Bitcoin is down slightly at $45,612
Ethereum is down .5% at $3,301
and Cardano is up 3% at $2.74

Serum up 25%
Harmony up 18%
Hedra Hashgraph up 18%

Christopher Giancarlo announces forthcoming book: CryptoDad: the fight for the future of money.

Benoit Coeure calls on central banks to act now on crypto and DeFi.

Sothebys' auction of 101 bored ape yacht club NFTs closed at $24.4M — a $6M premium.

The UK post office will allow crypto purchase for some customers starting next week

Links:

• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
• Bored Ape NFT auction on Sotheby’s closes with $6 million premium
• Central bank digital currency: the future starts today
• Chris Giancarlo on Twitter: "Seeing the greatest danger to #America’s future in #Washington’s focus on the past, my new book #CryptoDad urges courageous new policy leadership to harness the digitization of the global economy and the coming future of money https://t.co/hFfpSUOESO" / Twitter

Bitcoin is up 1% at $60,409
Ethereum is up 1.5% at $1881
and Binance Coin is up 1% at 270.94

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Decentraland up 54%
Hedra Hashgraph up 38%
Terra up 24%

DCG Foundry mining pool is open to the public.

WisdomTree submits ETF proposal to the SEC.

Bakkt receives BitLicense from NYDFS.

A romanian barber has been arrested for allegedly stealing 620k in crypto.

France’s central bank petitioned to purchase bitcoin.

Links:

• Wisdomtree S-1
• DCG Foundry mining pool opens to the public after quietly mining over 780 BTC
• New York regulators award BitLicense to ICE crypto venture Bakkt
• A petition asks French Parliament to allow central bank to hold bitcoin

Bitcoin is up slightly at $56,344
Ethereum is up .5% at $1792
and Binance Coin is down slightly at 282.56

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Hedra Hashgraph up 36%
Theta Token up 26%
Ziliqa up 15%

Bidding for Beeple’s EVERYDAYS NFT on auction with Christies tops $13M.

Weibo has suspended Huobi, OKEx and Binance accounts.

Greyscale's ETF considerations.

Links:

• Bids for Beeple's 5000-day collection at over $13M as auction winds down
• Chinese social media Weibo suspends Huobi, OKEx and Binance accounts
• GBTC ETF prospectus

It’s 8am Eastern, March 4th and this is your Daily Crypto Report.

Bitcoin is down 1% at $48,893
Ethereum is down .05% at $1548
and Cardano is down 1.5% at 1.14

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Enjin Coin up 48%
Hedra Hashgraph up 26%
Theta Token 15%

Arthur Hayes may voluntarily come to the US from Singapore at the request of the federal prosecutors

A group in Brooklyn purchased and burned Banksy’s piece Morons to create NFT.

Andrew Cuomo announces "Excelsior Pass" test of IBM’s blockchain app for proving Covid-19 status

Links:

• Burnt Banksy on Twitter: "Full HD video https://t.co/sKAu2AERmJ" / Twitter
• BitMEX's Arthur Hayes May Surrender to US Officials in April - CoinDesk
• Governor Cuomo Announces Pilot Program Testing the Excelsior Pass at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Bitcoin is up 3% 8,980
Ethereum is up 3% at $214
and XRP is up 3% at 22 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Power Ledger up 37%
Bytecoin up 36%
and Hedra Hashgraph up 15%

MMC ventures points to equity funding as the area to be optimistic about within the UKs blockchain ecosystem.

Ripple has released their Q1 numbers showing their lowest ever XRP sales.

Fireblocks is reporting they’ve conducted $30 billion in digital asset transfers to date.

a16z raises $515m for their Crypto Fund II.

Links:

• Ripple posts its lowest ever XRP sales in Q1 2020 - The Block
• MMC Ventures report
• Fireblocks crosses $30 billion in digital asset transfers, expands in Asia - The Block
• Crypto Fund II - Andreessen Horowitz