MicroStrategy will sell $500M more shares — could buy more BTC.

Bolt walks away from $1.5B Wyre deal.

Senators ask Mark Zuckerberg for comments on crypto scams.

Quentin Tarantino & Miramax walk away from lawsuit.

Community Labs raises $30M in strategic funding.

Links:

• Quentin Tarantino Reaches Settlement With Miramax in ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFT Lawsuit
• Letter to Zuck
• Bolt's $1.5 billion deal to buy Wyre dies
• MicroStrategy prospectus
• Community Labs raises $30 million strategic funding round

Bitcoin is up .5% at $29,668
Ethereum is up .5% at $1784
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $296

Those are your leaders by market cap - top gainers in the last 24 hours:
IOTEX up 18%

BAYC Discord hacked.

CFTC says consumers lost over $1B to fraud involving crypto last year.

Abu Dhabi to give free crypto domains to all women who live and work in the capital.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor says zoom out.

Links:

• MicroStrategy CEO Saylor says bitcoin’s near-term volatility largely irrelevant
• Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Access Abu Dhabi Team Up with Unstoppable Domains to Give All Women in the UAE Capital Free Crypto, NFT and Blockchain Domains
• OKHotshot on Twitter: "🚨BAYC & OtherSide discords got compromised‼️ Seems because Community Manager @BorisVagner got his account breached, which let the scammers execute their phishing attack. Over 145E in was stolen Proper permissions could prevent this https://t.co/lCl2DfZQ0W" / Twitter
• New Analysis Finds Consumers Reported Losing More than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency to Scams since 2021 | Federal Trade Commission

Bitcoin is up slightly at $38,984
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,865
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $390

Curve, up 15%

Ryan Carson, Ex Moonbird COO sees $40M worth of commitments to NFT fund: 121G.

MicroStrategy says it might explore more yield generation opportunities for BTC.

Fitness club Equinox to accept crypto payments in New York.

Elon Musk changed his twitter pfp to a stock photo of bored apes.

Argo Blockchain has borrowed $70M From NYDIG.

Bitcoin is down slightly at $40,187
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,021
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $416

US officials say North Korea’s Lazarus hackers are the ones responsible for the Ronin blockchain

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor tells shareholders BTC as reserve is a success.

Central Bank of Portugal grants country’s first crypto license to a bank.

Meta allows digital sales on Horizon — will take half of creators profits in fees.

Links:

• Meta Plans to Charge Up to 50% Fees for Transactions in the Metaverse | Barron's
• MicroStrategy 14A
• Registration of virtual assets service providers | Banco de Portugal
• US government connects North Korean hacking group with last month's $600 million Ronin exploit

Bitcoin is down slightly at $47,351
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,409
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $439

Zilliqa up 54%
Aave up 17%

Axie Infinity’s Ethereum side chain exploited

Michael Saylor & Macrostrategy take out $205M loan to buy more bitcoin.

Greenpeace launches "Change the Code not the climate" campaign.

FCA to extend temporary registration deadline for select crypto firms.

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 up .5% at $36,583
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,442
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $373

Fantom up 23%
Helium up 19%
Vechain up 18%

MicroStrategy Still buying

Elon Musk tweets at McDonalds I will eat a happy meal on tv if you [sic] accept Dogecoin

Blockparty partners with Warner Music Group

OpenSea releases update to stop NFT exploit

Thailand is set to ban digital asset operators from crypto as a means of payment

Bithumb announces they’ll block unregistered addresses.

Links:

• Thailand to regulate use of digital assets as payments | Reuters
• WMG Digital Collectibles Platform Blockparty Partners with Warner Music Group
• NFT Marketplace OpenSea Launches New Listing Manager After Discount Bug
• South Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb Will Block Unregistered Wallets

Bitcoin is up slightly at $35,807
Ethereum is up 1.5% at $2,495
and Binance Coin is up 3% at $375

Bitcoin has hit a 6 month low, and El Salvador is buying.

The SEC doesn't like MicroStrategy’s approach to bitcoin accounting.

SEC Commissioner Elad Roisman ends term early.

BlackRock files for ETF tracking blockchain & crypto companies.

Twitter seeks Senior Product Manager, Crypto.

Links:

• Nayib Bukele 🇸🇻 on Twitter: "Nope, I was wrong, didn’t miss it. El Salvador just bought 410 #bitcoin for only 15 million dollars 🥳 Some guys are selling really cheap 🤷🏻‍♂️" / Twitter
• Senior Product Manager, Crypto
• SEC Commissioner Roisman steps down two years ahead of schedule
• SEC form BlackRock's new Blockchain/Tech ETF

Bitcoin is up slightly at $47,501
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,735
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $525

Algorand up 15%
Gnosis up 30%

Polygon has come forward about a severe bug that they’ve just fixed with a hard fork.

Decentraland to have it's own NYE party

Microstrategy has picked up another 94.2M in Bitcoin

Proshares files for metaverse ETF

Links:

• MicroStrategy Buys Another $94.2 Million of Bitcoin
• ProShares files for ETF that tracks companies focused on the metaverse
• All You Need to Know About the Recent Network Upgrade — Polygon | Blog
• Digital Currency Group and Jamestown Partner to Bring One Times Square to the Decentraland Metaverse | Business Wire

Bitcoin is up slightly at $47,086
Ethereum is up 3% at $3,966
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $531

Aave up 17%

Michael Saylor and Microstrategy are trying to figure out what to do with all that BTC.

Adidas picks up 23M from it’s collaborative “Into the Metaverse” drop

Polygon and Seven Seven Six launch $200 million Web3 fund.

Bitwise launches NFT tracking index fund

Links:

• Polygon and Reddit co-founder's VC launch $200 million Web3 fund
• Adidas Originals NFT drop nets $23 million - Crypto Daily™
• MicroStrategy’s Saylor Lays Out Ways Firm Could Generate Yield From Its Massive Bitcoin Holdings
• Bitwise Launches Blue-Chip NFT Index Fund, Offering Broad Exposure to the Most Iconic Digital Art Collections | Business Wire

Bitcoin is down .5% at $49,247
Ethereum is down .5% at $4,288
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $592

Wax up 33%
Gala up 16%
Near Protocol up 15%

Wallet maker Ledger debuts crypto-linked debit card for US and EU customers.

Michael Saylor and Microstrategy pick up 1,434 BTC.

Messari launches Messari Governor to aid DAOs

Meta's crypto wallet Novi launches on WhatApp.

Links:

• Stephane Kasriel on Novi
• Introducing Messari Governor: The First-to-Market, Governance Aggregator and Voting Platform | Messari
• MicroStrategy Says It Bought 1,434 Bitcoins Since Nov. 29
• SIGN UP NOW: Our Ledger-powered Crypto Life “CL” Card is coming! | Ledger

Links:

• Galaxy Digital to Sell $500M of Notes in Private Placement
• MicroStrategy Bought About 7K Bitcoins in Fiscal Fourth Quarter for $414M

Bitcoin is down .5% at $60,959
Ethereum is down 1% at $4,328
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $497

Decentraland up 50%
Basic attention token up 16%
Helium up 15%

Ether has topped 4.4k for the first time

New Jersey has hit five crypto scams with cease and desist orders

Wharton school of business will take crypto for a new online program called Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets.

Microstrategy has added almost 9k bitcoins to its holdings.

Links:

• MicroStrategy Adds Almost 9,000 Bitcoins to Its Holdings in Third Quarter
• Wharton School to accept crypto tuition payments for new blockchain program
• New Jersey Bureau of Securities Issues Five Orders Directing Website Operators to Stop Offering Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Investment Opportunities - New Jersey Office of Attorney General

Links:

• Major UK hedge fund Brevan Howard launches crypto division
• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data

Bitcoin is up 1% at $47,168
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,113
and Cardano is up 1% at 2.58

Radicle up 20%
Tokocrypto up 20%
Storj up 15%

Police in Brazil have seized $28.8M in crypto and made 5 arrests.

Microstrategy has announced a new Bitcoin buy of $177M.

Anchorage has hired the former Wells Fargo Digital Assets Executive.

3LAU has raised $16M to tokenize music royalties with Royal.

NFT+AI platrofm Althea AI has raised $16M

Euler has raised $8M in a series A.

Links:

• Mark Cuban-backed startup that fuses AI with NFTs raises $16 million
• Paradigm leads $8 million Series A into DeFi lending company Euler
• Microstrategy 8-K
• Anchorage Hires Former Wells Fargo Digital Assets Executive for Banking, Capital Markets - CoinDesk
• Polícia Federal faz maior apreensão de criptomoedas da história: R$ 150 milhões | CNN Brasil

Links:

• Crypto-exposed stocks slide as BTC-bolstered treasuries shed value
• $8.6B IT firm Globant revealed as Bitcoin’s latest institutional buyer
• Todd Morley Plans to Build Blockchain Tower in Manhattan: Report - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up .5% at $60,012
Ethereum is up .5% at $1905
and Binance Coin is down 1% at 277.51

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Chiliz up 50%
SushiSwap up 20%
BitTorrent up 20%

Bitcoin broke the $60k barrier.

Microstrategy added another $15M in bitcoin to its treasury.

DogeDex atomic swap platform for Dogecoin is live

Patrick Mahomes joins Gronk in minting digital sports collectibles on the blockchain.

The australian government has set aside $7 million for blockchain pilot projects.

Links:

• Decentralized Exchange Launches for Dogecoin Swaps - CoinDesk
• Department of Industry solving regulatory issues with AU$6.9m blockchain funding | ZDNet
• MicroStrategy Acquires Additional $15 Million in Bitcoin at Average Price of $57,146
• Rafael Schultze-Kraft on Twitter: "$100m+ short liquidations within 10 minutes. Don't 👏 bet 👏 against 👏 #Bitcoin 👏 Chart: https://t.co/5enuFiIxQG https://t.co/lGOAMtnGAb" / Twitter
• Patrick Mahomes to sell NFT trading cards

Bitcoin is up 1% at $51,200
Ethereum is up 1% at $1611
and Binance Coin is down slightly at 247

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Fantom up 30%
Icon up 16%
and Matic Network up 16%

Microstrategy adds to their hoard trading an additional 19,452 Bitcoins for $1.02B in cash.

Coinbase reveals that it holds Bitcoin, and other cryptos on its balance sheet.

The Federal Reserve will turn to the public to see appetite for a digital dollar beginning this year.

MoneyGram suspended the use of Ripple’s platform for the duration of the SEC lawsuit

Links:

• Coinbase offers corporations a trusted solution for adding crypto to their corporate treasury | by Coinbase | Feb, 2021 | The Coinbase Blog
• MicroStrategy Acquires Additional 19,452 Bitcoins for $1.026 Billion
• Powell says the Fed will engage the public on a digital dollar this year
• MoneyGram says it has 'suspended' use of Ripple's platform amid SEC lawsuit

MicroStrategy Continues Debt-For-Bitcoin Business Model

500.com Buying BTC.com

Crypto to Rum Soon in Bermuda

Links:

• MicroStrategy Raises $1.05B in Latest Debt-for-Bitcoin Offering - CoinDesk
• Bermuda to Pilot Digital Dollar for Rum Sales - CoinDesk
• Bitcoin mining pool BTC.com is getting acquired by NYSE-listed 500.com

Bitcoin is up .5% at $49,593
Ethereum is up slightly at $1795
Cardano is down 1% at .88

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Cosmos up 23%
Horizon up 15%

Bitcoin has broken above 50k for the first time ever

MicroStrategy looks to raise $690M to buy more Bitcoin.

UK based ExMO went down yesterday with a DDoS attack.

Russia’s lower house is set to discuss a bill on crypto taxation this week.

Links:

• MicroStrategy Announces Proposed Private Offering of $600 Million of Convertible Senior Notes
• (1) EXMO on Twitter: "Important: DDoS attack on EXMO 📢❗️ Please note the EXMO exchange website is now under the DDoS attack. The servers are temporarily unavailable. We are solving this issue right now. Please stay tuned." / Twitter
• Russia's Lower House to Consider Bill on Crypto Taxation This Week - CoinDesk

Gemini Earn Pays Interest

Bitcoin Ready to Rock After Consolidation Phase

MicroStrategy Currenctly Owns 71,079 Bitcoin

Links:

• Bullish Bitcoin Fundamentals Point to Renewed Price Rally Ahead - CoinDesk
• Winklevoss’ Gemini crypto exchange launches ‘Earn’ offering
• MicroStrategy Adds to Bitcoin Trove With Another $10M Purchase - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 1% at $34,012
Ethereum is up .5% at $1361
and XRP is down .5% at .49 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Avalanche up 27%
Ethos up 23%
The Graph up 15%

MicroStrategy looks for more bitcoin.

India proposes ban on private cryptos

Bitcoin Core dev Jonas Schnelli receives grant from bitcoin miner Marathon Patent Group.

Ripple files court response to the SEC’s XRP lawsuit

Links:

• MicroStrategy says it will look into 'various approaches' to obtain more bitcoin
• India's bulletin
• Marathon Patent Group Provides One-Year Grant to World-Renowned Bitcoin Core Developer Jonas Schnelli :: Marathon Patent Group (MARA)
• Ripple filing

PompCryptoJobs Live

Public Companies Now Hold $3.6 Billion Bitcoin

One Third of UK Citizens Are Crypto Curious

Links:

• ‘Pomp’ Launches Crypto Jobs Board With Gemini, Coinbase and BlockFi - CoinDesk
• Bitcoin held by public companies has surged 400% in 12 months to $3.6 billion

Bitcoin is down 2% at $31,854
Ethereum is down 2% at $1225
and Polkadot is down 3% at $17.26

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Decentraland up 23%
ThorChain up 15%

Michael Saylor and Microstrategy pick up another 10M in Bitcoin.

Bank of International Settlements to test central bank digital currencies on own platform.

Sberbank has applied to become a licensed digital assets issuer—plans own stablecoin.

Huobi COO Jiawei Zhu detained at length as part of OTC investigation.

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

Ledger User Private Data Released on Web: Suit Likely

MicroStrategy Buys Much More Bitcoin

IBM Launches FHE

Links:

• Ledger users threaten legal action after hacker dumps personal data
• MicroStrategy Splurges Another $650M in Latest Bitcoin Investment - CoinDesk
• IBM Launches Test Service Using 'Holy Grail' of Data Privacy Technology - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 2% at $17,904
Ethereum is down 2.5% at $546
and XRP is down 5% at 55 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Verge up 13%

Hester Peirce calls crypto regulators to embrace crypto for its personal liberty principles.

MassMutual has purchased $100 million worth of Bitcoin.

SpaceChain won a competition securing a $585k grant for decentralized satellite infrastructure.

Renaissance Technologies is the third-biggest buyer of MicroStrategy’s stock since the summer

Links:

• SpaceChain Receives Grant from EUREKA GlobalStars-Singapore Call to Jointly Develop Decentralised Satellite Infrastructure with Consortium Partners
• SEC.gov | Liberty’s Loss
• Renaissance Technologies emerges as third-biggest buyer of MicroStrategy's stock since the summer - The Block

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 $19,030
Ethereum is down slightly at $592
and XRP is down 1.5% at 58 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
OriginTrail up 12%

MicroStrategy is back with another $50 million dollar bitcoin buy

Binance is set to clear $800M in profit this year.

Suzhuou is launching another large scale trial for the chinese digital yuan initiative.

OMG Network has been acquired by Genesis Block Ventures.

Over a million Ether have been staked in the Eth2 contract.

The S&P Dow Jones Indices looks to launch a crypto index next year

Links:

• Michael Saylor on Twitter: "MicroStrategy has purchased approximately 2,574 bitcoins for $50.0 million in cash in accordance with its Treasury Reserve Policy, at an average price of approximately $19,427 per bitcoin. We now hold approximately 40,824 bitcoins. https://t.co/nwZcM9zAXZ" / Twitter
• Chinese city of Suzhou to give away $3 million in digital yuan via lottery - The Block
• GENESIS BLOCK VENTURES (GBV) ACQUIRES SYNQA SUBSIDIARY OMG NETWORK - GBV Capital
• Over 1 million ETH, worth more than $605 million, has been staked in the Eth2 contract - The Block
• Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, Crypto’s Influence Miner: Bloomberg 50 2020 - Bloomberg
• S&P Dow Jones Indices to launch cryptocurrency indexes in 2021

Coinbase Facilitates MicroStrategy Purchase of Bitcoin

PlusToken Scammers to Prison

Ethereum 2.0 Now Live

Links:

• Coinbase Brokered MicroStrategy's $425M Bitcoin Purchase, Exchange Says - CoinDesk
• Ringleaders of PlusToken Scam Jailed for Up to 11 Years - CoinDesk
• Ethereum 2.0 is go: Genesis block of beacon chain winks into existence

Bitcoin is down 2% at $13,044
Ethereum is down 2% at $383
and XRP is down 2.5% at 24 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Digibyte up 18%

A flash loan was used to vote in a governance mechanism for MakerDAO.

Michael Saylor discusses personal BTC holdings.

Dry season brings Chinese miners' hash rate down 10%

Links:

• [Urgent] Flash Loans and securing the Maker Protocol - Updates - MakerDAO
• Michael Saylor on Twitter: "Some have asked how much #BTC I own. I personally #hodl 17,732 BTC which I bought at $9,882 each on average. I informed MicroStrategy of these holdings before the company decided to buy #bitcoin for itself." / Twitter
• Bitcoin hash rate drops over 10% as Chinese miners migrate to fossil fuel plants - The Block

Mick Mulvaney Joins The Digital Chamber of Commerce Board

MicroStrategy CEO Says Bitcoin 'Less Risky" Than Holding Cash

Reuters Reports Robinhood Rounds Up Robust G-Round: Rakes In $600 Million in Resources

Links:

• MicroStrategy CEO could ‘liquidate $200M in Bitcoin on a Saturday’
• Digital Chamber Adds Mulvaney to Board of Advisors; Visa, Goldman Join Executive Committee - CoinDesk
• Robinhood Raises Cool $660M in Extended Funding Round - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 2% at $10,880
Ethereum is down 2% at $374
and XRP is down 2% at 25 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Celo up 35%
and Curve up 15%

Kava labs has launched harvest.io a yield-generating DeFi platform for bitcoin and other non-ethereum assets.

Carolyn Wilkins, a bank of canada deputy, will not seek a re-election.

Michael Saylor explains MicroStrategy's Bitcoin buying.

An artist in South Carolina is tokenizing his body for tattoos.

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Links:

• Rarible - Bishop
• Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins will not seek second term - Bank of Canada
• MicroStrategy’s CEO reveals the company’s surprising Bitcoin buying strategy
• New Binance-Backed DeFi Site Lets You Earn Yield on Bitcoin, Other Non-Ethereum Assets - CoinDesk