Bitcoin is up slightly at $47,494
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,164
and Cardano is up 1.5% at 2.72

Arweave up 23%
Solana up 21%
Terra up 17%

Pat Toomey wants your ideas: submissions@banking.senate.gov.

India’s security watchdog is launching a DLT system for monitoring financial instruments

Coinbase is hiring Kate Rouch from Facebook for CMO.

Ether options daily trading volume have surpassed Bitcoin’s for the first time on Deribit.

Links:

• Toomey Requests Feedback on Clarifying Laws Around Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technologies | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
• Kate Rouch Joins Coinbase as Chief Marketing Officer | by Coinbase | Aug, 2021 | The Coinbase Blog
• SEBI | SEBI issues Circular on “Security and Covenant Monitoring using Distributed Ledger Technology”
• ETH options trading volume surpassed that of bitcoin's for the first time on Deribit

Links:

• Court Denies SEC's Request Seeking Years of Financial Records From Ripple Execs - CoinDesk
• Ether hits new all-time high above $2,200 hours ahead of Berlin hard fork
• Linux Foundation, Insurance Group Roll Out Platform to Cut Costs Using DLT - CoinDesk — Story from News

Bitcoin is up .75% at $46,678
Ethereum is up 1% at $1792
and Cardano is up 3% at .89

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Dash up 29%
VeChain up 20%
stellar up 15%

A bill was introduced in Iowa to create a more even playing field for blockchain and smart contracts.

a16z put more money behind DeFi payment platform Celo.

Swarm raised $6 Million in a private token sale.

Over $5 Billion has been staked in the Ethereum 2 staking contract.

Links:

• Bill Text: IA SF303 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced | LegiScan
• A16z backs DeFi payments platform Celo's $20 million raise
• Swarm secures funds for mainnet release | by Ethereum Swarm | Ethereum Swarm | Feb, 2021 | Medium
• ETH worth more than $5 billion has been staked in the Eth2 contract

Bitcoin is up 2% at $9,523
Ethereum is up 9% at $265
and XRP is up 3% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
VeThor Token up 15%

Binance has listed Maker and Dai tokens.

Twitter announced that during their hack, hackers accessed the direct messages of at least 36 of the hacked accounts.

Congress added two blockchain amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act.

Links:

• An update on our security incident
• Soto Amendments Pass in Annual House Defense Bill | Congressman Darren Soto
• Binance lists Maker and Dai tokens amid DeFi boom - The Block

Amazon Patents DLT-Based Authenticity Certification

Links:

• Chase Bank to Refund 95% of $2.5M It Allegedly Overcharged Crypto Buyers - CoinDesk
• Amazon Patents Blockchain-Based Product Authenticator - CoinDesk