Bitcoin is up 1% at $61,769
Ethereum is up 1% at $4,547
and Binance Coin up 6% at $658

LCX up 21%

Chinese police seize $62 million in alleged Filecoin miner Ponzi scheme.

Gary Gensler speaks about harsher crypto enforcement at the Securities enforcement forum.

Osmosis is working to prevent front running and the extraction of MEV.

Infrastructure bill passes, may require more of crypto users.

Solidus Labs raises $15M in strategic funding.

Bitcoin is down 1% at $17,751
Ethereum is down slightly at $474
and XRP is up 3% at 30 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Sushiswap up 25%
Yearn Finance up 17%

Solidus Labs is working on a crypto surveillance tool to help launch a Bitcoin ETF

Deutsche Bank says investors are increasingly keen on bitcoin over gold as an inflation hedge.

A sentiment index that measures fear and greed for bitcoin suggests "extreme greed" at 18k.

A Dubai investment firm is staking $10 million worth of Ethereum to support the Eth 2.0 launch.

CME bitcoin futures have crossed $1 billion in open interest

Links:

• Deutsche Bank Says Investors Increasingly Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold as Inflation Hedge - CoinDesk
• Solidus Labs Believes Its Crypto Surveillance Tool Can Help Launch a Bitcoin ETF | Nasdaq
• IBC Group to invest $10m in the launch of Ethereum 2.0
• Crypto investors exhibit 'extreme greed' as bitcoin crosses $18,000 - The Block
• CME bitcoin futures cross $1 billion in open interest — a new all-time high - The Block