Bitcoin is up 0.5% at $10,547
Ethereum is up 2% at $347
and XRP is up 1.5% at 23 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Ampleforth up 22%
Celsius Network up 19%

Braintrust raises 18 million in a new funding round led by Acme.

Equilibrium raises 5.5 million for cross-chain DeFi.

Venezuela launches national stock exchange built on Ethereum blockchain.

J Barry Thompson of Pennsylvania pled guilty to his involvement in a $7 million Bitcoin buying fraud.

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Links:

• Equilibrium, a Polkadot-based project for cross-chain DeFi, raises $5.5 million - The Block
• Venezuela Rolls Out Ethereum-Based Stock Exchange to Help Skirt US Sanctions - CoinDesk
• Braintrust raises $18 million in new funds for token-powered freelancer marketplace - The Block
• Federal Court Orders Pennsylvania Man Pay $7.4 Million in Restitution for Multi-Million Dollar Bitcoin Fraud | CFTC

Bitcoin is down 1% at $10,396
Ethereum is down 1% at $337
and XRP is down 3% at 22 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Helium up 54%

Venezuela legalizes cryptocurrency mining, will force participants into a national pool.

JBS S.A. will use blockchain technology to help curb deforestation in the Amazon.

Sia Technology raises $3 million to develop a free internet dubbed "Skynet".

Coinbase hires for Coinbase Platforms

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Links:

• Venezuela Legalizes Crypto Mining but Will Force Industry Into National Pool - CoinDesk
• Brazil's JBS vows to monitor deforestation through whole cattle supply chain | Reuters
• Sia Tech raises $3 million to speed up the development of 'free Internet' - The Block
• Welcoming three new senior leaders to Coinbase | by Coinbase | Sep, 2020 | The Coinbase Blog

Bitcoin is down slightly at $9,416
Ethereum is up slightly at $247
and XRP is up 5% at 21 cents

Those are your leaders by market cap

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Stellar up 18%
DogeCoin, up 17%

Military officials in Venezuela have seized over 300 unregistered bitcoin miners.

The Children’s Heart Unit Fund has received $48k in cryptocurrency donations.

Chicago-based Ceres waits on SEC response.

Chinese police seized over $15 million in crypto from operators who sold counterfeit tokens in an arbitrage scam.

Links:

• Ferrari, McLaren and $15M in Crypto Seized as Chinese Police Bust Arbitrage Scam - CoinDesk
• Children's Heart Charity Receives $48K in Crypto Donations
• Ceres SEC Filing
• Venezuelan military officials seize 315 bitcoin miners - The Block

Bitcoin is up 3% at $7,327
XRP is up 1% at 19 cents
and Ethereum is up 2% at $132

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Ethos, up 79%
Loom Network up 24%
Particl up 22%
Moeda loyalty points up 15%

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is selling oil and gold for his cryptocurrency the Petro.

The ECB is urging European banks to come up against Facebook’s Libra with an even cheaper payment solution

The SEC is saying that Telegram refuses to turn over bank records related to the GRAM sale

Poloniex is in the news after refuting a data leak.

Links:

• Venezuela to sell oil and gold for petro cryptocurrency, says Maduro - The Block
• Crypto exchange Poloniex denies data leak after resetting passwords for some users - The Block
• Crypto fund has sued law firm Faegre Baker for ‘erroneous’ legal advice - The Block
• Telegram refuses to share 'bank records' related to its token sale, says SEC - The Block
• ECB official urges European banks to counter Facebook’s Libra with a cheaper payment solution - The Block