Bitcoin is up 1.5% at $10,992
Ethereum is up 2% at $386
and XRP is up 2% at 25 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Uniswap up 32%
Loopring up 27%
and NEO up 19%

The US Homeland Security Dept. has opened a competition to crowdsource a digital wallet design.

Two Russian Nationals have been charged with extorting over 16.8 million from crypto exchange customers.

Decentralized exchange volumes are still soaring – showing almost 15 billion month to date.

DEX aggregator ParaSwap raised 2.7 million in seed funding

Uniswap airdropped their new UNI token causing a stir

Links:

• US Homeland Security Challenges Freelancers to Design It a Digital Wallet - CoinDesk
• Uniswap Recaptures DeFi Buzz With UNI Token's Airdropped Debut - CoinDesk
• Russian nationals charged with extorting over $16.8M from crypto exchange customers - The Block
• DEX volumes continue to soar in September, crossing almost $15 billion month-to-date - The Block
• DEX aggregator ParaSwap raises $2.7 million in seed funding - The Block