Bitcoin is up slightly at $46,166
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,479
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $446

Coinbase is looking to hire 1,000 people in India.

Oklahoma considering legislation to incentivize bitcoin miners

Officials in Turkey seek 40,000-year sentence for former CEO of Thodex.

BitMEX is laying off 75 employees after bank acquisitions fall through.

Links:

• Turkey Seeks 40,000 Years of Jail Time for Missing Crypto CEO - Bloomberg
• OK SB590 | 2022 | Regular Session | LegiScan
• Lighting Up The Map: How Coinbase Plans To Scale Globally | by Coinbase | Feb, 2022 | The Coinbase Blog
• BitMEX lays off 75 employees after bank acquisition collapses

Bitcoin is down 3% at $8,598
XRP is down 3% at 23 cents
and Ethereum is down 5% at $164

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Cybervein up 29%
Salus up 25%
and Waltonchain up 17%

Reginald Fowler is moving towards a guilty plea for running an unlicensed money transmission business.

The CSA, Canada's top financial watchdog has told crypto exchanges they will be subject to securities law if they act as custodians to users' digital assets.

Oklahoma senator Nathan Dahm is proposing creating a state-chartered financial institution that would serve as "the central depository for virtual currency used by governmental agencies in this state.”

The SEC has filed a civil suit on friday against Boaz Manor and Edith Pardo in connection with an allegedly fraudulent ICO that raised $30 million.

Links:

• Alleged 'shadow banker' for crypto exchanges moves toward guilty plea on unlicensed money transmission business charge - The Block
• Ex-NFL Team Owner Intends to Plead Guilty to Running Unlicensed Money Transmitter - CoinDesk
• Canadian Regulatory Group Targets Crypto Exchanges Holding Users' Digital Assets - CoinDesk
• Oklahoma lawmaker proposes state-chartered crypto depository - The Block
• U.S. government files twin lawsuits against operators of Blockchain Terminal's $30 million ICO - The Block