Bitcoin is up slightly at $42,243
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,225
and Binance Coin up .5% at $475

Secret Network, up 20%

Brazil’s Rio De Janeiro is moving to allocate 1% of its treasury reserves to BTC

Short traders lose big on Elon Musk's Tesla taking Dogecoin for merch.

Crypto Exchange FTX sets up $2B fund

Gap is dropping a NFT collection on the Tezos blockchain

Visa and ConsenSys developing new infrastructure to support the rollout of CBDCs

Links:

• Gap Launches Gamified Collectible NFT Experience to Activate Community, Creativity and Self-Expressi | Gap Inc.
• Rio de Janeiro mayor plans to invest 1% of the city's treasury in bitcoin
• Crypto Exchange FTX Sets Up $2 Billion Venture Fund - WSJ
• Dogecoin Surge Sees Short Traders Lose $8M After Tesla Store Addition
• Envisioning a future of central bank digital currencies for everyone ever | Visa

Bitcoin is up 1% at $47,504
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,236
and Cardano is up slightly at $2.24

Vechain up 24%
AMP up 15%
THORchain up 15%

El Salvador has started mining bitcoin with geothermal energy from volcanos.

The bank of England starfs up third-party working groups to provide input into CBDC.

TikTok announces NFT collection that will partner with top creators.

Rugpull in Solana NFT project.

US Fed Chair Jerome Powell said he’d misspoken abut CBDCs replacing private cryptos.

Links:

• Nayib Bukele 🇸🇻 on Twitter: "We’re still testing and installing, but this is officially the first #Bitcoin mining from the #volcanode 🌋" / Twitter
• Membership of CBDC Engagement and Technology Forums | Bank of England
• TikTok launches first creator-led NFT collection | TikTok Newsroom
• Supposed 17-year-old artist sells $138,000 of fake NFTs and disappears
• Fed Chair Powell Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Banning Crypto — CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up .5% at $48,010
Ethereum is up 1% at $1810
and Cardano is up 1% at .87

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Theta Token up 17%
Kusama up 16%
The Graph up 15%

ConsenSys is helping Iranian women learn solidity with grants and scholarships.

Coinbase ventures and paradigm led a $12M round for Synthetix.

Paypal wants to be a CBDC distributor.

Argo Blockchain plots new 200MW facility in Texas.

Links:

• LOI Signing - 07:00:04 10 Feb 2021 - ARB News article | London Stock Exchange
• Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm Invest $12M in Synthetix DeFi Platform - CoinDesk
• ConsenSys Grants Help Iranian Women Learn Solidity - CoinDesk
• PayPal Wants to Be a CBDC Distributor - CoinDesk

ConsenSys Partners with BSN, Takes Quorum to China

Marathon Bought the Bitcoin Dip; CEO Aims for Pure Play Bitcoin Company

Russian Officials Must Divest Digital Assets by April 1

Links:

• Ethereum-Based ConsenSys Quorum Partners with China’s BSN Blockchain - CoinDesk
• Crypto Miner Marathon Patent Group Buys $150M in Bitcoin - CoinDesk
• Russian Public Officials Banned From Holding Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 2% at $11,750
Ethereum is up 8% at $427
XRP is up 7% at 30 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Algorand up 28%
Kyber network up 22%
and Tron up 20%

YAM is dead. Long live YAM.

VPNs and other anti-censorship applications have jumped in popularity in Belarus

JPMorgan appears to be in further discussions with ConsenSys.

Links:

• YAM Post-Rescue Attempt Update. At approximately 6PM UTC, on Wed August… | by Yam Finance | Aug, 2020 | Medium
• DeFi Meme Coin YAM Succumbs to Fatal 'Rebase' Bug, Makes Plans for 'YAM 2.0' - CoinDesk
• VPN Usage Surges as Belarus Remains Offline - CoinDesk
• JPMorgan plans to lead ConsenSys’ $50m convertible note raise - The Block

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,169
Ethereum is up 0.5% at $235
and XRP is down 0.5 at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
iExec RLC up 30%
and Machine Xchange up 26%

Jack Abramoff has plead guilty to charges of conspiracy and violating the Lobbying Disclosure Act in the AML BitCoin scam.

Elliptic has said said 3 bitcoin from the twitter hack were sent to a likely wasabi wallet for mixing.

Canadian startup BlockCrushr Labs is taking ConsenSys to court over stolen trade secrets.

Binance Expands to UK

ConsenSys Partners Announced

Stellar Votes

Links:

• Binance to Launch UK Trading Platform for Institutional and Retail Investors
• Stellar Proposes Changes Allowing Exchanges to Better Enforce Regulations - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 4% at 8,757
Ethereum is down 2% at $202
and XRP is down 3% at 19 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Zillqua up 22%
and Grin up 22%

Goldman Sachs is holding a call this week on the current crisis, state of crypto and inflation.

The World Economic Forum set out its Presido Principles with a “Blockchain Bill of Rights". With signatories from Colombia, Deloitte, and ConsenSys.

Samsung is pre-installing Theta(.)tv into all new Galaxy s20 smartphones.

A member of China’s parliament has suggested setting up a national blockchain development fund.

Links:

• Goldman Sachs Is Hosting A Client Call About Bitcoin, Gold and Inflation
• A member of China's parliament suggests setting up national blockchain development fund - The Block
• Samsung to Add Crypto-Powered Streaming Service to 75 Million Devices
• Colombia, Deloitte, ConsenSys Sign On to WEF's 'Blockchain Bill of Rights' - CoinDesk

Blockchain Association Files for Kik

Food and Clothing Top Crypto Purchases

ConSenSys Fires Ninety

Links:

• Blockchain Association Weighs In on SEC Case Against Kik’s ICO
• People Spend More Crypto on Food and Clothing Than on Illegal Drugs
• New Layoffs Hit Ethereum Incubator ConsenSys - CoinDesk

JPMorgan + ConsenSys?

Canadian Stablecoin Launched

Not Satoshi

Links:

• Report: JPMorgan Considers Merging Blockchain Unit with Consensys
• Joint Venture Launches Canadian Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin for Financial Services - CoinDesk
• William Shatner Doubts Craig Wright’s Claims to Inventing Bitcoin

Blockchain Takes Off for Aviation MRO Industry

ConsenSys Shifts Focus, Lays Off 14 Percent

Use Rubles to Buy Crypto at Binance

Links:

• Aircraft Maintenance, Repair Industry Is Latest to Form Blockchain Alliance
• Ethereum Incubator ConsenSys Slashes Headcount 14% in Latest Strategic Shift - CoinDesk
• Binance Adds Support for Instant Crypto Purchases With Russian Ruble

SEBA Banks Crypto in Nine New Countries

Consensys Closes India, Philippines

BITMEX Sued for 300 Million Dollars

Links:

• Regulated Swiss Crypto Bank SEBA Expands Services to 9 New Countries
• Bitcoin Exchange BitMEX Faces $300M Investor Lawsuit Over Lost Equity
• ConsenSys Is Shutting Down Offices in India and the Philippines