Bitcoin is down slightly at $31,427
Ethereum is up slightly at $1911
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $307

Helium up 15%

Jack Ma’s Ant Group launches digital bank in Singapore.

White House to issue report on crypto mining.

Lithuania puts together crypto licensing regime.

Links:

• ANEXT Bank Soft Launches Today As Singapore’s Newest Digital Wholesale Bank | Business Wire
• Crypto Miners’ Energy, Climate Costs Draw White House Scrutiny
• Antsy Lithuania Latest to Anticipate EU Crypto Law With One of Its Own

Bitcoin is up slightly at $38,447
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,835
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $387

Algorand, up 20%
Helium up 19%
Arweave up 17%

Algorand to be official blockchain of World Cup 2022

Two banks in Argentina have added crypto trading to their platforms.

Square Enix sells off $300M in IP to invest in blockchain & AI.

VanEck is launching a collection of 1,000 NFTs.

Bitcoin is down .5% at $37,830
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,539
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $387

Amp up 18%
Helium up 16%
Loopring up 16%

IMF wants El Salvador to walk away from BTC.

Ripple has announced a stock buyback.

Meta's (Facebook's) Diem (Libra) may be shutting down for good.

PleasrDAO is raising $69M.

Links:

• Mark Zuckerberg Stablecoin Project Diem Considers Selling Off Remaining Assets - Bloomberg
• Ripple announces stock buyback, nabs $15 billion valuation
• IMF urges El Salvador to remove Bitcoin as legal tender - BBC News
• Crypto art collector PleasrDAO is raising $69 million

Bitcoin is up .5% at $36,583
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,442
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $373

Fantom up 23%
Helium up 19%
Vechain up 18%

MicroStrategy Still buying

Elon Musk tweets at McDonalds I will eat a happy meal on tv if you [sic] accept Dogecoin

Blockparty partners with Warner Music Group

OpenSea releases update to stop NFT exploit

Thailand is set to ban digital asset operators from crypto as a means of payment

Bithumb announces they’ll block unregistered addresses.

Links:

• Thailand to regulate use of digital assets as payments | Reuters
• WMG Digital Collectibles Platform Blockparty Partners with Warner Music Group
• NFT Marketplace OpenSea Launches New Listing Manager After Discount Bug
• South Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb Will Block Unregistered Wallets

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 down .5% at $60,959
Ethereum is down 1% at $4,328
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $497

Decentraland up 50%
Basic attention token up 16%
Helium up 15%

Ether has topped 4.4k for the first time

New Jersey has hit five crypto scams with cease and desist orders

Wharton school of business will take crypto for a new online program called Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets.

Microstrategy has added almost 9k bitcoins to its holdings.

Links:

• MicroStrategy Adds Almost 9,000 Bitcoins to Its Holdings in Third Quarter
• Wharton School to accept crypto tuition payments for new blockchain program
• New Jersey Bureau of Securities Issues Five Orders Directing Website Operators to Stop Offering Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Investment Opportunities - New Jersey Office of Attorney General

Bitcoin is up slightly at $47,970
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,411
and Cardano is up 1% at $2.27

Dent up 20%
Arweave up 16%
OMG Network up 15%

Czech Prince William Rudolf Lobkowicz set to preserve historic paintings with NFTs.

Ripple announced a $250M fund to support NFT projects on XRP Ledger.

Miami’s partnership with CityCoins has brought in millions since the beginning of the project

San Jose partners with Helium to bring internet to low-income residents.

Links:

• Ripple launches a $250 million creator fund to support the growth of NFTs on its platform | Currency News | Financial and Business News | Markets Insider
• Old Meets New as Czech Royal Family Drops High-Art NFTs — CoinDesk
• San José Launches New Initiative to Help Low-Income Residents Pay for Internet Services | News | City of San Jose
• ’MiamiCoin’ cryptocurrency is a potential game-changer for city revenue - The Washington Post

Bitcoin is up .5% at $47,185
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,233
and Cardano is up 1% at 2.51

The Graph up 20%
Helium up 18%
Avalanche up 17%

Binance is enforcing mandatory KYC on all users.

Sweden’s government has been forced to return $1.5M in Bitcoin to a drug dealer.

Coinbase to invest 500M into crypto, + 10% of profits going forward.

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan partner with NYDIG to offer Bitcoin exposure

Links:

• Sweden pays drug dealer £1m after seizing his Bitcoin
• Wells Fargo, JPMorgan partner with NYDIG to launch bitcoin funds
• Coinbase is ready to purchase $500 million worth of crypto on its balance sheet
• Binance Expands Global KYC Requirements to Further User Protection | Binance Blog

Bitcoin is up 1% at $35,500
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,458
and Binance Token is up 1% at 330

Monero up 20%
Zcash up 17%
Helium up 17%

USDC maker Circle is considering a SPAC deal

The SEC has filed a lawsuit against the alleged promoters of the BitConnect crypto Ponzi scheme

US treasury looking to expand crypto reporting

Police in the west midlands discover illicit mining farm.

Links:

• SEC.gov | SEC Charges U.S. Promoters of $2 Billion Global Crypto Lending Securities Offering
• Treasury revenue proposals. (p.94)
• Bitcoin ‘mine’ uncovered during industrial unit raid | News | West Midlands Police
• After $440 million fundraise, Circle is said to be considering a SPAC deal

Bitcoin is up 2% at $41,281
Ethereum is up 2% at $2,738
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $384.

Monero up 22%
Helium up 17%
Hex up 16%

Yield farming aggregator PancakeBunny was exploited via a flash loan attack.

Germany’s Trade Republic has pulled in a $900M Series C

Senator Jane Hume called cryptocurrencies an "asset class that will grow in importance."

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issues scam warning.

Elon Musk thinks the layer-2 payments network Lightning is needed on the Bitcoin network.

Links:

• pancakebunny.finance on Twitter: "Attention Bunny Fam Our project has suffered a flash loan attack from an outside exploiter. We will be posting a post mortem, in depth analysis, but for the time being we would like to update the community as to how this happened." / Twitter
• Germany’s Trade Republic lands $900 million investment led by Sequoia
• Financial Services Minister Jane Hume says cryptocurrency is 'high risk' as Bitcoin falls | Daily Mail Online
• US Agency Issues Alert Warning Consumers of Fraudulent Emails Seeking Bitcoin Wallet Keys - CoinDesk
• Elon Musk on Twitter: "@BTCsessions @TeslaGong @wintonARK Achieving truly decentralized finance – power to the people – is a noble & important goal. Layer count depends on projected bandwidth & compute, both rising rapidly, which means single layer network can carry all human transactions in future imo. For now, Lightning is needed." / Twitter

Bitcoin is up slightly at $56,848
Ethereum is up .5% at $2924
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $618.09

Nano up 28%
Hex up 17%
Helium up 15%

Andreesen Horowitz is setting up a new fund to invest up to $1B in crypto and crypto startups.

The Bank of England has begun hiring for the central bank digital currency team.

Paxos raises $300M, becomes latest Crypto unicorn.

Miners generated $1.7B in revenue in April.

Ethiopian education minister confirms partnership with Cardano.

Bitcoin is down .5% at $57,200
Ethereum is down 1% at $2,037
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $335.00

Those are your leaders by market cap, top gainers in the last 24 hours…

Helium up 21%
BitTorrent up 20%
Tron up 15%

The IRS is working to get customer records from Kraken.

The Weeknd’s NFT auction is going swimmingly on Nifty Gateway.

Binance Futures hit a record high of over $10B yesterday.

Thailand’s Central bank will test retail digital currency next year.

Links:

• Binance's Crypto Derivatives Platform Sees Record Open Interest of $10B - CoinDesk
• Bank of Thailand CBDC pub

Bitcoin is down slightly at $59,445
Ethereum is up slightly at $2004
and Binance Coin is down 1% at 343.64

Helium up 23%
Siacoin up 16%
EOS up 15%

Coinbase confirms their hotly anticipated IPO for April 14th.

Morgan Stanley files for exposure to bitcoin.

The weeknd is set to drop an NFT collection.

Polychain is leading Greenwood’s $2M seed round.

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty hits record high.

Links:

• The Weeknd on Twitter: "Excited to announce that my first NFT drop is taking place on Saturday at 2:00 pm EST on @niftygateway. The collection will feature new music and limited edition art. I developed the artwork with Strange Loop Studios https://t.co/627BO4JekK" / Twitter
• SEC Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Filing
• Coinbase on Twitter: "We’re happy to announce that earlier today, the SEC declared our S-1 registration statement effective and that we expect our direct listing to occur on April 14, 2021, with our Class A common stock trading on the @NASDAQ under the ticker symbol COIN. https://t.co/cwRZWmj9Pv" / Twitter
• Bitcoin's mining difficulty adjusts to record high as new miners come online
• Polychain leads DeFi lending protocol Greenwood's $2 million seed round

Bitcoin is down 1% at $10,396
Ethereum is down 1% at $337
and XRP is down 3% at 22 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Helium up 54%

Venezuela legalizes cryptocurrency mining, will force participants into a national pool.

JBS S.A. will use blockchain technology to help curb deforestation in the Amazon.

Sia Technology raises $3 million to develop a free internet dubbed "Skynet".

Coinbase hires for Coinbase Platforms

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Links:

• Venezuela Legalizes Crypto Mining but Will Force Industry Into National Pool - CoinDesk
• Brazil's JBS vows to monitor deforestation through whole cattle supply chain | Reuters
• Sia Tech raises $3 million to speed up the development of 'free Internet' - The Block
• Welcoming three new senior leaders to Coinbase | by Coinbase | Sep, 2020 | The Coinbase Blog