Bitcoin is up slightly at $54,884
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,599
and Cardano is up slightly at $2.28

BitTorrent up 21%
Wootrade Network up 18%
Verge up 15%

BlockFi files for Bitcoin futures ETF.

Bored Ape Yacht Club is looking to launch its own token

Binance US has promoted its president Brian Shroder to CEO

Binance shutters derivatives trading in South Africa

Colombian fintech firm Movii has raised a $15M series B

Links:

• New NFT marketplace takes direct aim at OpenSea — with a token
• Changes to Binance offerings in South Africa | Binance Support
• Bored Ape Yacht Club on Twitter: "Good evening, apes. Been hearing a question around the club a lot: WEN TOKEN? 🤔 Wen token indeed . . . Some thoughts below." / Twitter
• BlockFi Files for Bitcoin Futures ETF — CoinDesk
• Colombian Fintech Movii Raises $15M in Series B Round — CoinDesk
• Binance.US Names Brian Shroder CEO

Bitcoin is down 2% at $17,904
Ethereum is down 2.5% at $546
and XRP is down 5% at 55 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Verge up 13%

Hester Peirce calls crypto regulators to embrace crypto for its personal liberty principles.

MassMutual has purchased $100 million worth of Bitcoin.

SpaceChain won a competition securing a $585k grant for decentralized satellite infrastructure.

Renaissance Technologies is the third-biggest buyer of MicroStrategy’s stock since the summer

Links:

• SpaceChain Receives Grant from EUREKA GlobalStars-Singapore Call to Jointly Develop Decentralised Satellite Infrastructure with Consortium Partners
• SEC.gov | Liberty’s Loss
• Renaissance Technologies emerges as third-biggest buyer of MicroStrategy's stock since the summer - The Block

Bitcoin is down 1% at $9,436
Ethereum is down 1% at $236
and XRP is down 1.5% at 19 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Verge up 29%
Siacoin up 15%
and Baer Chain up 15%

The New York Times has released details about its News Provenance Project.

Paul Le Roux has been sentenced to a prison term.

DADA art collective is exploring the intersection of protest and modern art on the blockchain.

Links:

• Drug Dealer Just Sentenced to 25 Years Hoped to Build a Better Bitcoin Miner - CoinDesk
• How an Art Collective Is Using Blockchain to Protest Police Brutality - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,684
Ethereum is up slightly at $243
and XRP is up slightly at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Zilqua up 16%
Verge up 17%

Coinbase is looking to sell blockchain analytics software to the DEA and the IRS.

The SEC is filing charges in salt lake city against three leaders of the Modern Money Team cryptocurrency MLM

Robinhood users are buying US blockchain ETFs and it’s pushing the number of holders to 2020 highs

Regulators in New York and France to create innovation corridor

Bitcoin is up slightly at $8,671
XRP is down slightly 26 cents
and Ethereum is down 1% at $183

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Verge up 48%
Cortex up 40%
Horizon up 19%
and QuarkChain up 19%

Blockchain.com’s lending business is coming out of stealth mode.

Two men have been arrested and charged in a US district court in Boston for a nationwide SIM-swap plot.

Walmart’s Canada unit has built a blockchain solution to track, verify and automte payments for its carriers.

Coinmine has added interest to its at-home crypto miners.

Links:

• Walmart builds blockchain solution to automate payments of its carriers in Canada - The Block
• US authorities arrest 2 in alleged SIM swap cryptocurrency theft scheme - The Block
• As credit concerns loom in crypto, Blockchain.com secretly builds multi-million dollar loan desk - The Block
• WATCH: Coinmine Adds Interest Payments to Its At-Home Crypto Miners - CoinDesk