Bitcoin is up slightly at $46,166
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,479
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $446

Coinbase is looking to hire 1,000 people in India.

Oklahoma considering legislation to incentivize bitcoin miners

Officials in Turkey seek 40,000-year sentence for former CEO of Thodex.

BitMEX is laying off 75 employees after bank acquisitions fall through.

Links:

• Turkey Seeks 40,000 Years of Jail Time for Missing Crypto CEO - Bloomberg
• OK SB590 | 2022 | Regular Session | LegiScan
• Lighting Up The Map: How Coinbase Plans To Scale Globally | by Coinbase | Feb, 2022 | The Coinbase Blog
• BitMEX lays off 75 employees after bank acquisition collapses

Links:

• Turkey Plans to Present Law on Cryptocurrencies in October: Report - CoinDesk
• Grayscale Unveils DeFi Fund Linked to New CoinDesk Index - CoinDesk
• Coal-Based Bitcoin Mining Jumps In Kazakhstan Amid China's Ban | ZeroHedge

Bitcoin is up .5% at $50,104
Ethereum is up .5% at $2306.40
and Binance Coin is up 2% at 520.70

BitTorrent up 15%

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President Biden announced tax plan adjustments yesterday that pushed bitcoin and the broader market into a slide

Turkish exchange Thodex is being accused of fraud

The Graph launches micro transaction system Scaler

Huobi asset management has launched four crypto funds

Links:

• Bitcoin sinks below $50,000 as cryptos stumble over Biden tax plans | Reuters
• Thodex Bitcoin ($BTC) Cryptocurrency Investors Fear Losses as CEO Goes Missing - Bloomberg
• The Graph Launches Microtransaction System for Blockchain Data Providers - CoinDesk
• Huobi Asset Management Raises $50M for Crypto 'Tracker' Funds - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 1% at $60,623
Ethereum is up .5% at $2400
and Binance Coin is down 3% at 515.20

VeChain up 31%
Bitcoin Cash up 24%
Bitcoin SV up 19%

Turkey has banned payments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Bitmain is set to launch a new Ethereum ASIC miner — the AntMiner E9

Dapper Labs is raising money at a $7.5B valuation.

Sotheby’s Pak NFT hauls in nearly $17M

Dogecoin shut down Robinhood on Thursday night.

Links:

• Auction house Sotheby's NFT sale yields nearly $17M
• A new generation of investors, crypto, and Robinhood — Under the Hood
• Bitcoin tumbles after Turkey bans crypto payments citing risks | Reuters
• NFT Startup Dapper Labs Raising Money at Over $7.5 Billion Valuation — The Information
• Antminer_main on Twitter: "#AntminerE9 is coming soon! Ready to set the world on fire! #Bitmain #Antminer #ETH #ethereum https://t.co/NAFzE8F3iu" / Twitter

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

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,350
XRP is even at 30 cents
and Ethereum is up 3% at $192

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
IoTeX, up 24%
and Dentacoin, up 15%

The UN has said that North Korea has been using blockchain company to launder stolen funds.

Turkey is working on a blockchain-based national digital currency.

Dune Analytics a platform for visualizing data on the Ethereum blockchain has emerged from stealth mode.

a16z has led the $5 million investment round for Arweave, a protocol for storing internet information permanently.

Coca-Cola’s technology operations oversight is partnering with SAP to leverage blockchain technology to examine their supply chain.

Links:

• Binance-backed Dune Analytics comes out of stealth mode - The Block
• Andreessen Horowitz leads $5M round in blockchain-based internet archive - The Block
• Coca-Cola's bottlers expand blockchain pilot with SAP - The Block