Bitcoin is up 5% at 6,997
Ethereum is up 6% at $146
and XRP is up 3% at 18 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Steem up 34%
Waykichain up 33%
Unibright up 17%

Binance confirmed they acquired CoinMarketCap.

Binance is launching its own mining pool as well as adding staking, savings, and loans.

Github to back up the codebases for Bitcoin core and Ethereum under the arctic in Svalbard

Links:

• Binance is launching its own crypto mining pool - The Block
• Github is backing up the codebases for Bitcoin Core and Ethereum under the Arctic ice in Svalbard - The Block
• Privacy-focused Brave browser added 1M new users in March - The Block
• Binance confirms CoinMarketCap acquisition - The Block

Bitcoin is up 10% at 5,624
Ethereum is up 10% at $124
and XRP is up 6% at 15 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Steem Token up 151%
Dash up 29%
and Zcash up 18%

The Steem token saw a huge lift in price with Binance and Huobi vouching to support the Steem blockchain hard fork.

The S&P500 VIX (fear index) closed at all-time highs this week.

The FDIC has approved the deposit insurance application for Square.

Hawaii has announced a regulatory sandbox for digital currency issuers.

Links:

• Binance, Huobi to support Steem's hard fork into Hive; the steem token is up by 180% - The Block
• The S&P500 "Fear Index" closed at all time highs this week as volatility across assets remain near historic highs - The Block
• Square's new industrial loan company receives approvals ahead of planned 2021 launch - The Block
• Hawaii is establishing a regulatory sandbox for digital currency issuers - The Block

Bitcoin is down 0.5% at $8597
XRP is down 1% at 23 cents
and Ethereum is down 1% at $221

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bezant up 37%
Steem up 17%
Burst up 16%

Major exchanges OKEx and Bitfinex were hit with a DDOS attack with no users impacted.

Coinbase tested the facial recognition software owned by Clearview AI.

The chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell says Coronavirus poses "evolving risks" to the US economy.

niTRON is postponed indefinitely.

Links:

• TRON’s 2020 summit for next week has been postponed indefinitely due to coronavirus - The Block
• Coinbase tested facial recognition software developed by controversial startup Clearview AI - The Block
• Crypto exchanges OKEx and Bitfinex hit by DDoS attacks, no users impacted - The Block

Bitcoin is up 0.5% at $10,248
XRP is up 1% at 33 cents
and Ethereum is up 1% at $270

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bytecoin up 25%
Steem up 19%
Siacoin up 15%

The IOTA Foundation pauses its network, saying between $300K and $1.2M worth of tokens stolen from users of Trinity wallet.

US Government agencies are seeking millions of dollars in additional funding for to support their cryptocurrency oversight and enforcement efforts.

The key management network Torus has exited beta and open sourced its codebase.

Links:

• IOTA Foundation pauses network, says between $300K and $1.2M worth of tokens stolen from users of Trinity wallet - The Block
• U.S. agencies seek millions in new funding to bolster crypto efforts, budget documents show - The Block
• Key management network Torus exits beta, open-sources its codebase - The Block

Bitcoin is up 1% at $8,903
XRP is up 2% at 24 cents
and Ethereum is up 2% at $171

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Kick token up 96%
Steem up 34%
Bytecoin up 34%

Block.one is changing the blockchain structure behind Voice, its Facebook-challenging social network.

Binance partners with a subsidiary of Yahoo! Japan to operate a separate exchange in the country.

The Libra association forms a 5 member committee to oversee the technical development of the Libra project.

The Proof of Trust plans to list on the London Stock Exchange.

Links:

• Binance ties up with Yahoo! Japan subsidiary to operate a separate exchange in the country - The Block
• Libra Association forms 5-member committee to oversee technical development of the project - The Block
• Blockchain Arbitration Firm Proof of Trust Plans London Stock Exchange Listing - CoinDesk
• Block.One Will Not Launch Its Social Network on EOS - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 2% at $8,063
XRP is up 1% at 21 cents
and Ethereum is up 3% $142

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bytecoin up 37%
Steem up 23%

The people’s bank of china has said that the top level of its design for their digital currency has reached completion.

Spencer Dinwiddie says he's going to be allowed to tokenize his contract beginning January 13th.

A revised lawsuit is coming back to Bitfinex and Tether for allegedly manipulating the bitcoin market.

A LedgerX board member is raising his concerns about the ousting of the founders.

Links:

• China’s central bank says it has completed ‘top-level’ design of digital currency - The Block
• Market manipulation lawsuit against Bitfinex, Tether has been revised and refiled - The Block
• LedgerX Board Member Says Company in Disarray After Founders' Ouster - CoinDesk