Bitcoin is up .5% at $40,468
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,905
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $405

Senator Cynthia Lummis wants the federal reserve holding bitcoin

Sequoia capital is launching a $500M+ crypto fund

PeckShield flags hackers moving ether from AscendEX breach.

UAE set to license virtual asset providers by the end of Q1

Fireblocks has acquired crypto payments processor First DAG

Links:

• UAE Readies National Cryptocurrency Licensing in Push to Embrace Fintech - Bloomberg
• PeckShield on Twitter
• Sequoia earmarks $500mn for push into cryptocurrency markets | Financial Times
• Cynthia Lummis. Full Crypto Webinar - YouTube
• Fireblocks acquires First DAG in cash-and-stock deal

Bitcoin is down .5% at $55,260
Ethereum is down .5% at $3,618
and Cardano is down .5% at $2.27

Fantom up 26%
Harmony up 21%

Famed art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi is stepping into the NFT market

Bitcoin mining firms in North America are stockpiling Bitcoin.

Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming discloses bitcoin purchase between $50k and $100k.

Bloomberg's report on Tether.

Links:

• Crypto Mystery: Where’s the $69 Billion Backing the Stablecoin Tether? - Bloomberg
• Periodic Transaction Report for 10/07/2021 filed by Cynthia M Lummis - Senate Financial Disclosures
• US-listed mining firms have hoarded over $1 billion worth of bitcoin
• Notorious art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi enters the NFT world