Bitcoin is up slightly at $41,189
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,090
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $420

Thorchain. Up 17%

Blockchain. com sponsors the Dallas Cowboys NFL team.

Jack Dorsey's first tweet returns to the auction block.

Regulators in Texas and Alabama block sales of Cyprus-based Sand Vegas Casino Club NFTs.

Class action lawsuit levied against Uniswap Labs.

Bitcoin is up 1% at $48,047
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,478
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $441

Waves up 56%
Thorchain up 17%
Chiliz up 17%

Lawmakers in the US introduce an ECASH bill.

SEC proposal threatens DeFi with re-defining terms.

WisdomTree launches crypto ETPs for Solana, Cardano, and polkadot in Europe.

Hashdex hires European director

Links:

• _gabrielShapir0 on Twitter: "it's an all-out shadow attack on decentralized finance" / Twitter
• A new bill would launch a large-scale test of digital dollars - The Verge
• WisdomTree Launches Crypto ETPs for Solana, Cardano, Polkadot in Europe
• Brazil’s Hashdex hires Europe director to lead expansion

Bitcoin is up 1% at $41,032
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,800
and Binance Coin is up 2% at $392

Avalanche up 15%
Thorchain up 18%
Cake up 24%

Ukraine signs virtual assets bill into law

Mark Zuckerberg confirms Instagram NFTs

Lava Labs raises $10M series-A

Block invests in challenger bank Kyash.

Bitcoin is up 1% at $48,756
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,959
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $530

Near Protocol up 30%
Thorchain up 18%
Convex Finance up 23%

Uniswap live on Polygon.

Bitcoin miners generated more than $15B in 2021.

Crypto companies raised just over $25B in venture funding across the year.

Jack Dorsey warns against overdependance on VC for web3.

BAYC flips CryptoPunks by floor price.

Links:

• jack⚡️ on Twitter: "You don’t own “web3.” The VCs and their LPs do. It will never escape their incentives. It’s ultimately a centralized entity with a different label. Know what you’re getting into…" / Twitter
• Uniswap goes live on Ethereum scaling network Polygon
• Bitcoin miners generated more than $15 billion in revenue during 2021
• The Block Research

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 up 1% at $47,504
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,236
and Cardano is up slightly at $2.24

Vechain up 24%
AMP up 15%
THORchain up 15%

El Salvador has started mining bitcoin with geothermal energy from volcanos.

The bank of England starfs up third-party working groups to provide input into CBDC.

TikTok announces NFT collection that will partner with top creators.

Rugpull in Solana NFT project.

US Fed Chair Jerome Powell said he’d misspoken abut CBDCs replacing private cryptos.

Links:

• Nayib Bukele 🇸🇻 on Twitter: "We’re still testing and installing, but this is officially the first #Bitcoin mining from the #volcanode 🌋" / Twitter
• Membership of CBDC Engagement and Technology Forums | Bank of England
• TikTok launches first creator-led NFT collection | TikTok Newsroom
• Supposed 17-year-old artist sells $138,000 of fake NFTs and disappears
• Fed Chair Powell Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Banning Crypto — CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up slightly at $47,896
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,620
and Cardano is up slightly at $2.47

Sushi Swap up 22%
Avalanche up 18%
Thorchain up 16%

China increases hunt for illicit miners.

Nate Chastain accused of insider trading at OpenSea.

BitMEX’s first employee has agreed to be extradited to the US to face money laundering charges.

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin made Time’s ‘most influential’ list.

Links:

• China Said to Intensify Hunt for Cryptocurrency Miners in Hiding
• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
• Cryptocurrency executive agrees to extradition to face US banking law charges - The Royal Gazette | Bermuda News, Business, Sports, Events, & Community |
• Vitalik Buterin Is on the 2021 TIME100 List | TIME

Bitcoin is up slightly at $41,610
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,465
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $331

Neo up 39%
Thorchain up 25%
Chainlink up 16%

Ukranian president signs bill allowing for national CBDC.

Bank of America calls CBDCs inevitable and more effective than cash.

A new bill in congress is looking to more heavily tax crypto investors.

Wealthfront to offer crypto vehicles through Grayscale.

Links:

• You Can Now Get Exposure to Cryptocurrency in Your Wealthfront Portfolio - Wealthfront
• Ukraine's President Signs Law Allowing Central Bank to Issue a CBDC - CoinDesk
• Bank of America Calls CBDCs ‘More Effective' Than Cash in Research Note - CoinDesk
• New Infrastructure Bill Looks to Raise $30B Through Crypto Taxes - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 1% at $34,120
Ethereum is down 1% at $2,126
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $296

Augur up 33%
Alice up 24%
Theta Network up 15%

Binance US is considering an IPO says leader CZ

FTX has lowered the limits on leverage trading from 101x to 20x

A hacker stole $76,000 in rune tokens with clever bait and switch.

GlobalX filed for a Bitcoin ETF this week.

Bitcoin is down .5% at $32,280
Ethereum is down .5% at $2,051
and Binance Coin is down 2% at $287

SLP up 36%
Axie Infinity up 27%
Dent up 16%

The Tom Brady co-founded NFT Platform Autograph has partnered with Lionsgate and DraftKings

FV Bank awarded US patent for a stablecoin design based on government debt.

Zen Run and Virtually Human Studios pulls in $20M from a16z

ThorChain suffers another exploit.

Links:

• Autograph, the NFT Platform Co-Founded by Tom Brady, Announces Iconic Talent Deals & Strategic Relationships with DraftKings and Lionsgate
• A startup that lets you race NFT horses has raised $20 million from a16z, TCG
• THORChain on Twitter: "THORChain has suffered a sophisticated attack on the ETH Router, around $8m. The hacker deliberately limited their impact, seemingly a whitehat. ETH will be halted until it can be peer-reviewed with audit partners, as a priority. LPs in the ERC-20 pools will be subsidised." / Twitter
• US10977645B2 - Tokenized asset backed by government bonds and identity and risk scoring of associated token transactions - Google Patents

Bitcoin is up slightly at $31,396
Ethereum is up .5% at $1,864
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $299

Electroneum up 59%
SLP up 24%

Bitcoin futures are coming to Bank of America.

DeFi wallet Phantom raises $9M in a series-A led by a16z.

Thorchain lost 4k Ether in an attack

Google searches for Bitcoin price have reached a 7-month low

PayPal is increasing the limits on customer purchases of crypto per week from 20k to 100k

Links:

• Press Release: Increased Purchase Limits for Crypto on PayPal
• Google Searches for 'Bitcoin Price' Reach 7-Month Low - CoinDesk
• THORChain Suffers Another Exploit | RUNEBase
• DeFi wallet Phantom raises $9 million in Series A funding led by A16z
• Bank of America has begun clearing bitcoin futures

Bitcoin is down .5% at $58,477
Ethereum is down slightly at $2084
and Binance Coin is up 1% at 436.15

Those are your leaders by market cap, top gainers in the last 24 hours…

Waves up 39%
Enjin Coin up 25%
ThorChain up 19%

The DeFi alliance added Coinbase to its roster.

Riot Blockchain signed a contract to pick up 42,000 mining machines from Bitmain.

Coinme launched 300 Bitcoin-enabled kiosks in Florida

Robinhood reports 9.5M customers trading crypto on-app in Q1.

Revolt is adding support for 11 new tokens.

Links:

• Revolut adds 11 new tokens including Uniswap and Cardano
• How Crypto Fits Into Robinhood’s Mission | by Christine Brown | Apr, 2021 | Robinhood
• Coinbase on Twitter: "Coinbase has joined the @defialliance, an open association supporting DeFi startups. We look forward to working together to grow the cryptoeconomy." / Twitter
• Riot Blockchain Announces Milestone Purchase Order of 42,000 S19j Antminers, Growing Total Hash Rate to 7.7 EH/s Upon 2022 Deployment Nasdaq:RIOT
• Coinme Launches 300 Bitcoin-Enabled Kiosks in Florida - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 2% at $31,854
Ethereum is down 2% at $1225
and Polkadot is down 3% at $17.26

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Decentraland up 23%
ThorChain up 15%

Michael Saylor and Microstrategy pick up another 10M in Bitcoin.

Bank of International Settlements to test central bank digital currencies on own platform.

Sberbank has applied to become a licensed digital assets issuer—plans own stablecoin.

Huobi COO Jiawei Zhu detained at length as part of OTC investigation.