Links:

• Binance to bring Bitcoin payments to Shopify via new partnership
• Rothschild’s trust led funding round for Aspen Digital’s London expansion
• Analysts Take Cautious Stance on Ether as London Hard Fork Nears - CoinDesk
• BSV Suffers 51% Attack: Report - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up .5% at $49,498
Ethereum is down slightly at $2213
and Binance Coin is down slightly at 496.33

Ethos up 24%
Dogecoin up 21%
Celo up 17%

The NYSE has filed to list shares of Valkyrie’s Bitcoin ETF.

Paxos has become the third federally regulated crypto bank.

The tax collection department in Seoul cracks down on tax evaders

A UK court rules that Craig Wright can serve bitcoin.org over the publication of the Bitcoin white paper.

Links:

• NYSE Files to List Shares of Valkyrie's Bitcoin ETF - CoinDesk
• OCC Conditionally Approves Chartering of Paxos National Trust | OCC
• City of Seoul seizes cryptocurrencies from tax delinquents | Yonhap News Agency
• London court allows Australia's Wright to serve bitcoin copyright claim | Reuters

Bitcoin is down 6% at $32,497
Ethereum is down 4% at $1247
and Polkadot is up 8% at $16.40

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Curve up 28%
Alpha Finance up 20%
Icon up 15%

Craig Wright repeats 2019 advances to have bitcoin white paper removed from websites.

BlackRock looks at bitcoin futures

Former Ripple Adviser Michael Barr is expected to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Coinbase acquires Bison Trails.

Links:

• BlackRock filings suggest asset management giant could buy bitcoin futures via certain funds - The Block
• Biden Is Expected to Tap Michael Barr as Comptroller of the Currency - WSJ
• Craig Wright's lawyers ask two websites to take down the Bitcoin whitepaper - The Block
• Coinbase acquires crypto builder Bison Trails, deal reported to be above $80M | Fortune

Bitcoin is up 3% at $10,300
Ethereum is up 5.5% at $356
and XRP is up 1% at 24 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
SushiSwap up 50%
Yearn Finance up 34%
BNB up 20%

Chef Nomi abdicates - forks over control to FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried

Swerve has crosses 380 million in total value within 12 hours of launch

Brazil’s central bank president Roberto Neto says that the country will have a CBDC in 2022.

Craig Wright’s ongoing trial has been moved to january 2021

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.

Craig Wright Breaks Agreement

Bittrex Card Hack

FATF Publishes ID Guidance

Links:

• Trial Back on After Craig Wright Breaks Bitcoin Settlement Agreement - CoinDesk
• Bittrex Target of Latest $1 Million Crypto SIM Hack Lawsuit - CoinDesk
• FATF Releases Guidance on Global Digital IDs as Use Cases Grow - CoinDesk