Bitcoin is down slightly at $55,652
Ethereum is down slightly at $1,692
and Binance Coin is up slightly at 268.08

Ankr Network up 23%
Solana up 19%
Icon up 16%

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signs crypto mining incentives into law.

Optimism is delaying its main net launch to July.

Senate to confirm Gary Gensler.

UK is set to publish new tax guidelines on crypto next week.

KY Wants Miners; PayPal Wants Curv

Links:

• Kentucky bill to provide tax breaks for local crypto miners
• PayPal to Buy Crypto Custody Firm Curv: Sources - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 6% at $34,794
Ethereum is up 5% at $1076
and XRP is up 5% at 29 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Stellar up 18%
Compound up 18%
Synthetix up 16%

Bitcoin’s active addresses and trading volumes have reached all time highs.

Steve Chen was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for the GemCoin Ponzi scheme.

Bakkt forms Bakkt Holdings in prep for IPO.

Kentucky Reps look to bring crypto mining to the state with tax breaks.

New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority says crypto buyers beware.

Links:

• Kentucky mining bill
• Bakkt, the Digital Asset Marketplace Launched by Intercontinental Exchange in 2018, to Become a Publicly Traded Company via Merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings | Business Wire
• GemCoin Founder Sentenced to 10 Years for $147M Crypto Scheme - CoinDesk
• NZ regulator issues Bitcoin warning: Be prepared to lose all your money - NZ Herald
• Bitcoin's Active Addresses, Trading Volumes Now at All-Time Highs - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 2% at 9,167
Ethereum is down 1.5% at $203
and XRP is up 1% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
OmiseGo up 31%
Unibright up 19%
and Electroneum up 17%

Binance is piecing together a blockchain friendly travel agency.

Crypto-friendly IBM takes a 7% stake in the blockchain network We.Trade.

Coinbase Custody has added staking support for Cosmos and Algorand.

A Kentucky representative makes a first step in calling for a national blockchain strategy.

Links:

• Binance aims to create one of the world's largest blockchain-based travel agencies - The Block
• House Bill Outlines Path to US National Blockchain Strategy - CoinDesk
• IBM Takes 7% Stake in Trade-Finance Blockchain Network We.Trade - CoinDesk
• Coinbase Custody launches staking for Cosmos - The Coinbase Blog