Daily Crypto Report

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

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is down 1% at $27,868 Ethereum is down 1.5% at $1913 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $267 Tether lost its $1 peg briefly overnight amid a wider market slide that saw the crypto market cap drop 16%. Coinbase stock falls in post-market trading. ARK buys 500k shares. Lighthouse Labs has raised $7M in a seed round. FTX.US has applied for a trust charter in New York. 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 $31,627 Ethereum is down 1% at $2,417 and Binance Coin is down 1% at $306 UST falls to record lows among wider market fall — Luna plunges. a16z backs co:create 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 $31,633 Ethereum is up slightly at $2,403 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $325 UST depegs to record lows — recovers. El Salvador buys 500 more BTC. Arianee raises $21M to bring luxury NFTs into the metaverse Azuki founder Zagabond tweets about other project history. Chile says digital peso would need to work offline 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 $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 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 $34,695 Ethereum is up slightly at $2,568 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $357 Julian Sawyer appears to step down as CEO of Bitstamp. Meta plans NFT pilot. Nvidia settles charges with the SEC Under Armour will drop NFTs with Steph Curry Pangea picks up 85M in funding. Links: Meta’s Instagram to Support NFTs From Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, Flow SEC.gov | SEC Charges NVIDIA Corporation with Inadequate Disclosures about Impact of Cryptomining Under Armour to mint NBA Warriors' Stephen Curry-inspired NFTs (1) Julian Sawyer (@julian_sawyer) / Twitter Crypto Wunderkinds Secure $85 Million to Start Own Hedge Fund Pangea - Bloomberg — Strategy is to focus on three to seven proven tokens 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 $36,007 Ethereum is down slightly at $2,685 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $374 NY Senate committee will not consider New York moratorium on mining in this session. US offers $15M in rewards to catch Conti cyber criminals. Google is building a web3 team US ads blender to North Korea sanctions list. 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 $36,020 Ethereum is up .5% at $2,702 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $377 OpenSea’s Discord was apparently hacked to promote a scam NFT pass Block reports $1.73B in bitcoin sales via cash app Copy-paste error sees $3M of Juno tokens sent to inaccessible address. US Court orders BitMex founders to pay $30M. Links: US Court Orders BitMEX Founders to Pay $30M for Illegal Trading PeckShieldAlert on Twitter: "#PeckShieldAlert #phishing @opensea discord is exploited, youtubenft[.]art is the phishing site. Do *NOT* fall prey to it! https://t.co/rjqMpTnpjW" / Twitter Block reports $1.73 billion in bitcoin sales via Cash App during Q1 2022 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 $39,507 Ethereum is up slightly at $2,931 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $405 Waves, up 17% Zilliqa up 26% Binance & Sequoia among slew of investors backing Elon's Twitter takeover Gucci to accept crypto in flagship US stores. Starbucks announces NFT collections, hints at Digital Community Web3 platform California Gov. signs exec order re: crypto regulation Links: Gucci to accept crypto in leap for luxury industry | Vogue Business schedule 13D Twitter — Binance. Starbucks: We're creating the digital Third Place California governor signs executive order to create a crypto framework 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 $38,984 Ethereum is up slightly at $2,865 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $390 Curve, up 15% Ryan Carson, Ex Moonbird COO sees $40M worth of commitments to NFT fund: 121G. MicroStrategy says it might explore more yield generation opportunities for BTC. Fitness club Equinox to accept crypto payments in New York. Elon Musk changed his twitter pfp to a stock photo of bored apes. Argo Blockchain has borrowed $70M From NYDIG. 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 $38,447 Ethereum is up slightly at $2,835 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $387 Algorand, up 20% Helium up 19% Arweave up 17% Algorand to be official blockchain of World Cup 2022 Two banks in Argentina have added crypto trading to their platforms. Square Enix sells off $300M in IP to invest in blockchain & AI. VanEck is launching a collection of 1,000 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 down .5% at $38,453 Ethereum is down .5% at $2,790 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $384 Solana struggled with uptime on Saturday night — down for 7hrs. Otherside land sale sells out — causes gas war on Ethereum network. Wikipedia association to stop accepting crypto donations. crypto.com cuts card rewards significantly. Links: Solana Network down tweet on Twitter Otherside land NFTs sell out in hours as Yuga Labs rakes in $317 million Wikipedia to Stop Accepting Crypto Donations on Environmental, Other Grounds Crypto.com Visa Cards Update Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by ungrocery.com Bitcoin is down slightly at $38,575 Ethereum is down slightly at $2,831 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $397 Uma up 18% Lux real estate developer Damac to accept crypto payments in the UAE Ape Tokens lost about 36M in liquidations. Saddle Finance exploited for $10M Panama Assembly passes bill to permit the use of crypto assets. ENS NFTs fllip BAYC by volume. 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 $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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by ungrocery.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $39,799 Ethereum is up slightly at $2,930 and Binance Coin is up .5% at $405 OneFootball has raised $300M in their series D round. Deus Finance exploited for $13M. Meta says their metaverse unit Reality Labs lost $2.9B in Q1 2022 Edward Snowden was a part of the core group ceremony that launched Zcash. 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 $39,085 Ethereum is up .5% at $2,895 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $391 OpenSea acquires NFT aggregator GEM City of Fort Worth Texas votes to become a bitcoin miner The New York Assembly has passed a two-year crypto mining moratorium bill on carbon-fuled mines. Central African Republic adopts Bitcoin as legal tender. . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by ungrocery.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $40,475 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,001 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $400 Dogecoin, up 15% The Graph up 15% Moonbird #2642 sets records — selling for for 350Eth on OpenSea. Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram was hacked yesterday. Meta opening brick-and-mortar stores. Doge was up on Elon’s Twitter takeover Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is down slightly at $39,573 Ethereum is down 2% at $2,954 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $404 Coinbase stock hit an all-time low during yesterday’s trading AkuDreams suffers griefing exploit — sees $34M locked up. Lawmakers in New York want to make rug pulls a crime. Bitcoin seized by feds will repay Ross Ulbricht's $183M debt. Links: Seized BTC settles debt NY State Senate Bill S8839: Crypto Fraud Foobar on Twitter: $34M locked? Coinbase stock slides to all-time low amid NFT marketplace beta rollout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by ungrocery.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $40,535 Ethereum is up slightly at $3,011 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $411 Binance seizes $5.8M linked to the Axie Infinity hack. OpenSea suspends trading of the Sands Vegas Casino Club NFTs Ukraine’s central bank has banned crypto purchases in local currency. A man in New York has been arrested for crypto mining fraud. Links: Ukraine's Central Bank Bans Crypto Purchases in Local Currency OpenSea Stops Gambling Apes NFT Trading | PYMNTS.com CZ 🔶 Binance on Twitter: "The DPRK hacking group started to move their Axie Infinity stolen funds today. Part of it made to Binance, spread across over 86 accounts. $5.8M has been recovered. We done this many times for other projects in the past too. Stay #SAFU." / Twitter Man Charged With Defrauding Customers Who Sought To Buy Cryptocurrency-Mining Computers And Miner-Hosting Services | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by ungrocery.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $42,535 Ethereum is up .5% at $3,158 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $425 Neutrino Dollar, up 16% IoTeX up 15% Limewire raises $10.4M in a private token sale US Treasury issues sanctions against Russian crypto miners. Binance and CZ have emoji faux-pas. Coinbase is reportedly in talks to acquire the Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk. Links: LimeWire raises $10 million in private token sale to grow music-linked NFT platform Russia-related Designations and Designation Update; Issuance of Russia-related General Licenses | U.S. Department of the Treasury Binance on Twitter: "Well that was obviously really embarrassing. We’re not sure how that emoji got through several layers of review without anyone noticing, but we immediately flagged the issue, pulled it down, and the new emoji design is being rolled out as we speak." / Twitter Coinbase in Talks to Acquire BtcTurk for About $3.2B: Report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by ungrocery.com Bitcoin is up 1% at $42,124 Ethereum is up 1% at $3,156 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $428 Immutable X, up 16% Robinhood signs to acquire the crypto wallet and card startup Ziglu IMF issues report calling for coordinated efforts and capital controls for crypto Binance acquires money transmitter license in Puerto Rico. Solana DeFi Protocol Delta One has raised $9.1m to offer crypto yield farming. Links: Solana DeFi Protocol Delta One Raises $9.1M to Offer Crypto Yield Farming IMF Report | April 2022 Robinhood Acquires Crypto App Ziglu Binance.US obtains money transmitter license in Puerto Rico Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by ungrocery.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $40,907 Ethereum is up slightly at $3,059 and Binance Coin is down 1% at $418 CoinDCX has raised 135M in a series D Bitfinex suspends trading after users report issues. The Sandbox wants 400M at a 4B valuation. Moonbirds' buzzy debut. UST rises to third position for stablecoins. Links: CoinDCX raises $135 million, now valued at $2.15 billion Bitfinex on Twitter: "We are investigating issues with the platform and have to temporarily halt trading. We will keep everyone updated on here and our status page https://t.co/82DW9ZUwkC as we know more. We apologise for the inconvenience." / Twitter SoftBank-Backed Game Platform Sandbox Seeks Funds at $4 Billion Value: Sources - Bloomberg Terra’s LUNA Surges 17% as UST Becomes Third Largest Stablecoin Moonbirds: The official PROOF PFP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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