Bitcoin is down slightly at $35,502
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,329
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $305

Golem up 27%
Axie Infinity up 24%
Ardor up 15%

Cayman Island's financial watchdog investigates Binance's registration status.

Two men in California agree to plead guilty to fraud charges in relation to a $1.8M ICO.

Beeple launches WENEW NFT platform

Crypto exchange Bithumb bans employees from trading on platform.

Bitcoin is up 1% at $33,632
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,118
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $290

StormX up 15%
Ardor up 15%
Arweave up 15%

Bitfinex has halted trading while its investigating issues on the platform.

Binance is once again operating in the UK

Robinhood was slapped with $70M in penalties yesterday.

Argo Blockchain has taken out a $20M loan to build out a mining facility in Texas.

Hut8 has bought another $44M worth of mining machines to double its hash rate.

Links:

• FINRA Orders Record Financial Penalties Against Robinhood Financial LLC | FINRA.org
• Bitfinex on Twitter: "We are investigating issues with platform reduced performances and have temporarily halted trading. We will keep everyone updated on here and on https://t.co/u3pYCVVGQq Thanks for your patience." / Twitter
• Crypto exchange Binance says sterling withdrawals reactivated after outage | Reuters
• Hut 8 Mining Announces Purchase of 12,000 New MicroBT Miners for Deployment by End of Q4 2021 – Hut 8 Mining
• Bitcoin-backed loan agreement - 07:00:03 29 Jun 2021 - ARB News article | London Stock Exchange

Bitcoin is down slightly at 9,159
Ethereum is up 2% at $206
and XRP is down 1% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Horizon up 20%
Ardor up 17%
and OmiseGo up 15%

Chinese political advisors have proposed a regional digital currency.

Louisiana is set to consider a bill to regulate and license virtual currency businesses.

JP Morgan is taking the stance that Central bank digital currencies could undermine the U.S. dollar's dominance

Links:

• Chinese Government Advisers Propose Regional Stablecoin for 4 Asian Countries - CoinDesk
• Louisiana State Senate to Consider Crypto Business Licensing Bill - CoinDesk
• JPMorgan Says Central Bank Digital FX a Danger to U.S. Power - Bloomberg