Daily Crypto Report

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z.com Bitcoin is down 1% at $20,512 Ethereum is down 1% at $1143 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $231 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is up 1% at $21,441 Ethereum is up .5% at $1216 and Binance Coin is up .5% at $238 Celsius accused of fraud. Reddit releases blockchain based 'collectible avatars' Hidden Road announces $50M series A Binance secures registration in Spain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is down .5% at $19,436 Ethereum is down slightly at $1102 and Binance Coin is up .5 at $225 Coinshares has finalized their acquisition of Napoleon Asset Management. Nexo signs due dilligence to consider acquiring Vauld. Bank of England calls for enhanced crypto regulation. Celsius repays their $120M stable coin debt to Maker Protocol. 000.eth sells for 300eth. Links: DeFi Explore | MCD #25977 000.eth - ENS: Ethereum Name Service | OpenSea CoinShares acquires Napoleon Asset Managementnode:title] | ETF Express Crypto lender Vauld offered lifeline a day after suspending withdrawals - The Washington Post Bank of England Committee Calls for Enhanced Crypto Regulation to Limit Contagion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is up 2% at $19,826 Ethereum is up 3% at $1105 and Binance Coin is up 2% at $224 Those are your leaders by market cap. Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Thorchain up 15% Crema Finance hacked. Central African Republic announces Sango Coin Hackers reportedly want 10BTC for the personal records of more than 1B Chinese citizens Vauld halts withdrawals & hires restructuring advisers. Wonderfi closes on acquisition of Coinberry. Links: WonderFi Closes Acquisition of Crypto Trading Platform Coinberry Corporate statement | Vauld Blog: Thoughts on Crypto Investing, Lending, Borrowing & More Hacker asks for 10 bitcoin for allegedly stolen data of a billion Chinese citizens Sango Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Tether reducing commercial paper holdings CFTC sues Mirror Trading Ether's average gas price falls to lowest since 2020 3AC's TPS capital still operational Ignite cuts employee count in half. Links: Three Arrows Paper Trail Leads to Trading Desk Obscured Via Offshore Entities Ethereum average gas fee falls down to $1.57, the lowest since 2020 CFTC Sues Over Alleged $1.7 Billion Fraud Involving Bitcoin (BTC) - Bloomberg Tether stance on commercial paper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is down .5% at $19,219 Ethereum is down .5% at $1046 and Binance Coin is down 1% at $215 Meta to shutter Novi Crypto wallet. CEO of KuCoin says exchange is fine despite rumors. 3AC files chapter 15. Sam Bankman Fried says he'll consider belagured miners to help crypto contagion. Voyager Digitial temporarily halts trading, withdrawals, deposits. Links: Johnny_KuCoin on Twitter: "Be aware of FUDs! Not sure who's spreading these sheer rumors, and what their intentions are, but #KuCoin does not have any exposure to LUNA, 3AC, Babel, etc. No “immense suffer” from any “coin collapse”, no plan to halt withdrawal, everything on KuCoin is operating well." / Twitter Three Arrows Capital Files for Bankruptcy in New York Tied to British Virgin Islands Proceeding After BlockFi Deal, Sam Bankman-Fried Explores Buying Distressed Crypto Miners - Bloomberg Voyager Digital Provides Market Update International Money Transfers & Remittances | Novi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is up slightly at $19,138 Ethereum is up .5% at $1045 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $217 Amp up 16% DOJ charges developer of Baller Ape NFT El Salvador buys 80 BTC Meta rolling out NFT feature for Facebook Greenidge air permit denited by NYDEC FBI adds Ruja Ignatova to most wanted list. Links: Justice Department Announces Enforcement Action Charging Six Individuals with Cryptocurrency Fraud Offenses in Cases Involving Over $100 Million in Intended Losses | OPA | Department of Justice Nayib Bukele on Twitter: "El Salvador bought today 80 #BTC at $19,000 each! #Bitcoin is the future! Thank you for selling cheap 😉 https://t.co/ZHwr0Ln1Ze" / Twitter Statement from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Denial of the Title V Permit Renewal for Greenidge Generation, LLC - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation FBI Adds OneCoin Founder Ruja Ignatova to Its Most Wanted List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web 3 with a16z Bitcoin is down 1.5% at $19,850 Ethereum is down 1% at $1085 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $217 BVI court reportedly orders liquidation of 3AC Customs officers in Argentina seize $21M in crypto mining equipment. CEO and CFO of Compass mining resign. Montana storm takes out Marathon mining infrastructure. Cypherpunk Holdings sells off btc and eth. Links: Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital plunges into liquidation | Business News | Sky News Cypherpunk Holdings Announces Corporate Update Marathon Digital Holdings Provides Update on Its Bitcoin Mining Operations in Montana Compass Mining CEO and CFO resign as company cites 'multiple setbacks and disappointments' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is down .5% at $21,280 Ethereum is down 1% at $1220 and Binance Coin is down 1% at $238 Stacks up 16% Goldman Sachs is reportedly raising $2B from investors to buy distressed assets from Celsius Shares in Coinbase are down 5% in premarket trading Voyager Digital issues default notice against 3AC. FlowDesk raises 30M to expand market making services XCarnival Hacker returns half of stolen Eth. Links: Flowdesk, the French Digital Asset Financial Technology Provider, Raises $30 Million to Expand Its Infrastructure and Trading Platform | Business Wire Voyager Digital issues default notice against Three Arrows Capital Goldman Sachs Leading Investor Group to Buy Celsius Assets: Sources Tal Be'ery on Twitter: "1/8 Update 🧵: The hacker accepted the offer and returned ~ half of the funds to @XCarnival_Lab. Some of the negotiations (the victim to attacker side) is visible on the blockchain! Including the "bounty" offer going up from initial $300K to $1.8M https://t.co/iWLDyp15Gl" / Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is up .5% at $21,129 Ethereum is up 2% at $1195 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $236 Polygon up 16% Frax up 22% Solana Labs is launching a mobile phone. Cristiano Ronaldo signs multi-year NFT deal with Binance Bitcoin miner Aspen Creek Digital opens facility in Colorado Harmony's cross-chain bridge exploited for $100M Funds from AnubisDAO exploit on the move for the first time in 8 months. Links: PeckShieldAlert on Twitter: "#PeckShieldAlert PeckShield has detected @AnubisDAO rug pullers just transferred ~97 $ETH to 0x07002d0212e3d40a6e17773460579d694100b7f4 @AnubisDAO rugged ~$58m in October 2021. https://t.co/2N5LO6ECtq" / Twitter (1) Harmony 💙 on Twitter: "1/ The Harmony team has identified a theft occurring this morning on the Horizon bridge amounting to approx. $100MM. We have begun working with national authorities and forensic specialists to identify the culprit and retrieve the stolen funds. More 🧵" / Twitter (1) Cristiano Ronaldo on Twitter: "Proud to be partnering with @binance Together we’ll give you the opportunity to own an iconic piece of sports history. I’m excited to take this journey with all of you. Let’s change the NFT game with #Binance. https://t.co/SNSCMHggct" / Twitter Solana launches web3-focused smartphone Saga to improve crypto-mobile relationship | TechCrunch Bitcoin miner Aspen Creek Digital opens 6-megawatt facility in Colorado Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is down .5% at $20,577 Ethereum is up slightly at $1107 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $225 Polygon up 23% Ebay has acquired the NFT marketplace KnownOrigin NFT project Doodles has tapped Pharrell as chief brand officer. NHL signs deal with NFT platform Sweet Gucci links with SuperRareDao Voyager cuts daily withdrawal limit to $10k from $25k Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is up slightly at $20,426 Ethereum is up slightly 2% at $1092 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $215 Tech giants announce Metaverse Standards Forum BlockFi picks up $250M in bailout from FTX. Bitfarms sells 3k BTC Tether to launch GBPT stablecoin pegged to British pound. Binance raising $50M Moonpay launches HyperMint Links: Tether's GBPT Exclusive: MoonPay launches utility minting service called HyperMint Zac Prince on Twitter: "Today @BlockFi signed a term sheet with @FTX_Official to secure a $250M revolving credit facility providing us with access to capital that further bolsters our balance sheet and platform strength." / Twitter Meta and Microsoft team up to create metaverse standards; Apple, Google sit out | Ars Technica Binance.US Targeting $50M Follow-On Raise at $4.5B Valuation Bitfarms sells 3K bitcoins to improve liquidity amid 'extreme volatility' (NASDAQ:BITF) | Seeking Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is down 2% at $20,852 Ethereum is down 2% at $1137 and Binance Coin is down 1.5% at $219 Waves, up 19% Zilliqa up 20% BIS addresses CBDCs and crypto Solend Whale moves funds Ukraine sells dontated cryptopunk for $100k Deutsche Börse signs deal with Kaiko Cloudflare web outage ripples into exchanges Links: Deutsche Börse Xetra - Deutsche Börse partners with Kaiko to extend its market data offering in the crypto sector CBDCs, Not Crypto, Will Be Cornerstone of Future Monetary System, BIS Says Cloudflare Status - Cloudflare Service Issues Alex Bornyakov on Twitter: "Breaking news on crypto donations: #CryptoPunk #5364 has been sold for 90 ETH. It's over $100K. Few months ago this NFT was donated for @_AidForUkraine fund. Crypto community continues to support Ukraine." / Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web 3 with a16z Bitcoin is down .5% at $20,636 Ethereum is down 1% at $1142 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $214 Avalanche, up 16% Maker up 18% Aave up 20% Solend vote chaos Noah Davis joins Yuga Labs Elon says he'll continue supporting Doge Michelle Bond — head of ADAM to run for congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is down slightly at $19,161 Ethereum is up slightly at $1000 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $202 Meta launches Avatar Store with Balenciaga, Prada and Thom Browne. Decentraland DAO votes to give Decentraland Games a $1M grant in MANA. FTX acquires Bitvo Immutable launches 500M venture fund for web3 Links: Immutable Launches $500 Million Developer and Venture Investment Fund to Accelerate Adoption of Web3 Games and Projects FTX Acquires Alberta-Based Restricted Dealer to Expand Canadian Presence Meta is launching an avatar store, and designer clothes are the first products - The Verge Decentraland DAO votes to give Decentral Games $1 million grant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is down .5% at $20,938 Ethereum is down 1% at $1090 and Binance Coin is down 1% at $217 Elon Musk named in class action lawsuit over Dogecoin Babel Finance suspends client withdrawals 3AC has been liquidated by FTX, Deribit and BitMEX according to the Block Bitso passes $1B in crypto remittances Circle announces euro-backed stablecoin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is down 1% at $21,094 Ethereum is down 1.5% at $1113 and Binance Coin is down 1% at $216 BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo faces 30 months probation Inverse Finance exploited for $1.2M MetaMask & Phantom vulnerability patched Manhattan Landlord to re-list building NFT after ETH price sags. Links: Halborn MetaMask “Demonic” Vulnerability Discovery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is up 3% at $21,114 Ethereum is up 5% at $1112 and Binance Coin is up 3% at $212 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is up 1% at $22,149 Ethereum is up 2% at $1200 and Binance Coin is up 1% at $222 Helium up 22% Theta Network up 16% Bitcoin SV up 15% ScienceMagic.studios raises $10M Lacoste drops NFTs Binance pauses BTC withdrawals Microstrategy down $1B in unrealized losses Head of UK Central bank gloats over crypto downturn Job cuts hit Coinbase, BlockFi, crypto .com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is down 2% at $23,517 Ethereum is down 3% at $1196 and Binance Coin is down 2.5% at $218 Major cryptos down double digits across 24 hours. Celsius halts withdrawals Tron DAO Reserve ready to deploy $2B for USDD. Class action lawsuit against binance.us over Terra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a16z Bitcoin is up slightly at $27,446 Ethereum is up .5% at $1468 and Binance Coin is up .5% at $258 Coinhouse raises $40M Coinbase CEO responds to employee criticism AMEX introduces first crypto rewards card BlockFi hires lobbyists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by the new web3 with a16z podcast Bitcoin is down .5% at $28,792 Ethereum is up slightly at $1585 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $279 Jack Dorsey & TBD announce intentions for web5 Hacker of 20 million OP tokens returns 17 million, keeps 2 million as bounty. Seth Green re-purchases his stolen Bored Ape for 300k. Coin Center sues US Treasury over unconstitutional tax reporting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by web3 with a 16z Bitcoin is up slightly at $30,092 Ethereum is up slightly at $1775 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $290 Terra luna classic, up 56% IoTeX up 22% SEC investigates terraform labs Jay-Z & Jack Dorsey launch Bitcoin Academy in Brooklyn Mastercard announces partnership with NFT gateways PartyDAO raises $16.4m in a round led by a16z. Bloomberg expands terminal data coverage from 10 cryptos to 50. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by the new web3 with a16z podcast Bitcoin is down .5% at $30,301 Ethereum is down slightly at $1805 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $290 Coinbase to make a strategic investment in Zipmex Ethereum Ropsten testnet completes merge FireStake admits to draining two million of the 5M that was exploited from Osmosis 20M OP tokens sniped from Wintermute Greenidge Generation mined 195 bitcoin in May NYDFS issues stablecoin guidance. Links: Industry Letter - June 8, 2022: Guidance on the Issuance of U.S. Dollar-Backed Stablecoins | Department of Financial Services A Message to the Community from the Optimism Foundation FireStake | Validator on Twitter: "in the process, we managed to convert $226 USD to ~$2M. We were thinking about our family's future, and not the future of our community. Shortly after doing so, we stressed throughout the night about how we can set things right. We’re currently working with the Osmosis team..." / Twitter Coinbase to make strategic investment in Zipmex following acquisition talks Ethereum’s Ropsten Testnet Has Completed Its Merge Bitfly (@etherchain_org) / Twitter Greenidge Generation Provides May 2022 Operational Update Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by the new web3 with a16z podcast 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by the new web3 with a16z podcast Bitcoin is up .5% at $29,527 Ethereum is up slightly at $1,753 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $276 IRA Financial Trust suing Gemini. US Senators introduce full version of crypto regulation bill. SEC investigating Binance's BNB token. Pintu closes $113M Series B. Alan Howard backs Navigate. Links: Amid crypto turmoil, senators propose sweeping oversight - The Washington Post Crypto Exchange Platform Binance Investigated by SEC Over BNB Token - Bloomberg IRA Financial Trust Brings Lawsuit Against Gemini Trust Company Alleging Crypto Exchange Security Failures Indonesian crypto trading app Pintu scores $113M Series B | TechCrunch Alan Howard invests in Polygon-based web3 data startup Navigate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by the new web3 with a16z podcast Bitcoin is down slightly at $31,427 Ethereum is up slightly at $1911 and Binance Coin is down 1% at $307 Helium up 15% Jack Ma’s Ant Group launches digital bank in Singapore. White House to issue report on crypto mining. Lithuania puts together crypto licensing regime. Links: ANEXT Bank Soft Launches Today As Singapore’s Newest Digital Wholesale Bank | Business Wire Crypto Miners’ Energy, Climate Costs Draw White House Scrutiny Antsy Lithuania Latest to Anticipate EU Crypto Law With One of Its Own Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by the new web3 with a16z podcast Bitcoin is up .5% at $29,668 Ethereum is up .5% at $1784 and Binance Coin is up .5% at $296 Those are your leaders by market cap - top gainers in the last 24 hours: IOTEX up 18% BAYC Discord hacked. CFTC says consumers lost over $1B to fraud involving crypto last year. Abu Dhabi to give free crypto domains to all women who live and work in the capital. MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor says zoom out. Links: MicroStrategy CEO Saylor says bitcoin’s near-term volatility largely irrelevant Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Access Abu Dhabi Team Up with Unstoppable Domains to Give All Women in the UAE Capital Free Crypto, NFT and Blockchain Domains OKHotshot on Twitter: "🚨BAYC & OtherSide discords got compromised‼️ Seems because Community Manager @BorisVagner got his account breached, which let the scammers execute their phishing attack. Over 145E in was stolen Proper permissions could prevent this https://t.co/lCl2DfZQ0W" / Twitter New Analysis Finds Consumers Reported Losing More than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency to Scams since 2021 | Federal Trade Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by the new web3 with a16z podcast Bitcoin is down slightly at $29,623 Ethereum is down .5% at $1765 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $298 The Graph up 15% Central African Republic announces plans to tokenize the country’s minerals. FTX launches a licensed crypto exchange service in Japan Binance Labs has lost two veteran employees Ethereum mining revenues fell across the month of May Bermuda is still building crypto destination despite downturn. Links: Faustin-Archange Touadéra on Twitter: "The next step for us, the Central African Republic is the democratization & tokenization of resources, a new chapter with tremendous possibilities. This #vision & strategy will open unique #opportunities for #investors #worldwide. #CAR #RCA https://t.co/v7mzlsUeTw" / Twitter FTX Launches FTX Japan to Service Japanese Market Binance Labs loses top two executives May by the numbers: A look at crypto exchange volumes, open interest, and miner revenue Bermuda Doubles Down on Crypto Despite Recent Market Turmoil - WSJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by the new web3 with a16z podcast Bitcoin is down slightly at $29,745 Ethereum is down slightly at $1770 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $297 Voyager Token up 21% New York Senate passes bill imposing moratorium on all-new proof of work crypto mining in the state. Japan passes stablecoin bill to ensure redemption at face value Coinbase extends hiring freeze. CFTC accuses Gemini of making misleading statements related to Bitcoin futures product. Links: CFTC Charges Gemini Trust Company for Making Material False or Misleading Statements and Omissions to the Commission | CFTC Update on Hiring Plans. By L.J Brock, Chief People Officer | by Coinbase | Jun, 2022 | The Coinbase Blog New York Senate passes moratorium on proof-of-work mining Japan Passes Crypto Stablecoin Bill That Enshrines Investor Protection - Bloomberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is up .5% at $30,149 Ethereum is up .5% at $1837 and Binance Coin is up .5% at $305 Golem up 16% A grand jury indicts former head of product at OpenSea Nathaniel Chastain over insider trading. Kanye West files for NFT trademark applications Chipotle to accept crypto Sam Bankman-Fried signs billionaires' giving pledge. Links: Former Employee Of NFT Marketplace Charged In First Ever Digital Asset Insider Trading Scheme | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice Kanye West's Yeezus files for NFT trademarks Chipotle Lovers Can Now Buy Burritos With Bitcoin and Ether SBF on Twitter: "I'm excited and honored to sign the Giving Pledge: https://t.co/9Z6eTdR1a0" / Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $31,572 Ethereum is up slightly at $1937 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $316 NuCypher up 100% Voyager Token up 56% Keep Network up 30% Binance raises new 500M investment fund Akatsuki announces a $20M Web3 fund Prada has announced a collection of NFTs Optimism launches governance token OP Polygon increases KYC scrutiny for investments in India. Links: Binance Labs Closes $500M Investment Fund to Boost Blockchain, Web3, and Value-Building Technologies | Binance Blog Exclusive: Japanese gamemaker Akatsuki launches $20m fund to back Web3 projects in Asia Prada Timecapsule | PRADA Optimism (✨🔴_🔴✨) on Twitter: "Sup sleuths—as you might have guessed, OP Drop #1 launches today. We have NOT officially announced yet, but we’re already experiencing an all-time high demand. We knew everyone would be excited, but holy cow—y’all just couldn’t wait for #OPSummer." / Twitter Polygon Increases KYC Scrutiny of Potential Investments and Grants in India Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $31,736 Ethereum is up slightly at $1976 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $320 Cardano up 25% Axie infinity up 25% Aave up 17% Singapore's MAS announces plans to research use cases for DeFi on public blockchains. Terra’s Mirror Protocol suffered a 90M exploit Korean prosecutors launch official investigation of TerraUSD. B2B buy now pay later solution Mondu has raised 43M Links: FatMan on Twitter: "Two coffees later, as I was about to give up, I found this. Hold on... What's going on here? A single transaction from October 2021 unlocking one position over and over again - and it actually executed. Here's the transaction: https://t.co/2pbiwqKWNT (9/12) https://t.co/lklZHIYQqV" / Twitter MONDU funding announcement | LinkedIn [Exclusive] Summoning all staff of 'Luna Terra'... Full-scale investigation begins | JTBC News Singapore regulator announces plans to explore blockchain use cases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $28,835 Ethereum is up 1% at $1776 and Binance Coin is up .5% at $303 Terra 2.0 has gone live with a luna 2.0 airdrop. Solana’s blockchain clock falls behind world clock Huobi acquires latin american exchange Bitex One River’s Carbon Neutral Bitcoin ETF rejected by the SEC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is down .5% at $28,876 Ethereum is down 1% at $1767 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $298 Links: Bitcoin Liquidations-Bitcoin Liquidations Chart-Bitcoin liquidations live-bitmex rekt-Coinglass STEPN on Twitter Winter Has Arrived in the South: LatAm Unicorns Vtex and Bitso Make Layoffs Terra governance system passes plan to burn 1.3 billion UST tokens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Tether launches MXNT — peso-pegged stable coin. AI-based NFT collection by Refik Anadol sells for $6.2M. $100M fund founded by ex-binance executives comes out of stealth 29 Moonbirds valued at 1.5M phished. CryptoPunks drops below 100k Links: $700,000 USD). ➼ I've done my best to find out what happened on-chain and retrieved as much info as I can. Follow along with what I found 🧵👇 https://t.co/lXRw6fgcCl" / Twitter" rel="nofollow">Andeh #OnChain on Twitter: "🚨Community Scam Alert @p2peers 🚨 ➼ https://t.co/9cTRutiMbm was used by scammer (@Dvincent_) today to steal 29 MOONBIRD NFTS (>$700,000 USD). ➼ I've done my best to find out what happened on-chain and retrieved as much info as I can. Follow along with what I found 🧵👇 https://t.co/lXRw6fgcCl" / Twitter Tether Launches Tokens Pegged to the Mexican Peso on Ethereum, Tron, and Polygon – Altcoins Bitcoin News $100 million fund founded by ex-Binance execs comes out of stealth Refik Anadol’s NFT displayed on LG’s OLED screen sold for $6.2M < #BIZ < 기사본문 - 스마트타임스 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is down .5% at $29,413 Ethereum is down slightly at $1943 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $321 a16z launches 4.5B crypto fund IV MSTR trading down with the wider market — lowest since November 2020 Seth Green's phished BAYC NFT was tied to a show. Do Kwon’s controversial plan to repurpose the terra blockchain has passed in an on-chain vote. Links: Crypto Fund 4 - a16z crypto Terra Station Actor Seth Green is on Twitter trying to reclaim a stolen Bored Ape Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is down .5% at $29,210 Ethereum is down 1% at $1959 and Binance Coin is down 1% at $321 Police in Korea ask exchanges to freeze Luna Foundation Guard assets. Coinbase added to Fortune 500 list. Optimism removes 17k addresses from airdrop eligible list. Central African Republic teases Project Sango. Lockheed Martin is working with the Filecoin foundation to for open-source blockchain network in space. Links: Coinbase is the first cryptocurrency company to break into the Fortune 500 | Fortune Optimism (✨🔴_🔴✨) on Twitter: "Optimism is for the people, not the sybils. We’ve been carefully analyzing OP Airdrop #1 for sybil attackers that slipped through the cracks. We’re happy to announce that we’ve removed an additional 17k sybil addresses and recovered over 14 million OP. Bye bye sybils! https://t.co/XfWTcOFXEa" / Twitter Central African Republic teases 'Project Sango' crypto hub South Korean police request to freeze LFG assets (Cryptocurrency:UST-USD) | Seeking Alpha Lockheed Martin, Filecoin Foundation to Explore Hosting Blockchain Nodes in Space Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Gamestop unveils crypto and NFT wallet. Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Trust is establishing a digital asset custodian Sparkster which fundraised in 2018 has converted 22M in Ether to USDC. Community calls for blacklist. Protego Trust bank has quietly raised 70M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $29,922 Ethereum is up slightly at $2022 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $318 Links: Do Kwon 🌕 on Twitter: "@FatManTerra @Sarahparker45 @gregosuri We have no outstanding tax liabilities in Korea The NTS did conduct a tax audit across all the major crypto cos with a presence in Korea and applied Korean tax code to foreign mother companies, and every company ended up paying as a result - we paid in full Not unique to TFL" / Twitter Crypto assets are ‘worth nothing,’ says ECB’s Christine Lagarde – POLITICO Samuel Bankman-Fried Gave $16 Million to Super PACs in April - Bloomberg BEEPLE Twitter account hacked to share Louis Vuitton phishing link Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $29,287 Ethereum is up slightly at $1970 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $307 Wormhole pays a $10M bug bounty to a white hat. Swiss luxury watch maker TAG Heuer will now accept cryptocurrency through BitPay Explosion at Blockfusion facility disables some miners. Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes avoids hard jail time — will do 2 yrs probation. Links: Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes Sentenced to 2 Years Probation Bit Digital, Inc. Announces Interruptions To Certain Hosting Partners’ Operations - Bit Digital Wormhole Uninitialized Proxy Bugfix Review | by Immunefi | Immunefi | May, 2022 | Medium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is down slightly at $30,339 Ethereum is up slightly at $2048 and Binance Coin is up 1% at $314 Shopify expands crypto payment options with a passthrough to crypto.com. The CFTC charges two men with running a $44M crypto Ponzi scheme. Chicago is encouraging vaccinated teens to mint NFTs of themselves OpenSea has disabled a bored ape sale during an ongoing legal case. Links: Bored Ape Yacht Club | OpenSea CFTC Charges 2 Men With Running a $44M Crypto Ponzi Scheme Crypto.com Brings Crypto.com Pay to All Shopify Merchants Chicago’s Vaccinated Teens Who Joined Face Forward Project Can Have Portraits Minted as NFTs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is up 1% at $29,402 Ethereum is up 1% at $1953 and Binance Coin is up 1% at $299 A16z launches a $600M fund focused on the gaming industry. UST bag holders and cash-outs come forward. South Korea re-instates "Grim Reaper" Financial Crimes unit to look at Terraform Labs. Miners in new York state face down regulatory uncertainty. Links: GAMES FUND ONE: Building the Future of Games | Andreessen Horowitz GameFi firm Azra Games raises $15 million in seed funding led by a16z Joey Krug on Twitter: "@fintechfrank We managed that position down over time as it became increasingly profitable/large, in order to maintain a diversified portfolio. We initially invested in LUNA because of the progress we saw in developer adoption, the payments usage, and the broader ecosystem being built on Terra" / Twitter [단독] 한동훈이 되살린 '여의도 저승사자' 1호 수사 루나 | SBS 뉴스 New York Bitcoin Miners Start to Give Up on State Amid Regulatory Uncertainty Learnings From Last Week - Delphi Digital Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is down slightly at $29,772 Ethereum is down slightly at $2026 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $300 Major law firm LKB & Partners have decided to sue Do Kwon on behalf of investors who lost out on UST. Nansen acquires DeFi investment tracker Ape Board. Robinhood set to launch new DeFi wallet to rival Metamask Ledger set to add a browser extension to connect their hardware to web3 apps Over 5k Eth from the ronin bridge are on the move Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is down .5% at $30,290 Ethereum is down slightly at $2079 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $305 Revolut's Nik Stronsky launches QuantumLight — an AI led VC fund. Politicians in south Korea call for Do Kwon to attend a hearing related to TerraUSD’s collapse. The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance says China still #2 in mining power. Spotify trials NFTs on platform Links: Exclusive: Spotify tests letting artists promote NFTs on their profiles - Music Ally Bitcoin mining – an (un)surprising resurgence? - News & insight - Cambridge Judge Business School South Korean politician calls for hearing on Terra crisis Revolut’s Billionaire Founder Nik Storonsky To Launch AI-Led Venture Capital Fund Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is down 1% at $29,845 Ethereum is down 1% at $2028 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $299 Luna Foundation Guard publishes detailed breakdown of the 3B in funds they spent trying to defend the UST peg & Luna. Grayscale investments is set to list its first ETF in Europe. President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador says 44 countries will visit El Salvador to discuss Bitcoin. The CEO of the EminiFX trading platform arrested by FBI, charged with fraud. Links: CEO Of Cryptocurrency And Forex Trading Platform Charged With Fraudulent Scheme Involving Over $59 Million | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice LFG | Luna Foundation Guard on Twitter: "1/ As of Saturday, May 7, 2022, the Luna Foundation Guard held a reserve consisting of the following assets: · 80,394 $BTC · 39,914 $BNB · 26,281,671 $USDT · 23,555,590 $USDC · 1,973,554 $AVAX · 697,344 $UST · 1,691,261 $LUNA" / Twitter Nayib Bukele on Twitter: "Tomorrow, 32 central banks and 12 financial authorities (44 countries) will meet in El Salvador to discuss financial inclusion, digital economy, banking the unbanked, the #Bitcoin rollout and its benefits in our country." / Twitter Grayscale Investments Lists First ETF in Europe Binance's LUNA investment, which peaked at $1.6 billion, now worth just $3,000 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is down slightly at $38,997 Ethereum is down slightly at $1979 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $278 Popular crypto sites hit with phishing attack. Emirates airline is employing bitcoin as a payment service Nomura has started offering Bitcoin OTC derivatives in Asia LFG hasn't answered about the 1.2B in BTC reserves that are unaccounted for. Do Kwon promises answers soon. Links: Dubai airline Emirates embraces digital currencies and metaverse to attract new customers SEC seeks additional comments on WisdomTree's Bitcoin ETF proposal Nomura on Twitter: "We have launched #Bitcoin OTC #derivatives with Bitcoin non-deliverable forwards and non-deliverable options for clients in #Asia out of Singapore. We also executed our first Bitcoin #futures and #options trades this week on @CMEGroup with @CumberlandSays. https://t.co/1ZBkNUXivP" / Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is up 1% at $30,638 Ethereum is up 1.5% at $2116 and Binance Coin is up 1% at $308 Cardano up 30% Solana up 24% XRP up 23% Terra halts for 9 hours. Luna and UST hit lows — delisted by some major exchanges. QuickNode acquires NFT analytics platform Icy Tools. Links: LEADING BLOCKCHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER QUICKNODE ACQUIRES LEADING NFT ANALYTICS PLATFORM ICY.TOOLS Celsius pulled half a billion dollars out of Anchor Protocol amid Terra chaos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices