Bitcoin is down slightly at $47,129
Ethereum is down .5% at $3,820
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $528

Yearn Finance up 32%
Convex Finance up 15%

Tron’s Justin Sun is turning to crypto political activism.

Binance.us hires Intel’s compliance chief Sidney Majalya.

The US Senate has confirmed a new CFTC chairperson — Rostin Behnam.

Dune Analytics is raising funds at a billion dollar valuation.

Links:

• Dune Analytics is raising funds at a $1 billion valuation: sources
• PN1146 - Nomination of Rostin Behnam for Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 117th Congress (2021-2022) | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
• Justin Sun Is Retiring From Tron – But Not Crypto
• Binance.US Hires Intel’s Compliance Chief Majalya

Bitcoin is down slightly at $31,790
Ethereum is up slightly 4% at $1215
and Polkadot is down slightly at $17.18

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
HedgeTrade up 23%
UMA up 18%
Basic Attention token up 16%

Janet Yellen evolves on crypto stance.

30% of Ethereum Miners oppose EIP 1559.

Yearn Finance considers minting more YFI Tokens.

Firo wars with 51% attacker.

Links:

• Yellen Leaves Door Open to Tax Increase on Wealthy Americans - Bloomberg
• Minority Ethereum Mining Pools Threaten to Block Update - CoinDesk
• Firo (formerly Zcoin) on Twitter: "We are under 51% attack at the moment. We recommend not to make transactions during this time until the network returns to a normal state. We will post updates when we have them. Note this is not a coding error but a nature of PoW. $XZC $FIRO" / Twitter
• 'Let's Not Be Bitcoin': Yearn Finance Considers Minting $200M in New YFI Tokens - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down 1% at $17,751
Ethereum is down slightly at $474
and XRP is up 3% at 30 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Sushiswap up 25%
Yearn Finance up 17%

Solidus Labs is working on a crypto surveillance tool to help launch a Bitcoin ETF

Deutsche Bank says investors are increasingly keen on bitcoin over gold as an inflation hedge.

A sentiment index that measures fear and greed for bitcoin suggests "extreme greed" at 18k.

A Dubai investment firm is staking $10 million worth of Ethereum to support the Eth 2.0 launch.

CME bitcoin futures have crossed $1 billion in open interest

Links:

• Deutsche Bank Says Investors Increasingly Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold as Inflation Hedge - CoinDesk
• Solidus Labs Believes Its Crypto Surveillance Tool Can Help Launch a Bitcoin ETF | Nasdaq
• IBC Group to invest $10m in the launch of Ethereum 2.0
• Crypto investors exhibit 'extreme greed' as bitcoin crosses $18,000 - The Block
• CME bitcoin futures cross $1 billion in open interest — a new all-time high - The Block

Bitcoin is up 0.5% at $10,280
Ethereum is up 1% at $363
and XRP is up slightly at 24 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Defi Money up 62%
Yearn Finance up 20%
and Augur up 15%

TI Settles SEC ICO charges.

Chef Nomi returns the $14 million in Ether that they cashed out of SushiSwap last week

Wave Financial purchases a thousand barrels of kentucky whiskey.

A Singapore faces 3 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for stealing 200k meant to buy bitcoin.

Links:

• Jail, caning for member of trio who robbed bitcoin buyer of $365,000, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
• SEC Charges Rapper TI With Securites Violations for ICO - CoinDesk
• 'I F**ked Up': SushiSwap Creator Chef Nomi Returns $14M Dev Fund - CoinDesk
• Wave Financial Wins First Round of Investment for Whiskey Fund Ahead of Tokenization - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is down slightly at $11,840
Ethereum is down slightly at $411
and XRP is down 1% at 29 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
OMG Network up33%
Yearn Finance up 34%
and Algorand up 15%

Hawaii has re-opened to crypto companies with a regulatory sandbox

The UK branch of Gemini has registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

Tether is moving 1 billion USDT coins from TRON to Ethereum.

Links:

• UK regulator adds Gemini to list of registered firms - The Block
• Hawaii Welcomes Crypto Exchanges Back With New Regulatory Sandbox - CoinDesk
• Tether is moving 1 billion USDT coins from TRON to Ethereum blockchain - The Block

Bitcoin is up slightly at $11,722
Ethereum is down 2.5% at $414
and XRP is up 0.5% at 29 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Yearn Finance up 40%
and Waves up 17%

The US Postal Service has filed a patent on a system called Secure Voting System that would use blockchain technology.

A woman in the UK was arrested for fraudulently obtaining £115,000 of cryptocurrency.

CoinMarketCap launches Earn — an education rewards program.