Bitcoin is down slightly at $36,007
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,685
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $374

NY Senate committee will not consider New York moratorium on mining in this session.

US offers $15M in rewards to catch Conti cyber criminals.

Google is building a web3 team

US ads blender to North Korea sanctions list.

Bitcoin is down slightly at $42,279
Ethereum is down 1% at $3,222
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $452

Secret network, up 15%
Frax share up 16%

US Congress gears up for oversight hearing into crypto mining’s effect on the environment.

Tennis Australia is bringing the Australian Open to Decentraland

Samsung brings flagship 837 store to Decentraland

New York Department of Financial Services hires deputy superintendent for crypto.

Links:

• Australian Open serves up its own NFTs and moves into the Decentraland metaverse - Stockhead
• Perter Marton LinkedIn
• Samsung enters the metaverse, opening flagship 837 store in Decentraland
• US Congress to Hold Oversight Hearing on Crypto Mining: Report

Bitcoin is up slightly at $47,896
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,620
and Cardano is up slightly at $2.47

Sushi Swap up 22%
Avalanche up 18%
Thorchain up 16%

China increases hunt for illicit miners.

Nate Chastain accused of insider trading at OpenSea.

BitMEX’s first employee has agreed to be extradited to the US to face money laundering charges.

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin made Time’s ‘most influential’ list.

Links:

• China Said to Intensify Hunt for Cryptocurrency Miners in Hiding
• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
• Cryptocurrency executive agrees to extradition to face US banking law charges - The Royal Gazette | Bermuda News, Business, Sports, Events, & Community |
• Vitalik Buterin Is on the 2021 TIME100 List | TIME

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 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

Bitcoin is down 1.5% at $11,580
Ethereum is down 4% at $390
and XRP is down 2.5% at 28 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Augur up 39%
and Decentraland up 26%

Former UBER CSO faces felony charges for a 2016 attempt to quash security breach with six-figure Bitcoin hush money.

A new bitcoin mining facility with 50-thousand rigs is readying for a september debut.

Polychain capital’s cryptocurrency hedge fund has added 19.5 million in investments

A Tokyo court has granted a protective order that will aid in the recovery of funds lost in a 2018 Coincheck hack

Links:

• Polychain Capital's Original Crypto Fund Raises an Additional $19.5M - CoinDesk
• Bitcoin Mining Facility With Room for 50,000 Rigs Set to Launch in Kazakhstan - CoinDesk
• Tokyo court grants protective order to recover some funds lost in the 2018 Coincheck hack - The Block

Bitcoin is down 6% at 6,237
Ethereum is down 5% at $128
and XRP is down 4% at 17 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Cybervein up 23%
HXRO up 17%

Singapore has granted several crypto firms limited term exemptions for licensing.

San Francisco based Solana has raised 1.8 million from its launch auction on Coin List.

Last week saw the second-largest decrease in bitcoin mining difficulty in the network’s history.

Coinbase says Coinbase Commerce has proessed $200 million in transactions since it launched.

Links:

• Coinbase says its Commerce platform has seen $200 million in transactions processed since launch - The Block
• Ripple, Coinbase get license exemption in Singapore for a limited period  - The Block
• Bitcoin’s mining difficulty sees the second-largest drop in history - The Block
• Blockchain project Solana raises $1.76M from its launch auction on CoinList - The Block

Bitcoin is up slightly at 9,130
XRP is up 2% at 24 cents
and Ethereum is up 3% at $239

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Machine Exchange up 42%
Hendra Hashgraph up 32%
Bytecoin up 20%

India’s central bank is planning on filing a review petition on the Supreme Court’s crypto ruling.

Bitcoin mining equipment maker Canaan has been sued by one of its investors for violating the U.S. security laws

A New York power plant is reportedly mining roughly $50,000 in bitcoin each day

Arweave a blockchain startup has raised $8.3 million in new funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, and Coinbase Ventures.

Links:

• India's central bank plans to file a review petition on Supreme Court's crypto ruling - report - The Block
• Bitcoin mining hardware maker Canaan hit with securities lawsuit in U.S. court - The Block
• A power plant in New York is reportedly mining roughly $50,000 in bitcoin each day - The Block
• Blockchain startup Arweave secures $8.3M from Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, and Coinbase Ventures - The Block