Bitcoin is up slightly at $8,671
XRP is down slightly 26 cents
and Ethereum is down 1% at $183

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Verge up 48%
Cortex up 40%
Horizon up 19%
and QuarkChain up 19%

Blockchain.com’s lending business is coming out of stealth mode.

Two men have been arrested and charged in a US district court in Boston for a nationwide SIM-swap plot.

Walmart’s Canada unit has built a blockchain solution to track, verify and automte payments for its carriers.

Coinmine has added interest to its at-home crypto miners.

Links:

• Walmart builds blockchain solution to automate payments of its carriers in Canada - The Block
• US authorities arrest 2 in alleged SIM swap cryptocurrency theft scheme - The Block
• As credit concerns loom in crypto, Blockchain.com secretly builds multi-million dollar loan desk - The Block
• WATCH: Coinmine Adds Interest Payments to Its At-Home Crypto Miners - CoinDesk