Bitcoin is up slightly at $41,731
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,108
and Binance Coin down slightly at $432

Power ledger, up 27%

India’s central bank is creating a new fintech department.

SEC charged Crowd Machine & Craig Sproule over an unregistered ICO from 2018.

Gamestop makes crypto + NFT push.

ARC NFT social network planned.

Links:

• Singapore Tycoons’ Sons Plan Private NFT Club: Report
• GameStop Entering NFT and Cryptocurrency Markets as Part of Turnaround Plan - WSJ
• SEC charges Crowd Machine over allegedly unregistered ICO
• India’s Central Bank Creates Fintech Department as Challenges Posed by Crypto, CBDC Grow

Bitcoin is up 1% at 8,857
Ethereum is down half a % at $202
and XRP is up slightly at 19 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Theta Token up 26%
and Metic Network up 15%

CoinDCX picks up $2.5 million from Coinbase Ventures and Polychain Capital.

Tencent will invest $70 billion into new tech to move past the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thailand announced the Thai Digital Energy Development, a public-private venture with Power Ledger.

Craig Wright claims to own bitcoin addresses, those addresses send a message back.

Bitcoin is up 3% 8,980
Ethereum is up 3% at $214
and XRP is up 3% at 22 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Power Ledger up 37%
Bytecoin up 36%
and Hedra Hashgraph up 15%

MMC ventures points to equity funding as the area to be optimistic about within the UKs blockchain ecosystem.

Ripple has released their Q1 numbers showing their lowest ever XRP sales.

Fireblocks is reporting they’ve conducted $30 billion in digital asset transfers to date.

a16z raises $515m for their Crypto Fund II.

Links:

• Ripple posts its lowest ever XRP sales in Q1 2020 - The Block
• MMC Ventures report
• Fireblocks crosses $30 billion in digital asset transfers, expands in Asia - The Block
• Crypto Fund II - Andreessen Horowitz

Gemini Exchange Now SOC Type 1 Certified

Power Ledger Inks PV Trading Deal

Dutch Central Bank Wants CBDC Trial

Links:

• Winklevoss' Gemini Cryptocurrency Exchange Scores Another Security Qualification
• Power Ledger Rolls Out Blockchain-Based Solar Energy Trading in Western Australia
• Dutch Central Bank Wants to Be European Union's CBDC Proving Ground - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up slightly at 5,461
Ethereum is down 2% at $126
and XRP is up 2% at 15 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Mixin up 20%
Synthetix up 15%
Power Ledger up 15%

This week we saw the biggest price dump in bitcoin in the last 12 months. Now prices are holding above 5k.

Coinbase saw yearly record-breaking volumes on Thursday and Friday.

Consensus 2020 is going virtual due to COVID-19.

Links:

• Whale Watching: Exchange Data Contained Early Warning of Thursday's Bitcoin Dump - CoinDesk
• CoinDesk Takes Consensus 2020 Virtual - CoinDesk
• Coinbase volumes hit yearly highs after Thursday's market sell-off - The Block

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Power ledger up 37%
DragonCoins up 22%
Aragon network up 15%

Sweden’s central bank is starting tests on its digital e-krona.

The bZx attack vulnerability was identified over a month ago.

Decentraland has finally opened to the public.

Researchers are pointing out that the bitcoin lightning network is growing increasingly centralized.

Links:

• Bitcoin's Lightning Network Is Growing 'Increasingly Centralized,' Researchers Find - CoinDesk
• Ethereum-based virtual game world Decentraland has launched - The Block
• bZx attacks and 1inch.exchange allegations: Here’s what the teams have to say - The Block
• Sweden’s central bank starts testing its digital currency e-krona - The Block