Ethereum gained 3.85% to $4,720 and Dogecoin was trading 9.73% higher at $0.2858. Digital token Stellar climbed 3.72% to $0.3733 and XRP zoomed 8.05% to $1.26.
FACEBOOK WHISTLEBLOWER GOES PUBLIC: “The former Facebook Inc. employee who gathered documents that formed the foundation of The Wall Street Journal’s Facebook Files series said she acted to help prompt change at the social-media giant, not to stir anger toward it,” the Journal’s Jeff Horwitz wrote in a profile of Frances Haugen, a former product manager hired to help protect against election interference on the platform. She “said she had grown frustrated by what she saw as the company’s lack of openness about its platforms’ potential for harm and unwillingness to address its flaws. She is scheduled to testify before Congress on Tuesday. She has also sought federal whistleblower protection with the Securities and Exchange Commission.”

As acting Comptroller of the Currency, he presided over the leading regulator for national banks in the U.S. In that role, he pushed out a number of new authorizations for the integration of cryptocurrency in the banking system, including several fintech charters for banking firms.
Black CountryShaun Bailey MP, West Bromwich West, asked the official: "Have you been to the Black Country?"