Bitcoin is up slightly at $19,329
Ethereum is up slightly at $1637
and Binance Coin down slightly at $278

Mysten Labs secures $300M in Series B

GameStop partners with FTX.US

NBA partners with Sorare

Coinberry files suit against users over BTC.

Voyager will auction assets

Lael Brainard says crypto industry needs new regulations.

Gamestop unveils crypto and NFT wallet.

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Trust is establishing a digital asset custodian

Sparkster which fundraised in 2018 has converted 22M in Ether to USDC. Community calls for blacklist.

Protego Trust bank has quietly raised 70M

Bitcoin is down 1% at $40,465
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,801
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $386

DCR will be offline next week. See you soon.

Unknown investor borrows 5 bored apes from a vault to claim 1.1M of the recently dropped APEcoin.

GameStop moving ahead with their planned NFT platform

Argentina’s government is working on a nearly $45 billion debt restructuring deal with IMF — will disavow crypto.

Meta Platforms and Meta Platforms Ireland facebook’s parent company is being sued by the ACCC over crypto ads.

Links:

• Argentina and the IMF
• GameStop to launch NFT platform by end of Q2
• Someone borrowed 5 Bored Apes to claim $1.1 million of APE tokens
• ACCC takes action over alleged misleading conduct by Meta for publishing scam celebrity crypto ads on Facebook | ACCC

Bitcoin is up slightly at $41,532
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,026
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $423

The Sandbox up 19%
Near Protocol, up 18%
Decentraland up 16%

Tx. Senator Ted Cruz buys Bitcoin in recent downturn

Disney seeks Business Development Manager with experience in NFTs

IMX slides as GameStop sells 15M tokens. ($42M)

Senator Pat Toomey cautions over digital Yuan

Nike sues StockX over NFTs

Links:

• DISNEY jobs
• IMX token tumbles as GameStop dumps $42 million from Immutable X grant
• Toomey to Yellen on Digital Yuan
• MetaBirkins Creator Says He Received a Cease & Desist from Hermès, Claims Fair Use - The Fashion Law
• Nike and Hermès File Lawsuits for Trademark Infringement as Fashion Collides With NFTs
• Sen. Ted Cruz discloses a bitcoin purchase worth up to $50,000

Bitcoin is up slightly at $36,724
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,614
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $364

Immutable X, up 35%

Gamestop building own NFT marketplace in partnership with Immutable X

Dune Analytics raised 69.42 Million in a series B

Wormhole exploited for $323M

Music NFT marketplace HitPiece facing backlash for listing artists songs without asking.

Links:

• Blockchain bridge Wormhole confirms that exploiter stole $320 million worth of crypto assets | TechCrunch
• HitPiece slammed for selling music assets without artist permission
• GameStop Forms Partnership with Immutable X | Gamestop Corp.
• Dune Analytics Raises Crypto’s Latest Meme Round: $69,420,000

Bitcoin is up slightly at $41,731
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,108
and Binance Coin down slightly at $432

Power ledger, up 27%

India’s central bank is creating a new fintech department.

SEC charged Crowd Machine & Craig Sproule over an unregistered ICO from 2018.

Gamestop makes crypto + NFT push.

ARC NFT social network planned.

Links:

• Singapore Tycoons’ Sons Plan Private NFT Club: Report
• GameStop Entering NFT and Cryptocurrency Markets as Part of Turnaround Plan - WSJ
• SEC charges Crowd Machine over allegedly unregistered ICO
• India’s Central Bank Creates Fintech Department as Challenges Posed by Crypto, CBDC Grow

Links:

• Dubai finance watchdog approves listing of Bitcoin fund
• Redditors cheer as GameStop assembles a team of NFT experts
• Blockchain Development Platform QuickNode Raises $35M

Links:

• XRP Hits Two-Month Price High in Wake of Ether Rally - CoinDesk
• GME drops 14% as GameStop announces plans to sell up to 3.5M shares
• BOJ Starts Central Bank Digital Currency Experiments - CoinDesk