DAILY CRYPTO NEWS

1) Biggest news story is $BTC above $19K. Must be said. 

2) 2nd biggest news story is Eth2 Launchpad has reached staking threshold (and $ETH above $600). 

https://launchpad.ethereum.org/

3) 3rd biggest news story is PICKLE is being absorbed by yearn.

https://medium.com/iearn/pickle-yearn-ferment-co-operation-dill-eec43b93d0ea

4) Solana just finished a Hackathon

5) Fantasy Football is coming to the Solana Blockchain

https://solanafantasy.netlify.app/

6) Validation for our investment interest in $DIA

7) Good list of Altcoin organizations from @ChrisBlec

8) We are continuing to explore other blockchains as investments, and so are other dapps

https://cointelegraph.com/news/defi-protocol-1inch-set-to-be-the-first-to-expand-to-the-near-blockchain

1inch is set to be on the NEAR Blockchain. 

9) Coingecko has an "Insurance" page to track crypto insurance investments: 

- https://www.coingecko.com/en?category_id=insurance&view=market

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