Bitcoin is up slightly at $43,594
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,916
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $411

Anchor Protocol up 19%
Frax Share up 15%

Ukraine has cancelled their recently announced airdrop

Russia sanctions may mean tougher Fed stance on crypto.

Billboard and Universal Music Group partner for NFT project: ChartStars.

Pantera capital is leading a $10M investment round in Rarify

Links:

• Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy | U.S. House Committee on Financial Services
• Pantera Capital Leads $10M Investment in NFT Infrastructure Startup Rarify
• Billboard and Universal Music Group partner to launch NFT project
• Mykhailo Fedorov on Twitter: "After careful consideration we decided to cancel airdrop. Every day there are more and more people willing to help Ukraine to fight back the agression. Instead, we will announce NFTs to support Ukrainian Armed Forces soon. We DO NOT HAVE any plans to issue any fungible tokens" / Twitter

Bitcoin is up .5% at $40,404
Ethereum is up 2% at $2,730
and Binance Coin is up 1% at 369.

Internet Computer up 65%
Cardano up 41%
Dogecoin up 40%

$460B of value liquidated in the crypto markets—institutions buying.

A costly mistake for BlockFi.

OCC, FED, FDIC to create interagency tem for crypto regulation

Instagram is hosting a professional development panel for NFT artists

Links:

• OCC, Federal Reserve and FDIC are committed to collaborating on crypto
• Instagram First Creator Week Events Scheduled for June - Variety
• BlockFi is scrambling to recover millions in BTC it mistakenly sent to users
• Crypto Market Loses $460B as Ether, Altcoins Follow Bitcoin’s Deep Dive - CoinDesk

Fed Floods Economy With Money

Bakkt Taps Marsh for Insurance

Links:

• Fed Chair: ‘We Have the Ability to Create Money Digitally’
• Bakkt Announces New Insurance Coverage, Claims More Than 70 Custody Clients - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 0.5% at $8597
XRP is down 1% at 23 cents
and Ethereum is down 1% at $221

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bezant up 37%
Steem up 17%
Burst up 16%

Major exchanges OKEx and Bitfinex were hit with a DDOS attack with no users impacted.

Coinbase tested the facial recognition software owned by Clearview AI.

The chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell says Coronavirus poses "evolving risks" to the US economy.

niTRON is postponed indefinitely.

Links:

• TRON’s 2020 summit for next week has been postponed indefinitely due to coronavirus - The Block
• Coinbase tested facial recognition software developed by controversial startup Clearview AI - The Block
• Crypto exchanges OKEx and Bitfinex hit by DDoS attacks, no users impacted - The Block

Digital Dollar on Horizon

UK Seeks Crypto Expert

This Job Is for You

Links:

• US Fed Is Exploring Potential for Digital Currency, Says Board Member
• UK Financial Watchdog Seeks Cryptocurrency Expert to Address EU Regulations
• (9) Associate (Intelligence) Crypto - 12 month FTC | Financial Conduct Authority | LinkedIn

Stablecoins Must Register: FinCEN

Fed Chairman: No CBDC Benefit

Singapore Wants to Green Light Crypto Derivatives

Links:

• Central Banking Archives - CoinDesk — CoinDesk Bitcoin News Events Bitcoin 24h $8,072.58 +0.57% Ethereum 24h $174.75 +0.57% XRP 24h $0.250551 +2.48% Bitcoin Cash 24h $239.30 +1.09% Litecoin 24h $54.90 +0.42% EOS 24h $3.08 -0.61% Bitcoin SV 24h $106.40 -0.80% Stellar 24h $0.064501 +1.61% TRON 24h $0.016581 +0.35% Cardano 24h $0.041044 -0.39% Monero 24h $57.75 -0.79% NEO 24h $11.63 +3.89% IOTA 24h $0.243180 +1.11% Dash 24h $64.12 +1.68% Ethereum Classic 24h $4.36 +1.55% NEM 24h $0.039578 +2.68% Dogecoin 24h $0.002508 +0.59% Zcash 24h $33.89 +1.95% Decred 24h $19.96 +1.93% Qtum 24h $1.90 +1.37% Bitcoin Gold 24h $7.34 +1.32% Lisk 24h $0.751929 -1.03%
• Regulation Archives - CoinDesk

Stellar Foundation Destroys 55 Billion XLM

Houbi Deplatforms All US Customers by November 13

The Fed Wants You

Links:

• Stellar's Foundation Just Destroyed Half the Supply of Its Lumens Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk
• Huobi Global Is Forcing US Customers to Use Its Local Partner - CoinDesk
• US Federal Reserve Hiring Retail Payments Manager to Research Digital Currencies - CoinDesk
• The Fed - Start Job Search