Bitcoin is down slightly at $36,688
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,455
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $372

Theta fuel up 24%

Putin wants a regulated crypto mining industry.

DeFi Protocol Wonderland dealing with the nature of a Decentralized, sometimes anonymous community.

Once-shiny Diem indeed selling — to Silvergate capital for $200M

FTX.US closes round with $8B valuation

Links:

• Putin Backs Bitcoin (BTC), Crypto Mining Despite Bank of Russia’s Ban Plans - Bloomberg
• DeFi protocol Wonderland is allegedly run by QuadrigaCX co-founder
• Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Venture to Wind Down, Sell Assets - WSJ
• Crypto exchange FTX US valued at $8 bln as first fundraise draws SoftBank, Temasek | Reuters

Bitcoin is down slightly at $36,011
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,368
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $337

Theta Fuel up 15%
Unus Sed Leo up 15%

Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade reaches its 90% mandate

Mythical games closes a $75m funding round.

A bill for New York crypto mining died in assembly after passing through the state senate.

Block.one has pays $27.5M to settle a class-action lawsuit

Bitcoin is down 3% at $35,512
Ethereum is down 4% at $2,613
and Binance Coin is down 4% at $386

Amp up 20%
Wootrade up 17%
Theta fuel up 15%

Jack Dorsey tweeted yesterday that Square is considering developing a bitcoin hardware wallet.

Sotheby’s has opened a virtual replica of its London galleries in Decentraland

China is launching a new copyright protection blockchain

Links:

• Sotheby’s Opens Virtual Replica of Its London Galleries in Decentraland - CoinDesk
• Jack on Twitter: "Square is considering making a hardware wallet for #bitcoin. If we do it, we would build it entirely in the open, from software to hardware design, and in collaboration with the community. We want to kick off this thinking the right way: by sharing some of our guiding principles." / Twitter
• China Launches New Copyright Protection Blockchain - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 2% at $36,731
Ethereum is up 3% at $2,559
and Binance Token is up 2% at 331

Pundi X up 25%
Theta Fuel up 15%

Dubai says the country has not launched its own cryptocurrency

Brad Garlinghouse thinks Ripple will still go public, eventually.

Chainalysis says whales bought 77k BTC ($3B+)

BurgerSwap was exploited for just over $7M

Links:

• Ripple Waiting for SEC Suit Resolution Before Going Public - CoinDesk
• Dubai Media Office on Twitter: "Dubai Coin cryptocurrency was never approved by any official authority. The website promoting the coin is an elaborate phishing campaign that is designed to steal personal information from its visitors. https://t.co/Q0HBXfqaDO" / Twitter
• Igor Igamberdiev on Twitter: "1/7 Another flash loan attack on a major DeFi protocol on BSC. Today $7.2M was stolen from @burger_swap in 14 transactions. Let’s see what’s happened👇 https://t.co/gZQwiJGJ6X" / Twitter
• Chainalysis Market Intel | Blockchain analysis for cryptocurrency markets

Bitcoin is up 1.5% at $24,865
Ethereum is down 1% at $622
and XRP is down 19% at 30 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Theta Fuel up 41%
Zillqua up 15%

XRP falls steeply on SEC lawsuit.

Jay Clayton Resigns early.

SEC lawsuit "unprecedented".

Turkey set to pilot CBDC

Bitcoin tops 25k

PayPal & BitGo talks fall through.

Links:

• Bitstamp to Halt XRP Trading, Deposits in US Due to SEC Lawsuit - CoinDesk
• PayPal drops plans to acquire crypto firm BitGo | Fortune
• Turkey to Pilot Digital Currency in 2021, Says Central Bank Governor - CoinDesk
• SEC.gov | Statement of SEC Chairman Jay Clayton
• Former SEC Commissioner says Ripple lawsuit will cause 'multi-billion dollar losses to innocent third parties' - The Block