Bitcoin is up 1% at $9,605
Ethereum is up 4% at $284
and XRP is up 2% at 21 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Unibright up 26%
and Block Stack up 15%

A federal court ruled that Bitcoin is a form of “money” covered under the Washington DC Money Transmitters Act.

Bitcoin Suisse raised $48 million in their first round of fund-raising.

Former CFTC chair Christopher Giancarlo made a case for the development of a digital dollar in a senate hearing.

Links:

• Crypto Bank Hopeful Bitcoin Suisse Raises $48M in First-Ever Round - CoinDesk
• Bitcoin Is a Form of Money in DC, Federal Court Rules - CoinDesk
• Giancarlo pitches Congress on piloting a 'digital dollar' in the U.S.

Bitcoin is down 2% at 9,167
Ethereum is down 1.5% at $203
and XRP is up 1% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
OmiseGo up 31%
Unibright up 19%
and Electroneum up 17%

Binance is piecing together a blockchain friendly travel agency.

Crypto-friendly IBM takes a 7% stake in the blockchain network We.Trade.

Coinbase Custody has added staking support for Cosmos and Algorand.

A Kentucky representative makes a first step in calling for a national blockchain strategy.

Links:

• Binance aims to create one of the world's largest blockchain-based travel agencies - The Block
• House Bill Outlines Path to US National Blockchain Strategy - CoinDesk
• IBM Takes 7% Stake in Trade-Finance Blockchain Network We.Trade - CoinDesk
• Coinbase Custody launches staking for Cosmos - The Coinbase Blog

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Unibright, up 31%

Bitcoin tumbled 15% yesterday breaking it’s month long increase streak

Consensus Distributed begins tomorrow and runs all week.

Swiss crypto broker Bitcoin Suisse is looking to raise a series A at 283 million pre-money valuation.

New Zealand’s monetary authority is looking for a head of money and cash.

Links:

• Bitcoin price tanks by 15% in 10 minutes causing $226M of liquidations on BitMEX - The Block
• Swiss crypto broker Bitcoin Suisse is raising Series A at over $280 million pre-money valuation - The Block
• Head of Money and Cash - Reserve Bank of New Zealand
• Consensus 2020 - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 2.5% 7,147
Ethereum is up 5% at $184
and XRP is up 2% at 19 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bytecoin up 36%
Stellar up 15%
and Unibright up 17%

The dForce attacker returned all of the stolen funds to the DeFi project.

Ripple filed a lawsuit agains Youtube for the video platform failing to stop XRP Giveaway scams

Libra has added Hiefer International, a nonprofit working to end world hunger and poverty, as their 23rd member.

Links:

• Ripple sues YouTube over videos that used CEO Brad Garlinghouse's image in crypto XRP scams | Fortune
• dForce attacker returns all $25M stolen funds back to the DeFi project - The Block
• Libra Association adds nonprofit aimed at ending world hunger as latest member - The Block

Bitcoin is up half a percent at 7,169
Ethereum is up 2% at $182
and XRP is up slightly at 19 cents

Those are your leaders by market cap

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Unibright up 22%
Bora up 15%

dForce has suffered an exploit attack that resulted in a serious loss of assets — up to 99%.

Compound tokenized and decentralized its governance this week.

TradeStation crypto integrated with the crypto exchange ErisX

The CFTC has charged a Florida man and his companies for illegally collecting $1.6 million.

Links:

• DeFi platform Compound launches decentralized governance token with support from Coinbase Custody - The Block
• CFTC charges Florida man for sale of 'Compcoin' digital asset in alleged fraud scheme - The Block
• Weekend Attack Drains Decentralized Protocol dForce of $25M in Crypto - CoinDesk
• Brokerage platform TradeStation links up with crypto exchange ErisX - The Block

Bitcoin is up 5% at 6,997
Ethereum is up 6% at $146
and XRP is up 3% at 18 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Steem up 34%
Waykichain up 33%
Unibright up 17%

Binance confirmed they acquired CoinMarketCap.

Binance is launching its own mining pool as well as adding staking, savings, and loans.

Github to back up the codebases for Bitcoin core and Ethereum under the arctic in Svalbard

Links:

• Binance is launching its own crypto mining pool - The Block
• Github is backing up the codebases for Bitcoin Core and Ethereum under the Arctic ice in Svalbard - The Block
• Privacy-focused Brave browser added 1M new users in March - The Block
• Binance confirms CoinMarketCap acquisition - The Block

India: Crypto-a-Go-Go

BitGo Wants Institutional Biz

EY, Microsoft and ConcenSys Launch Baseline Protocol on Ethereum Mainnet

Links:

• Indian Crypto Exchanges Resume Fiat Services 24 Hours After Supreme Court Ruling
• BitGo Launches Its First Institutional Crypto Lending Service
• Microsoft, EY and ConsenSys Tout New Way for Big Biz to Use Public Ethereum - CoinDesk