Bitcoin is up slightly at $51,397
Ethereum is down slightly at $1901
and Cardano is up .5% at .92

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Binance Coin up 33%
Huobi Token up 17%
Elrond up 16%

Ethereum finds new all time high above $1900.

Coinbase is valued at $77B ahead of its IPO

Kia Motors America is apparently the victim of a ransomware attack

Mastercard partners with Island Pay & Bahamas central bank for prepaid card linked to the Sand Dollar.

Sweden’s Riksbank will extend its pilot project for a CBDC for another 12 months

Links:

• Kia Motors America suffers ransomware attack, $20 million ransom
• Coinbase, Readying for Public Listing, Gets $77B Valuation From Nasdaq Private Market - CoinDesk
• Swiss canton of Zug starts accepting tax payments in cryptocurrency
• Mastercard inks partnership for prepaid card linked to Bahamas CBDC
• Riksbank extends test of technical solution for the e-krona | Sveriges Riksbank

Bitcoin is down slightly at $11,353
Ethereum is down slightly at $368
and XRP is down 0.5% at 24 cents

Those are your leaders by market cap

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Ampleforth up 27%

DOJ unseals documents about Tether bribery case

Zora raises $2 million in a seed round

The NYDFS is hosting a techsprint to develop new digital methods to submit regulatory reports.

Officials in the Bahamas say the Sand Dollar will eventually work internationally

Links:

• Press Release - October 15, 2020: Superintendent Lacewell Announces DFS To Host First-Ever Techsprint To Advance the Department’s Regulator of The Future Vision | Department of Financial Services
• Officials from the Central Bank of The Bahamas say the digital 'Sand Dollar' will eventually work internationally - The Block
• Tether Stablecoin Used by Drug Cartel Money Smugglers, DOJ Claims - Decrypt
• Crypto-driven marketplace Zora raises $2M to build a sustainable creator economy – TechCrunch

Bahamas First in CBDC With October Surprise

Kiyosaki Says US Bankrupt Buy Gold, Silver and Bitcoin

CB Insights Buys Blockdata

Links:

• Bahamas to Roll Out 'Sand Dollar' Digital Currency Next Month - CoinDesk
• Covid-19 vaccine will spark Bitcoin ‘crash’ — Rich Dad Poor Dad author
• CB Insights Buys Blockdata to Build Out Blockchain Data Offering - CoinDesk