Bitcoin is up .5% at $30,149
Ethereum is up .5% at $1837
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $305

Golem up 16%

A grand jury indicts former head of product at OpenSea Nathaniel Chastain over insider trading.

Kanye West files for NFT trademark applications

Chipotle to accept crypto

Sam Bankman-Fried signs billionaires' giving pledge.

Links:

• Former Employee Of NFT Marketplace Charged In First Ever Digital Asset Insider Trading Scheme | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice
• Kanye West's Yeezus files for NFT trademarks
• Chipotle Lovers Can Now Buy Burritos With Bitcoin and Ether
• SBF on Twitter: "I'm excited and honored to sign the Giving Pledge: https://t.co/9Z6eTdR1a0" / Twitter

Bitcoin is up .5% at $36,020
Ethereum is up .5% at $2,702
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $377

OpenSea’s Discord was apparently hacked to promote a scam NFT pass

Block reports $1.73B in bitcoin sales via cash app

Copy-paste error sees $3M of Juno tokens sent to inaccessible address.

US Court orders BitMex founders to pay $30M.

Links:

• US Court Orders BitMEX Founders to Pay $30M for Illegal Trading
• PeckShieldAlert on Twitter: "#PeckShieldAlert #phishing @opensea discord is exploited, youtubenft[.]art is the phishing site. Do NOT fall prey to it! https://t.co/rjqMpTnpjW" / Twitter
• Block reports $1.73 billion in bitcoin sales via Cash App during Q1 2022

Bitcoin is up .5% at $39,085
Ethereum is up .5% at $2,895
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $391

OpenSea acquires NFT aggregator GEM

City of Fort Worth Texas votes to become a bitcoin miner

The New York Assembly has passed a two-year crypto mining moratorium bill on carbon-fuled mines.

Central African Republic adopts Bitcoin as legal tender. .

Bitcoin is up slightly at $40,475
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,001
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $400

Dogecoin, up 15%
The Graph up 15%

Moonbird #2642 sets records — selling for for 350Eth on OpenSea.

Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram was hacked yesterday.

Meta opening brick-and-mortar stores.

Doge was up on Elon’s Twitter takeover

Bitcoin is up slightly at $40,535
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,011
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $411

Binance seizes $5.8M linked to the Axie Infinity hack.

OpenSea suspends trading of the Sands Vegas Casino Club NFTs

Ukraine’s central bank has banned crypto purchases in local currency.

A man in New York has been arrested for crypto mining fraud.

Links:

• Ukraine's Central Bank Bans Crypto Purchases in Local Currency
• OpenSea Stops Gambling Apes NFT Trading | PYMNTS.com
• CZ 🔶 Binance on Twitter: "The DPRK hacking group started to move their Axie Infinity stolen funds today. Part of it made to Binance, spread across over 86 accounts. $5.8M has been recovered. We done this many times for other projects in the past too. Stay #SAFU." / Twitter
• Man Charged With Defrauding Customers Who Sought To Buy Cryptocurrency-Mining Computers And Miner-Hosting Services | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice

Bitcoin is down slightly at $46,478
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,488
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $427

The graph up 15%
Convex finance up 19%

The CME Group looking at futures options for Solana's SOL and Cardano's ADA

Dev's tighten security following Ronin's 600M exploit.

OpenSea introduces credit card options for platform.

Fractal has picked up 35M in seed funding.

Bitcoin is down .5% at $39,015
Ethereum is down .5% at $2,646
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $379

Mir Coin up 36%
Anchor Protocol up 19%

Revolut is banning transfers in Russia and Belarus

CVS has filed for trademark on NFTs and health services in virtual and augmented reality.

Shake Shack is offering customers crypto rewards through Cash App.

A Mickey Mantle baseball card NFT has sold for 471k in an OpenSea auction

Links:

• Healthcare giant CVS files for NFTs and virtual goods trademark
• Shake Shack Tests Bitcoin Rewards to Lure Younger Consumers - WSJ
• Russian-born Revolut boss denounces war in Ukraine
• Mickey Mantle Baseball Card NFT Sells for $471K in OpenSea Auction

Bitcoin is down .5% at $41,494
Ethereum is down 1% at $2,724
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $395

Golem up 15%

Infura infrastructure affects Metamask/OpenSea users.

Circle delays DeFi API product.

Manchester City inks sponsorship deal with crypto exchange OKX.

Alan Howard leads $7.5M raise for French DeFi platform Nested.

Links:

• Manchester City Announces Official Cryptocurrency Exchange
• Why Infura cannot serve certain areas – MetaMask
• Circle delays its DeFi API product, citing need for regulatory guidance
• Infura on Twitter: "In response to the concerns we have been hearing, we want everyone to know that we corrected the problem that so many of you have pointed out. In changing some configurations as a result of the new sanctions directives from the United States and other jurisdictions, we" / Twitter
• MetaMask 🦊💙 on Twitter: "MetaMask is a client-side wallet that strives to make the blockchain maximally accessible to everyone. Infura had a misconfiguration this morning, but it has been corrected now." / Twitter
• Alan Howard leads $7.5 million raise into DeFi trading platform Nested

Bitcoin is up .5% at $39,033
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,742
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $382

NuCypher up 18%
Terra, up 15%

OpenSea hit with a $1M lawsuit by Timothy McKimmy

UK regulator raises flag on crypto mergers following the Bitpanda-Trustology deal.

Peckshield reports devs behind the meme coin web3memes has rugged 235k from users.

Laura Shin worked with Chainalysis to identify notorious The Dao hacker

Links:

• Exclusive: Austrian Programmer And Ex Crypto CEO Likely Stole $11 Billion Of Ether
• (3) PeckShieldAlert on Twitter: "#rugpulls PeckShield has detected $Web3Memes https://t.co/IOHWEjhmVC rugged. 0x5adbffa751abcdfc94d2a81f5657113d37a3494f has deposited 625 BNB to @TornadoCash. Stay AWAY from tokens that are deployed by funds withdrawn from @TornadoCash. https://t.co/bsWpHALz0b" / Twitter
• UK financial regulator issues warning shot on crypto mergers following Bitpanda deal
• 1-1 | PDF | Diversity Jurisdiction | Lawsuit

Bitcoin is down slightly at $38,348
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,642
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $381

Injective protocol up 15%

Rough seas on OpenSea — possible phishing exploit.

250k white hat bounty for TOA

Pplpleasr announces Shibuya: a decentralized video platform.

Links:

• Devin Finzer (dfinzer.eth) on Twitter: "As far as we can tell, this is a phishing attack. We don’t believe it’s connected to the OpenSea website. It appears 32 users thus far have signed a malicious payload from an attacker, and some of their NFTs were stolen." / Twitter
• Neso on Twitter: "Seen confusion about the OS thing so. Attacker had people sign half of a valid wyvern order, the order was basically empty except the target (attacker contract) and calldata, attacker signs other half of order." / Twitter
• Tree of Alpha on Twitter: "Coinbase's "largest-ever bug bounty" How a flaw in the new Advanced Trading feature would have allowed a malicious user to sell BTC or any other coin without owning them, and how Coinbase's reaction speed on a Super Bowl Friday averted a possible crisis. Bounty: $250,000 https://t.co/Y91M48pCcI" / Twitter
• Pplpleasr announces decentralized video platform at ETHDenver

Bitcoin is down slightly at $42,533
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,912
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $400

Orchid up 21%
SLP up 17%

Aave debuts Lens Protocol

Former attorney pleads guilty to Bitcoin fraud that pulled $5M from investors.

Netflix orders docuseries on Bitfinex money launderers.

OpenSea launches venture arm and NFT ecosystem grant program.

Links:

• Disbarred Attorney Pleads Guilty To $5 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice
• OpenSea launches venture arm, NFT ecosystem grant program

Bitcoin is up .5% at $38,716
Ethereum is up .5% at $2,783
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $384

Solana, up 16%
Mina up 15%

Hackers move $3.55B worth of Bitcoin from 2016 Bitfinex hack

Alexis Ohanaian has raised a 500M to for crypto startup investments

OpenSea has said that over 80% of its free NFT mints were plagiarism, spam, or fake.

US Senate is set to have a hearing on stablecoins

Links:

• US Senate slates hearing on stablecoins for February 15
• OpenSea on Twitter: "To all the creators in our community impacted by the 50 item limit we added to our free minting tool, we hear you and we're sorry. We have reversed the decision. But we also want to offer an explanation ↯ https://t.co/Y3igaE1RM2" / Twitter
• Alexis Ohanian’s Venture-Capital Firm Raises $500 Million, Doubles Down on Crypto Startups - WSJ
• Hackers Move $3.55B Worth of Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack

Bitcoin is down .5% at $36,264
Ethereum is down 1% at $2,375
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $378

Ethereum-BSC bridge X-bridge exploited for $80M

OpenSea listing corrections see frontrunning issue.

Anheuser-Busch launching NFT project: Bud Light Next

$670M of Bitcoin moved off of centralized exchanges.

Links:

• Qubit Finance on Twitter: "The protocol was exploited by; 0xd01ae1a708614948b2b5e0b7ab5be6afa01325c7 The hacker minted unlimited xETH to borrow on BSC. The team is currently working with security and network partners on next steps. We will share further updates when available." / Twitter
• OpenSea tries to save NFTs but pesky frontrunners are poaching them
• Bitcoin Worth $670M Leaves Centralized Exchanges After Hawkish Fed Comments

Bitcoin is up .5% at $36,583
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,442
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $373

Fantom up 23%
Helium up 19%
Vechain up 18%

MicroStrategy Still buying

Elon Musk tweets at McDonalds I will eat a happy meal on tv if you [sic] accept Dogecoin

Blockparty partners with Warner Music Group

OpenSea releases update to stop NFT exploit

Thailand is set to ban digital asset operators from crypto as a means of payment

Bithumb announces they’ll block unregistered addresses.

Links:

• Thailand to regulate use of digital assets as payments | Reuters
• WMG Digital Collectibles Platform Blockparty Partners with Warner Music Group
• NFT Marketplace OpenSea Launches New Listing Manager After Discount Bug
• South Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb Will Block Unregistered Wallets

Bitcoin is up slightly at $42,194
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,133
and Binance Coin up slightly at $465

Ecomi, up 16%

OpenSea acquires Dharma Labs

Binance destroys over 1.6M BNB tokens in their latest burn

India’s Prime minister Narendra Modi called for for global cooperation on cryptocurrency at Davos

ESMA vice chair calls for proof of work mining ban

SoFi wins conditional approval to create a nationally chartered bank

Links:

• OpenSea Acquires Dharma Labs, Welcomes New CTO - OpenSea Blog
• 18th BNB Burn | Binance Blog
• Indian Prime Minister Calls for Global Cooperation on Cryptocurrency
• OCC Conditionally Approves SoFi Bank, National Association | OCC
• EMSA position on POW mining — Financial Times

Bitcoin is down 1% at $42,700
Ethereum is down 1% at $3,291
and Binance Coin down 1% at $492

Immutable X, up 18%

Chinese state backed Blockchain Services Network (BSN) moves closer to supporting NFTs 

Gemini acquires Bitria

Cooper Turley has been suspended from the DAO Friends With Benefits over bigoted tweets.

Crypto Data firm Lukka raises funds a $1.3B valuation

The Ghozali Everyday collection — an OpenSea sensation.

Links:

• Gemini Acquires BITRIA, Unlocking the Digital Asset Ecosystem for Wealth and Asset Managers
• China-backed Blockchain Services Network eyes support for NFTs
• Lukka Exceeds Billion-Dollar Milestone in Latest Fundraise | Business Wire
• Ghozali Everyday - Collection | OpenSea

Bitcoin is up .5% at $47,163
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,929
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $546

Major bug identified - patched on the Solana Protocol Library.

Free JPMorgan NFT listed on OpenSea for 420 Eth.

FTX.US adds support for Ethereum based NFTs

Blockchain .com opening NFT marketplace.

The SEC charges NY state resident over fraudulant ICO, mining co.

Links:

• SEC.gov | SEC Charges Citizen With Digital Asset Fraud
• Coming Soon: Blockchain.com NFT. Starting today, you can sign up to get… | by Thianh | @blockchain | Dec, 2021 | Medium
• JPMorgan Gave Away NFTs at an Event This Week. One Is Now Listed for 420 ETH
• Solana library bug could have seen attackers stealing $27 million an hour

Bitcoin is up 3% at $61,010
Ethereum is up 3% at $4,160
and Binance Coin is up 5% even at $480

Shiba Inu up 47%
Dogecoin up 37%
Fantom up 15%

China says it will release a new national blockchain standard next year.

Cream Finance has been hacked for more than $130M

El Salvador buys another 420 Bitcoin

Adobe partners with OpenSea and other marketplaces to display NFT credentials.

Links:

• Cream Finance 🍦 on Twitter: "Our Ethereum C.R.E.A.M. v1 lending markets were exploited and liquidity was removed on October 27, 1354 UTC. The attacker removed a total of ~$130m USD worth of tokens from these markets, using this address: https://t.co/17sPIDpCmr No other markets were impacted." / Twitter
• El Salvador announces purchase of 420 bitcoin, worth nearly $25 million
• Adobe partners with OpenSea and other NFT marketplaces to display content credentials
• China to Release National Blockchain Standard Next Year, Says Official: Report
• MicroStrategy Adds Almost 9,000 Bitcoins to Its Holdings in Third Quarter

Bitcoin is up slightly at $47,896
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,620
and Cardano is up slightly at $2.47

Sushi Swap up 22%
Avalanche up 18%
Thorchain up 16%

China increases hunt for illicit miners.

Nate Chastain accused of insider trading at OpenSea.

BitMEX’s first employee has agreed to be extradited to the US to face money laundering charges.

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin made Time’s ‘most influential’ list.

Links:

• China Said to Intensify Hunt for Cryptocurrency Miners in Hiding
• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
• Cryptocurrency executive agrees to extradition to face US banking law charges - The Royal Gazette | Bermuda News, Business, Sports, Events, & Community |
• Vitalik Buterin Is on the 2021 TIME100 List | TIME

Bitcoin is up slightly at $46,435
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,412
and Cardano is down slightly at $2.49

Tezos up 30%
Luna up 28%
Avalanche up 15%

Mastercard acquires crypto tracing firm ciphertrace

A bug on OpenSea destroys $100k worth of NFTs.

Steph Curry joins Tom Brady as an FTX ambassador.

La Liga partners with Sorare as first top soccer league to offer NFTs of all the players.

The Algorand foundation launches $300M DeFi innovation fund

Links:

• OpenSea bug destroys $100,000 worth of NFTs, including historical ENS name
• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
• LaLiga partners with Sorare to enter the world of NFTs
• Mastercard Acquires CipherTrace to Enhance Crypto Capabilities | Business Wire
• Algorand Foundation Launches $300 Million USD Viridis Fund to Support DeFi Innovation | Algorand Foundation

Bitcoin is up .5% at $44,579
Ethereum is up .5% at $2,998
and BNB is up 1.5% at 407

Ethos up 41%
Avalanche up 37%
Cosmos up 19%

Japan’s Liquid exchange was hacked late yesterday. The full impact is not yet known.

Coinbase is increasing its reserves from $1.1B to a stockpile of $4.4B in case of a crypto winter.

The operator of the bitcoin mixing service Helix pleads guilty to laundering more than $300M.

Fintech darling Bitpanda raised another 263M.

The google search volume for the NFT marketplace OpenSea reached an all-time high last week.

Links:

• Liquid Global Official on Twitter: "Important Notice: We are sorry to announce that #LiquidGlobal warm wallets were compromised, we are moving assets into the cold wallet. We are currently investigating and will provide regular updates. In the meantime deposits and withdrawals will be suspended." / Twitter
• Coinbase Builds a $4 Billion Cash Pile To Weather Tighter Regulation, Crypto Risks - WSJ
• Operator of bitcoin mixing service Helix pleads guilty to money laundering
• Google search volume for OpenSea at an all-time high
• Bitpanda Crypto Startup Raises $263 Million in Series C Funding

Bitcoin is down 1% at $39,641
Ethereum is down 1% at $2,290
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $311

Quant Network up 38%
Terra up 18%
Amp up 16%

Robinhood IPO.

Lending platform Vauld raised $25M.

Uniswap deletes video from EthCC conference that suggested partnerships.

Coke creates first brand inspired collection of NFTs.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is releasing classical music NFTs on Rarible.

Links:

• Uniswap Says It's Talking With PayPal, Robinhood and More in Deleted Video - CoinDesk
• Vauld Raises $25M Round Led By Valar Ventures to Build
• Tafi-Coca-Cola NFT | Tafi Avatar
• Rarible – Create, sell or collect digital items secured with #blockchain

Links:

• OpenSea is the latest crypto unicorn after $100M funding round
• US Patent Granted to Stablecoin Concept Backed by Government Debt - CoinDesk
• BNY Mellon Follows State Street in Backing New Crypto Trading Platform: Report - CoinDesk
• China wants US senators to ‘stop making trouble’ out of digital yuan

Bitcoin is up .5% at $59,102
Ethereum is up .5% at $1,841
and Binance Coin is down slightly at 269.11

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
BitTorrent up 83%
Pundi X up 55%
Tron up 16%

Coinbase fined $6.5M by CFTC.

The Guggenheim museum is looking for MBA interns who have an opinion on NFT artworks.

NFT marketplace OpenSea raised 23 million in a series A round led by a16Z.

Wirex defends tradmark in high court.

Buyer of $69M Beeple NFT reveals himself.

Links:

• CFTC Orders Coinbase Inc. to Pay $6.5 Million for False, Misleading, or Inaccurate Reporting and Wash Trading | CFTC
• Even NYC's Highfalutin Guggenheim Museum Is Looking at NFTs, Job Posting Suggests - CoinDesk
• NFTs: The First 5000 Beeples - The Metapurser
• Brown Rudnick Client Wirex Wins Cryptoback Trade Mark Infringement Claim Against Cryptocarbon and Bee-One - Brown Rudnick
• NFT marketplace OpenSea raises $23M in Series A round led by a16z