Bitcoin is down 2% at $20,852
Ethereum is down 2% at $1137
and Binance Coin is down 1.5% at $219

Waves, up 19%
Zilliqa up 20%

BIS addresses CBDCs and crypto

Solend Whale moves funds

Ukraine sells dontated cryptopunk for $100k

Deutsche Börse signs deal with Kaiko

Cloudflare web outage ripples into exchanges

Links:

• Deutsche Börse Xetra - Deutsche Börse partners with Kaiko to extend its market data offering in the crypto sector
• CBDCs, Not Crypto, Will Be Cornerstone of Future Monetary System, BIS Says
• Cloudflare Status - Cloudflare Service Issues
• Alex Bornyakov on Twitter: "Breaking news on crypto donations: #CryptoPunk #5364 has been sold for 90 ETH. It's over $100K. Few months ago this NFT was donated for @_AidForUkraine fund. Crypto community continues to support Ukraine." / Twitter

Bitcoin is up slightly at $40,535
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,011
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $411

Binance seizes $5.8M linked to the Axie Infinity hack.

OpenSea suspends trading of the Sands Vegas Casino Club NFTs

Ukraine’s central bank has banned crypto purchases in local currency.

A man in New York has been arrested for crypto mining fraud.

Links:

• Ukraine's Central Bank Bans Crypto Purchases in Local Currency
• OpenSea Stops Gambling Apes NFT Trading | PYMNTS.com
• CZ 🔶 Binance on Twitter: "The DPRK hacking group started to move their Axie Infinity stolen funds today. Part of it made to Binance, spread across over 86 accounts. $5.8M has been recovered. We done this many times for other projects in the past too. Stay #SAFU." / Twitter
• Man Charged With Defrauding Customers Who Sought To Buy Cryptocurrency-Mining Computers And Miner-Hosting Services | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice

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 down .5% at $38,778
Ethereum is down .5% at $2,572
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $367

Ukraine releases details about raising funds selling NFTs

Japan sets penalties on crypto exchanges for violating sanctions against Russia

Mila Kunis backed TV show "The Gimmicks" hands control over to NFT holders

Solana based NFT marketplace Magic Eden has raised a 27M series A.

Links:

• Ukraine to launch NFT to mark history of Russian invasion | Ukraine | The Guardian
• Japan urges crypto exchanges to comply with Russia sanctions
• Solana-Based NFT Marketplace Magic Eden Raises $27M Series A

Bitcoin is up slightly at $43,594
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,916
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $411

Anchor Protocol up 19%
Frax Share up 15%

Ukraine has cancelled their recently announced airdrop

Russia sanctions may mean tougher Fed stance on crypto.

Billboard and Universal Music Group partner for NFT project: ChartStars.

Pantera capital is leading a $10M investment round in Rarify

Links:

• Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy | U.S. House Committee on Financial Services
• Pantera Capital Leads $10M Investment in NFT Infrastructure Startup Rarify
• Billboard and Universal Music Group partner to launch NFT project
• Mykhailo Fedorov on Twitter: "After careful consideration we decided to cancel airdrop. Every day there are more and more people willing to help Ukraine to fight back the agression. Instead, we will announce NFTs to support Ukrainian Armed Forces soon. We DO NOT HAVE any plans to issue any fungible tokens" / Twitter

Bitcoin is down slightly at $43,973
Ethereum is down .5% at $2,983
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $411

Convex Finance up 24%
Render Token up 15%

The Advertising Standards Authority in the UK has banned ads for Floki Inu

Ukraine has promised an airdrop following crypto donations.

Moonpay picks up World of Women #5672 for just under $1M

Bitcoin miners picked up over a billion in revenue in February

Lawmakers in the EU remove possible bitcoin ban from proposed legislation.

Links:

• Stefan Berger on Twitter: "Richtig ist: Der Paragraph ist nicht mehr im Text. Der Bericht muss erst noch im Ausschuss abgestimmt werden. Bei dieser Abstimmung sehen wir dann, wo die Mehrheiten liegen. Die Entscheidung ist noch nicht gefallen #MiCA" / Twitter
• Ukraine / Україна on Twitter: "Airdrop confirmed. Snapshot will be taken tomorrow, on March 3rd, at 6pm Kyiv time (UTC/GMT +2 hours). Reward to follow! Follow subsequent news re Ukraine’s crypto donation campaign at @FedorovMykhailo" / Twitter
• MoonPay strikes again with $754,000 World of Women NFT purchase at Christie's
• Bitcoin miners brought in just over $1 billion in revenue during February
• Floki Inu - ASA | CAP

Bitcoin is up slightly at $38,295
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,636
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $367

Ruble denominated Bitcoin volumes hit a 9-month high

Ukraine government receives more than $20M in donations from crypto citizens

Binance pledges $10M to intergovernmental and non governmental organizations in Ukraine.

Ukraine plans to make legal demands on crypto exchanges in order to halt access to crypto for all Russian citizens

eBay is looking into taking crypto payments

Bitcoin is up .5% at $39,674
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,809
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $378

EU commits to cutting Russian banks off from SWIFT due to Ukraine Invasion

Ukraine is apparently forming a task force to surveil Russian politicians crypto wallets

Co-founders of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX plead guilty to violating the US Bank Secrecy Act

Coinbase Ventures lead Katherine Wu departs for VC firm Archetype.

Goldman Sachs veteran Roger Bartlett leaves Wall Street for Coinbase

Bitcoin is up 1% at $39,343
Ethereum is up 2% at $2,707
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $364

Terra up 27%
Fantom up 21%
Avalanche up 15%

China is increasing restrictions to jail those found raising funds through crypto sales.

Robinhood error shows incorrect market price for BTC

Ukrainian NGOs receive hundreds of thousands in BTC donations to support military groups.

Warner Music Group signs partnership with Splinterlands

Links:

• Ukrainian military group receives hundreds of thousands in BTC donations
• Robinhood Help on Twitter: "The Robinhood app experienced a temporary issue that led to an incorrect display price for crypto for an hour at 6:50 pm PT. The issue is now resolved. Some customers may have unfilled market orders due to this display issue. We apologize for any inconvenience caused." / Twitter
• China can now jail people if funds raised via crypto from public
• Warner Music Group and Splinterlands Collaborating on Play-to-Earn Games - Decrypt

Bitcoin is up 1% at $50,337
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,958
and Cardano is up 1% at $2.98

Solana up 19%
Near protocol up 17%
Revain up 15%

Inter Milan has signed a $100M sponsorship deal with Zytara Labs and the Digital Bits Foundation.

A pyramid scheme in Eastern Europe picked up $1.5 billion in bitcoin from Russia and Ukraine.

Playboy is minting a collection of NFTs on the art of gender and sexuality

Bitcoin miners posted $1.4B in revenue for august

Links:

• CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
• Russian pyramid scheme netted over $1.5 billion in bitcoin throughout Eastern Europe, says Chainalysis
• August saw the second highest bitcoin mining revenue ever 

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 up slightly at $33,050
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,041
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $278

Ecomi up 21%
Celo up 16%

The Thailand SEC files a criminal complaint against Binance.

Softbank has invested $200M in the Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin.

New legislation in Ukraine puts their future CBDC on equal footing with cash.

FaZe Clan has dropped a member and suspended 3 following alleged involvement in a crypto scam

A Sotheby’s auction for a Tim Berners-Lee original source code for the world wide web has sold for $5.4M

Links:

• Mercado Bitcoin, Latin America’s Largest Digital Assets Platform, raises $200 Million USD from SoftBank | Business Wire
• NFT of the original World Wide Web code fetches $5.4 million at Sotheby's
• FaZe Clan on Twitter: "A statement from FaZe Clan. https://t.co/HnPXpAoSYX" / Twitter
• Ukraine Passes Law Treating Its CBDC Same As Cash - BeInCrypto

Bitcoin is up 4% at $10,004
Ethereum is up 8% at $309
and XRP is up 4% at 22 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Elrond up 19%
and Travala(dot)com up 15%

Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation to work with Crystal Blockchain jump-starting the government’s virtual asset monitoring initiative.

Signature bank reported strong growth in the first half of the year with close to $8 billion in deposit growth.

Coinbase user base at 35 million — up 5 million since the first of the year.

Bitcoin is up 0.5% at 9,302
Ethereum is down 1.5% at $204
and XRP is down 3% at 21 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Hyperion up 20%
0x up 19%
and Status up 19%

VBit picked up 1.1 million in a fund raise to open a new 200mw bitcoin mining facility in Canada.

Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear energy subsidiary Energoatom has been advised to mine crypto with their nuclear power plants.

The New York Department of Financial Services has granted ErisX a bitlicense—the first of the year.

The Libra association has named their first CEO: Former HSBC Chief Legal officer Stuart Levey.

Links:

• DFS Grants Virtual Currency and Money Transmitter Licenses to Eris Clearing, LLC | Department of Financial Services
• Libra Association names HSBC chief legal officer Stuart Levey as CEO - The Block
• Bitcoin mining firm VBit raises $1.1 million to open a new facility in Canada - The Block
• Ukraine Considers Using Nuclear Plants for Cryptocurrency Mining

Bitcoin is up 0.5% at $8,543
XRP is up 1% at 26 cents
and Ethereum is up 1% at $184

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Enigma up 25%
Game Credits up 21%
Etherparty up 19%
and Dentacoin up 15%

Bitcoin Cash had a hard fork at the end of this week that resulted in a split of mining pool opinions as well.

A unit of the Ukrainian railways got caught red-handed diverting company electricity to mine bitcoin.

Revolut is talking to investors and looking to raise 500 million in new funding.

Binance has added the Turkish Lira in it’s direct fiat-to-crypto buying facility.

Facebook’s Libra testnet has deployed 34 projects and logged over 51,000 transactions.

Links:

• Ukrainian Railways Branch Caught Mining Crypto With State Power - CoinDesk
• Crypto-friendly investing app Revolut in talks to raise $500M for global expansion - The Block
• As Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks, Unknown Mining Pool Continues Old Chain - CoinDesk
• German Regulator Orders ‘KaratGold Coin’ Issuer to Cease Operations - CoinDesk
• Facebook's Libra testnet has logged over 51,000 transactions, deployed 34 projects - The Block
• Binance adds support for Turkish lira for direct crypto purchases - The Block