Bitcoin is up 1% at $42,124
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,156
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $428

Immutable X, up 16%

Robinhood signs to acquire the crypto wallet and card startup Ziglu

IMF issues report calling for coordinated efforts and capital controls for crypto

Binance acquires money transmitter license in Puerto Rico.

Solana DeFi Protocol Delta One has raised $9.1m to offer crypto yield farming.

Links:

• Solana DeFi Protocol Delta One Raises $9.1M to Offer Crypto Yield Farming
• IMF Report | April 2022
• Robinhood Acquires Crypto App Ziglu
• Binance.US obtains money transmitter license in Puerto Rico

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 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 slightly at $49,725
Ethereum is down slightly at $4,043
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $566

Render token up 29%

AscendEX was exploited for 78M

IMF is advocating for a coordinated crypto policy

UK neobank Monzo raising $500M.

Links:

• Monzo raises more than $500m from investors at $4.5bn valuation - FinTech Futures
• AscendEX on Twitter: "22:00 UTC 12/11, We have detected a number of ERC-20, BSC, and Polygon tokens transferred from our hot wallet. Cold Wallet is NOT affected. Investigation underway. If any user’s funds are affected by the incident, they will be covered completely by AscendEX." / Twitter
• ECB's Lagarde calls for regulating Bitcoin's "funny business" | Reuters

Bitcoin is down 1% at $37,111
Ethereum is down .05% at $2,454
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $358

Chiliz up 40%
AMP up 27%

IMF watching El Salvador closely ahead of meeting.

OKcoin is awarding a 100k grant to Brink a bitcoin development Non-profit.

State-chartered banks in Texas have gotten the green light for crypto asset custody

British Billionaire Alan Howard leads a $25M investment in the London crypto custodian Copper.

Links:

• Alan Howard makes fresh investment in crypto start-ups | Financial Times
• Texas State Regulator Greenlights Banks to Custody Crypto - CoinDesk
• Okcoin Awards $100K Grant to Bitcoin Development Non-Profit Brink - CoinDesk
• IMF Sees Risks After El Salvador Makes Bitcoin Legal Tender - Bloomberg

IMF, BIS, World Bank and G20 Making Rules for CBDC Issuance

Derisking Plan Regrets

Links:

• IMF, World Bank Plan Central Bank Digital Currency Rules - CoinDesk
• Regrets — Ripple’s CTO sold 40,000 Ether for just $1 each

Ethereum Hards Forks, Again!

IMF Wants Philippines to Collect Crypto Exchange Data

Bitcoin Rings in New Year on Hash Rate High

Links:

• Ethereum Completes Muir Glacier Hard Fork But Leaves One Client Behind
• IMF Urges Philippines’ Central Bank to Collect Crypto Exchange Data
• Bitcoin Kicks Off 2020 More Secure Than Ever as Hash Rate Hits Record