Links:

• Dubai finance watchdog approves listing of Bitcoin fund
• Redditors cheer as GameStop assembles a team of NFT experts
• Blockchain Development Platform QuickNode Raises $35M

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 $33,898
Ethereum is up .5% at $2,165
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $303

Axie Infinity up 45%
Celsius Network up 17%
Theta Network up 15%

Amazon is looking to hire a digital currency lead.

Reddit selects Arbitrum to scale the Ethereum-based community points system.

This week the decentralized identity startup Magic raised $27M in a series A.

22 year-old British man arrested in connection with last year’s massive Twitter hack.

Links:

• British Man Arrested in Connection With Last Year’s Massive Twitter Hack - CoinDesk
• Decentralized identity startup Magic raises $27 million in Series A funding
• Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead - Job ID: 1644513 | Amazon.jobs
• (3) Scaling Reddit’s Community Points with Arbitrum : ethereum
• Brazilian Police Seize $33M in Crypto Money Laundering Probe - CoinDesk

Ether High

Binance Drops Forbes Suit

Reddit Raises 250 Million in Series E Funding Round

Links:

• Ether Hits $1,800 for First Time as Market Cap Passes $200B - CoinDesk
• Binance quietly drops ‘multi-million’ Forbes defamation lawsuit
• Reddit Raises $250M After WallStreetBets' GameStop Pump - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 6.5% at 9,662
Ethereum is up 4.5% at $202
and XRP is up 2% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Crypterium up 30%
Matic network, up 20%
Reddcoin up 16%

The New York Digital Investment Group discloses an unknown 140 million bitcoin fund.

The correlation between Bitcoin and the S&P 500 has reached a 2 month low

Reddit is beta testing two ethereum-based tokens for users to collect rewards.

After the halving shakeup in the mining sector Lubian is now the 6th largest mining pool.

Links:

• Firm With Ties To Former ‘Sheriff Of Wall Street’ Discloses $140 Million Bitcoin Fund
• Bitcoin's correlation to stocks has declined significantly - The Block
• Reddit Rolls Out 'Community Points' on Ethereum to Incentivize Positive Behavior - CoinDesk
• Little-known Lubian is now one of bitcoin's biggest mining pools - The Block
• Visa is seeking a patent for 'digital fiat currency' – and the filing points to a central bank use case - The Block
• First State-Owned Entity Joins Libra Association - CoinDesk
• Aggrieved Investors Mull Suing Telegram Over Canceled TON Blockchain Project - CoinDesk