Bitcoin is up .5% at $44,984
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,143
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $353

Arweave up 22%
Shiba Inu up 20%
Dogecoin up 18%

JPMorgan has launched an in-house bitcoin fund limited to private bank clients in partnership with NYDIG.

Christies will hold a first-ever sale of Meebits and Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.

Burberry released its first NFTs in Blankos Block Party

Stronghold mining is set to double their capacity with a second plant acquisition.

HIVE ordered 4k mining machines from Canaan

Links:

• JPMorgan Launches In-House Bitcoin Fund for Private Bank Clients - CoinDesk
• No Time Like Present
• British Fashion Brand Burberry Releases First NFTs - CoinDesk
• Bitcoin miner Stronghold to double capacity via second plant acquisition
• Canaan Announces Customer Order of 4,000 Bitcoin Mining Machines | Canaan Inc.

Links:

• Hive to Increase Hashrate Almost 50% With 3,000 New Miners - CoinDesk
• El Salvador Bitcoin move will put pressure on network: JPMorgan
• Australian online broker SelfWealth to offer crypto trading

Bitcoin is up 1% 7,650
Ethereum is up 1% at $196
and XRP is up slightly at 19 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Hive up 81%
Digibyte up 25%
and Kyber Network up 24%

The Dole food company released a 5 year blockchain plan for stronger food safety aiming to advance traceability solutions.

BoostVC the crypto-friendly silicon Valley-based startup accelerator has closed a new $40 million fund.

Crypto-friendly New York based bank Signature Bank saw their net income decline by 30% in the first quarter of 2020.

Bank of International Settlements official Benoît Cœuré says the recent crisis puts central bank digital currency into even sharper focus.

Links:

• Dole Plans Blockchain Food Tracing Overhaul by 2025 - CoinDesk
• Startup accelerator BoostVC closes $40 million fund - The Block
• Coronavirus crisis puts central bank digital currency 'into sharper focus': BIS official - The Block
• Crypto-friendly Signature Bank's net income falls 30% in Q1 2020 - The Block

Bitcoin is up 0.5% 7,544
Ethereum is up 3.5% at $193
and XRP is down slightly at 19 cents

Those are your leaders by market cap

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Hive up 32%
and Flexacoin up 15%

Ebang, one of the leading ASIC chips designers and has just formally filed for an IPO in the U.S.

Cryptocurrency custody services provider Etana Custody reported that a data security breach occured last week.

The SEC filed a lawsuit against the founders of california based Dropil alleging a fraudulent and unregistered ICO.

Links:

• SEC files suit against founders of Dropil for 'fraudulent and unregistered' ICO - The Block
• Etana, a fiat funding provider for Kraken, reports data security breach - The Block
• Ebang files F-1 for IPO

Bitcoin is up 4% 7,466
Ethereum is up .5% at $185
and XRP is up 1.5% at 19 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Digibyte up 22%
Hive up 41%
and Aave up 15%

Binance has released a new social payments app in Africa called Bundle.

Mcdonalds, Starbucks, and Subway are piloting China’s CBDC in a promotional pilot in the Xiong New Area.

Coinlist moved into the Defi market this week.

Coinbase has launched a decentralized price oracle.

Links:

• McDonalds, Subway, Starbucks Pilot CBDC
• Binance launches social payments app 'Bundle' in Africa - The Block
• Jack Dorsey-backed token listing platform CoinList expands to DeFi - The Block
• Coinbase launches a price oracle as it widens its focus on DeFi space - The Block