Bitcoin is up .5% at $32,961
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,398
and Binance Coin is up 1% at $331

Stablecoin UST briefly loses peg over weekend.

Bankless Crypto has been banned from YouTube without notice.

India’s GST Council mulls proposal to impose 28% tax on all crypto

UK police say crypto muggings are on the rise.

Links:

• Gst Council To Consider Levying 28% Gst On Cryptocurrencies
• ‘Crypto muggings’: thieves in London target digital investors by taking phones | Cryptocurrencies | The Guardian
• Luna Foundation Guard says it will lend out $1.5 billion in BTC and UST to defend stablecoin peg
• Bankless 🏴 the UNBANNED on Twitter: "🚨🚨🚨 The Bankless @YouTube account 'has been terminated' 🪓 No warning. No notification. No justification 150,000 subs 10,000+ hours of content Hey @YouTube, our community would like a word! RETWEET to let YouTube hear you: It’s not okay to ban crypto content https://t.co/MJQ4MGwtYD" / Twitter

Ripple Drops YouTube Suit

Digital Currency Group Buys Up To $250 Million in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust

Links:

• Ripple ends YouTube lawsuit over XRP giveaway scams, says CEO
• Digital Currency Group to Put up to $250M Into Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up .05% at $9,538
Ethereum is up 4% at $274
and XRP is up .05% at 20 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
VeThor Token up 23%

A hacker has been using a botnet to infect thousands of computers to hijack them and mine Monero

Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak has sued Youtube and Google over Bitcoin giveaway scams

Opera’s web browser is reporting for the first time that 170,000 users use its crypto wallets each month.

Links:

• YouTube asks court to dismiss crypto giveaway scam lawsuit filed by Ripple - The Block
• Opera's Built-In Crypto Wallets Have 170K Monthly Active Users - CoinDesk
• Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube Over Bitcoin Giveaway Scams - CoinDesk
• Newly Discovered Botnet Infected Up to 5,000 Computers with a Monero Miner - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up 2.5% 7,147
Ethereum is up 5% at $184
and XRP is up 2% at 19 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Bytecoin up 36%
Stellar up 15%
and Unibright up 17%

The dForce attacker returned all of the stolen funds to the DeFi project.

Ripple filed a lawsuit agains Youtube for the video platform failing to stop XRP Giveaway scams

Libra has added Hiefer International, a nonprofit working to end world hunger and poverty, as their 23rd member.

Links:

• Ripple sues YouTube over videos that used CEO Brad Garlinghouse's image in crypto XRP scams | Fortune
• dForce attacker returns all $25M stolen funds back to the DeFi project - The Block
• Libra Association adds nonprofit aimed at ending world hunger as latest member - The Block

YouTube Walks Back Crypto Purge

South Korea Studies CBDC

Regulation vs Privacy in 2020

Links:

• YouTube Calls Crypto Purge a Mistake But Many Videos Still Missing - CoinDesk
• South Korea Forms Task Force for Central Bank Digital Currency Research
• Binance Blockade of Wasabi Wallet Could Point to a Crypto Crack-Up - CoinDesk

TenCent Ramps Up Team

YouTube Darth Vaders Crypo Content

Russia Rocked by Crypto-Related Bomb Threats

Hedera Hashgraph Asks Investors to Wait

Links:

• Hedera Hashgraph Asks Investors to Wait Longer for Tokens After Price Crash - CoinDesk
• Cryptocurrency Influencers Speak Out On YouTube Deleting Crypto-Related Content
• Bomb Threats Demanding Bitcoin Force Evacuations Across Russia - CoinDesk
• Chinese Internet Giant Tencent to Launch Digital Currency Research Team - CoinDesk