Bitcoin is up slightly at $30,092
Ethereum is up slightly at $1775
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $290

Terra luna classic, up 56%
IoTeX up 22%

SEC investigates terraform labs

Jay-Z & Jack Dorsey launch Bitcoin Academy in Brooklyn

Mastercard announces partnership with NFT gateways

PartyDAO raises $16.4m in a round led by a16z.

Bloomberg expands terminal data coverage from 10 cryptos to 50.

Bitcoin is up .5% at $29,668
Ethereum is up .5% at $1784
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $296

Those are your leaders by market cap - top gainers in the last 24 hours:
IOTEX up 18%

BAYC Discord hacked.

CFTC says consumers lost over $1B to fraud involving crypto last year.

Abu Dhabi to give free crypto domains to all women who live and work in the capital.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor says zoom out.

Links:

• MicroStrategy CEO Saylor says bitcoin’s near-term volatility largely irrelevant
• Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Access Abu Dhabi Team Up with Unstoppable Domains to Give All Women in the UAE Capital Free Crypto, NFT and Blockchain Domains
• OKHotshot on Twitter: "🚨BAYC & OtherSide discords got compromised‼️ Seems because Community Manager @BorisVagner got his account breached, which let the scammers execute their phishing attack. Over 145E in was stolen Proper permissions could prevent this https://t.co/lCl2DfZQ0W" / Twitter
• New Analysis Finds Consumers Reported Losing More than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency to Scams since 2021 | Federal Trade Commission

Bitcoin is up slightly at $42,535
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,158
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $425

Neutrino Dollar, up 16%
IoTeX up 15%

Limewire raises $10.4M in a private token sale

US Treasury issues sanctions against Russian crypto miners.

Binance and CZ have emoji faux-pas.

Coinbase is reportedly in talks to acquire the Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk.

Links:

• LimeWire raises $10 million in private token sale to grow music-linked NFT platform
• Russia-related Designations and Designation Update; Issuance of Russia-related General Licenses | U.S. Department of the Treasury
• Binance on Twitter: "Well that was obviously really embarrassing. We’re not sure how that emoji got through several layers of review without anyone noticing, but we immediately flagged the issue, pulled it down, and the new emoji design is being rolled out as we speak." / Twitter
• Coinbase in Talks to Acquire BtcTurk for About $3.2B: Report

Bitcoin is up slightly at $63,690
Ethereum is up slightly at $4,619
and Binance Coin down slightly at $630

IoTeX up 31%
Livepeer up 24%
crypto.com chain up 20%

The SEC rejects VanEck’s Spot Bitcoin ETF proposal

Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade activates this weekend.

Sotheby’s will feature real-time bids in Ethereum for Banksy auction.

AMC theaters will accept Bitcoin, Ether Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin

Bakkt reports a $28.8M net loss across the third quarter.

Links:

• Taproot, Bitcoin’s Long-Anticipated Upgrade, Activates This Weekend
• SEC rejection
• Sotheby’s to hold real-time bids in ETH for Banksy art auction
• Adam Aron on Twitter: "Big newsflash! As promised, many new ways NOW to pay online at AMC.  We proudly now accept: drumroll, please… Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin. Also Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal. Incredibly, they already account for 14% of our total online transactions! Dogecoin next. https://t.co/a7pqYBm7HB" / Twitter
• Bakkt - Bakkt Reports Third Quarter 2021 Results

Bitcoin is up slightly at $61,339
Ethereum is up slightly at $4,495
and Binance Coin up slightly at $620

IoTeX up 63%
Nervos Network up 27%
Rari Governance up 27%

DeFi protocol bZx has been compromised in a 55M leak.

The FBI has released a PSA about a new crypto scam involving crypto ATMs.

Bakkt is getting set to launch Eth trading

Paradigm’s co-founder Matt Huang joined the board of directors for Stripe

This week someone took out a $1.4M loan with an NFT as collateral

Links:

• (1) bZx - Fulcrum & Torque (on ETH/BSC/Polygon) on Twitter: "An hour ago it appears that the private key controlling the Polygon and BSC deployments was compromised, leading to loss of funds. The Ethereum deployment is under DAO control and not impacted. We will provide further updates soon." / Twitter
• Bakkt Expands Cryptocurrency Offering to Include Ethereum | Business Wire
• Paradigm co-founder joins Stripe's board of directors
• Someone took out a $1.4 million loan with an NFT as collateral
• The FBI has put out a PSA about an interesting crypto scam - The Verge

Bitcoin is down 1% at $44,778
Ethereum is down 1% at $3,100
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $384

XinFin Network up 27%
IoTeX up 17%
Nano up 17%

The Poly Network hacker returns over half of the stolen crypto.

Lionel Messi receives a "large number" of PSG fan tokens.

The Ethereum network burns $100M in eth since the London upgrade.

Neuberger Berman expands their fund strategy to include bitcoin and ether exposure

Upgrade closes a $105M series-E round

Links:

• Ethereum network burns $100 million of ETH in first week since 'London'
• Messi joins crypto craze as gets part of PSG fee in fan tokens | Reuters
• NB SEC filing
• Lending Startup Upgrade Closes $105M Series E Round - CoinDesk
• Poly Network attacker returns $256 million of the stolen cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,350
XRP is even at 30 cents
and Ethereum is up 3% at $192

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
IoTeX, up 24%
and Dentacoin, up 15%

The UN has said that North Korea has been using blockchain company to launder stolen funds.

Turkey is working on a blockchain-based national digital currency.

Dune Analytics a platform for visualizing data on the Ethereum blockchain has emerged from stealth mode.

a16z has led the $5 million investment round for Arweave, a protocol for storing internet information permanently.

Coca-Cola’s technology operations oversight is partnering with SAP to leverage blockchain technology to examine their supply chain.

Links:

• Binance-backed Dune Analytics comes out of stealth mode - The Block
• Andreessen Horowitz leads $5M round in blockchain-based internet archive - The Block
• Coca-Cola's bottlers expand blockchain pilot with SAP - The Block