monero Miner - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 0.5% at $7,348
XRP is up 1% at 19 cents
and Ethereum is up 2% at $129

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Library credits, up 25%

Coinbase Wallet is set to remove it’s Dapp to comply with Apple’s app store policy.

Paraguay is set to develop regulation to comply with the FATF’s guidance on virtual asset service providers.

18 central banks are developing sovereign digital currencies

Huobi Global is launching a fiat-currency gateway for its Indonesian subsidiary

Links:

• Coinbase Wallet to remove DApp browser to comply with Apple's policy - The Block
• Huobi launches fiat-to-crypto gateway in Indonesia - The Block
• At least 18 central banks are developing sovereign digital currencies - The Block
• Paraguay audits crypto to develop regulation to comply with FATF - The Block

Bitcoin is down 1% at $8,159
XRP is up 1.5% at 25 cents
and Ethereum is down 1% at $174

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Centrality up 103%
Dentacoin up 15%

Venture capital institution Andreessen Horowitz is launching a crypto startup school.

Tim Cook says Apple has no plans to launch a cryptocurrency.

US lawmakers are looking once again to hear from Mark Zuckerberg.

PayPal may pull out of the founding group of Libra Association.

Links:

• U.S. House panel wants Facebook's Zuckerberg to testify on Libra by January - Reuters
• Apple has no plans to launch cryptocurrency, says CEO Tim Cook - The Block
• Andreessen Horowitz launches crypto startup school - The Block
• PayPal Might Withdraw From Libra Association: Report - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 4% at $10,426
XRP is up slightly at 25 cents
and Ethereum is down 2% at $173

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bytecoin up 23%
and Augur up 22%

The US Energy Department plans to run a trial with the Factom Blockchain to secure the national power grid.

There’s a unique cryptominig malware distribution scheme targeting university students.

Apple’s vice president Jennifer Bailey talked crypto with CNN.

New whale wallet holds over 94,000 bitcoins.

Malta finance regulators are promising to actively monitor crypto firms to prevent any sort of money laundering

Links:

• Bitcoins worth $1 billion just moved to an unknown wallet - The Block
• Malta finance regulator to ‘actively monitor’ crypto firms to prevent money laundering - The Block
• How to avoid downloading a textbook or essay with a virus | Kaspersky official blog
• Apple Exec Says Cryptocurrency ‘Interesting’ — Has Long-Term Potential By Cointelegraph
• US Energy Department Funds Trial of Factom Blockchain to Secure Power Grid - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 2.4% at $10,767
XRP is down slightly at 31 cents
Ethereum is up 1% at $222

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Hydro up 36%
RChain up 26%
Chainlink up 18%

The Goldman Sachs backed Apple card will not allow the purchase of cryptocurrencies.

China has announced that it is planning to accelerate the research and development of its “legal digital currency”.

AWS has launched a competition with several partners with a 100,000 grand prize.

MIT & Elliptic are using machine learning to examine bitcoin transactions that may be associated with illicit activity.

Links:

• China's central bank seeks to accelerate the development of its 'legal digital currency' - The Block
• The Apple Card, issued by Goldman Sachs, will not allow purchase of cryptocurrencies - The Block
• Time, Randomness, and a $100,000 Prize to Forever Change Blockchain | AWS Startups Blog
• MIT's AI Lab Analyzed 200,000 Bitcoin Transactions. Only 2% Were 'Illicit' - CoinDesk