Bitcoin is down slightly at $63,316
Ethereum is down slightly at $4,118
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $491

Moon river up 22%
OKB up 18%
Thorchain up 18%

Greenidge Generation Holdings to acquire South Carolina location, considers Texas plots.

FTX raises $420,690,000 in their series B-1.

Bored Ape #8585 (a crowned, mutated ape with trippy fur) sells for a record 696.969ETH ($2.7M)

Worldcoin makes waves with its Orb rollout.

Links:

• Crowned Bored Ape with trippy fur sells for record $2.7 million
• FTX Raises $420,690,000
• Greenidge announcement
• This Startup Wants to Scan Your Eyes With a Silver Orb for Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is down 1% at $37,111
Ethereum is down .05% at $2,454
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $358

Chiliz up 40%
AMP up 27%

IMF watching El Salvador closely ahead of meeting.

OKcoin is awarding a 100k grant to Brink a bitcoin development Non-profit.

State-chartered banks in Texas have gotten the green light for crypto asset custody

British Billionaire Alan Howard leads a $25M investment in the London crypto custodian Copper.

Links:

• Alan Howard makes fresh investment in crypto start-ups | Financial Times
• Texas State Regulator Greenlights Banks to Custody Crypto - CoinDesk
• Okcoin Awards $100K Grant to Bitcoin Development Non-Profit Brink - CoinDesk
• IMF Sees Risks After El Salvador Makes Bitcoin Legal Tender - Bloomberg

Bitcoin is down 1% at $51,015
Ethereum is up 1% at $1826
and Cardano is up slightly at .87

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
PancakeSwap up 30%
IOST up 25%
Decred up 18%

Bitcoin mining offline in storm-swept Texas.

Christies set for first-of-its-kind auction of Beeple's work.

2nd ETF races through Canadian approvals.

Dubai free zone becomes first UAE government entity to accept bitcoin.

Links:

• NYDIG Bitcoin ETF
• Bitcoin Mining Farms in Texas Offline From Winter Storm - CoinDesk
• Dubai free zone KIKLABB starts accepting Bitcoin - first government entity to do so | Markets – Gulf News

Bitcoin is up .5% at $48,010
Ethereum is up 1% at $1810
and Cardano is up 1% at .87

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Theta Token up 17%
Kusama up 16%
The Graph up 15%

ConsenSys is helping Iranian women learn solidity with grants and scholarships.

Coinbase ventures and paradigm led a $12M round for Synthetix.

Paypal wants to be a CBDC distributor.

Argo Blockchain plots new 200MW facility in Texas.

Links:

• LOI Signing - 07:00:04 10 Feb 2021 - ARB News article | London Stock Exchange
• Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm Invest $12M in Synthetix DeFi Platform - CoinDesk
• ConsenSys Grants Help Iranian Women Learn Solidity - CoinDesk
• PayPal Wants to Be a CBDC Distributor - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 1% at $9,261
Ethereum is up 1% at $240
and XRP is up 1% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Aave up 20%
Hyperion, up 15%

A New York appeals court rules against Bitfinex and Tether re: jurisdiction, and the legal standing of Tether.

Over half the PPP funds in the crypto sector went to development firms and financial services.

A securities regulator in Texas has accused a south african trading pool of fraud.

Canaan Creative was in the news this week for internal troubles.