Bitcoin is down 1% at $34,120
Ethereum is down 1% at $2,126
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $296

Augur up 33%
Alice up 24%
Theta Network up 15%

Binance US is considering an IPO says leader CZ

FTX has lowered the limits on leverage trading from 101x to 20x

A hacker stole $76,000 in rune tokens with clever bait and switch.

GlobalX filed for a Bitcoin ETF this week.

Bitcoin is up slightly at $22,879
Ethereum is down 1.5% at $648
and XRP is down slightly at 58 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Augur up 32%
Decred up 17%

Coinbase files S-1 with SEC

1.5M ETH locked in ETH2.0 contract.

The DeFi lending protocol Warp Finance was attacked and lost $7.7M in stablecoins

The Stellar Development Foundation invested $3M worth of stellar lumens in Settle Network.

Robinhood to pay $65M to the SEC to settle charges

Links:

• ETH worth more than $1 billion has been staked in the Eth2 deposit contract - The Block
• Robinhood Settles S.E.C. Charges Over Misleading Customers - The New York Times
• Coinbase announces confidential submission of draft registration statement - The Coinbase Blog
• warp.finance on Twitter: "1/ Approximately 2 hours ago, https://t.co/nS5MGArVoP was exploited with a complex flash loan attack which allowed the user to borrow more than their collateral value resulting in a loss of stablecoin lender funds." / Twitter
• Stellar Development Foundation invests in Settle Network to support stablecoin-based payment too - The Block

Bitcoin is up slightly at $19,017
Ethereum is up .5% at $589
and XRP is up 2% at 59 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Augur up 24%

Maxine waters has sent a flurry of recommendations to president-elect Joe Biden

Bill Hinman’s last day as the SEC’s division of corporation finance director was Friday.

Kraken will match $150,000 developer grants via the Gitcoin fundraising platform.

1inch raised $12 million in series A funding.

Coinbase will support an upcoming airdrop for Spark.

Bitcoin is up 0.5% at $10,280
Ethereum is up 1% at $363
and XRP is up slightly at 24 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Defi Money up 62%
Yearn Finance up 20%
and Augur up 15%

TI Settles SEC ICO charges.

Chef Nomi returns the $14 million in Ether that they cashed out of SushiSwap last week

Wave Financial purchases a thousand barrels of kentucky whiskey.

A Singapore faces 3 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for stealing 200k meant to buy bitcoin.

Links:

• Jail, caning for member of trio who robbed bitcoin buyer of $365,000, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
• SEC Charges Rapper TI With Securites Violations for ICO - CoinDesk
• 'I F**ked Up': SushiSwap Creator Chef Nomi Returns $14M Dev Fund - CoinDesk
• Wave Financial Wins First Round of Investment for Whiskey Fund Ahead of Tokenization - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 1.5% at $11,580
Ethereum is down 4% at $390
and XRP is down 2.5% at 28 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Augur up 39%
and Decentraland up 26%

Former UBER CSO faces felony charges for a 2016 attempt to quash security breach with six-figure Bitcoin hush money.

A new bitcoin mining facility with 50-thousand rigs is readying for a september debut.

Polychain capital’s cryptocurrency hedge fund has added 19.5 million in investments

A Tokyo court has granted a protective order that will aid in the recovery of funds lost in a 2018 Coincheck hack

Links:

• Polychain Capital's Original Crypto Fund Raises an Additional $19.5M - CoinDesk
• Bitcoin Mining Facility With Room for 50,000 Rigs Set to Launch in Kazakhstan - CoinDesk
• Tokyo court grants protective order to recover some funds lost in the 2018 Coincheck hack - The Block

Bitcoin is down 2% at 9,623
Ethereum is up slightly at $209
and XRP is up 1.5% at 22 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
0x, up 32%
Augur up 24%
and Basic Attention Token up 20%

Google has policed another round of Chrome extensions that were impersonating crypto wallet services

Bitcoin miners brought home $412 million in April.

A bill is advancing through the california legislature and would limit which digital assets are called securities.

Binance's CZ addresses the location of Binance HQ at the ConsenSys Ethereal Summit

Links:

• Google takes down 22 more extensions that were impersonating popular crypto wallets - The Block
• Bitcoin miners made $412.5 million in revenue during April, new data indicates - The Block
• Bill Text - AB-691 Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
• Binance Doesn’t Have a Headquarters Because Bitcoin Doesn’t, Says CEO - CoinDesk

Top gainers in the last 24 hours

Augur, up 41%
Metal, up 31%
Decentraland, up 17%

The Winklevoss Twins have launched insurance to cover up to $200 Million for Gemini Custody.

Cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has cancelled its sale of Telegram’s not-yet-launched Gram tokens.

Binance says it will restrict access for Japanese clients at an unspecified later date.

Bitcoin is down 1.5% at $8,610
XRP is down 2.5% 26 cents
and Ethereum is down 1% at $186

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Cortex up 48%
and Dentacoin, up 15%

Coinbase’s visa debit card has added support for XRP, BAT, Augur, Stellar and 0x.

Iran has announced new power tariffs for crypto miners, and is offering a bounty for exposing illegal mining operations.

Hackers are demanding 5 million in bitcoin as they hold Mexico’s national oil company Pemex in a cyberattack.

Justin Sun has confirmed his involvement in the investor group that acquired Poloniex from Circle.

Google is partnering with Citi bank to offer checking accounts under the moniker Cache.

Links:

• Google plans to offer checking accounts in partnership with Citi bank - The Block
• Hackers demand $5M in bitcoin from Mexico's national oil company Pemex - The Block
• Iran announces power tariffs for crypto miners; offers bounty for exposing illegal operations - The Block
• Coinbase’s crypto Visa debit card adds support for XRP and 4 more coins - The Block

Bitcoin is down 1% at $10,423
XRP is down 1% at 25 cents
and Ethereum is down slightly at $171

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

The test-net launch date for ethereum’s new upgrade Istanbul has been set around the second of october.

Satoshi’s treasure is headed to North American college campuses this fall.

The PBOC is moving ahead with its Libra competitor, and hopes to beat the facebook project to the market.

Jed mcCaleb loaded 100 million XRP into his wallet—may be poised to unload.

Links:

• 100M XRP Has Just Been Transferred to Former Ripple CTO - BeInCrypto
• Alibaba, Tencent, Five Others To Receive First Chinese Government Cryptocurrency
• A Bitcoin Treasure Hunt Is Coming to College Campuses This Fall - CoinDesk
• China's Crypto Competitor Is Being Built in a Secret Office with Restricted Access - CoinDesk
• Ethereum Picks Early October for Testnet Activation of Istanbul Hard Fork - 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