Bitcoin is down 1% at $48,510
Ethereum is down 1% at $4,018
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $534

Helium up 25%
Elrond up 23%
Avalanche up 17%

Jack & Jay-Z announce board for BTrust

Russia’s central bank is keen on banning investments in cryptocurrency

Deutsche Börse acquires majority stake in Crypto Finance AG.

Katie Haun is set to depart Andreessen Horowitz to form her own fund.

Links:

• Russian cenbank to seek ban on investment in cryptocurrencies, sources say | Reuters
• Kathryn Haun on Twitter: "1/ Today @cdixon and I shared with the @a16z crypto team that I will be launching my own fund focused on crypto and web3 early next year. The current crypto fund will be my last at the firm" / Twitter
• Dorsey names board members of his bitcoin endowment with Jay-Z
• Deutsche Börse closes deal for majority stake in Crypto Finance AG

Bitcoin is up slightly at $45,973
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,437
and Cardano is up slightly at $2.61

Avalanche up 23%
Tron up 20%
Elrond up 19%

Ark investments looks to add Canadian Crypto ETFs

The Paris Saint Germain football club adds crypto.com as their cryptocurrency partner.

a16z seeks token delegate applicants for their DeFi investments.

Dom Hofmann releases WAGMIGOTCHI. Project sees $43k spent in gas fees.

Links:

• Revised ARKW prospectus
• Crypto.com sponsors football club PSG, including NFT deal - Ledger Insights - enterprise blockchain
• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
• alexkroeger.eth on Twitter: "In August we at a16z open sourced our thinking around token delegation. Today we’re opening up a delegate application for individuals and organizations interested in participating in DeFi governance for Uniswap and Compound. https://t.co/xijgthsimx" / Twitter

Bitcoin is even at $34,632
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,224
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $294

Aave up 17%
Compound up 16%
Elrond up 15%

Beijing and Suzhou are testing digital yuan payments on subways.

Million Doge Disco launches today.

Bitcoin mining difficulty records largest drop in history.

Casper Labs and SJM Group partner to promote web3 adoption in the UAE.

Links:

• Greenidge Generation Announces Letter of Intent to Expand Bitcoin Mining Operation to Site in South Carolina
• Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Records Largest Drop in History - CoinDesk
• CasperLabs & SJM Group Partner to Promote Web3 Adoption in
• Doge Disco
• Beijing, Suzhou enable China's digital yuan payments for subways

Bitcoin is up slightly at $51,397
Ethereum is down slightly at $1901
and Cardano is up .5% at .92

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Binance Coin up 33%
Huobi Token up 17%
Elrond up 16%

Ethereum finds new all time high above $1900.

Coinbase is valued at $77B ahead of its IPO

Kia Motors America is apparently the victim of a ransomware attack

Mastercard partners with Island Pay & Bahamas central bank for prepaid card linked to the Sand Dollar.

Sweden’s Riksbank will extend its pilot project for a CBDC for another 12 months

Links:

• Kia Motors America suffers ransomware attack, $20 million ransom
• Coinbase, Readying for Public Listing, Gets $77B Valuation From Nasdaq Private Market - CoinDesk
• Swiss canton of Zug starts accepting tax payments in cryptocurrency
• Mastercard inks partnership for prepaid card linked to Bahamas CBDC
• Riksbank extends test of technical solution for the e-krona | Sveriges Riksbank

Bitcoin is down .5% at $38,863
Ethereum is down 1% at $1617
and Cardano is down 2% at .67

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Elrond up 33%
Dogecoin up 22%
Stellar up 18%

German police have seized 1700 bitcoin from a hacker but can’t access the coins.

Starcraft tournament from 2011 offered 25 bitcoin as a consolation prize.

CFPB looks at Venmo

Serbian man extradited to Lone Star State

Bitcoin is down slightly at $40,037
Ethereum is down slightly at $1678
and Polkadot is down 1% at 20.07

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Binance Coin up 23%
Cosmos up 17%
Elrond up 16%

Nigeria’s central bank has ordered banks to close accounts of all crypto users

COPA is challenging craig wright’s Bitcoin white paper claim.

Links:

• Nigeria Central Bank Orders Cryptocurrency Accounts to Close - Bloomberg
• COPA on Twitter: "COPA stands for an open financial system and was formed to remove barriers that stifle innovation. We are hosting the Bitcoin whitepaper and stand with our members and the crypto community to address this issue. Here’s our letter in response to last week’s cease and desists. https://t.co/NfM56rfCEc" / Twitter

Bitcoin is up .5% at $33,865
Ethereum is down slightly at $1341
and Polkadot is up .5% at $16.44

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Compound up 30%
Elrond up 23%
SushiSwap up 18%

BlockFi is building out a bitcoin trust.

NYDIG added former square capital lead Jackie Reses to its board of directors.

On Visa's Q1 earnings call CEO Alfred Kelly said Visa will make crypto payments safer and more widely available.

Blockfolio launched zero-fee crypto trading on its app this week.

Links:

• NYDIG Strengthens Leadership with Appointment of Jacqueline D. Reses to Board of Directors
• Blockfolio launches zero-fee crypto trading on its app
• SEC FORM D BLOCKFI
• Visa's Q1 earnings call reveals details about its crypto strategy

Bitcoin is down 1% at $31,232
Ethereum is up slightly at $1310
and Polkadot is down 1% at $17.08

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Dogecoin up 49%
Elrond up 27%
Cosmos up 16%

GME Frenzy highlights centralization in status quo.

The Federal Reserve keeps things loose.

BIS' Agustín Carstens is not a fan of bitcoin.

Blockstream picks up $25M worth of mining rigs from MicroBT.

Links:

• Blockstream Purchase $25M of Bitcoin Mining Hardware from MicroBT
• Wall Street, Big Tech Clamp Down on GameStop-Style Pumps; Biden Admin 'Monitoring' Situation - CoinDesk
• BIS Chief Blasts Bitcoin's Viability, Prompting Blowback From Advocates - CoinDesk
• Fed Holds Policy Steady as Economy Stumbles - WSJ

Bitcoin is up 1% at $11,469
Ethereum is up 2% at $393
and XRP is up 0.5% at 27 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Numeraire up 45%
UMA up 39%
and Elrond up 16%

The New Zealand stock exchange faced a barrage of criminal cyberattacks this week.

US House members have called for a briefing on recent seizure of crypto assets from terrorist groups.

NASA is backing a blockchain-based communications system.

Fidelity’s head of strategy and planning is at the helm of a new bitcoin-focused fund.

Bitcoin is up slightly at $11,765
Ethereum is down 1% at $394
and XRP is up 1% at 30 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Aurora up 15%
and Elrond up 15%

IDEX has pulled in an extra $2.5 million in seed money ahead of its IDEX 2.0 launch.

US Senate has confirmed SEC commissioner Hester Peirce for a second term in office.

Dapper Labs has raised a new funding round.

Goldman Sachs is considering its own cryptocurrency.

Links:

• NBA Players Andre Iguodala, Spencer Dinwiddie, Javale McGee, and Aaron Gordon join Samsung, Coinbase Ventures, and the Cultural Leadership Fund, in Dapper Labs $12M investment round for Flow blockchain
• U.S. Senate confirms crypto-friendly SEC commissioner Hester Peirce for second term in office - The Block
• Decentralized exchange IDEX raises $2.5 million in seed funding ahead of IDEX 2.0 launch - The Block
• Goldman names new head of digital assets in bet on blockchain

Bitcoin is up 4% at $10,004
Ethereum is up 8% at $309
and XRP is up 4% at 22 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Elrond up 19%
and Travala(dot)com up 15%

Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation to work with Crystal Blockchain jump-starting the government’s virtual asset monitoring initiative.

Signature bank reported strong growth in the first half of the year with close to $8 billion in deposit growth.

Coinbase user base at 35 million — up 5 million since the first of the year.

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,220
Ethereum is down slightly at $239
and XRP is up 2% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Elrond, up 23%
Stellar, up 15%

Bitcoin Gold’s developer team is reporting that a 51% attack on the blockchain was unsuccessful.

Whale Alert has issued a new report that scammers have made $24 million in bitcoin in the first half of 2020.

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen is apparently paying to install hundreds of security cameras across San Francisco.

Links:

• Chasing Crypto Criminals. During the past two weeks we have been… | by Whale Alert | Jul, 2020 | Medium
• Why Is a Tech Executive Installing Security Cameras Around San Francisco? - The New York Times
• Attempted 51% Attack on Bitcoin Gold Was Thwarted, Developers Say - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 2% at $9,191
Ethereum is down 3% at $239
and XRP is down 5% at 20 cents

Those are your leaders by market cap

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Elrond, up 22%
Stratis, up 17%

A Romanian man has pled guilty to charges connected to the BitClub Ponzi Scheme.

Coinbase has reportedly started preparations to go public as early as late this year.

A man in Pennsylvania has pled guilty to bank fraud after he falsely claimed to own Bitcoin.

Tether has blacklisted 39 ethereum addresses that collectively hold millions of dollars worth of USDT.

Links:

• Tether has blacklisted 39 Ethereum addresses that hold millions of dollars worth of USDT - The Block
• Exclusive: Crypto exchange Coinbase readies landmark stock market listing, sources say - Reuters
• Report and Recommendations on Guilty Plea – #18 in United States v. Smail (N.D.W. Va., 2:20-cr-00002) – CourtListener.com
• Romanian Programmer Admits that He Helped Create Bitclub Network, a Fraud Scheme Worth at Least $722 Million | USAO-NJ | Department of Justice

Bitcoin is down slightly at $9,404
Ethereum is down 1% at $233
and XRP is down 1% at 19 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Elrond up 34%
Aave up 18%
and iExec RLC up 17%

CEO Markus Braun has resigned from Wirecard.

we.trade has laid off half its staff.

Earnst and Young has launched a crypto tax app.

Ebang has picked Nasdaq for its IPO — looking to raise more than 100 million.

Links:

• Wirecard CEO quits after auditors can't find $2.1 billion
• EY Launches Cryptocurrency Tax App | CPA Practice Advisor
• Banks-owned blockchain trade finance startup We.trade cuts 50% of its staff - The Block
• Bitcoin miner maker Ebang selects Nasdaq for its IPO, in which it plans to raise more than $100 million - The Block

Those are your leaders by market cap

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Elrond up 19%
and Baer Chain up 17%

Good Cycle behind $5 million transaction fees.

Trouble at Wirecard

The Austrian government will include blockchain tech in their contract tracing efforts.

Links:

• News detail | Wirecard
• The sender of $5 million Ethereum transaction fees has revealed itself - The Block

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9751
Ethereum is up slightly $244
XRP is up slightly at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours
Bolt up 97%
Maker up 22%
Kyber Network up 24%

Bitmain power struggle continues.

Elrond challenges users to 'break it's blockchain' issues 60k bounty.

Bitcoin is down 4% at 9,366
Ethereum is down 3% at $207
and XRP is down 3% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Wax up 35%
Theta token up 22%
and Eldrond up 17%

Todays headlines:

Yesterday someone moved a set of Bitcoins that were mined in February of 2009.

France’s central bank Society Generale says they have successfully completed the first test of their blockchain based digital currency.

Square’s Cash App now allows for automatic Bitcoin purchases with an auto-invest feature.

Blockchain(.)com has announced it plans to feature interest-bearing accounts that will let users earn up to 4.5% annual interest

Links:

• Square's Cash App now allows automatic bitcoin purchases - The Block
• Blockchain to launch interest-bearing accounts with initial support for bitcoin - The Block
• Someone just moved a block of bitcoins first mined in February 2009 - The Block

Bitcoin is down 1.5% at $9,190
XRP is down 1% 29 cents
and Ethereum is down 1% at $182

Those are your leaders by market cap

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Numeraire up 59%
Dmarket up 26%
Dentacoin up 15%
and Zilliqa, up 15%

The association of German banks has called for a programmable digital euro, and common pan-europeans payments platform.

A new blockchain initiative in Peru will allow suppliers and consumers to scan and check the provenance of various meat products.

Robinhood has expanded its commission-free crypto trading service to 8 more states

Samsung has added support for the Elrond token

Links:

• Samsung blockchain wallet adds support for Elrond token - The Block
• Association of over 200 German private banks calls for digital euro - The Block
• Robinhood Crypto expands to 8 more US states, bringing the total to 47 states - The Block
• New Blockchain-Based System Will Track Steers From Hoof to Plate - CoinDesk