Bitcoin is up 3% at $7,760
XRP is up 1% at 23 cents
and Ethereum is up 1% at $154

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
DigixDAO, up 33%
Streamr, up 24%
Hydro up 21%
and Burst up 16%

FBI arrest Virgil Griffith, programmer and developer who has worked with Ethereum since 2016.

Bakkt’s chief executive Kelly Loeffler has reportedly been selected to replace Senator Johnny Isakson.

German banks will be allowed to offer the sale and storage of crypto under new laws.

IBM has registered a patent that will stop rogue drones from stealing packages.

Bitcoin is up 1% at $8,750
XRP is up half a percent at 27 cents
and Ethereum is up 1% at $186

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Komodo up 26%
Grin up 25%
Hydro up 17% and
Dentacoin, up 15%

Binance and HTC are partnering up to release a special edition of the Exodus 1 that will support Binance Chain.

Bittrex is un-freezing assets for some affected customers.

The Royal Bank of Canada is exploring the possibility of launching a crypto trading platform.

The Swiss crypto bank SEBA is going live after a FINMA greenlight

Links:

• Bittrex Will Release Frozen Crypto to Former Users in Sanctioned Regimes - CoinDesk
• Canada’s biggest bank exploring to launch cryptocurrency trading platform - The Block
• Swiss crypto bank SEBA goes live after FINMA greenlight - The Block
• Binance and HTC to launch crypto smartphones that support Binance Chain - The Block

Bitcoin is up 2% at $7,626
XRP is up 3% 28 cents
and Ethereum is up 3% at $166

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Populos up 33%
EthLend up 19%
and Hydro, up 16%

NY State has once again extended the time frame for Bittrex to postpone account closures.

Beatrice Weder di Mauro, president of the CEPR, says that Libra is unlikely to get approved.

Jack Dorsey has given a firm “No” to any notion that Twitter would be joining the Libra association

Cash App has officially announced stock trading support.

Links:

• NYDFS, which denied Bittrex a BitLicense, requests the exchange to postpone account closures in the state - The Block
• Facebook-led Libra may not be approved, says European think tank official - The Block
• 'Hell No': Jack Dorsey Says Twitter Won't Be Joining Libra Association - CoinDesk
• Cash App adds stock trading - The Block

Bitcoin is up 1% at $10,420
XRP is up 6.7% at 26 cents
and Ethereum is up 4.3% at $192

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Hydro up 28%
and Bytecoin up 20%

The core developers for ethereum have finalized a list of 6 code changes for Istanbul, launching in October.

A 19-year old was sentenced to 20 months in jail for offering hacking services in return for payments in crypto.

Coinbase has notified users of a password storage issue that affected 3,000 customers.

An exit scam in China resulted in a possible $2.9 billion being stolen.

Links:

• Coinbase Reveals Password Glitch Affecting 3,500 Customers - CoinDesk
• Ethereum Coders Approve 6 Changes for Upcoming Istanbul Hard Fork - CoinDesk
• Man Offering Hacking Services for Bitcoin Gets 20-Month Jail Sentence - CoinDesk
• An alleged cryptocurrency exit scam swindled $2.9 billion, but main suspects still on the run - The Block

Bitcoin is up 2.4% at $10,767
XRP is down slightly at 31 cents
Ethereum is up 1% at $222

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Hydro up 36%
RChain up 26%
Chainlink up 18%

The Goldman Sachs backed Apple card will not allow the purchase of cryptocurrencies.

China has announced that it is planning to accelerate the research and development of its “legal digital currency”.

AWS has launched a competition with several partners with a 100,000 grand prize.

MIT & Elliptic are using machine learning to examine bitcoin transactions that may be associated with illicit activity.

Links:

• China's central bank seeks to accelerate the development of its 'legal digital currency' - The Block
• The Apple Card, issued by Goldman Sachs, will not allow purchase of cryptocurrencies - The Block
• Time, Randomness, and a $100,000 Prize to Forever Change Blockchain | AWS Startups Blog
• MIT's AI Lab Analyzed 200,000 Bitcoin Transactions. Only 2% Were 'Illicit' - CoinDesk