Bitcoin is down slightly at $34,695
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,568
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $357

Julian Sawyer appears to step down as CEO of Bitstamp.

Meta plans NFT pilot.

Nvidia settles charges with the SEC

Under Armour will drop NFTs with Steph Curry

Pangea picks up 85M in funding.

Links:

• Meta’s Instagram to Support NFTs From Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, Flow
• SEC.gov | SEC Charges NVIDIA Corporation with Inadequate Disclosures about Impact of Cryptomining
• Under Armour to mint NBA Warriors' Stephen Curry-inspired NFTs
• (1) Julian Sawyer (@julian_sawyer) / Twitter
• Crypto Wunderkinds Secure $85 Million to Start Own Hedge Fund Pangea - Bloomberg — Strategy is to focus on three to seven proven tokens

Bitcoin is down slightly at $54,350
Ethereum is up slightly at $1,677
and Binance Coin is up 5% at 254.71

Holo up 28%
Filecoin up 22%
Bittorrent up 15%

Bank of Japan forms CBDC committee.

Hut 8 mining corporation has purchased $30M worth of Nvidia’s new CMP.

New Zealand funds management limited put 5% of its KiwiSaver growth fund into BTC.

Benjamin Reynolds ordered to pay more than $571M for his fraudulent bitcoin trading scheme.

Links:

• Bank of Japan statement
• Hut 8 Buys $30M Worth of Nvidia's New Crypto Mining GPUs - CoinDesk
• Investment or speculation: KiwiSaver fund enters the bitcoin era | Stuff.co.nz
• Federal Court Orders UK Man to Pay More Than $571 Million for Operating Fraudulent Bitcoin Trading Scheme | CFTC

Bitcoin is down slightly at $52,583
Ethereum is up slightly at $1932
and Binance Coin is up 1% at 269

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Huobi Token up 21%
Iota up 15%
Neo up 15%

Nvidia unveils new chip for Ethereum mining.

Ebang raises $70M in a follow-up public offering.

Bill Gates says he's "neutral" on Bitcoin.

Fidelity Charitable received 28 million dollars in crypto donations in 2020.

Links:

• Squawk Box on Twitter: ""I don't own #Bitcoin. I'm not short Bitcoin," says @BillGates. "I do think moving money into a more digital form and getting transaction costs down, that's something the Gates Foundation does in developing countries." https://t.co/DDe5X196ax" / Twitter
• GeForce Is Made for Gaming, CMP Is Made to Mine | The Official NVIDIA Blog
• Ebang International Announces Closing of Follow-on Public Offering | Ebang International Holdings Inc.
• Fidelity Charitable Giving Report

Bitcoin is up 1% at $11,086
Ethereum is down 1% at $384
and XRP is down 1% at 25 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Uniswap up 40%
and Celsius network up 17%

Blockchain Capital joins Libra.

A transparency blockchain measure has been voted down in Germany.

Investors are suing NVIDIA over the 2017 mining boom.

Uniswap up over 40%, questions bubbling about security and the SEC.

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Links:

• Investment Firm Blockchain Capital Joins Libra Association - CoinDesk
• German Lawmakers Vote 'Nein' on Blockchain for Transparency on Megaprojects - CoinDesk
• Investors Aren't Entitled To 'Crypto Craze' Docs, NVIDIA Says - Law360
• The runaway success of Uniswap's token raises an old question: is it a security? - The Block