Bitcoin is down .5% at $28,792
Ethereum is up slightly at $1585
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $279

Jack Dorsey & TBD announce intentions for web5

Hacker of 20 million OP tokens returns 17 million, keeps 2 million as bounty.

Seth Green re-purchases his stolen Bored Ape for 300k.

Coin Center sues US Treasury over unconstitutional tax reporting.

Bitcoin is up .5% at $29,668
Ethereum is up .5% at $1784
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $296

Those are your leaders by market cap - top gainers in the last 24 hours:
IOTEX up 18%

BAYC Discord hacked.

CFTC says consumers lost over $1B to fraud involving crypto last year.

Abu Dhabi to give free crypto domains to all women who live and work in the capital.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor says zoom out.

Links:

• MicroStrategy CEO Saylor says bitcoin’s near-term volatility largely irrelevant
• Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Access Abu Dhabi Team Up with Unstoppable Domains to Give All Women in the UAE Capital Free Crypto, NFT and Blockchain Domains
• OKHotshot on Twitter: "🚨BAYC & OtherSide discords got compromised‼️ Seems because Community Manager @BorisVagner got his account breached, which let the scammers execute their phishing attack. Over 145E in was stolen Proper permissions could prevent this https://t.co/lCl2DfZQ0W" / Twitter
• New Analysis Finds Consumers Reported Losing More than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency to Scams since 2021 | Federal Trade Commission

Bitcoin is down slightly at $38,575
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,831
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $397

Uma up 18%

Lux real estate developer Damac to accept crypto payments in the UAE

Ape Tokens lost about 36M in liquidations.

Saddle Finance exploited for $10M

Panama Assembly passes bill to permit the use of crypto assets.

ENS NFTs fllip BAYC by volume.

Bitcoin is up slightly at $40,475
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,001
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $400

Dogecoin, up 15%
The Graph up 15%

Moonbird #2642 sets records — selling for for 350Eth on OpenSea.

Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram was hacked yesterday.

Meta opening brick-and-mortar stores.

Doge was up on Elon’s Twitter takeover

Bitcoin is up slightluy at $44,679
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,148
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $414

VeChain up 24%

Avalanche is launching a 100M creator fund

Binance has doubled down on ultiverse with extra 5M

Madonna enters the metaverse with BAYC.

Exxon mobile pilots project for mining with wasted flare gas.

White House asks for public comments on crypto’s energy use and environmental impact.

Links:

• Avalanche launches $100 million creator fund with Grimes and web3 platform Op3n
• Exxon (XOM) Weighs Taking Gas-to-Bitcoin Pilot to Four Countries - Bloomberg
• Madonna on Instagram: “I finally entered the MetaVerse…,………..My very own Ape! What should I name her ? 🦧 Thanks @moonpay 🪄 We all need protection from Evil Eye. 🧿”
• Binance doubles down on Ultiverse with another $5 million investment
• Federal Register :: Request for Information on the Energy and Climate Implications of Digital Assets

Bitcoin is down 1% at $40,465
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,801
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $386

DCR will be offline next week. See you soon.

Unknown investor borrows 5 bored apes from a vault to claim 1.1M of the recently dropped APEcoin.

GameStop moving ahead with their planned NFT platform

Argentina’s government is working on a nearly $45 billion debt restructuring deal with IMF — will disavow crypto.

Meta Platforms and Meta Platforms Ireland facebook’s parent company is being sued by the ACCC over crypto ads.

Links:

• Argentina and the IMF
• GameStop to launch NFT platform by end of Q2
• Someone borrowed 5 Bored Apes to claim $1.1 million of APE tokens
• ACCC takes action over alleged misleading conduct by Meta for publishing scam celebrity crypto ads on Facebook | ACCC

Bitcoin is down slightly at $38,633
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,789
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $384

Quant Network, up 16%

The FSCA regulator in South Africa issues warnings on FTX and Bybit.

MicroStrategy picks up another $25M in bitcoin.

NFT collector Larry Lawliet scammed — loses $2.7M.

FTX is acquiring Japanese exchange Liquid.

Links:

• Acquisition of Liquid by FTX
• larrylawliet.eth on Twitter: "I lost all my apes and mutants just now, any one bought it??? pls touch me! https://t.co/AN5IMt2ntu" / Twitter
• Microstrategy 8-K
• South African Regulator Issues Warning on FTX, Bybit

Bitcoin is down slightly at $33,380
Ethereum is down 1% at $2,199
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $341

Biden administration due to release an executive order on crypto early next month.

Solana struggles under sell-off load.

A NFT exploit is in the spotlight on twitter.

JPMorgan Chase has apparently closed the bank accounts of Uniswap founder Hayden Adams.

Links:

• White House Is Set to Put Itself at Center of U.S. Crypto Policy - Bloomberg
• (1) Loopify 🧙‍♂️ on Twitter: "Urgent Issue: Someone is capitalising on the OpenSea listing problem and buying all the NFTs affected with the issue. They’ve made hundreds of ETH already. Please check https://t.co/5O6yiWy7cs before transferring your NFTs back to a wallet! https://t.co/9NwxxTjViE" / Twitter
• JPMorgan Chase closes Uniswap founder's bank accounts
• Traders are complaining about Solana's performance, raising questions about its status as a Wall Street darling

Bitcoin is down slightly at $47,155
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,748
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $523

Syscoin up 26%
Polymath up 26%

Eminem buys Ape #9055 for $462k.

Mexican government announces they plan to issue a cbdc by 2024.

El Salvadorian Citizens express concern over Chivo wallet security.

Bitfarms raising $100M in a Bitcoin backed loan with Galaxy Digital.

Bitcoin is up 1% at $48,756
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,959
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $530

Near Protocol up 30%
Thorchain up 18%
Convex Finance up 23%

Uniswap live on Polygon.

Bitcoin miners generated more than $15B in 2021.

Crypto companies raised just over $25B in venture funding across the year.

Jack Dorsey warns against overdependance on VC for web3.

BAYC flips CryptoPunks by floor price.

Links:

• jack⚡️ on Twitter: "You don’t own “web3.” The VCs and their LPs do. It will never escape their incentives. It’s ultimately a centralized entity with a different label. Know what you’re getting into…" / Twitter
• Uniswap goes live on Ethereum scaling network Polygon
• Bitcoin miners generated more than $15 billion in revenue during 2021
• The Block Research

Bitcoin is up slightly at $54,884
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,599
and Cardano is up slightly at $2.28

BitTorrent up 21%
Wootrade Network up 18%
Verge up 15%

BlockFi files for Bitcoin futures ETF.

Bored Ape Yacht Club is looking to launch its own token

Binance US has promoted its president Brian Shroder to CEO

Binance shutters derivatives trading in South Africa

Colombian fintech firm Movii has raised a $15M series B

Links:

• New NFT marketplace takes direct aim at OpenSea — with a token
• Changes to Binance offerings in South Africa | Binance Support
• Bored Ape Yacht Club on Twitter: "Good evening, apes. Been hearing a question around the club a lot: WEN TOKEN? 🤔 Wen token indeed . . . Some thoughts below." / Twitter
• BlockFi Files for Bitcoin Futures ETF — CoinDesk
• Colombian Fintech Movii Raises $15M in Series B Round — CoinDesk
• Binance.US Names Brian Shroder CEO