Bitcoin is up 1% at $9,605
Ethereum is up 4% at $284
and XRP is up 2% at 21 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Unibright up 26%
and Block Stack up 15%

A federal court ruled that Bitcoin is a form of “money” covered under the Washington DC Money Transmitters Act.

Bitcoin Suisse raised $48 million in their first round of fund-raising.

Former CFTC chair Christopher Giancarlo made a case for the development of a digital dollar in a senate hearing.

Links:

• Crypto Bank Hopeful Bitcoin Suisse Raises $48M in First-Ever Round - CoinDesk
• Bitcoin Is a Form of Money in DC, Federal Court Rules - CoinDesk
• Giancarlo pitches Congress on piloting a 'digital dollar' in the U.S.

Bitcoin is up 8% at 6,665
Ethereum is up 5% at $137
and XRP is up 3% at 17 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Tomochain up 18%
Block stack up 17%
Icon up 15%

Todays headlines:

Bitcoin core maintainer Michal Ford has received a $100k grant from BitMEX.

Binance is set to open a new crypto-to-crypto exchange today in South Korea.

France’s central bank set to test the integration of digital Euro in settlement procedures.

Links:

• France's central bank begins experimenting with digital euro - The Block
• BitMEX parent awards $100k grant to Bitcoin Core maintainer Michael Ford - The Block
• Binance is launching a new exchange in South Korea next week - The Block

Bitcoin is down slightly at $6,629
Ethereum is up slightly at $135
and XRP is up 8% at 17 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Holo up 20%
Blockstack up 17%
Aelf up 15%

Boston based Coinmetrics, a blockchain data firm closed a $6 million dollar series A.

Binance has officially announced the Binance card

South Korea’s biggest bank is getting ready to launch a crypto custody service

Links:

• Introducing the Binance Card: Shop and Pay With Crypto Anywhere in the World | Binance Blog
• Blockchain data firm Coin Metrics raises $6M from Highland Capital Partners, Fidelity and others - The Block
• South Korea's biggest bank is set to launch crypto custody service - The Block