Bitcoin is up slightly at $42,194
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,133
and Binance Coin up slightly at $465

Ecomi, up 16%

OpenSea acquires Dharma Labs

Binance destroys over 1.6M BNB tokens in their latest burn

India’s Prime minister Narendra Modi called for for global cooperation on cryptocurrency at Davos

ESMA vice chair calls for proof of work mining ban

SoFi wins conditional approval to create a nationally chartered bank

Links:

• OpenSea Acquires Dharma Labs, Welcomes New CTO - OpenSea Blog
• 18th BNB Burn | Binance Blog
• Indian Prime Minister Calls for Global Cooperation on Cryptocurrency
• OCC Conditionally Approves SoFi Bank, National Association | OCC
• EMSA position on POW mining — Financial Times

Bitcoin is down slightly at $48,547
Ethereum is down .5% at $3,504
and Cardano is down 1% at $2.40

Gala up 44%
Ecomi up 16%
Solana up 15%

Canaan announced a record quarterly revenue of $167M

Monica Rizzolli’s "Fragments of an Infinite Field" sold out in an hour for $5.3M

Australian national Stefan Qin was sentenced to 7.5 years for his part in a $90M Ponzi scheme.

Binance is moving away from its decentralized headquarters & faces a CFTC investigation into insider trading.

Links:

• Canaan nets record bitcoin miner sales with $167 million in Q2
• Generative artist nets $5.38 million in latest Art Blocks hit
• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
• Binance battles regulatory headwinds as world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange seeks financial legitimacy | South China Morning Post
• Binance Probe by US Expands to Examine Possible Insider Trading - Bloomberg

Bitcoin is up slightly at $50,249
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,930
and Cardano is up slightly at $2.87

Ecomi up 25%
Filecoin up 19%
Quant Network up 18%

The South Korean exchange Bithumb to mandate ID verification for customers.

The finance commission in El Salvador has approved a $150M trust fund to support the rollout.

BBVA is launching a digital investment account that offers crypto support.

This week the avalanche based DeFi protocol Trader Joe raised $5 million in a token sale.

Links:

• El Salvador approves $150 million trust fund to support bitcoin ambitions
• The digital account New Gen enables investments in sectors with the greatest impact on the future
• Avalanche-based DeFi protocol Trader Joe raises $5 million in token sale

Bitcoin is up slightly at $33,050
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,041
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $278

Ecomi up 21%
Celo up 16%

The Thailand SEC files a criminal complaint against Binance.

Softbank has invested $200M in the Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin.

New legislation in Ukraine puts their future CBDC on equal footing with cash.

FaZe Clan has dropped a member and suspended 3 following alleged involvement in a crypto scam

A Sotheby’s auction for a Tim Berners-Lee original source code for the world wide web has sold for $5.4M

Links:

• Mercado Bitcoin, Latin America’s Largest Digital Assets Platform, raises $200 Million USD from SoftBank | Business Wire
• NFT of the original World Wide Web code fetches $5.4 million at Sotheby's
• FaZe Clan on Twitter: "A statement from FaZe Clan. https://t.co/HnPXpAoSYX" / Twitter
• Ukraine Passes Law Treating Its CBDC Same As Cash - BeInCrypto

Bitcoin is down .5% at $33,495
Ethereum is up slightly at $1,870
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $292

Ecomi up 50%
Celo up 15%
Crypto.com up 15%

El Salvador plans $117M airdrop to citizens.

Ethereum’s hash rate is falling due to mining crackdown.

Eric Adams wants NYC to be crypto hub.

Met police have seized more than $150M in cryptocurrency.

Paraguay University will begin accepting crypto as payment beginning in August.

Links:

• Bitcoin to become legal tender in El Salvador on Sept 7 | Reuters
• NYC will become 'center of bitcoins,' says mayoral lead Eric Adams
• Met makes one of world's largest cryptocurrency seizures - Metropolitan Police
• Paraguay University to Accept Bitcoin, Ether, XRP in August - CoinDesk