Bitcoin is up slightly at $61,665
Ethereum is up slightly at $4,046
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $482

Sentinel up 30%
Syscoin up 15%

Coinbase spends nearly $800k on lobbying in the third quarter of 2021

Germany’s world wildlife fund to sell NFTs to raise money for endangered species.

The Associated Press is partnering with Chainlink to put journalistic information on is blockchain.

Valkyrie’s bitcoin futures ETF posted trade volumes that approached $80M

Links:

• Coinbase spent nearly $800K on lobbying in 2021's third quarter as part of influence revamp
• Second U.S. Bitcoin Futures ETF Makes Lower-Profile Debut
• Germany’s World Wildlife Fund to sell NFTs featuring endangered species
• AP Definitive Source | Putting the facts on blockchain

Bitcoin is up slightly at $43,298
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,001
and Cardano is up .5% at $2.28

Perpetual protocol up 25%
Uniswap up 20%
Sushiswap up 16%

Cardano announces partnership with Dish Network & Chainlink

Huobi will suspend all China-based user accounts later this year

Italian payments giant Nexi says it has a role in the design of the digital euro.

Philadelphia 76ers are the second NBA team to set a crypto ad patch deal.

Links:

• Charles Hoskinson on Twitter: "Here's the Dish/Boost announcement: https://t.co/bzk35RbcaM" / Twitter
• Huobi Global to Gradually Retire Existing Mainland China Users-Huobi Global-Official Huobi Website
• Italian Payments Giant Nexi Says It Is ‘Contributing’ to Design of Digital Euro — CoinDesk
• 76ers Become Second NBA Team to Ink Crypto Ad Patch Deal — CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up slightly at $41,610
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,465
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $331

Neo up 39%
Thorchain up 25%
Chainlink up 16%

Ukranian president signs bill allowing for national CBDC.

Bank of America calls CBDCs inevitable and more effective than cash.

A new bill in congress is looking to more heavily tax crypto investors.

Wealthfront to offer crypto vehicles through Grayscale.

Links:

• You Can Now Get Exposure to Cryptocurrency in Your Wealthfront Portfolio - Wealthfront
• Ukraine's President Signs Law Allowing Central Bank to Issue a CBDC - CoinDesk
• Bank of America Calls CBDCs ‘More Effective' Than Cash in Research Note - CoinDesk
• New Infrastructure Bill Looks to Raise $30B Through Crypto Taxes - CoinDesk

Links:

• Grayscale Adds Chainlink to Its Digital Large Cap Fund - CoinDesk
• Asset Manager CoinShares Launches Litecoin ETP
• Venture capitalists invest over $16B in blockchain equity since 2012

Bitcoin is down 3% at $37,775
Ethereum is up 2% at $1220
and Polkadot is up 10% at 13.80

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
HedgeTrade up 115%
Cosmos up 25%
Chainlink up 20%

Francis Suarez, mayor of Miami, considers some BTC reserves.

Anchorage secured conditional approval for a national trust charter from the US OCC.

Derebit sets maximum bitcoin options strike price to 400k.

Acting comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks says 'everything is at risk'

Chainalysis flags pre-Jan 6th $500k donation to alt-right factions.

Links:

• Chainalysis Blog | Alt-Right Groups and Personalities Involved In Last Week’s Capitol Riot Received Over $500K In Bitcoin From French Donor One Month Prior
• Miami mayor considers bitcoin investment to create crypto hotbed | Fox Business
• Financial Censorship After Capitol Riot 'Truly Chilling,' Says OCC's Brooks - CoinDesk
• Deribit on Twitter: "We've added the $BTC 400K strike in the Dec21 expiry! 🚀 Send tweet!" / Twitter
• Anchorage Becomes First OCC-Approved National Crypto Bank - CoinDesk

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Bitcoin is up 4% at $11,067
Ethereum is up 5% at $359
and XRP is up 4% at 25 cents

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Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Yearn.finance up 30%
UMA up 27%
Uniswap up 18%
and Chainlink up 15%

Square's Bitcoin buy represents 1% of Square’s total assets.

Dutch central bank has approves the first digital asset exchange in the netherlands.

Ripple is branching out into lending.

The UK director for Binance will leave her post after only 6 months in the role.

Links:

• AMDAX Announcement
• Binance UK Director Departing After Less Than 6 Months - CoinDesk
• Fund Instant Cross-Border Payments With a Line of Credit From RippleNet | Ripple
• Square, Inc. Invests $50 Million in Bitcoin

Bitcoin is up 1.5% at $10,886
Ethereum is up 3.5% at $367
and XRP is up 2% at 24 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Celsius Network up 20%
Digibyte up 17%

Data management firm Fluree raises $2.5 million in additional VC funding unlocking a $1.5 million defense contract.

BitFlyer’s European arm is opening up tokyo-based liquidity for european bitcoin traders.

Thomas J Gity has been charged with scamming investors in a Florida crypto-trading scheme.

The SEC has levied a cease and desist against Salt Lending over their 2017 ICO.

MakerDAO adds Chainlink, Loopring and Compound as collateral options.

Links:

• MakerDAO Adds Chainlink, Compound, Loopring as Collateral Options | Nasdaq
• Thomas J. Gity, et al. (Release No. LR-24930; Sep. 30, 2020)
• Data Management Startup Fluree Unlocks $1.5M Air Force Contract With Latest VC Raise - CoinDesk
• SALT SEC ICO filing

Bitcoin is down 1% at $11,664
Ethereum is down slightly at $390
and XRP is down 2% at 29 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Chainlink up 24%
Cosmos up 19%
and VeChain up 15%

A California privacy watchdog has spoken out against a proposal to put medical records on the blockchain.

The crypto debit card provider Wirex is expanding in the US.

German authorities have seized 30 million worth of crypto from the streaming site Movie2K.

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Genesis Capital Portfolio Better Now

Ethereum Transaction Fees Down

Links:

• 100% of Chainlink Addresses Are Currently in Profit
• Genesis' Lending Rebounds in 2Q; Firm Acknowledges Unsecured Loans - CoinDesk
• Ethereum Transaction Fees Fall by 75% as Congestion Eases

Bitcoin is up 2% at $9,037
Ethereum is up half a percent at $213
and XRP is up 1.5% at 22 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Dent up 28%
Lambda up 22%
and Holo up 17%

The US Department of Justice is trying to find customers impacted by the closure of a small crypto exchange called CoinGather.

A white hat hacker from Intezer made a great discovery this week when digging around in the code of Blockfolio.

Bitfinex is having a fresh go finding out where Crypto Capital stored their funds.

CasperLabs is integrating with Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network.

Links:

• CasperLabs Integrating Chainlink For Stable, Fiat Denominated Transaction Fees
• U.S. Department of Justice seeks claimants to funds seized from crypto exchange in 2018 - The Block
• Blockfolio Quietly Patches Years-Old Security Hole That Exposed Source Code - CoinDesk
• Bitfinex, Tether Seek Subpoenas Across US in Hunt for Missing $800M - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 1.5% at 7,185
Ethereum is down 1% at $168
and XRP is down 1.5 at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
WaykiChain up 28%
Haven Protocol up 21%
and Chainlink up 15%

A high court in New Zealand has ruled that former users of Cryptopia are entitled to their funds that were lost in a hack.

A new bitcoin backed token called tzBTC is launching on the Tezos blockchain.

Galaxy Digital has reported a 32 million dollar net loss in the final quarter of 2019.

Genesis Global Trading is suspending credit extensions after the downturn.

Links:

• Genesis Global Trading suspends credit extension after 'biggest deleveraging' it has seen in the crypto market - The Block
• Cryptopia users are entitled to their funds, court rules in a landmark judgment - The Block
• A new bitcoin-backed token ‘tzBTC’ launches on the Tezos blockchain - The Block
• Galaxy Digital reports a $32.9M net loss for the final quarter of 2019 - The Block

India: Crypto-a-Go-Go

BitGo Wants Institutional Biz

EY, Microsoft and ConcenSys Launch Baseline Protocol on Ethereum Mainnet

Links:

• Indian Crypto Exchanges Resume Fiat Services 24 Hours After Supreme Court Ruling
• BitGo Launches Its First Institutional Crypto Lending Service
• Microsoft, EY and ConsenSys Tout New Way for Big Biz to Use Public Ethereum - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 2.4% at $10,767
XRP is down slightly at 31 cents
Ethereum is up 1% at $222

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Hydro up 36%
RChain up 26%
Chainlink up 18%

The Goldman Sachs backed Apple card will not allow the purchase of cryptocurrencies.

China has announced that it is planning to accelerate the research and development of its “legal digital currency”.

AWS has launched a competition with several partners with a 100,000 grand prize.

MIT & Elliptic are using machine learning to examine bitcoin transactions that may be associated with illicit activity.

Links:

• China's central bank seeks to accelerate the development of its 'legal digital currency' - The Block
• The Apple Card, issued by Goldman Sachs, will not allow purchase of cryptocurrencies - The Block
• Time, Randomness, and a $100,000 Prize to Forever Change Blockchain | AWS Startups Blog
• MIT's AI Lab Analyzed 200,000 Bitcoin Transactions. Only 2% Were 'Illicit' - CoinDesk