Links:

• Court denies SEC access to Ripple’s legal advice
• Irish Central Bank Official Says Crypto's Popularity Is 'Great Concern' - CoinDesk
• A JPMorgan Icon Quits, And Has Some Parting Words About Cryptocurrencies | ZeroHedge

JP Morgan Predicts Bitcoin at $146,000

Jack Dorsey Addresses Government Overreach

OKExChain Mainnet at Genesis

Links:

• JPMorgan Predicts Bitcoin Price Could Rise Over $146,000 in Long Term - CoinDesk
• Square's Jack Dorsey Hits Out at FinCEN's 'Burdensome' Proposed Crypto Wallet Rules - CoinDesk
• OKExChain mainnet enters 'Genesis' stage, 10 million OKT tokens issued

Bitcoin is down 2% at $18,150
Ethereum is down 3% at $554
and XRP is up 1% at 56 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Cover Protocol up 47%

France has set stricter crypto regulation

Paxos has filed an application with top regulators to become a national bank

BitPay also filed to become a federally regulated bank

MicroStrategy is offering $550m in convertible notes with the net proceeds to procure more Bitcoin.

JP Morgan says that the rise of Bitcoin’s popularity with institutional investors will cause gold prices to suffer

Links:

• Why Paxos is Seeking a National Trust Bank Charter -- and Why We Remain Committed to New York | Paxos
• France imposes tougher KYC requirements for crypto, including peer-to-peer transactions - The Block
• Ad #662132 | Public Notices | AJC Classifieds
• MicroStrategy Announces Pricing of Offering of Convertible Senior Notes
• JPMorgan Says Gold Will Suffer for Years Because of Bitcoin - BNN Bloomberg

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,571
Ethereum is up half a percent at $238
and XRP is up 3% at 21 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Cardano up 18%
Vechain up 15%

Cardano announces Shelley update.

The number of blockchain investment deals has declined for seven consecutive months.

A JP Morgan strategist is saying that Bitcoin’s market price is now in line with its intrinsic value price.

Polkadot’s blockchain mainnet went live this week.

Bitcoin is down slightly at 9,159
Ethereum is up 2% at $206
and XRP is down 1% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Horizon up 20%
Ardor up 17%
and OmiseGo up 15%

Chinese political advisors have proposed a regional digital currency.

Louisiana is set to consider a bill to regulate and license virtual currency businesses.

JP Morgan is taking the stance that Central bank digital currencies could undermine the U.S. dollar's dominance

Links:

• Chinese Government Advisers Propose Regional Stablecoin for 4 Asian Countries - CoinDesk
• Louisiana State Senate to Consider Crypto Business Licensing Bill - CoinDesk
• JPMorgan Says Central Bank Digital FX a Danger to U.S. Power - Bloomberg

Bitcoin is up 2% at $9,871
XRP is up 2% at 28 cents
and Ethereum is up 3% at $270

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bitcore up 37%
Dero up 21%
Travala . com up 20%

The Malta Financial Services Authority issued a statement that Binance is neither licensed to operate, nor is it regulated in Malta.

Shopify has announced that they are joining the Libra association.

JP Morgan releases Persepectives report, posit mainstream blockchain adoption still years away.

Links:

• JPMorgan's blockchain report: mainstream adoption is still years away - The Block
• E-commerce giant Shopify joins the Libra Association - The Block
• Binance Is Not Under Our Jurisdiction, Says Malta Regulator - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down slightly at $7,195
XRP is up slightly at 23 cents
and Ethereum is up slightly at $149

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Streamr up 25%
Vechain up 20%
and Dentacoin up 15%

Bitcoin is up from it’s 6 month low of $6,800.

JP Morgan filed a patent application for a DLT based version of a revolving line of credit

The Algorand foundation released an update to their blockchain protocol

South Korea is looking to invest more than 380 million for blockchain research and development over the next 8 years

Links:

• Algorand 2.0's New Non-Turing-Complete Smart Contracts Are a Feature, Not a Bug - CoinDesk
• South Korea plans to invest over $380M for blockchain research and development - The Block
• Bitcoin drops below $6,800, hitting a six-month low - The Block
• JPMorgan Tests Private Blockchain to Track Auto Dealer Inventory - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up .5% at $10,020
XRP is down 3% at 27 cents
and Ethereum is down 2% at $210

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Ripio Credit Network up 30%
Puma Pay up 22%
and Ambrosus, up 20%

Todays headlines:

Venezuela’s president nicolas madura has mandated that the petro must be used in funding an ongoing social housing initative.

JP Morgan’s IIN has onboarded its first singapore based bank—the OCBC.

Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of overstock.com has put 90 million into gold, silver and "two flavors of crypto".

The US House financial services committee is set to question the SEC about crypto and Facebook’s Libra this week.

the US attorney’s office has indicted two men for hacking Ether Delta in late 2017.

Links:

• Two suspects in EtherDelta hack indicted by U.S. authorities - The Block
• SEC Chair, Commissioners to Talk Crypto at Congress Hearing Next Week - CoinDesk
• Byrne Sells Overstock Stake to Buy Crypto and Battle 'Deep State' - CoinDesk
• Venezuela's Maduro Mandates Petro Use in Funding of Housing Project - CoinDesk
• First Singapore Bank Joins JPMorgan's Blockchain Payments Initiative - CoinDesk