Bitcoin is up 10%% at $34,819
Ethereum is up 11% at $1139
and Litecoin is up 6% at 162 dollars

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Stellar up 96%
Cardano up 37%
and NEM up 33%

Bitcoin has crossed 35k for the first time.

Grayscale removes XRP from large-cap fund.

Tetragon sues Ripple for stock redemption.

Former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler lost her senate seat in a run-off.

The office of the comptroller of the currency said federally regulated banks can use stable coins to conduct payments and other activities.

Links:

• Former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler Loses Senate Seat - CoinDesk
• Ripple Investor Sues to Force Stock Redemption on SEC Claim - Bloomberg
• Grayscale Drops XRP From Large Cap Crypto Fund Following Ripple SEC Suit - CoinDesk
• OCC Letter on Banks Using Stablecoins, Acting as Blockchain Nodes | Cryptocurrency | Cheque

Bitcoin is up 3% at $29,440
Ethereum is up .5% at $738
and Litecoin is up 2.5% at 127 dollars

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Nem up 19%
Theta Token up 18%

Congress wants more time to evaluate the FinCEN proposal.

Serbia re-legalizes digital assets trading and issuance.

Mining rig maker Ebang is set to become a crypto exchange in 2021.

Binance Pool signs on to support the Taproot bitcoin upgrade.

Xapo will end service to US customers as of March 1st .

Links:

• Xapo to Discontinue Service to US Customers in March - CoinDesk
• Ebang International Holdings Inc. to Launch Cryptocurrency Exchange in the First Quarter of 2021 Nasdaq:EBON
• Alejandro De La Torre on Twitter: "Binance responded with a YES for Taproot! 🎊 Mining pools in favor of the #taproot upgrade now at 91.05%!! Big thanks to the #bitcoin community for pressuring Binance to give us a response :) https://t.co/iyIUgBkbru" / Twitter
• Serbia Legalizes Digital Assets Trading and Issuance - CoinDesk
• US representatives ask Mnuchin to extend comment period for proposed wallet rule to traditional 60 days - The Block

Bitcoin is up 2% at $23,113
Ethereum is up 2% at $654
and XRP is up 2% at 58 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
The Graph up 96%
Zilliqa up 28%
Nem up 15%

Bitmain's financial woes come to light.

Coinbase taps Goldman Sachs for IPO lead.

Lil Pump launches PumpCoin on Fyooz.

The University of Glasgow turns to blockchain provenance to combat fake whiskies.

Links:

• University of Glasgow - University news - Everledger seals agreement with UofG to combat counterfeit Scotch whiskies
• Lil Pump Is Doing a Social Token Called PumpCoin - CoinDesk
• Crytpo exchange Coinbase taps Goldman Sachs for upcoming IPO - Business Insider
• Bitmain recorded a nearly $60M loss in 2019, lawyer says in court hearing - The Block

Bitcoin is down 1.5% at $19,009
Ethereum is down 3% at $592
and XRP is down 4% at 60 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Nexo up 17%
NEM up 15%

Stripe is partnering with Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Barclays to provide digital services for businesses.

Ripple’s CTO spoke about how the community could vote to force the burning of billions of XRP tokens held in escrow.

Cabify moves to offset its carbon emissions with the help of blockchain technology.

Terra announces Mirror Protocol.

Links:

• Ride-Sharing Giant Cabify to Track and Offset Carbon Emissions Using Blockchain Platform - CoinDesk
• Terra Brings 24-Hour Trading to Synthetic Versions of Stocks Like TSLA and AAPL - CoinDesk
• Stripe to Offer Banking Services in Deal With Goldman Sachs, Citigroup - WSJ
• IKHOR [FIAT-Limpator] on Twitter: "@JoelKatz @Meshinom Unralated question: If Nodes, validators and the community at large got together and we agree that its better for the community to burn the 50 billion XRP ripple has in escrows would that be possible? 🤔" / Twitter

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