Bitcoin is up .5% at $43,565
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,101
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $416

Skale Network up 22%

Bi-partisan bill in Tennessee is pro crypto.

BlackRock may offer crypto trading

AML regulation waitlist leaves some crypto firms off balance.

Russia shuts down some darknet sites.

OnlyFans verified NFT pfps

Links:

• Elliptic Analysis: Russia Seizes Four Major Dark Web Carding Sites with $263 Million in Crypto Sales
• Crypto firms face cliff-edge in UK as time ticks down for AML approval
• BlackRock Planning to Offer Crypto Trading, Sources Say
• OnlyFans jumps into NFT profile pictures | Reuters
• Bipartisan Bill Would Allow Tennessee to Invest in Crypto and NFTs
• Coinbase Trading Vulnerability Exposed by White-Hat Hacker
• Dr. Oz files trademarks for digital goods and services in the metaverse
• Andrew Holness on Twitter: "This will serve as a foundation for Jamaica’s digital payments architecture and will facilitate greater financial inclusion, increase transaction velocity while reducing the cost of banking for the Jamaican people." / Twitter
• BlockFi to Pay $100M Penalty, Stop Opening New High-Yield Bitcoin Accounts: Report - Decrypt
• US Treasury reiterates that the IRS won't consider crypto miners, stakers or coders to be brokers

Bitcoin is up slightly at $35,807
Ethereum is up 1.5% at $2,495
and Binance Coin is up 3% at $375

Bitcoin has hit a 6 month low, and El Salvador is buying.

The SEC doesn't like MicroStrategy’s approach to bitcoin accounting.

SEC Commissioner Elad Roisman ends term early.

BlackRock files for ETF tracking blockchain & crypto companies.

Twitter seeks Senior Product Manager, Crypto.

Links:

• Nayib Bukele 🇸🇻 on Twitter: "Nope, I was wrong, didn’t miss it. El Salvador just bought 410 #bitcoin for only 15 million dollars 🥳 Some guys are selling really cheap 🤷🏻‍♂️" / Twitter
• Senior Product Manager, Crypto
• SEC Commissioner Roisman steps down two years ahead of schedule
• SEC form BlackRock's new Blockchain/Tech ETF

Bitcoin is up 1% at $49,299
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,233
and Cardano is up 1% at 2.47

Avalanche up 33%
Cosmos up 17%
Near Protocol up 16%

Binance is suspending futures in Brazil due to regulatory pressures.

Brian Quintenz a crypto-friendly CFTC commissioner will leave office at the end of August.

Blackrock has almost $400M invested in Bitcoin mining stocks.

Fractional.art has raised $7.9M in a seed round.

Coinbase has named Mitsubishi UFJ as their banking partner in Japan.

Links:

• BlackRock Joins Fidelity And Vanguard As A Bitcoin Mining Investor
• Statement of Commissioner Brian D. Quintenz on the End of His Term and Future Plans | CFTC
• 'Fractional' NFT platform raises $7.9 million in seed funding
• Coinbase launches in Japan. Coinbase was founded in 2012 as an easy… | by Coinbase | Aug, 2021 | The Coinbase Blog

Bitcoin is up slightly at $58,632
Ethereum is up slightly at $1,922
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $314.24

Filecoin up 30%
Dogecoin up 24%
Tron up 17%

BlackRock began trading Bitcoin futures in January.

Tesla developers lend a hand to BTCPay.

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank debuts DCash

Element Finance picked up $4.4 million in new funding

Links:

• BlackRock has 'started to dabble' in bitcoin, says Rick Rieder
• Release 1.0.7.1 · btcpayserver/btcpayserver · GitHub
• The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank publicly launches new digital currency
• Element Finance Raises $4.4M to Bring Liquidity to Fixed Rate Income and Interest Markets | by Will Villanueva | Element Finance | Mar, 2021 | Medium

Bitcoin is down 6% at $32,497
Ethereum is down 4% at $1247
and Polkadot is up 8% at $16.40

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Curve up 28%
Alpha Finance up 20%
Icon up 15%

Craig Wright repeats 2019 advances to have bitcoin white paper removed from websites.

BlackRock looks at bitcoin futures

Former Ripple Adviser Michael Barr is expected to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Coinbase acquires Bison Trails.

Links:

• BlackRock filings suggest asset management giant could buy bitcoin futures via certain funds - The Block
• Biden Is Expected to Tap Michael Barr as Comptroller of the Currency - WSJ
• Craig Wright's lawyers ask two websites to take down the Bitcoin whitepaper - The Block
• Coinbase acquires crypto builder Bison Trails, deal reported to be above $80M | Fortune

Blackrock Wants You

OKEx: Real-Time Settlement of Derivatives

CME Largest Bitcoin Futures Exchange

Links:

• BlackRock is looking to hire a blockchain VP with experience in crypto assets
• CME Tops in Bitcoin Futures Rankings Amid Rapidly Growing Institutional Interest - CoinDesk
• OKEx Launches Real-Time Settlement for Derivatives Trading - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 3% at $18,200
Ethereum is down slightly at $531
and XRP is up 5% at 44 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Waves up 13%

BlackRock’s CIO of fixed income spoke about Bitcoin's potential to replace gold.

President Xi calls for 'an Open and accepting' approach to CBDCs on the global stage.

DeFi project Pickle Finance was exploited for $20M.

VMware launched a blockchain platform for enterprises.

Y Combinator, Pantera Capital and others get behind Globe.

Financial regulators in Texas got a bit tougher on 15 alleged crypto scams

Links:

• Y Combinator, Pantera join $3 million seed round for new crypto derivatives exchange Globe - The Block
• News Releases
• Texas Financial Regulators Crack Down on 15 Alleged Crypto Scams - CoinDesk
• BlackRock's Chief Investment Officer Says Bitcoin Could Replace Gold to a Large Extent - CoinDesk
• Together, Let Us Fight COVID-19 and Create a Better Future
• DeFi project Pickle Finance exploited for nearly $20M in DAI - The Block