Bitcoin is up slightly at $22,606
Ethereum is up slightly at $1740
and Binance Coin up .5% at $296
Ravencoin up 17%

Starbucks announces Starbucks Odyssey in partnership with Polygon.

Coinbase PM's brother pleads guilty to insider trading.

Huobi Global delists 7 privacy coins.

BitGo files $100M lawsuit against Galaxy Digital.

Fidelity eyeing bitcoin trading for retail customers.

Stone Ridge to sunset bitcoin strategy fund.

Links:

• Stone Ridge liquidation Filing Documents for 0001193125-22-242484
• Huobi Global to Delist DASH, DCR, FIRO, XMR, XVG, ZEC, and ZEN-Huobi Global-Official Huobi Website
• Starbucks brewing revolutionary Web3 experience for its Starbucks Rewards members
• BitGo on Twitter: "Late yesterday, BitGo filed a lawsuit against Galaxy Digital seeking damages of more than $100 million arising from Galaxy’s improper repudiation and intentional breach of its merger agreement with BitGo." / Twitter
• First Guilty Plea in Coinbase-Related Insider Trading Charges
• Fidelity to offer bitcoin trading to retail customers: Reports

Bitcoin is down slightly at $47,155
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,748
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $523

Syscoin up 26%
Polymath up 26%

Eminem buys Ape #9055 for $462k.

Mexican government announces they plan to issue a cbdc by 2024.

El Salvadorian Citizens express concern over Chivo wallet security.

Bitfarms raising $100M in a Bitcoin backed loan with Galaxy Digital.

Links:

• Galaxy Digital to Sell $500M of Notes in Private Placement
• MicroStrategy Bought About 7K Bitcoins in Fiscal Fourth Quarter for $414M

Bitcoin is down 1% at $59,067
Ethereum is down 1% at $4,172
and Binance Coin down 1% at $563

The Sandbox up 25%
Algorand up 16%
Decentraland up 16%

US Congressmen introduce legislation to amend the crypto-related provisions in infrastructure bill.

Crypto.com spends $700M for naming rights of LA's Staples Center.

Time magazine partners with with Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital to deliver Metaverse Content

Links:

• Bipartisan "Keep innovation in America act"
• TIME Magazine joins with Galaxy to educate readers about the metaverse
• Staples Center to become Crypto.com Arena in reported $700 million naming rights deal

Links:

• Galaxy Digital Files for US Bitcoin Futures ETF - CoinDesk
• China Dumped US Treasuries For 4th Straight Month, Most Since 2016 | ZeroHedge
• Eqonex Launches Peer-to-Peer Crypto Lending Marketplace for Institutions - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 1% at $36,123
Ethereum is up .5% at $2,252
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $340

Celer Network up 19%
Enzyme Finance up 15%

An estate in Decentraland has sold for nearly a million dollars.

Scammers are sending out fake hardware wallets to Ledger users

The US government is auctioning off seized bitcoin along with litecoin this weekend

BBVA is opening bitcoin training and custody services in Switzerland.

Galaxy Digital is now serving as the liquidity provider for Goldman.

Bitcoin is up slightly at $58,115
Ethereum is up 1% at $3529
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $648.15

Ethereum Classic up 40%
Cardano up 20%
Bitcoin Cash up 17%

Coinbase released its transparency report yesterday. US, UK, Germany top requester list.

NYDIG and fintech firm FIS want to help banks offer Bitcoin to their customers.

Mercado Libre revealed a $7.8M treasury Bitcoin buy yesterday.

The national bank of Georgia has announced that the country is exploring CBDCs

Galaxy Digital will acquire crypto custodian BitGo for $1.2B.

Links:

• Coinbase Transparency Report — H2 2020 | by Coinbase | May, 2021 | The Coinbase Blog
• Mercado Libre Report
• Georgia's central bank is exploring the issuance of a CBDC
• Bitcoin in Your Bank Account? FIS, NYDIG Partner to Enable Banks to Offer Their Customers the Ability to Buy, Sell and Hold Bitcoin | Business Wire

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Public Companies Now Hold $3.6 Billion Bitcoin

One Third of UK Citizens Are Crypto Curious

Links:

• ‘Pomp’ Launches Crypto Jobs Board With Gemini, Coinbase and BlockFi - CoinDesk
• Bitcoin held by public companies has surged 400% in 12 months to $3.6 billion

Galaxy Digital Launches Bitcoin Fund in Canada

Western Union Suspends US Dollar Transfers to Cuba

IBM Scores Gaming Blockchain Patent

Links:

• Galaxy Digital Gets Initial Approval for New Bitcoin Fund in Canada - CoinDesk
• IBM Scores Patent on Proposed Blockchain Consensus for Transactions in Multiplayer Games - CoinDesk
• CoinDesk — Leader in blockchain news.

Bitcoin is down 1.5% at 7,185
Ethereum is down 1% at $168
and XRP is down 1.5 at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
WaykiChain up 28%
Haven Protocol up 21%
and Chainlink up 15%

A high court in New Zealand has ruled that former users of Cryptopia are entitled to their funds that were lost in a hack.

A new bitcoin backed token called tzBTC is launching on the Tezos blockchain.

Galaxy Digital has reported a 32 million dollar net loss in the final quarter of 2019.

Genesis Global Trading is suspending credit extensions after the downturn.

Links:

• Genesis Global Trading suspends credit extension after 'biggest deleveraging' it has seen in the crypto market - The Block
• Cryptopia users are entitled to their funds, court rules in a landmark judgment - The Block
• A new bitcoin-backed token ‘tzBTC’ launches on the Tezos blockchain - The Block
• Galaxy Digital reports a $32.9M net loss for the final quarter of 2019 - The Block

Bitcoin is even at $10,238
XRP is up 2.75% at 33 cents
and Ethereum is up 4.5% at $282

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Wax up 65%
Golem up 33%
Elf up 21%

Wells Fargo is investing 5 million in blockchain analytics firm Elliptic

The IRS has removed Ether and two gaming tokens from examples of convertible virtual currencies.

Authorites in the US are charging DropBit CEO for allegedly laundering $311 million in bitcoin

Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital lays off 13 people.

Links:

• IRS removes ether and two popular gaming tokens as examples of convertible virtual currencies - The Block
• US authorities charge DropBit CEO for allegedly laundering $311M in bitcoin - The Block
• Novogratz's Crypto Investment Firm Galaxy Digital Shrinks Workforce 15% - CoinDesk
• Wells Fargo invests $5M in blockchain analytics firm Elliptic - The Block