Bitcoin is up .5% at $39,674
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,809
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $378

EU commits to cutting Russian banks off from SWIFT due to Ukraine Invasion

Ukraine is apparently forming a task force to surveil Russian politicians crypto wallets

Co-founders of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX plead guilty to violating the US Bank Secrecy Act

Coinbase Ventures lead Katherine Wu departs for VC firm Archetype.

Goldman Sachs veteran Roger Bartlett leaves Wall Street for Coinbase

Links:

• Grayscale hires David LaValle as global head of ETFs
• AccuWeather brings weather data to smart contracts by running a Chainlink node
• Coinbase Ventures, Gemini join $6 million funding for Onramp Invest
• DeFi platform Krystal raises $6.6 million in seed funding

Bitcoin is down 1.5% at $52,706
Ethereum is down .5% at $1,618
and Cardano is up 5% at 1.25

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Tron up 22%
XRP up 15%
Terra up 15%

Avanti raises $37M in a series A.

India's Ministry of Corporate Affairs requires more crypto disclosure from companies

New York Times auctions NFT column for 560k

US GSA set for another BTC auction.

Links:

• Crypto token of New York Times column sells for $560,000. - The New York Times
• Get ready for cryptocurrency spring fever on GSA Auctions | GSA
• Indian companies will now have to disclose their crypto holdings in financial statements
• Digital asset bank Avanti raises $37 million in Series A ahead of launch

Bitcoin is up 1% at 8,857
Ethereum is down half a % at $202
and XRP is up slightly at 19 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Theta Token up 26%
and Metic Network up 15%

CoinDCX picks up $2.5 million from Coinbase Ventures and Polychain Capital.

Tencent will invest $70 billion into new tech to move past the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thailand announced the Thai Digital Energy Development, a public-private venture with Power Ledger.

Craig Wright claims to own bitcoin addresses, those addresses send a message back.