Bitcoin is down 5% at $35,387
Ethereum is down 1% at $1221
and Polkadot is up 4% at $17.17

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Near protocol up 29%
Avalanche up 15%
The Graph up 15%

Goldman Sachs has issued a request for information to explore digital asset custody.

NYDIG CEO Robert Gutmann said today’s institutional investors in crypto are only looking at Bitcoin.

Ripple technology will power a new malaysia and bangladesh remittance corridor.

Kraken is set to halt XRP trading for US residents.

Bittrex has been mum about why it withdrew support for Dash, ZCash, and Monero.

Mt. Gox creditors will be given the option to take up to 90% of the exchange’s remaining bitcoin.

Links:

• Kraken to Halt XRP Trading for U.S. Residents | Kraken Blog
• Mt. Gox Creditors Can Claim 90% of Bitcoin Left in Bankruptcy: Bloomberg - CoinDesk
• bKash and Mobile Money Connect Through RippleNet to Power Wallet-to-Wallet Remittances | Ripple
• Big institutions are only interested in bitcoin, says NYDIG CEO - The Block
• Goldman Sachs to Enter Crypto Market 'Soon' With Custody Play: Source - CoinDesk
• Bittrex to Delist 'Privacy Coins' Monero, Dash and Zcash - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 3% at $30,315
Ethereum is up slightly at $737
and Litecoin is down 1% at 125 dollars

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Dogecoin up 44%
Reserve Rights up 23%
Algorand up 15%

Bitcoin has topped 30k for the first time.

Ether from the 2017 Parity wallet hack is on the move.

Bittrex announced they will be delisting privacy coins on January 15th.

DeFi hacks lost 120 million in 15 hacks across 2020.

Non-fungible token artwork posted an all time high of 8.2 million in December

Links:

• Bittrex to Delist 'Privacy Coins' Monero, Dash and Zcash - CoinDesk
• Hackers stole $120 million via 15 DeFi hacks in 2020 - The Block
• $8.2 Million Worth of Crypto Artwork Sold in December - Decrypt
• 2017 Parity wallet hacker begins moving ETH - The Block

Japanese Yen Stablecoin Now Available in US

SkyBridge Capital Bitcoin Fund Launching in January

Bittrex Delisting XRP

Links:

• Japanese Internet Giant Licensed to Issue First JPY-Pegged Stablecoin in New York - CoinDesk
• Bittrex joins Coinbase in delisting Ripple’s XRP following SEC lawsuit
• SkyBridge Capital Has Already Invested $182M in Bitcoin - CoinDesk

Craig Wright Breaks Agreement

Bittrex Card Hack

FATF Publishes ID Guidance

Links:

• Trial Back on After Craig Wright Breaks Bitcoin Settlement Agreement - CoinDesk
• Bittrex Target of Latest $1 Million Crypto SIM Hack Lawsuit - CoinDesk
• FATF Releases Guidance on Global Digital IDs as Use Cases Grow - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 2% at $7,626
XRP is up 3% 28 cents
and Ethereum is up 3% at $166

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Populos up 33%
EthLend up 19%
and Hydro, up 16%

NY State has once again extended the time frame for Bittrex to postpone account closures.

Beatrice Weder di Mauro, president of the CEPR, says that Libra is unlikely to get approved.

Jack Dorsey has given a firm “No” to any notion that Twitter would be joining the Libra association

Cash App has officially announced stock trading support.

Links:

• NYDFS, which denied Bittrex a BitLicense, requests the exchange to postpone account closures in the state - The Block
• Facebook-led Libra may not be approved, says European think tank official - The Block
• 'Hell No': Jack Dorsey Says Twitter Won't Be Joining Libra Association - CoinDesk
• Cash App adds stock trading - The Block

Block.one Pays 24 Million Dollar Fine

FairWin at Zero

Coinbase Co-Founds Crypto Rating Council

Links:

• EOS Maker Block.One Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Securities Sale - CoinDesk
• From $10M to Zero in 10 Days: ETH Smart Contract FairWin Is Empty
• Coinbase-Led Group Aims to Help Crypto Firms Avoid Securities Violations - CoinDesk