Daily Crypto Report

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

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Bitcoin is up 1% at $38,824 Ethereum is up 1% at $2,862 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $392 Kraken granted license to operate in Abu Dhabi. New crypto ETFs debut in Australia. Macron comments on digital Euro, regulation. Ethereum's PoS switch drives down price of GPUs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Links: U.S. Crypto Company Compass Mining Sells Gear Stuck in Russia to Avoid Sanction - Bloomberg Crypto.com Supports MIT Digital Currency Initiative with Gift to Assist Independent Research and Cryptocurrency Development Stripe to Let Clients Make Payments in USDC Stablecoin via Polygon – Starting With Twitter Spruce Raises $34M to Unbundle the Login for a User-Controlled Web A16z Forms Crypto Research and Coding Unit to Help Web 3 Startups 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 $39,573 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

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by ungrocery.com Bitcoin is up .5% at $39,310 Ethereum is up 1% at $2,939 and Binance Coin is up .5% at $405 Beanstalk exploited for over $180M Gulf Energy makes strategic investment in Binance.US and BNB Louis Vuitton releasing new NFTs Canada’s WonderFi has announced an intention to acquire the Coinberry Crypto 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 $40,405 Ethereum is up slightly at $3,048 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $414 2TM plans to launch quantitative trading service. Judge orders SEC to produce materials related to the Hinman speech in ongoing Ripple battle. European Commission has received about 10k public comments so far on the digital euro. 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 $40,470 Ethereum is up slightly at $3,045 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $416 Tornado Cash to block sanctioned addresses. President Biden nominates former Ripple advisor Michael Barr as Fed regulator. Terraform labs has given $820M in Luna tokens to the Luna Foundation Guard. Emirates plans NFTs and expanded activity in metaverse Links: Emirates to launch NFTs and experiences in the metaverse Terra (UST) 🌍 Powered by LUNA 🌕 on Twitter: "TFL has gifted an additional 10 million $LUNA to the @LFG_org. https://t.co/tNirkgGGm0" / Twitter Statement from President Biden on His Intent to Nominate Michael Barr to Serve as Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve | The White House Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash blocks sanctioned addresses from its frontend 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 $40,187 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,021 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $416 US officials say North Korea’s Lazarus hackers are the ones responsible for the Ronin blockchain MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor tells shareholders BTC as reserve is a success. Central Bank of Portugal grants country’s first crypto license to a bank. Meta allows digital sales on Horizon — will take half of creators profits in fees. Links: Meta Plans to Charge Up to 50% Fees for Transactions in the Metaverse | Barron's MicroStrategy 14A Registration of virtual assets service providers | Banco de Portugal US government connects North Korean hacking group with last month's $600 million Ronin exploit 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 $41,189 Ethereum is up slightly at $3,090 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $420 Thorchain. Up 17% Blockchain. com sponsors the Dallas Cowboys NFL team. Jack Dorsey's first tweet returns to the auction block. Regulators in Texas and Alabama block sales of Cyprus-based Sand Vegas Casino Club NFTs. Class action lawsuit levied against Uniswap Labs. 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 $39,792 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,017 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $413 MoonPay’s Series A round saw 87M in funds from over 60 celebrities Nexo has partnered with Mastercard to offer a crypto-backed card with no selling of digital assets. Funds from The Ronin exploit are on the move. Binance announces a 100M Euro investment in France. 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 $40,415 Ethereum is up 1% at $3,047 and Binance Coin is up 1% at $412 Coinbase to produce trilogy of bored ape movies NBA is dives deeper into web3 with series of trademarks Mastercard has filed for more than a dozen metaverse and crypto trademarks FTX’s co-CEO Ryan Salame is launching a new 4M republican political action committee ahead of midterm elections Links: Bored Apes Go Hollywood With Coinbase-Produced Movie Trilogy WIPO Global Brand Database — NBA filings Mastercard files for more than a dozen metaverse and crypto trademarks Crypto's campaign year - POLITICO 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 1% at $41,019 Ethereum is down 1% at $3,041 and Binance Coin is down 1% at $403 Crypto exchange traffic increased in March. Multiple Indian political and governmental entities had their Twitter accounts compromised. The Luna Foundation Guard picks up $173M more in Bitcoin. US Senate republicans issue policy paper on crypto. Links: Crypto's campaign year - POLITICO 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 $42,559 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,243 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $423 New York senate gives more budget to NYDFS for crypto oversight. Motus Capital launches. Coinbase disables Unified Payments Interface in India in the face of regulatory pressure. David Kleiman estate appeals december Craig Wright verdict. Links: Former Citigroup Executives Seek $100 Million for Crypto Hedge Funds - Bloomberg Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor's award worth $47 bln challenged by ex-partner's estate | Reuters Coinbase India UPI Payments: Regulatory heat forces Coinbase to halt UPI payments in just three days New York Senate Authorizes NYDFS to 'Assess' Crypto Companies 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 $42,459 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,207 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $426 Blockstream and Block will partner with Tesla to launch a bitcoin mining center powered by Tesla batteries and solar tech. Bitstamp focuses on underserved traders in the market. Applied blockchain files for $60M nasdaq IPO. Binance picks head of FCA as its global director of regulatory policy. Links: Block and Blockstream are partnering with Tesla on an off-grid, solar-powered Bitcoin mine in Texas - The Verge Bitstamp sees opportunity in 'underserved' next wave of crypto investors applied blockchain IPO filing Binance Recruits Senior FCA Official • AmkNews - AMKNews 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 $43,345 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,261 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $428 Strike’s CEO announced a partnership with Shopify, Blackhawk Network, and NCR at the Miami Bitcoin Robinhood’s activates crypto wallet for 2 million eligible customers. Wyre has been acquired by Bolt in a deal valued around $1.5B Improbable raises $150M to build an interoperable metaverse network. Links: Bolt to Acquire Wyre, Accelerating Mainstream Adoption of Cryptocurrency Robinhood Releases Crypto Wallet to 2M Users, Plans Integration With Bitcoin Lightning Network Strike CEO Jack Mallers announces Shopify partnership, new payment network Improbable Raises US$150m to Establish M² (MSquared), a Metaverse Network and Ecosystem Powered by Its Morpheus Technology | Business Wire 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 $43,803 Ethereum is up 1% at $3,256 and Binance Coin is up 1% at $435 Binance US closes first funding round for over $200M. ESPN signs deal with Tom Brady’s NFT Platform Autograph US house introduces bill to mitigate the risks from El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin. A Bored Ape holder loses NFTs in fake trade to a scammer. Links: Binance.US raises over $200 million at a $4.5 billion pre-money valuation ESPN Signs First-Ever NFT Deal with Autograph quit.pcc.eth on Twitter: "Today, bored ape holder "s27" lost their bubble gum ape and matching mutants ($567k at current floors) in an instant. This is a thread on how it happened, and how to prevent something similar from happening to you. 1/🧵" / 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 .5% at $44,902 Ethereum is down 1% at $3,311 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $436 Sky Mavis has raised $150M to reimburse victims of Ronin hack. Marathon Digital Holdings will move its bitcoin miners from a coal-powered facility in Montana to a more sustainable location. The Luna Foundation Guard picks up another $230M in bitcoin. Hivemapper has raised $18M in a series A. Links: Marathon to move from coal-powered plant Sky Mavis Raises $150M Led By Binance, Funds to be Restored on the Ronin Bridge Do Kwon 🌕 on Twitter: "Today I: - Watered my plants - Wrote some emails - Bought 230M in $BTC - vacuumed the house - had some mcdonalds Now off to walk the dog 🤝" / Twitter Hivemapper raises $18 million to create decentralized mapping network 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 $46,768 Ethereum is up slightly at $3,528 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $458 Celo, up 23% Audius up 15% German authorities shutter the Russian darknet site Hydra Market. US seizes $34M in crypto from darknet operator in south Florida. SEC chair Gary Gensler calls for more regulation on stablecoins & DeFi. OpenZepplin details $15B vulnerability in Convex Finance. Links: $15 Billion Rugpull Vulnerability in Convex Finance protocol Uncovered and Resolved - OpenZeppelin blog United States Forfeits Millions in Cryptocurrency Used to Launder Illicit Dark Web Proceeds | USAO-SDFL | Department of Justice German Authorities Shut Down Russian Darknet Market, Seize $25M in Bitcoin SEC chair Gensler calls for more regulation on stablecoins and crypto firms' custody, market-making arms 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 $46,166 Ethereum is up .5% at $3,479 and Binance Coin is up .5% at $446 Coinbase is looking to hire 1,000 people in India. Oklahoma considering legislation to incentivize bitcoin miners Officials in Turkey seek 40,000-year sentence for former CEO of Thodex. BitMEX is laying off 75 employees after bank acquisitions fall through. Links: Turkey Seeks 40,000 Years of Jail Time for Missing Crypto CEO - Bloomberg OK SB590 | 2022 | Regular Session | LegiScan Lighting Up The Map: How Coinbase Plans To Scale Globally | by Coinbase | Feb, 2022 | The Coinbase Blog BitMEX lays off 75 employees after bank acquisition collapses 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 $46,160 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,482 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $443 1 in 5 Americans has used, invested in, or traded cryptocurrency according to small NBC poll. PrimeBlock is planning to go public via a 1.25B SPAC. Inverse Finance loses 15M in exploit CleanSpark pens deal to expand its Texas mining capacity by up to 500MW. Links: PeckShield Inc. on Twitter: "Hi, @InverseFinance, you may want to take a look: https://t.co/KHHWAozWj1" / Twitter Bitcoin miner PrimeBlock to go public via $1.25 bln SPAC deal | Reuters Cryptocurrency news: 21% of adults have traded or used crypto, NBC poll shows CleanSpark inks deal to expand Texas mining capacity by up to 500 megawatts 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 $46,478 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,488 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $427 The graph up 15% Convex finance up 19% The CME Group looking at futures options for Solana's SOL and Cardano's ADA Dev's tighten security following Ronin's 600M exploit. OpenSea introduces credit card options for platform. Fractal has picked up 35M in seed funding. 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 .5% at $45,009 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,284 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $427 IOST up 24% Bored Ape Yacht Club discord briefly hacked Elizabeth Warren says its go time for US CBDC. Ex-OpenSea executive Nate Chastain raising money for new NFT platform. Buenos Aires is working on a digital identity platform Links: Elizabeth Warren Calls for US to Create a CBDC OpenSea Exec Who Quit After ‘Insider Trading’ Scandal Is Back With NFT Platform Bored Ape Yacht Club on Twitter: "STAY SAFE. Do not mint anything from any Discord right now. A webhook in our Discord was briefly compromised. We caught it immediately but please know: we are not doing any April Fools stealth mints / airdrops etc. Other Discords are also being attacked right now." / Twitter Identidad-digital/Whitepaper Tango.md at main · gcba/Identidad-digital · GitHub 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 $47,179 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,407 and Binance Coin is down .5% at $445 IOST up 38% Skale Network up 29% Zilliqa up 20% Shib Developers announce Shib the Metaverse Zilliqa's Metapolis causes value to soar. blockchain.com hits $14B valuation. Phishing attacks from Twitter grab over $900k of NFTs from victims. 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 $47,351 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,409 and Binance Coin is down slightly at $439 Zilliqa up 54% Aave up 17% Axie Infinity’s Ethereum side chain exploited Michael Saylor & Macrostrategy take out $205M loan to buy more bitcoin. Greenpeace launches "Change the Code not the climate" campaign. FCA to extend temporary registration deadline for select crypto firms. 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 $48,047 Ethereum is up 1% at $3,478 and Binance Coin is up 1% at $441 Waves up 56% Thorchain up 17% Chiliz up 17% Lawmakers in the US introduce an ECASH bill. SEC proposal threatens DeFi with re-defining terms. WisdomTree launches crypto ETPs for Solana, Cardano, and polkadot in Europe. Hashdex hires European director Links: _gabrielShapir0 on Twitter: "it's an all-out shadow attack on decentralized finance" / Twitter A new bill would launch a large-scale test of digital dollars - The Verge WisdomTree Launches Crypto ETPs for Solana, Cardano, Polkadot in Europe Brazil’s Hashdex hires Europe director to lead expansion 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 $47,274 Ethereum is down slightly at $3,343 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $435 Filecoin up 33% VeChain up 20% EOS up 19% ApeCoin's rise liquidates 4.5M in futures contracts. Coindesk eyeing acquisition of 2TM & Mercado Bitcoin. BNB Chain to launch sidechains. Wirex withdraws from FCA’s temporary register. Greenidge Generation Holdings secures $100 million to triple hashrate 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 slightluy at $44,679 Ethereum is up slightly at $3,148 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $414 VeChain up 24% Avalanche is launching a 100M creator fund Binance has doubled down on ultiverse with extra 5M Madonna enters the metaverse with BAYC. Exxon mobile pilots project for mining with wasted flare gas. White House asks for public comments on crypto’s energy use and environmental impact. Links: Avalanche launches $100 million creator fund with Grimes and web3 platform Op3n Exxon (XOM) Weighs Taking Gas-to-Bitcoin Pilot to Four Countries - Bloomberg Madonna on Instagram: “I finally entered the MetaVerse…,………..My very own Ape! What should I name her ? 🦧 Thanks @moonpay 🪄 We all need protection from Evil Eye. 🧿” Binance doubles down on Ultiverse with another $5 million investment Federal Register :: Request for Information on the Energy and Climate Implications of Digital Assets 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 1% at $40,465 Ethereum is down slightly at $2,801 and Binance Coin is down 1% at $386 DCR will be offline next week. See you soon. Unknown investor borrows 5 bored apes from a vault to claim 1.1M of the recently dropped APEcoin. GameStop moving ahead with their planned NFT platform Argentina’s government is working on a nearly $45 billion debt restructuring deal with IMF — will disavow crypto. Meta Platforms and Meta Platforms Ireland facebook’s parent company is being sued by the ACCC over crypto ads. Links: Argentina and the IMF GameStop to launch NFT platform by end of Q2 Someone borrowed 5 Bored Apes to claim $1.1 million of APE tokens ACCC takes action over alleged misleading conduct by Meta for publishing scam celebrity crypto ads on Facebook | ACCC 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 $41,032 Ethereum is up 1% at $2,800 and Binance Coin is up 2% at $392 Avalanche up 15% Thorchain up 18% Cake up 24% Ukraine signs virtual assets bill into law Mark Zuckerberg confirms Instagram NFTs Lava Labs raises $10M series-A Block invests in challenger bank Kyash. 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 $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. 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 $38,813 Ethereum is up slightly at $2,544 and Binance Coin is up slightly at $366 energy usage in Kazakhstan has caused 106 more crypto mines to close Police in Shanghai have cracked down on a $16M online pyramid scheme Binance has picked up a go ahead from the government in the Kingdom of Bahrain Larva Labs treasure hunt yields Meebit and eth for 3 friends. Links: Shanghai Police Bust $16M Crypto Pyramid Scheme Crypto Exchange FTX Wins License, Plans Regional HQ in Dubai - Bloomberg (1) Andrew Badr on Twitter: "This is the story of how @larvalabs, the creators Cryptopunks, hid a secret NFT prize almost a year ago—and how a couple friends and I recently solved the puzzle to claim it." / Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices