Bitcoin is up slightly at $42,194
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,133
and Binance Coin up slightly at $465

Ecomi, up 16%

OpenSea acquires Dharma Labs

Binance destroys over 1.6M BNB tokens in their latest burn

India’s Prime minister Narendra Modi called for for global cooperation on cryptocurrency at Davos

ESMA vice chair calls for proof of work mining ban

SoFi wins conditional approval to create a nationally chartered bank

Links:

• OpenSea Acquires Dharma Labs, Welcomes New CTO - OpenSea Blog
• 18th BNB Burn | Binance Blog
• Indian Prime Minister Calls for Global Cooperation on Cryptocurrency
• OCC Conditionally Approves SoFi Bank, National Association | OCC
• EMSA position on POW mining — Financial Times

Bitcoin is down 2% at $40,014
Ethereum is up 8% at $1317
and XRP is up 4% at 33 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Dash up 50%
Maker up 47%
Bitcoin Cash up 34%

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty reaches record high.

A test for the digital yuan has given us a look at the card-based hardware wallets.

PayPal, Coinbase invest in TaxBit.

Brad Garlinghouse takes to Twitter to answer questions re: SEC lawsuit.

SoFi may go public.

Kyrgyzstan proposed first regulatory framework for crypto.

Links:

• Kyrgyzstan Has Proposed Its First Regulatory Framework for Crypto - CoinDesk
• EXCLUSIVE-SoFi to go public through merger with Palihapitiya-backed SPAC | Reuters
• TaxBit Secures Investments from PayPal Ventures and Coinbase Ventures; Winklevoss Capital Doubles Down
• Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits Record High Amid Miner Revenue Surge - CoinDesk
• China Is Testing A Hardware Wallet For Digital Yuan
• Brad Garlinghouse on Twitter: "I’m not going to litigate the SEC’s unproven allegations on Twitter, and as you can imagine, there are new considerations to what can / should be said publicly after the litigation process starts. However, I would like to address 5 key questions I’ve seen. 1/10" / Twitter

Bitcoin is down 0.5% at $13,758
Ethereum is down 1% at $388
and XRP is down 2% at 24 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Digitex Futures up 37%
Harmony up 17%

Bitcoin briefly broke $14k this morning — a 33 month high.

UK police have investigated and reported no crime in an alleged $3M crypto staking scam.

Avanti receives go-ahead from Wyoming state regulator for digital asset custody business and AVIT.

SoFi has received conditional US regulatory approval to set up a national bank.

Ripple is set to invest in SBI Holdings’ MoneyTap

SoFi Buys Galileo

Bank of England Says Private Companies Could Partner in CBDC

CasperLabs Launching Own Crypto

Links:

• SoFi Acquires Payment Processor Galileo in $1.2 Billion Deal
• Private Companies Could Play Role in Digital Currency Issuance, Bank of England Says - CoinDesk
• ETH 2.0 Development Firm CasperLabs to Work on Its Own Blockchain

Bitcoin is down 2% at $10,022
XRP is down 1% at 29 cents
and Ethereum is down 1% at $216

Those are your leaders by market cap

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Counterparty up 14%

SoFi is beta testing a crypto trading feature with Bitcoin, Litecoin, and ethereum.

Korean conglomerate CJ is developing a blockchain-based music copyright system.

Verizon just secured a patent to create virtual SIM cards on a blockchain.

Wells Fargo is describing its internal blockchain for cross-border money transfers as faster and more efficient than SWIFT.

Links:

• SoFi is beta testing a crypto trading feature with bitcoin, litecoin, and ether - The Block
• Korean Conglomerate CJ Develops Blockchain for Music Copyright - CoinDesk
• Verizon Just Won a Patent to Create Virtual SIMs on a Blockchain - CoinDesk
• Wells Fargo's Stablecoin 'Faster, Cheaper' Than SWIFT, Says Exec - CoinDesk