Bitcoin is up slightly at $39,295
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,604
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $372

OMG Network up 17%
Mir Coin up 16%

Cake DeFi launches a $100M venture fund

Santander is set to offer loans secured by grain-based crypto tokens in Argentina.

Month over month Web traffic to crypto exchanges fell 20% in February.

Crypto-friendly candidate Yoon Suk-yeol wins bid for SK Presidency.

SoftBank plans NFT marketplace.

Links:

• Monthly web traffic to crypto exchanges fell by 20% in February
• South Korea: Conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol elected president - BBC News
• SoftBank Internet Arm Plans NFT Mall to Grow Global Footprint - Bloomberg
• Fintech Platform Cake DeFi Creates $100M Venture Capital Arm
• Así es la primera experiencia mundial que ofrece préstamos garantizados con criptoactivos - Post by Santander

Bitcoin is up slightly at $47,970
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,411
and Cardano is up 1% at $2.27

Dent up 20%
Arweave up 16%
OMG Network up 15%

Czech Prince William Rudolf Lobkowicz set to preserve historic paintings with NFTs.

Ripple announced a $250M fund to support NFT projects on XRP Ledger.

Miami’s partnership with CityCoins has brought in millions since the beginning of the project

San Jose partners with Helium to bring internet to low-income residents.

Links:

• Ripple launches a $250 million creator fund to support the growth of NFTs on its platform | Currency News | Financial and Business News | Markets Insider
• Old Meets New as Czech Royal Family Drops High-Art NFTs — CoinDesk
• San José Launches New Initiative to Help Low-Income Residents Pay for Internet Services | News | City of San Jose
• ’MiamiCoin’ cryptocurrency is a potential game-changer for city revenue - The Washington Post

Bitcoin is up slightly at $43,115
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,969
and Cardano is up slightly at $2.08

Polymath up 27%
Omg Network up 17%
Safemoon up 15%

Visa has developed a conceptual protocol that demonstrates how various CBDCs can be interoperable for payments.

A bug in the Compound finance upgrade makes extra COMP available to be claimed.

1inch blocks US trades in preparation for standing up American-only platform

Coinshift announces $2.5M seed round.

Links:

• Making digital currency interoperable | Visa
• Compound Labs on Twitter: "🚨 Unusual activity has been reported regarding the distribution of COMP following the execution of Proposal 062. No supplied/borrowed funds are at risk -- Compound Labs and members of the community are investigating discrepancies in the COMP distribution." / Twitter
• Crypto treasury management platform Coinshift raises $2.5 million
• DEX aggregator 1inch blocks out US trades in preparation for separate American platform

Bitcoin is down .5% at $51,378
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,901
and Cardano is down 1% at $2.84

Quant Network up 22%
OMG Network up 21%
Aelf up 16%

Bored Ape NFTs on auction with Sotheby’s exceeds expectations set by the auction house with 3 days to go.

Ethereum’s future open interest is setting new records

Senator Elizabeth Warren calls crypto the new shadow bank.

Australian neobank Volt inks partnership deal with exchange BTC markets.

Links:

• Crypto’s Rapid Move Into Banking Elicits Alarm in Washington - The New York Times
• Ethereum futures open interest sets new record as price nears ATH
• 101 Bored Ape Yacht Club | Ape in !2021 | Sotheby's

Bitcoin is up slightly at $19,030
Ethereum is down slightly at $592
and XRP is down 1.5% at 58 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
OriginTrail up 12%

MicroStrategy is back with another $50 million dollar bitcoin buy

Binance is set to clear $800M in profit this year.

Suzhuou is launching another large scale trial for the chinese digital yuan initiative.

OMG Network has been acquired by Genesis Block Ventures.

Over a million Ether have been staked in the Eth2 contract.

The S&P Dow Jones Indices looks to launch a crypto index next year

Links:

• Michael Saylor on Twitter: "MicroStrategy has purchased approximately 2,574 bitcoins for $50.0 million in cash in accordance with its Treasury Reserve Policy, at an average price of approximately $19,427 per bitcoin. We now hold approximately 40,824 bitcoins. https://t.co/nwZcM9zAXZ" / Twitter
• Chinese city of Suzhou to give away $3 million in digital yuan via lottery - The Block
• GENESIS BLOCK VENTURES (GBV) ACQUIRES SYNQA SUBSIDIARY OMG NETWORK - GBV Capital
• Over 1 million ETH, worth more than $605 million, has been staked in the Eth2 contract - The Block
• Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, Crypto’s Influence Miner: Bloomberg 50 2020 - Bloomberg
• S&P Dow Jones Indices to launch cryptocurrency indexes in 2021

Bitcoin is down 1% at $11,672
Ethereum is down 2% at $402
and XRP is down 3% at 28 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
OMG Network up 69%
0x up 35%
and Qtum up 17%

INX limited will launch its watershed initial public offering as soon as Monday.

US Congressman Tom Emmer of minnesota will take crypto donations for his reelection campaign.

Thailand is readying its judicial system records for a move to the blockchain.