Bitcoin is up 1% at $38,824
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,862
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $392

Kraken granted license to operate in Abu Dhabi.

New crypto ETFs debut in Australia.

Macron comments on digital Euro, regulation.

Ethereum's PoS switch drives down price of GPUs

Bitcoin is up .5% at $51,053
Ethereum is up .5% at $4,089
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $547

The Sandbox up 18%
Fantom up 16%

Adam White is leaving Bakkt.

Thai central bank to delay CBDC test until late next year.

Kraken is acquiring the non custodial staking startup Staked.

Links:

• Adam White on Twitter: "After a great 3+ years at bakkt, next week will be my last I’ve loved working at intersection of crypto + markets and good to see the industry finding the balance between innovation & regulation. Lots of work still to do here but never been more optimistic about the future 🌕" / Twitter
• Kraken Acquires Staked to Support Growth and Resilience in One of Largest Crypto Industry Deals to Date | Business Wire
• Thai Central Bank to Delay CBDC Test Till Late 2022: Report

Links:

• CardCoins Offers Bitcoin Payments Over the Lightning Network
• Kraken CEO reverses $100K BTC 2021 forecast: Crypto winter now possible
• Crypto bank Anchorage raises $350 million in Series D funding

Bitcoin is down slightly at $56,424
Ethereum is down .5% at $3433
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $624.15

VeChain up 19%
Monero up 17%
Ethereum Classic up 15%

Citi Bank is looking to launch crypto trading, custody and financing services

Amazon is rolling out dedicated mining solutions for Chia on AWS.

GoldmanSachs is leading the $15m Series B Funding round for Coin Metrics

Ether options traders are bullish for $8k

The IRS set to pull records for Kraken users transacting over $20k in Crypto.

Links:

• Coin Metrics Closes $15M Series B Round Led By Goldman Sachs
• Galaxy Digital to Acquire BitGo to Form Pre-Eminent Global Provider of Digital Asset Financial Services for Institutions
• Ether Options Traders Betting on $8K Price Next Month - CoinDesk
• Court Authorizes Service of John Doe Summons Seeking Identities of U.S. Taxpayers Who Have Used Cryptocurrency | OPA | Department of Justice
• Citi considers crypto
• Amazon rolls out Chia crypto mining solution on AWS

Bitcoin is down .5% at $57,200
Ethereum is down 1% at $2,037
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $335.00

Those are your leaders by market cap, top gainers in the last 24 hours…

Helium up 21%
BitTorrent up 20%
Tron up 15%

The IRS is working to get customer records from Kraken.

The Weeknd’s NFT auction is going swimmingly on Nifty Gateway.

Binance Futures hit a record high of over $10B yesterday.

Thailand’s Central bank will test retail digital currency next year.

Links:

• Binance's Crypto Derivatives Platform Sees Record Open Interest of $10B - CoinDesk
• Bank of Thailand CBDC pub

Glassnode Data Shows Fifteen Percent of Bitcoin Hoarded in 'Accumulation Addresses

Exchange Website Traffic Up

Visa Pilots APIs to Buy/Sell Bitcoin

Links:

• US Bitcoin exchange traffic explodes as analyst says flows hint at new BTC bull run
• Bitcoin Holders Have Now Stashed Away 15% of Circulating Supply - CoinDesk
• Visa Signals Further Crypto Ambitions With API Pilot for Bank Customers to Buy Bitcoin - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 5% at $35,387
Ethereum is down 1% at $1221
and Polkadot is up 4% at $17.17

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Near protocol up 29%
Avalanche up 15%
The Graph up 15%

Goldman Sachs has issued a request for information to explore digital asset custody.

NYDIG CEO Robert Gutmann said today’s institutional investors in crypto are only looking at Bitcoin.

Ripple technology will power a new malaysia and bangladesh remittance corridor.

Kraken is set to halt XRP trading for US residents.

Bittrex has been mum about why it withdrew support for Dash, ZCash, and Monero.

Mt. Gox creditors will be given the option to take up to 90% of the exchange’s remaining bitcoin.

Links:

• Kraken to Halt XRP Trading for U.S. Residents | Kraken Blog
• Mt. Gox Creditors Can Claim 90% of Bitcoin Left in Bankruptcy: Bloomberg - CoinDesk
• bKash and Mobile Money Connect Through RippleNet to Power Wallet-to-Wallet Remittances | Ripple
• Big institutions are only interested in bitcoin, says NYDIG CEO - The Block
• Goldman Sachs to Enter Crypto Market 'Soon' With Custody Play: Source - CoinDesk
• Bittrex to Delist 'Privacy Coins' Monero, Dash and Zcash - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 1% at $40,860
Ethereum is down 1% at $1225
and XRP is up 1% at 32 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bitcoin SV up 32%
Iota up 19%
and Loopring up 15%

Bitcoin hits new ATH

Derebit adds 300k option

Kraken sees $1B staked in 2020

Morgan Stanley has a 10.9% position in Microstrategy

eToro sees retail rush.

Finland offloading confiscated BTC.

Links:

• Deribit on Twitter: "We've added the #Bitcoin $300K strike in Dec21 expiry! 🧑‍🚀🌕🚀" / Twitter
• EDGAR Filing Documents for 0000895421-21-000003
• Exchange eToro Seeks to Deter New Users in Sign of Surging Retail Demand for Crypto - CoinDesk
• Kraken says its customers have staked more than $1 billion in crypto via its service - The Block
• Finland's customs authority is looking to sell bitcoin seized in 2016, now worth more than $75 million - The Block

Bitcoin is up slightly at $19,017
Ethereum is up .5% at $589
and XRP is up 2% at 59 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Augur up 24%

Maxine waters has sent a flurry of recommendations to president-elect Joe Biden

Bill Hinman’s last day as the SEC’s division of corporation finance director was Friday.

Kraken will match $150,000 developer grants via the Gitcoin fundraising platform.

1inch raised $12 million in series A funding.

Coinbase will support an upcoming airdrop for Spark.

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Bitcoin is up 4% at $12,932
Ethereum is up 8% at $413
and XRP is up 5% at 26 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Ren up 15%
Synthetix up 15%

PayPal's soft custodian announcement sends Bitcoin to its highest since late 2017.

The CEO of Ripple has raised concerns about Ripple's long-term position in the US due to regulatory ambiguity.

Kraken has kicked off trading in Japan again after a 2 year hiatus.

An EY led group has bid for the Korean CBDC pilot project.

Links:

• Kraken anncouncement
• PayPal Official News
• Ripple considers other countries for the HQ
• EY bids for Korean CBDC

Bitcoin is down 1% at $10,876
Ethereum is up 4% at $382
and XRP is up 3% at 25 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
KCash up 60%
Just up 23%

Kraken is in the first exchange to be recognized a US bank.

Libra has hired the former HSBC CEO James Emmett.

PowerTrade has pulled in 4.7 million of funding from Pantera Capital.

Uniswap is launching a governance token as it works to keep up with SushiSwap.

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Links:

• Libra.org
• New Bitcoin Options App Raises $4.7M in Round Led by Pantera Capital - CoinDesk
• Kraken Becomes First Crypto Exchange to Become a US Bank - CoinDesk
• Coinbase Pro Lists Uniswap's New Token Just Hours After Launch - CoinDesk
• Uniswap | Introducing UNI

Bitcoin is up 1% at $10,326
Ethereum is up 6.5% at $369
and XRP is up 2.5% at 24 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Algorand up 20%
Synthetix up 18%
and Yearn Finance up 18%

Kraken has returned to Japan after two years away.

California judge has dismisses a $200 million damages claim against AT&T in ongoing SIM-swapping suit.

Mastercard launches customizable Central Bank Digital Currency sandbox.

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Links:

• 暗号資産交換業登録完了のお知らせ
• Judge Dismisses $200M Damages Claim in AT&T Crypto Hack Lawsuit - CoinDesk

No Monero on Coinbase

Avanti Financial Opens in October

BLINC Settles It

Links:

• Coinbase CEO: Exchange Won’t List XMR Due to ‘Issue With Regulators’
• Wyoming-Based Avanti to Open in October With a New Bank-Issued Digital Asset - CoinDesk
• First Mover: Bitcoin at Last Passes $10K, But Why Has It Struggled While Gold Shone? - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 0.5% at $9,066
Ethereum is down 0.5% at 225
and XRP is up slightly at 18 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Ren up 17%
and Loopring up 15%

Jack Mallers has announced that his product Strike has entered beta.

Oxfam Ireland has received a one million euro grant to fund a blockchain aid distribution project.

Switzerland’s InCore Bank has added access for crypto exchange Kraken’s European clientele.

Kraken Back to India Q3 2020

IBM, Oracle and SAP Develop Fabric Interoperability

Sythentix Adding New Features, Including Derivitives Trading

Links:

• Kraken Exchange Pledges India Expansion as Nation Reopens for Crypto Business - CoinDesk
• Old Rivals Oracle and IBM Want Their Blockchains to Talk to Each Other - CoinDesk
• Non-custodial crypto exchange Synthetix is preparing to offer derivatives trading on Ethereum - The Block

Aztec Launches on Ethereum

Fowler Tell US Government "No Deal"

Winklevoss Brothers Net Six Crypto Patents

Links:

• Privacy on Ethereum: Aztec Protocol Launches on Mainnet
• Reginald Fowler Rejects Plea Deal in Crypto 'Shadow Bank' Case - CoinDesk
• Crypto Tycoon Winklevoss Brothers Obtain Six Stablecoin Patents

Bitcoin is up 1% at $9,352
XRP is up 2% at at 24 cents
and Ethereum is up 2% at $181

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bytecoin up 34%
Centrality up 18%
NEM up 15%

Ring is in the news this week for compromised security.

Ethereum miners are holding on to their ethereum tokens which could be and indication of their confidence in the project.

Google has reinstated Bitcoin Blast in the google play store.

Kraken’s security team has shown that hackers can exploit Trezor hardware wallets in under 15 minutes.

Links:

• Ethereum Miners' ETH Holdings Near Record Highs - CoinDesk
• Third-Party Trackers Are Pulling Your Data Off Ring's Android App - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down slightly at $7,381
XRP is up 2.6% at 22 cents
and Ethereum is down 1% at $146

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

US treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and federal reserve chairman Powell are not keen to issue a digital dollar within the next 5 years.

Brad Sherman of California who has been outspokenly opposed to crypto has been elected as chairman of the subcommittee on investor protection.

Brave browser has crossed a notable threshold to 10 million monthly active users.

Kraken has added support for the swiss franc in a partnership with lichtenstein based Bank Frick.

Great North data, a Canadian government-backed bitcoin miner has filed for bankruptcy while owing creditors over 7 million.

Links:

• Mnuchin, Powell see no need to issue digital dollar 'in the next 5 years' - The Block
• Anti-crypto Congressman Brad Sherman elected to chair Subcommittee on Investor Protection - The Block
• Privacy-focused Brave browser crosses 10M monthly active users - The Block
• Kraken adds support for Swiss francs - The Block
• Canadian government-backed bitcoin miner goes bankrupt, owing millions to creditors - The Block

Kraken Buys Interchange

Australian Digital Currency Association and Blockchain Australia Merge

Senator Says US Government Can't Stop Bitcoin

Bitcoin Searches Beat Stock Searches on Google

Links:

• Kraken Exchange Acquires Service Provider for Institutional Investors
• Australia’s Two Leading Blockchain Advocate Groups Announce Merger - CoinDesk
• The Block - Crypto simplified
• US Senator: Even If We Wanted To, We Couldn’t Ban Bitcoin
• Bitcoin Overtakes Stocks Searches