Bitcoin is down slightly at $41,583
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,010
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $415

Gala up 28%
Origintrail, up 17%

Merkle Standard to pick up 5k Bitmain Pro Hydros

Qredo raises $80M at $460M valuation

Tron’s Justin Sun has been accused of a sort of governance attack by GFX labs

The Bank of England apparently highly unlikely to develop a retail wallet for CBDC.

Links:

• Crypto Miner Merkle Among First to Get Bitmain’s Newest Liquid Cooling Mining Rigs
• Qredo Announces an $80mm Series A Raise Led by 10T Holdings, with Strategic Investment from Coinbase, Avalanche and Terra | Business Wire
• Tron’s Justin Sun Accused of ‘Governance Attack’ on DeFi Lender Compound
• Bank of England is ‘highly unlikely’ to develop a retail wallet for CBDC

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 up .05% at $10,607
Ethereum is up slightly at $347
and XRP is down slightly at 23 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Origintrail up 80%

ICE seeks software to streamline financial auditing management including digital currencies like Bitcoin.

KuCoin CEO Johhny Lyu hints at known suspects from last month’s $281 million hack.

SEC chairman said the agency is open to the idea of a tokenized ETF.

September marked the first time in history that Etherum miners made more from fees than from block rewards.

Several employees at Coinbase take the severance packages following CEO Brian Armstrong’s offer.

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Links:

• Coinbase Employees Have Begun to Take Severance Packages - CoinDesk
• SEC Chairman Open to Crypto-based Exchange-Traded Fund
• lyu_johnny on Twitter: "A quick update since my last livestream on Sep 30. After a thorough investigation, we have found the suspects of the 9.26 #KuCoin Security Incident with substantial proof at hand. Law enforcement officials and police are officially involved to take action." / Twitter
• First time in Ethereum's history, miners made more from fees than from block rewards
• beta.SAM.gov

Bitcoin is down 2% at $11,242
Ethereum is down 5% at $423
and XRP is down 4% at 27 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Origintriail up 27%
Akropolis up 19%
and Just up 16%

Lawmakers in the US push for the federal government to use blockchain solutions for COVID relief.

Revolut brings cryptocurrency services to Australian residents.

AlphaBay darknet moderator Bryan Herrell faces 11 years in prison.

The canton of Zug will accept bitcoin and ether for tax payments starting 2021

Links:

• Swiss canton Zug to accept bitcoin and ether for tax payment from next year - The Block
• Lawmakers Ask Trump to Use Blockchain in COVID Relief - CoinDesk
• Digital Bank Revolut Expands Crypto Buying and Selling Service to Australia - CoinDesk
• AlphaBay darknet moderator, who was paid in bitcoin, is sentenced to 11 years in prison - The Block