Bitcoin is up .5% at $39,033
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,742
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $382

NuCypher up 18%
Terra, up 15%

OpenSea hit with a $1M lawsuit by Timothy McKimmy

UK regulator raises flag on crypto mergers following the Bitpanda-Trustology deal.

Peckshield reports devs behind the meme coin web3memes has rugged 235k from users.

Laura Shin worked with Chainalysis to identify notorious The Dao hacker

Links:

• Exclusive: Austrian Programmer And Ex Crypto CEO Likely Stole $11 Billion Of Ether
• (3) PeckShieldAlert on Twitter: "#rugpulls PeckShield has detected $Web3Memes https://t.co/IOHWEjhmVC rugged. 0x5adbffa751abcdfc94d2a81f5657113d37a3494f has deposited 625 BNB to @TornadoCash. Stay AWAY from tokens that are deployed by funds withdrawn from @TornadoCash. https://t.co/bsWpHALz0b" / Twitter
• UK financial regulator issues warning shot on crypto mergers following Bitpanda deal
• 1-1 | PDF | Diversity Jurisdiction | Lawsuit

Bitcoin is up .5% at $37,550
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,596
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $364

London Stock Exchange Group acquires fintech firm Tora

Bitpanda acquires Crypto Custodian Trustology

FTX US is launching a new gaming business called FTX Gaming

Spotify may be taking baby steps into crypto/web3.

Canada’s watchdog the OSC warns crypto exchanges not to promote self-custodial wallets.

Links:

• FTX Enters Gaming as Backlash Grows Against Cryptocurrency’s Incursion - Bloomberg
• Senior Backend Engineer | Spotify | LinkedIn
• Bitpanda Exchange Acquires Crypto Custodian Trustology for Undisclosed Amount
• LSEG to acquire TORA | LSEG
• OSC flags Emergencies Act tweets by Kraken, Coinbase CEOs to RCMP | Regina Leader Post

Bitcoin is up .5% at $44,579
Ethereum is up .5% at $2,998
and BNB is up 1.5% at 407

Ethos up 41%
Avalanche up 37%
Cosmos up 19%

Japan’s Liquid exchange was hacked late yesterday. The full impact is not yet known.

Coinbase is increasing its reserves from $1.1B to a stockpile of $4.4B in case of a crypto winter.

The operator of the bitcoin mixing service Helix pleads guilty to laundering more than $300M.

Fintech darling Bitpanda raised another 263M.

The google search volume for the NFT marketplace OpenSea reached an all-time high last week.

Links:

• Liquid Global Official on Twitter: "Important Notice: We are sorry to announce that #LiquidGlobal warm wallets were compromised, we are moving assets into the cold wallet. We are currently investigating and will provide regular updates. In the meantime deposits and withdrawals will be suspended." / Twitter
• Coinbase Builds a $4 Billion Cash Pile To Weather Tighter Regulation, Crypto Risks - WSJ
• Operator of bitcoin mixing service Helix pleads guilty to money laundering
• Google search volume for OpenSea at an all-time high
• Bitpanda Crypto Startup Raises $263 Million in Series C Funding

Ben Delo Pleads Not Guilty

Texas State Securities Board Tells Delta Crypt 'Cease and Desist'

Another Unicorn for Crypto, Austria's First

Links:

• Texas securities board takes action against hoax ‘Binance’-branded scheme
• Crypto Has Another Unicorn as Bitpanda Raises $170M at $1.2B Valuation - CoinDesk
• BitMEX executive surrenders in New York, pleads not guilty