Bitcoin is down slightly at $47,274
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,343
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $435

Filecoin up 33%
VeChain up 20%
EOS up 19%

ApeCoin's rise liquidates 4.5M in futures contracts.

Coindesk eyeing acquisition of 2TM & Mercado Bitcoin.

BNB Chain to launch sidechains.

Wirex withdraws from FCA’s temporary register.

Greenidge Generation Holdings secures $100 million to triple hashrate

Bitcoin is up slightluy at $44,679
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,148
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $414

VeChain up 24%

Avalanche is launching a 100M creator fund

Binance has doubled down on ultiverse with extra 5M

Madonna enters the metaverse with BAYC.

Exxon mobile pilots project for mining with wasted flare gas.

White House asks for public comments on crypto’s energy use and environmental impact.

Links:

• Avalanche launches $100 million creator fund with Grimes and web3 platform Op3n
• Exxon (XOM) Weighs Taking Gas-to-Bitcoin Pilot to Four Countries - Bloomberg
• Madonna on Instagram: “I finally entered the MetaVerse…,………..My very own Ape! What should I name her ? 🦧 Thanks @moonpay 🪄 We all need protection from Evil Eye. 🧿”
• Binance doubles down on Ultiverse with another $5 million investment
• Federal Register :: Request for Information on the Energy and Climate Implications of Digital Assets

Bitcoin is up .5% at $36,583
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,442
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $373

Fantom up 23%
Helium up 19%
Vechain up 18%

MicroStrategy Still buying

Elon Musk tweets at McDonalds I will eat a happy meal on tv if you [sic] accept Dogecoin

Blockparty partners with Warner Music Group

OpenSea releases update to stop NFT exploit

Thailand is set to ban digital asset operators from crypto as a means of payment

Bithumb announces they’ll block unregistered addresses.

Links:

• Thailand to regulate use of digital assets as payments | Reuters
• WMG Digital Collectibles Platform Blockparty Partners with Warner Music Group
• NFT Marketplace OpenSea Launches New Listing Manager After Discount Bug
• South Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb Will Block Unregistered Wallets

Bitcoin is down slightly at $57,539
Ethereum is up 2.5% at $3,730
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $480

Polkadot up 17%
Kusama up 16%
VeChain up 15%

The Zhejiang Cyberspace Administration is cracking down on illicit mining in governmental buildings.

Over 900k signups for Coinbase NFT breaks site.

Ethereum user spends over 530k in transaction fees.

NFT firm Recur signs deal with ViacomCBS.

Links:

• Sanchan S Saxena on Twitter: "We just announced the upcoming launch of Coinbase NFT (https://t.co/U1ymWieRT3). We are getting a LOT of signups - so grateful for all your interest 🙏🙏. We are seeing insane loads on our servers and our team is working hard to get this resolved. Check back soon! #Coinbase" / Twitter
• Ethereum user pays $430,000 in transaction fees for a failed payment
• ViacomCBS gets into NFTs via a partnership with NFT startup Recur | TechCrunch
• China's Zhejiang busts GPU miners earning crypto in government agencies

Bitcoin is up 1% at $47,504
Ethereum is up 1% at $3,236
and Cardano is up slightly at $2.24

Vechain up 24%
AMP up 15%
THORchain up 15%

El Salvador has started mining bitcoin with geothermal energy from volcanos.

The bank of England starfs up third-party working groups to provide input into CBDC.

TikTok announces NFT collection that will partner with top creators.

Rugpull in Solana NFT project.

US Fed Chair Jerome Powell said he’d misspoken abut CBDCs replacing private cryptos.

Links:

• Nayib Bukele 🇸🇻 on Twitter: "We’re still testing and installing, but this is officially the first #Bitcoin mining from the #volcanode 🌋" / Twitter
• Membership of CBDC Engagement and Technology Forums | Bank of England
• TikTok launches first creator-led NFT collection | TikTok Newsroom
• Supposed 17-year-old artist sells $138,000 of fake NFTs and disappears
• Fed Chair Powell Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Banning Crypto — CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down slightly at $56,424
Ethereum is down .5% at $3433
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $624.15

VeChain up 19%
Monero up 17%
Ethereum Classic up 15%

Citi Bank is looking to launch crypto trading, custody and financing services

Amazon is rolling out dedicated mining solutions for Chia on AWS.

GoldmanSachs is leading the $15m Series B Funding round for Coin Metrics

Ether options traders are bullish for $8k

The IRS set to pull records for Kraken users transacting over $20k in Crypto.

Links:

• Coin Metrics Closes $15M Series B Round Led By Goldman Sachs
• Galaxy Digital to Acquire BitGo to Form Pre-Eminent Global Provider of Digital Asset Financial Services for Institutions
• Ether Options Traders Betting on $8K Price Next Month - CoinDesk
• Court Authorizes Service of John Doe Summons Seeking Identities of U.S. Taxpayers Who Have Used Cryptocurrency | OPA | Department of Justice
• Citi considers crypto
• Amazon rolls out Chia crypto mining solution on AWS

Bitcoin is down 1% at $60,623
Ethereum is up .5% at $2400
and Binance Coin is down 3% at 515.20

VeChain up 31%
Bitcoin Cash up 24%
Bitcoin SV up 19%

Turkey has banned payments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Bitmain is set to launch a new Ethereum ASIC miner — the AntMiner E9

Dapper Labs is raising money at a $7.5B valuation.

Sotheby’s Pak NFT hauls in nearly $17M

Dogecoin shut down Robinhood on Thursday night.

Links:

• Auction house Sotheby's NFT sale yields nearly $17M
• A new generation of investors, crypto, and Robinhood — Under the Hood
• Bitcoin tumbles after Turkey bans crypto payments citing risks | Reuters
• NFT Startup Dapper Labs Raising Money at Over $7.5 Billion Valuation — The Information
• Antminer_main on Twitter: "#AntminerE9 is coming soon! Ready to set the world on fire! #Bitmain #Antminer #ETH #ethereum https://t.co/NAFzE8F3iu" / Twitter

Bitcoin is up .75% at $46,678
Ethereum is up 1% at $1792
and Cardano is up 3% at .89

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Dash up 29%
VeChain up 20%
stellar up 15%

A bill was introduced in Iowa to create a more even playing field for blockchain and smart contracts.

a16z put more money behind DeFi payment platform Celo.

Swarm raised $6 Million in a private token sale.

Over $5 Billion has been staked in the Ethereum 2 staking contract.

Links:

• Bill Text: IA SF303 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced | LegiScan
• A16z backs DeFi payments platform Celo's $20 million raise
• Swarm secures funds for mainnet release | by Ethereum Swarm | Ethereum Swarm | Feb, 2021 | Medium
• ETH worth more than $5 billion has been staked in the Eth2 contract

Bitcoin is up 1.5% at $46,525
Ethereum is up 1.7% at $1778
and Cardano is up 1% at .91

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Iota up 57%
TheGraph up 47%
VeChain up 17%

Amazon hires for digital currency project in Mexico.

Mastercard to support crypto before 2022.

Jack Dorsey donates $1M to Coin Center.

Nouriel Roubini tired of market shenanigans.

Links:

• Amazon Preparing to Launch a 'Digital Currency' Project in Mexico - CoinDesk
• Jerry Brito on Twitter: "Coin Center has received and incredibly generous gift of $1 million from @jack — we’re speechless. 😮 We were almost to our goal for the matching campaign when he put us over the top and then some. Your confidence in our work is incredibly humbling." / Twitter
• Why Mastercard is bringing crypto onto its network
• SEC Should Monitor Tesla's Elon Musk for Market Manipulation: Roubini - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 8.5% at $34,015
Ethereum is up 15% at $875
and Litecoin is up 17% at 152 dollars

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Dogecoin up 67%
VeChain up 30%

Bitcoin’s market value now above 635 billion dollars.

XRP falls to number 6 in market dominance.

Ether trades above 800 for the first time since 2018.

Derebit announces 200k options.

Edan Yago asks if Bitcoin layer 2 endangers the relevance of Ethereum.

Defi crosses 15B locked-in.

Average VC funding in the crypto space up a third.

Bitcoin is up 8% at $27,369
Ethereum is up 1% at $638
and XRP is down 6% at 28 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
VeChain up 25%
Zillqua up 16%

Bitcoin tops 27k

Binance Korea to shutter next month.

The White House releases report on regulatory considerations for stablecoins.

Derebit adds 120k, 140k options.

The SEC has ordered Tierion to pay investors back + interest.

Bitcoin is down 1% at $11,664
Ethereum is down slightly at $390
and XRP is down 2% at 29 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Chainlink up 24%
Cosmos up 19%
and VeChain up 15%

A California privacy watchdog has spoken out against a proposal to put medical records on the blockchain.

The crypto debit card provider Wirex is expanding in the US.

German authorities have seized 30 million worth of crypto from the streaming site Movie2K.

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

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,571
Ethereum is up half a percent at $238
and XRP is up 3% at 21 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Cardano up 18%
Vechain up 15%

Cardano announces Shelley update.

The number of blockchain investment deals has declined for seven consecutive months.

A JP Morgan strategist is saying that Bitcoin’s market price is now in line with its intrinsic value price.

Polkadot’s blockchain mainnet went live this week.

Bitcoin is down half a percent at $9,375
Ethereum is up 4% at $218
and XRP is down slightly at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bancor up 29%
Storm up 17%

VeChain is working on a drug tracing platform for Bayer.

Floating Point Group has closed a $2 million seed round.

Kingdom Trust will launch the Kingdom Trust Choice platform with a unified retirement account.

The Stellar foundations development fund has loaned the firm SatoshiPay half a million

Links:

• VeChain to Develop Drug-Tracing Platform for Pharma Giant Bayer - CoinDesk
• Crypto trading platform closes $2 million seed round backed by Naval Ravikant, AngelList - The Block
• Stellar Throws SatoshiPay a $550K Lifeline After Coronavirus Knocks Out Series A - CoinDesk
• Floating Point Group, An MIT Crypto Fintech Startup, Modernizes Digital Currency Trading
• Kingdom Trust Rolls Out An IRA That Can Hold Any Asset

Max Raskin: No to US Fed CBDC

VeChain, MasterCard and Alipay Back APAC Provenance Council

Devs at Ghost Foil Mining Hack

Links:

• VeChain, Mastercard and Alipay Join Australia-China Supply Chain Consortium
• Devs at Blogging Platform Ghost Take Down Crypto-Mining Malware Attack
• Digital Dollars Give the State Too Much Control Over Money - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 1% at $7,094
XRP is down slightly at 21 cents
and Ethereum down slightly at $142

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Byteball, up 13%

ING, the largest bank in the netherlands is reportedly getting into the cryptocurrency custody market.

A hacker stole just under 7 million dollars at the end of this week from the VeChain foundation.

QuadrigaCX is back in the news after some former users are asking the police to confirm that the CEO is indeed dead.

Stellar Lumens was trying to do a 2 billion XLM token drop on Keybase, but the move got overrun by scammers.

Links:

• QuadrigaCX creditors request proof of the exchange CEO's death - The Block
• Stellar Tried to Give Away 2B XLM Tokens on Keybase. Then the Spammers Came - CoinDesk
• Hacker steals $6.7 million worth of tokens from VeChain Foundation - The Block
• Banking giant ING said to be entering into crypto custody space  - The Block

Bitcoin is down slightly at $7,195
XRP is up slightly at 23 cents
and Ethereum is up slightly at $149

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Streamr up 25%
Vechain up 20%
and Dentacoin up 15%

Bitcoin is up from it’s 6 month low of $6,800.

JP Morgan filed a patent application for a DLT based version of a revolving line of credit

The Algorand foundation released an update to their blockchain protocol

South Korea is looking to invest more than 380 million for blockchain research and development over the next 8 years

Links:

• Algorand 2.0's New Non-Turing-Complete Smart Contracts Are a Feature, Not a Bug - CoinDesk
• South Korea plans to invest over $380M for blockchain research and development - The Block
• Bitcoin drops below $6,800, hitting a six-month low - The Block
• JPMorgan Tests Private Blockchain to Track Auto Dealer Inventory - CoinDesk