Bitcoin is down slightly at $47,399
Ethereum is down 1% at $1525
and Cardano is down .5% at 1.10

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Populous up 21%
Whale up 20%

John McAfee charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, and money laundering.

BitGo earns trust license from the NYDFS.

Ripple is working to pivot private ledger to central bank digital currencies.

Swedish fraudster Roger Nils-Jones Karlsson has pled guilty to charges of securities fraud.

Links:

• John McAfee charged with fraud over cryptocurrency - BBC News
• BitGo Receives NY Trust Charter from the New York State Department of Financial Services | Business Wire
• Ripple Pilots a Private Ledger for Central Banks Launching CBDCs | Ripple
• Cryptocurrency Fraudster Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud and Money Laundering Charges in Multi-Million Dollar Investment Scheme | OPA | Department of Justice

Bitcoin is down 4% at $10,426
XRP is up slightly at 25 cents
and Ethereum is down 2% at $173

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bytecoin up 23%
and Augur up 22%

The US Energy Department plans to run a trial with the Factom Blockchain to secure the national power grid.

There’s a unique cryptominig malware distribution scheme targeting university students.

Apple’s vice president Jennifer Bailey talked crypto with CNN.

New whale wallet holds over 94,000 bitcoins.

Malta finance regulators are promising to actively monitor crypto firms to prevent any sort of money laundering

Links:

• Bitcoins worth $1 billion just moved to an unknown wallet - The Block
• Malta finance regulator to ‘actively monitor’ crypto firms to prevent money laundering - The Block
• How to avoid downloading a textbook or essay with a virus | Kaspersky official blog
• Apple Exec Says Cryptocurrency ‘Interesting’ — Has Long-Term Potential By Cointelegraph
• US Energy Department Funds Trial of Factom Blockchain to Secure Power Grid - CoinDesk