Bitcoin is up .5% at $40,468
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,905
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $405

Senator Cynthia Lummis wants the federal reserve holding bitcoin

Sequoia capital is launching a $500M+ crypto fund

PeckShield flags hackers moving ether from AscendEX breach.

UAE set to license virtual asset providers by the end of Q1

Fireblocks has acquired crypto payments processor First DAG

Links:

• UAE Readies National Cryptocurrency Licensing in Push to Embrace Fintech - Bloomberg
• PeckShield on Twitter
• Sequoia earmarks $500mn for push into cryptocurrency markets | Financial Times
• Cynthia Lummis. Full Crypto Webinar - YouTube
• Fireblocks acquires First DAG in cash-and-stock deal

Links:

• Eqonex CEO Steps Down Amid Talks of Potential Merger Options
• Dubai World Trade Centre to create new crypto hub and become regulator
• Ether Call Demand Signals Anticipation of Year-End Rally

Bitcoin is even at $34,632
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,224
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $294

Aave up 17%
Compound up 16%
Elrond up 15%

Beijing and Suzhou are testing digital yuan payments on subways.

Million Doge Disco launches today.

Bitcoin mining difficulty records largest drop in history.

Casper Labs and SJM Group partner to promote web3 adoption in the UAE.

Links:

• Greenidge Generation Announces Letter of Intent to Expand Bitcoin Mining Operation to Site in South Carolina
• Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Records Largest Drop in History - CoinDesk
• CasperLabs & SJM Group Partner to Promote Web3 Adoption in
• Doge Disco
• Beijing, Suzhou enable China's digital yuan payments for subways

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