Bitcoin is up slightly at $38,447
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,835
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $387

Algorand, up 20%
Helium up 19%
Arweave up 17%

Algorand to be official blockchain of World Cup 2022

Two banks in Argentina have added crypto trading to their platforms.

Square Enix sells off $300M in IP to invest in blockchain & AI.

VanEck is launching a collection of 1,000 NFTs.

Bitcoin is down .5% at $61,775
Ethereum is down .5% at $4,516
and Binance Coin up 3% at $609

Crypto.com chain up 22%
Chia up 18%
AR Weave up 17%

NYC Mayor-elect Eric Adams is set to take his first three paychecks in Bitcoin.

Square’s Cashapp saw $1.8B in Bitcoin revenue in the third quarter.

A regulator in South Korea says they do not generally view NFTs as virtual assets.

Gaming startup Mythical Games raised a $150M series-C round led by a16z.

Links:

• NFT gaming startup Mythical Games raises $150 million in funding
• Twitter
• Q3 Square Earnings
• S. Korean Regulator Says NFTs Are Not Virtual Assets: Report

Bitcoin is up slightly at $60,378
Ethereum is up slightly at $4,203
and Binance Coin down slightly at $512

Zillqua up 17%
Decentraland up 16%
ARweave up 15%

Today’s the 13th anniversary of the publishing of the Bitcoin white paper

Justin Sun has withdrawn billions of dollars of crypto from AAVE’s lending pools.

Cardano-based DeFi protocol Ardana raises $10M in strategic funding.

AWS seeks specialist to build digital asset underwriting, transaction, and custody in the cloud.

Bitcoin is up 1% at $54,361
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,577
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $445

Shiba Inu up 43%
Fantom up 32%
Arweave up 16%

CoinSwitch Kuber has raised 260M in a series C.

Moneygram is partnering up with the Stellar development foundation for crypto payouts in local currencies.

Billionaire investor George Soros’ family office has invested in some Bitcoin

The US FDIC is looking into whether it can handle deposit insurance for stable coins.

Links:

• Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch Kuber raises $260M in new funding
• MoneyGram Announces Innovative Partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation to Utilize Blockchain Technology
• US FDIC Said to Be Studying Deposit Insurance for Stablecoins — CoinDesk
• Soros Fund CEO Fitzpatrick on Market Outlook - YouTube

Bitcoin is up slightly at $47,970
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,411
and Cardano is up 1% at $2.27

Dent up 20%
Arweave up 16%
OMG Network up 15%

Czech Prince William Rudolf Lobkowicz set to preserve historic paintings with NFTs.

Ripple announced a $250M fund to support NFT projects on XRP Ledger.

Miami’s partnership with CityCoins has brought in millions since the beginning of the project

San Jose partners with Helium to bring internet to low-income residents.

Links:

• Ripple launches a $250 million creator fund to support the growth of NFTs on its platform | Currency News | Financial and Business News | Markets Insider
• Old Meets New as Czech Royal Family Drops High-Art NFTs — CoinDesk
• San José Launches New Initiative to Help Low-Income Residents Pay for Internet Services | News | City of San Jose
• ’MiamiCoin’ cryptocurrency is a potential game-changer for city revenue - The Washington Post

Bitcoin is down slightly at $48,371
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,200
and Cardano is down slightly at 2.90

Loopring up 33%
The Sandbox up 21%
Arweave up 16%

A bug affecting older versions of an Ethereum client is causing issues in the network.

Securities regulator in Ontario to prohibit the country’s crypto platforms from trading Tether (USDT)

NFT platform Art Blocks sees landmark $5.8M sale for Ringers #879.

SEC to collect from Steven Seagal.

Links:

• Steven Seagal on Hook for SEC Crypto Fine Despite Move to Moscow
• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
• Ontario securities regulator bars the country's first registered crypto platforms from trading Tether
• NFT platform Art Blocks breaks record with $5.8 million sale

Bitcoin is up slightly at $48,771
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,227
and Cardano is down .5% at 2.82

Arweave up 27%
Celo up 21%
Solana up 15%

Jack Dorsey is planning on building a decentralized bitcoin exchange.

The government in Cuba wants to regulate cryptocurrencies according to a resolution published this week.

NBA superstar Steph Curry has joined the Bored Ape Yacht Club.

Billionaire Bill Miller has picked up a $40M position in Grayscale’s bitcoin trust.

Links:

• Cuba to recognize -- and regulate -- cryptocurrencies
• Billionaire Bill Miller takes plunge into GBTC with 1.5 million shares
• NBA icon Stephen Curry buys Bored Ape NFT for $180,000
• jack⚡️ on Twitter: "We’ve determined @TDB54566975’s direction: help us build an open platform to create a decentralized exchange for #Bitcoin" / Twitter

Bitcoin is up slightly at $47,494
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,164
and Cardano is up 1.5% at 2.72

Arweave up 23%
Solana up 21%
Terra up 17%

Pat Toomey wants your ideas: submissions@banking.senate.gov.

India’s security watchdog is launching a DLT system for monitoring financial instruments

Coinbase is hiring Kate Rouch from Facebook for CMO.

Ether options daily trading volume have surpassed Bitcoin’s for the first time on Deribit.

Links:

• Toomey Requests Feedback on Clarifying Laws Around Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technologies | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
• Kate Rouch Joins Coinbase as Chief Marketing Officer | by Coinbase | Aug, 2021 | The Coinbase Blog
• SEBI | SEBI issues Circular on “Security and Covenant Monitoring using Distributed Ledger Technology”
• ETH options trading volume surpassed that of bitcoin's for the first time on Deribit

Bitcoin is up .5% at $44,984
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,143
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $353

Arweave up 22%
Shiba Inu up 20%
Dogecoin up 18%

JPMorgan has launched an in-house bitcoin fund limited to private bank clients in partnership with NYDIG.

Christies will hold a first-ever sale of Meebits and Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.

Burberry released its first NFTs in Blankos Block Party

Stronghold mining is set to double their capacity with a second plant acquisition.

HIVE ordered 4k mining machines from Canaan

Links:

• JPMorgan Launches In-House Bitcoin Fund for Private Bank Clients - CoinDesk
• No Time Like Present
• British Fashion Brand Burberry Releases First NFTs - CoinDesk
• Bitcoin miner Stronghold to double capacity via second plant acquisition
• Canaan Announces Customer Order of 4,000 Bitcoin Mining Machines | Canaan Inc.

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 up slightly at $49,545
Ethereum is up 1% at $2286
and Binance Coin is up 1% at 502.78

Solana up 17%
Terra up 16%
Arweave up 16%

Wyoming’s DAO law will go into effect in July

Crypto exchange volumes in April have set a new benchmark.

The Centre Consortium blacklisted seven Ethereum addresses.

Ampleforth is giving governeance tokens to every wallet that has ever held the token

The auction house Phillips sold its first NFT for $3.4M.

Bitcoin is down 1% at $15,463
Ethereum is up 3.5% at $460
and XRP is up 1% at 26 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Yearn.finance up 45%
Aave up 25%
Synthetix up 15%

The DOJ is working to stop Visa’s 5.3 billion dollar acquisition of Plaid.

Grayscale's Ethereum Trust crossed $1Billion in assets under management.

Square reports $1.63 billion in bitcoin sales in the Q3.

OKEx hires external legal counsel to resolve withdrawal issues.

ArDrive launches on Arweave.

Links:

• DOJ complaint re:Visa&Plaid
• Grayscale on Twitter: "MILESTONE: Grayscale #Ethereum Trust has just hit $1 billion AUM! As the first publicly-quoted $ETH investment product in the US and the second #digitalcurrency investment product to become an SEC reporting company, we're proud of the milestones so far. https://t.co/lgnBxHZR20 https://t.co/QFtnFQSDDy" / Twitter
• Square reports $1.63 billion in bitcoin sales for the third quarter via its Cash App - The Block
• ‘Permanent Dropbox’ App Launches on Arweave - CoinDesk
• OKEx says it has hired 'external legal counsel' to help resolve withdrawal issues - The Block

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Bitcoin is up 2% at $11,311
Ethereum is up 4% at $372
and XRP is up 0.5% at 25 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
UMA up 36%
Arweave up 22%
and Siacoin up 15%

VC Firm Paradigm hires white hat hacker Samczsun

Government officials in Shenzhen host digital currency lottery as part of the digital currency electronic payment trial.

Ethereum 2.0 developers are opening up a new bug bounty program

The US DHS' R&D arm is working with 5 blockchain firms for innovation.

Links:

• Chinese city to host digital currency lottery as part of DCEP trial - The Block
• Changing Lanes
• dannyryan on Twitter: "Announcing the eth2 bounty program! https://t.co/S6SHqN4D2q The spec and attacknet programs are now deprecated in favor of this general program for all of eth2 Happy 🐛 hunting! (Note! This is a sister program to https://t.co/8Zy1qo3S1i program and will be run in parallel)" / Twitter
• US Homeland Security Funds Anti-Forgery Blockchain Projects in Latest R&D Round - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up slightly at 9,130
XRP is up 2% at 24 cents
and Ethereum is up 3% at $239

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Machine Exchange up 42%
Hendra Hashgraph up 32%
Bytecoin up 20%

India’s central bank is planning on filing a review petition on the Supreme Court’s crypto ruling.

Bitcoin mining equipment maker Canaan has been sued by one of its investors for violating the U.S. security laws

A New York power plant is reportedly mining roughly $50,000 in bitcoin each day

Arweave a blockchain startup has raised $8.3 million in new funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, and Coinbase Ventures.

Links:

• India's central bank plans to file a review petition on Supreme Court's crypto ruling - report - The Block
• Bitcoin mining hardware maker Canaan hit with securities lawsuit in U.S. court - The Block
• A power plant in New York is reportedly mining roughly $50,000 in bitcoin each day - The Block
• Blockchain startup Arweave secures $8.3M from Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, and Coinbase Ventures - The Block

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,350
XRP is even at 30 cents
and Ethereum is up 3% at $192

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
IoTeX, up 24%
and Dentacoin, up 15%

The UN has said that North Korea has been using blockchain company to launder stolen funds.

Turkey is working on a blockchain-based national digital currency.

Dune Analytics a platform for visualizing data on the Ethereum blockchain has emerged from stealth mode.

a16z has led the $5 million investment round for Arweave, a protocol for storing internet information permanently.

Coca-Cola’s technology operations oversight is partnering with SAP to leverage blockchain technology to examine their supply chain.

Links:

• Binance-backed Dune Analytics comes out of stealth mode - The Block
• Andreessen Horowitz leads $5M round in blockchain-based internet archive - The Block
• Coca-Cola's bottlers expand blockchain pilot with SAP - The Block