Bitcoin is down slightly at $38,633
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,789
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $384

Quant Network, up 16%

The FSCA regulator in South Africa issues warnings on FTX and Bybit.

MicroStrategy picks up another $25M in bitcoin.

NFT collector Larry Lawliet scammed — loses $2.7M.

FTX is acquiring Japanese exchange Liquid.

Links:

• Acquisition of Liquid by FTX
• larrylawliet.eth on Twitter: "I lost all my apes and mutants just now, any one bought it??? pls touch me! https://t.co/AN5IMt2ntu" / Twitter
• Microstrategy 8-K
• South African Regulator Issues Warning on FTX, Bybit

Bitcoin is down .5% at $48,833
Ethereum is down 1% at $3,229
and Cardano is down 2% at 2.57

Alchemy pay up 31%
Loopring up 28%
Gala up 15%

Liquid exchange hacker moves $20M in ETH to a mixer.

AdvisorShares has applied for a Bitcoin Futures ETF

Vaneck and ProShares withdraw their bids for an Ethereum ETF

SEC levys judgements & fines against Bitconnect associates.

Bitcoin is up .5% at $44,579
Ethereum is up .5% at $2,998
and BNB is up 1.5% at 407

Ethos up 41%
Avalanche up 37%
Cosmos up 19%

Japan’s Liquid exchange was hacked late yesterday. The full impact is not yet known.

Coinbase is increasing its reserves from $1.1B to a stockpile of $4.4B in case of a crypto winter.

The operator of the bitcoin mixing service Helix pleads guilty to laundering more than $300M.

Fintech darling Bitpanda raised another 263M.

The google search volume for the NFT marketplace OpenSea reached an all-time high last week.

Links:

• Liquid Global Official on Twitter: "Important Notice: We are sorry to announce that #LiquidGlobal warm wallets were compromised, we are moving assets into the cold wallet. We are currently investigating and will provide regular updates. In the meantime deposits and withdrawals will be suspended." / Twitter
• Coinbase Builds a $4 Billion Cash Pile To Weather Tighter Regulation, Crypto Risks - WSJ
• Operator of bitcoin mixing service Helix pleads guilty to money laundering
• Google search volume for OpenSea at an all-time high
• Bitpanda Crypto Startup Raises $263 Million in Series C Funding

Institutions Pushing Bitcoin Rally

Ethereum Top Ten Daaps Hit One Million Users

Liquid Exchange Hacked: User Data Compromised

Links:

• Institutions help drive rally as Bitcoin ETP volumes surge 50%
• Ethereum's top 10 DApps hit 1M users this month
• Crypto Exchange Liquid Says User Data Possibly Exposed in Security Breach - CoinDesk

Top gainers in the last 24 hours

Augur, up 41%
Metal, up 31%
Decentraland, up 17%

The Winklevoss Twins have launched insurance to cover up to $200 Million for Gemini Custody.

Cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has cancelled its sale of Telegram’s not-yet-launched Gram tokens.

Binance says it will restrict access for Japanese clients at an unspecified later date.