Bitcoin is down slightly at $58,602
Ethereum is down slightly at $4,314
and Binance Coin down slightly at $590

Gala up 54%
Harmony up 17%

FC Barcelona cancells their marketing agreement with the NFT marketplace Ownix

Jack Dorsey’s TBD releases white paper detailing a protocol for a decentralized bitcoin exchange

Norway considers putting its weight behind a Swedish crypto mining ban proposal.

German neobank N26 confirms withdrawl from the US

Links:

• tbDEX whitepaper
• FC Barcelona Cancels Marketing Agreement With NFT Marketplace Ownix
• Norway could back European Bitcoin mining ban, as minister calls energy use 'difficult to justify' | Euronews
• Update: N26 to discontinue US operations — N26

Bitcoin is up .5% at $48,959
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,905
and Binance Coin is up .5% at 587.

Polygon up 31%
Cardano up 15%
Cosmos up 15%

Microsoft is closing down its Azure Blockchain Service in September.

The Bank of England says it looks probable that the state would need to issue some form of digital cash to retain citizen’ confidence.

Argentina’s Tax authority has ordered crypto exchanges to file information on transactions.

Binance is facing an investigation by the IRS and Department of justice

The Bitcoin wallet used by DarkSide for ransom payments has ben ID’d by Elliptic

Links:

• Azure Blockchain Service retirement notification and guidance - Azure Blockchain | Microsoft Docs
• Binance Faces Probe by U.S. Money-Laundering and Tax Sleuths (1)
• Elliptic Follows the Bitcoin Ransoms Paid by Colonial Pipeline and Other DarkSide Ransomware Victims
• Do we need ‘public money’? - speech by Jon Cunliffe | Bank of England
• Argentina’s Tax Authority Orders Crypto Exchanges to File Information on Transactions: Report - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 0.5% at $9,038
Ethereum is down 0.5% at 225
and XRP is down 1% at 18 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
VeChain up 23%

BaFin had only one staff member at the financial reporting enforecement panel (FPREP) working on the Wirecard review for 2019.

Bitcoin’s price has been increasingly correlated with the S&P 500.

2020's Q2 sees $180 billion transacted on Bitcoin blockchain