Bitcoin is up 4% at $9,148
Ethereum is up 2.5% at $206
and XRP is up 2.5% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Theta Token up 20%
Maidsafe up 15%
and Quant Network up 15%

Bitfury has announced an investor program for mining farms aimed at institutional investors.

Facebook’s Calibra, the digital wallet subsidiary built for Libra is getting a re-brand.

Google has signed on as a network validator for the blockchain video network Theta.

Fifty Crypto Jobs in Ireland

BitMex Donates

Take the Dollars and Crypto

Links:

• Facebook’s Calibra Has 50 New Jobs in the Pipeline for Its Dublin-Based Team
• BitMEX Joins COVID-19 Relief Efforts with Dedicated $2.5M Fund
• Some U.S. Citizens Look to Be Splashing Their Stimulus Cash on Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk

Facebook Blinks

India Supreme Court Backs Crypto

Samsung Sees Settlement System for Merchants and Banks

Links:

• India Supreme Court Lifts RBI Ban on Banks Servicing Crypto Firms
• Facebook Changing Course on Libra, Offering More Inclusive Wallet
• Samsung to Target EU Payments Sector With Blockchain-Based Solution for Banks - CoinDesk

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Centrality up 16%
Dentacoin, up 15%

Mercado Pago, Visa, eBay, Stripe and Mastercard have all officially left the Libra project.

Facebook and Calibra are facing a lawsuit in the state of New York over an alleged trademark infringement

The chairman of the CFTC confirms that the ethereum cryptocurrency is a commodity

Links:

• CFTC Chairman Confirms Ether Cryptocurrency Is a Commodity - CoinDesk
• Mercado Pago, Visa, eBay, Stripe, and Mastercard drop out of Facebook's Libra - The Block
• Facebook and Calibra sued in NY federal court in trademark case involving logo design - The Block