Bitcoin is up up .5% at $20,472
Ethereum is up 1% at $1183
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $237

Voyager digital files for chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York

Korean startup uprise lost $20M in customer funds shorting Luna.

Yuga labs Otherside metaverse hosts test run.

Konvoy ventures has launched a 150M fund targeting web3.

Bitstamp makes a u-turn on planned fee policy.

Binance expands no-fee trading.

Bitcoin is up slightly at $20,996
Ethereum is up .5% at $1222
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $239

Harmony attacker moving funds

Two arrested after plotting to hold someone hostage for BTC in NY state.

Robinhood price jumps on rumors of FTX acquisition

Alan Howard's Geometry emerges from stealth

Yuga Labs files lawsuit over copycats

Kaiko raises 53M series B

Links:

• Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Is Seeking a Path to Buy Robinhood (HOOD) - Bloomberg
• Two charged for alleged plan to steal tens of millions of dollars in bitcoin from New York home
• Harmony 💙 on Twitter: "1/ We are aware the hacker has begun to move funds through Tornado Cash. The team is working with two highly reputable blockchain tracing and analysis partners, and collaborating with the FBI as part of an investigation into this criminal act. 🧵" / Twitter
• Crypto Data Company Kaiko Raises $53 Million During Market Rout - Bloomberg
• Alan Howard-Backed Cryptography Investor Geometry Emerges From Stealth
• The Bored Ape Gazette🍌 on Twitter: "https://t.co/ZgZEbk6lTC" / Twitter

Bitcoin is up slightly at $30,392
Ethereum is up slightly at $1806
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $290

Theta Network up 15%

Yuga Labs removes infinite ape code.

Solana has set up a 100M fund for Korean crypto startups

PayPal has converted its conditional virtual currency license to a full bitlicense.

Aurora labs pays $6M bounty to a white hat

Osmosis exploited for up to $5M.

Links:

• EmperorTomatoKetchup on Twitter: "@Blockworks_ The contract owner has now been burned. While we’d been meaning to do this for a long time, we hadn't out of an abundance of caution. Felt comfortable doing it now. All done. In lay terms: The issue flagged in this article is now impossible." / Twitter
• Osmosis 🧪 on Twitter: "Liquidity pools were NOT "completely drained". Devs are fixing the bug, scoping the size of losses (likely in the range of ~$5M), and working on recovery. More info to come." / Twitter
• PayPal Converts Conditional Virtual Currency License to Full BitLicense
• Solana launches $100M investment and grant fund for South Korean web3 startups | TechCrunch
• Aurora Labs pays $6 million reward to hacker who saved 70,000 ETH from getting stolen

Bitcoin is up slightly at $39,733
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,925
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $404

Goldman Sachs has made its first Bitcoin backed loan

Yuga Labs’ Otherside land sale scraps plans for a dutch style auction in favor of flat fee.

Binance has closed several accounts of individuals with links to the Russian government

The labor department raises concerns re: Fidelity’s 401k bitcoin plans

Links:

• Goldman Sachs (GS) Offers Bitcoin-Backed Loan (BTC) in Crypto Push - Bloomberg
• Dutch auctions are actually bullshit — Otherside
• Russia Sanctions: Binance Blocks Accounts Tied to Relatives of Kremlin Officials - Bloomberg
• Labor Department has 'grave concerns' over Fidelity's 401(k) bitcoin plans

Bitcoin is down slightly at $40,466
Ethereum is down 1% at $2,678
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $376

Digital bits up 20%

HSBC joins the sandbox

Yuga Labs is planning to launch a virtual world ft. land sales and an APECoin token as currency.

DeFi protocols Agave and Hundred Finance exploited on the Gnosis chain

DeFi analytics firm Treehouse lands $18M in seed funding.

Bitcoin is up slightly at $39,207
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,592
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $377

Yuga Labs buys CryptoPunks and Meebits from Larva Labs

US Treasury Department issues guidance on sanctions evasion using crypto.

Jack Dorsey’s Block wallet will have a fingerprint sensor, not a screen

New York based hedge fund Fir Tree capital has reportedly shorted Tether.

Links:

• Hedge Fund Fir Tree Bets Big With Short of Stablecoin Tether - Bloomberg