Bitcoin is down .5% at $20,636
Ethereum is down 1% at $1142
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $214

Avalanche, up 16%
Maker up 18%
Aave up 20%

Solend vote chaos

Noah Davis joins Yuga Labs

Elon says he'll continue supporting Doge

Michelle Bond — head of ADAM to run for congress.

Bitcoin is up 1% at $54,850
Ethereum is up 1.5% at $2548
and Binance Coin is up 2% at 570.70

Maker up 30%
Uniswap up 20%
Solana up 15%

A bill to link the SEC and CFTC crypto task force is headed to the Senate for a vote.

Deutsche Telekom invests in the public blockchain network Celo

The US GSA will auction off more than $500k in bitcoin tomorrow.

ARK picked up around $76.3M more in coinbase shares.

Coinbase will be delisted by the Deutsche Boerse due to a filing error.

Links:

• Deutsche Boerse to de-list Coinbase from Xetra, Frankfurt trade | Reuters
• Ark Investment Management Increases Coinbase Holdings to 1.5M Shares - CoinDesk
• GSA to sell off more than $500,000 in bitcoin this Friday
• House Passes Bipartisan Financial Services Bills | Financial Services Committee Republicans
• Deutsche Telekom Invests in Public Blockchain Network Celo | Business Wire

Bitcoin is up .5 at $62,476
Ethereum is up 1% at $2438
and Binance Coin is up slightly at 543.36

XFin Network up 41%
Maker up 22%
Compound up 17%

$623M of Bitcoin that was stolen in the Bitfinex hack in 2016 moved yesterday.

Berlin hard fork is complete on Ethereum

Coinbase valued at over 65B after first day.

VanEck launches new digital asset ETF.

AXA Switzerland will let customers pay premiums in BTC.

Links:

• Coinbase's first day on Nasdaq ends with an $85.7 billion valuation
• VanEck Launches Digital Transformation ETF (DAPP) | Business Wire
• Berlin Hard Fork Goes Live, Promises to Reduce Sky-High Ethereum Fees - Decrypt
• $623M in Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack Moved Under Cover of COIN Hype - CoinDesk
• New payment option: Bitcoin | AXA

Bitcoin is up 1% at $50,815
Ethereum is up 1% at $1692
and Binance Coin is up 3% at 270

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Uniswap up 22%
Compound up 20%
and Maker up 16%

Square announced that it purchased another 3,318 Bitcoin as a reserve.

Square pulled in $4.5B in bitcoin revenue in 2020.

Iced Tea company in hot water with SEC.

Almeda is leading the $40M round for Oxygen

Links:

• SEC halts trading of iced tea company that pivoted to blockchain | Ars Technica
• Square Inc. - Square, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Results
• SQUARE SEC Form 10-k
• Alameda leads $40m investment in DeFi prime brokerage Oxygen

Bitcoin is up 1% at $37,929
Ethereum is up slightly at $1665
and Polkadot is down 1% at 20.58.

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Maker up 37%
Cardano up 17%
Theta Token up 16%

Yearn Finance suffered an exploit in a DAI lending protocol.

LL Cool J, Paul Tudor Jones among backers of stealth crypto fund

Suzhou will give away about $5M in the latest digital yuan test.

Crosstower is launching a bitcoin fund

Stefan He Qin facing charges for $90M security fraud.

Links:

• Founder Of $90 Million Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Charged With Securities Fraud And Pleads Guilty In Federal Court | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice
• Suzhou to give away around $5 million in latest digital yuan test
• yearn.finance on Twitter: "We have noticed the v1 yDAI vault has suffered an exploit. The exploit has been mitigated. Full report to follow." / Twitter
• $72M Crypto Fund Backed by Paul Tudor Jones and LL Cool J Comes Out of Stealth - CoinDesk
• CrossTower Launches Bitcoin Fund to Compete With Grayscale’s GBTC - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 2% at $40,014
Ethereum is up 8% at $1317
and XRP is up 4% at 33 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Dash up 50%
Maker up 47%
Bitcoin Cash up 34%

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty reaches record high.

A test for the digital yuan has given us a look at the card-based hardware wallets.

PayPal, Coinbase invest in TaxBit.

Brad Garlinghouse takes to Twitter to answer questions re: SEC lawsuit.

SoFi may go public.

Kyrgyzstan proposed first regulatory framework for crypto.

Links:

• Kyrgyzstan Has Proposed Its First Regulatory Framework for Crypto - CoinDesk
• EXCLUSIVE-SoFi to go public through merger with Palihapitiya-backed SPAC | Reuters
• TaxBit Secures Investments from PayPal Ventures and Coinbase Ventures; Winklevoss Capital Doubles Down
• Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits Record High Amid Miner Revenue Surge - CoinDesk
• China Is Testing A Hardware Wallet For Digital Yuan
• Brad Garlinghouse on Twitter: "I’m not going to litigate the SEC’s unproven allegations on Twitter, and as you can imagine, there are new considerations to what can / should be said publicly after the litigation process starts. However, I would like to address 5 key questions I’ve seen. 1/10" / Twitter

Bitcoin is up 2% at $9,523
Ethereum is up 9% at $265
and XRP is up 3% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
VeThor Token up 15%

Binance has listed Maker and Dai tokens.

Twitter announced that during their hack, hackers accessed the direct messages of at least 36 of the hacked accounts.

Congress added two blockchain amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act.

Links:

• An update on our security incident
• Soto Amendments Pass in Annual House Defense Bill | Congressman Darren Soto
• Binance lists Maker and Dai tokens amid DeFi boom - The Block

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9751
Ethereum is up slightly $244
XRP is up slightly at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours
Bolt up 97%
Maker up 22%
Kyber Network up 24%

Bitmain power struggle continues.

Elrond challenges users to 'break it's blockchain' issues 60k bounty.

Bitcoin is up 1.5% at $9,550
Ethereum is up 8% at $236
and XRP is up 3.5% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Maker up 48%
Aave up 20%

Amazon has patented a DLT system for proving the authenticity of consumer goods

San Francisco based Magic lands $4 million in funding.

The digital dollar project has issued a white paper calling for a US central bank digital currency.

Links:

• Digital Dollar Project Calls for 2-Tiered Distribution System in First White Paper for US CBDC - CoinDesk
• 'Passwordless Login' Startup Magic Raises $4M From Naval Ravikant, Placeholder - CoinDesk
• Amazon Patents Blockchain-Based Product Authenticator - CoinDesk