NK Hackers Target SK, US

SEBA Bank AG Offers Private Label Tokens

Links:

• North Korean Hackers Ramp Up Efforts to Steal Crypto Amid Coronavirus Pandemic - CoinDesk
• Crypto Native SEBA Bank Offers Asset Tokenization Service With TokenSoft Tie-Up - CoinDesk

Bitwise Withdraws ETF App
UN Raps N Korea Crypto Conference
Headed to WEF? Consider Crypto Davos

Links:

• Bitwise Withdraws Long-Standing Bitcoin ETF Application
• United Nations Says Stay Away From North Korean Crypto Conference
• Storming the Gates: How 'Crypto Davos' Became a Thing - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,350
XRP is even at 30 cents
and Ethereum is up 3% at $192

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
IoTeX, up 24%
and Dentacoin, up 15%

The UN has said that North Korea has been using blockchain company to launder stolen funds.

Turkey is working on a blockchain-based national digital currency.

Dune Analytics a platform for visualizing data on the Ethereum blockchain has emerged from stealth mode.

a16z has led the $5 million investment round for Arweave, a protocol for storing internet information permanently.

Coca-Cola’s technology operations oversight is partnering with SAP to leverage blockchain technology to examine their supply chain.

Links:

• Binance-backed Dune Analytics comes out of stealth mode - The Block
• Andreessen Horowitz leads $5M round in blockchain-based internet archive - The Block
• Coca-Cola's bottlers expand blockchain pilot with SAP - The Block

North Korea Developing Own Crypto

Central Banker Says CBDC Go od Tool

EOS Has Trouble

Links:

• North Korea Plans Bitcoin-Like Cryptocurrency to Sidestep Sanctions - CoinDesk
• Everyone's Worst Fears About EOS Are Proving True - CoinDesk
• Central Banker: CBDCs Are a Flexible Tool for Zero-Interest Rate World

Libra Grilled

US Sanctions Three

Neufund Go

Links:

• Global Central Banks to Question Facebook-Led Libra Over Financial Risks - CoinDesk
• US Sanctions Three Alleged Crypto Hacking Groups from North Korea - CoinDesk
• Neufund Gets Nod from Liechtenstein Regulator for Token Offerings - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 3% at $9,890
XRP is up 1% at 25 cents
and Ethereum is up 2% at $173

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Burst up 25%
and Grin up 18%

North Korea is denying the UN report that suggests the nation was behind major hacks of banks and cryptocurrency exchanges.

Craig Wright asking for an addiditional 14 days to challenge the judge’s decision because of hurricane dorian.

The Thai crypto exchange bitcoin co is shuttering after 5 years.

Phillipino boxer and senator Manny Pacquiano is launching his own cryptocurrency called ‘pac’.

Soviet-era factories are finding a second life as Bitcoin mining farms.

Links:

• Craig Wright Aims to Challenge Court Decision That Cost Half His Bitcoins - CoinDesk
• Bitcoin Mining Farms Are Flourishing on the Ruins of Soviet Industry in Siberia - CoinDesk
• North Korea denies it amassed $2 billion through cyberattacks on banks - Reuters
• Thai crypto exchange Bitcoin Co. shutting down abruptly after 5 years of service - The Block

Bitcoin even at 11,780
Ethereum down 2% at $230
XRP up 4% at .32

Top gainers in the last 24 hours
Digibyte, up 18%
Zclassic, up 18%
Partcl, up 17%

The Federal Reserve has decided it must develop a new interbank system of real-time settlements.

The UN Security Council North Korea Sanctions Committee said that hackers from North Korea stole up to $2 Billion to fund North Korea’s weapons programs.

Facebook has hired Susan Zook of Main Street Consulting to help it lobby for Libra.

Libra faces data privacy concerns.

Links:

• Samsung Now Offering 17 Crypto Apps in Blockchain Keystore - CoinDesk
• US Federal Reserve Launching Payment System, Crypto Bulls Nonplussed
• North Korea Stole $2 Billion in Cryptocurrency From Exchanges, Says UN
• Facebook Hires US Senator's Former Aide to Lobby for Libra Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk
• Global Regulators Warn on Privacy Risks of Facebook's Libra - CoinDesk