MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor integrates Bitcoin Lightning Address into a corporate email, enabling #Bitcoin payments through a conventional email address. Lightning Address protocol allows sending BTC over the Lightning Network.

London Stock Exchange Group to launch #Bitcoin futures and options trading through Global Futures Options, offering the UK's first regulated trading clearing in Bitcoin index derivatives. The product is expected to launch in Q4 2023 and will be cash-settled through LCH Digital AssetClear.

A large Bitcoin investor sent $330M in BTC to Bitfinex before the price dropped below $30K. The whale was the 14th largest holder with $1.2B in BTC. The transfer may indicate profit realization. BTC outperformed most assets over the past month. BTC was trading at around $29,900.

ETH, DOGE, and ADA are among the top-performing larger-cap altcoins, while Bitcoin has surged to over $31k for the first time since June 2022. ETH hit an 11-month high after the Shapella upgrade, while DOGE and ADA also saw gains. Other coins like Uniswap, Chainlink, and ARB have also exploded. The crypto market cap has added over $40 billion daily, approaching $1.3 trillion on CMC.

Singapore's central bank and police are working with banks to set standards for opening crypto accounts. A report outlining best practices for payment services involving stablecoins, NFTs, and gaming credits could be released in 2 months.

Japan's Web3 project team, under the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, approves a white paper with recommendations to promote industry growth in the country. The document, now part of Japan's national strategy, proposes tax reform, accounting standards, and a DAO law.

Most altcoins are down as the cumulative market cap of all crypto assets drops by $30 billion in just one day, currently sitting below $1.2 trillion. Leading the downward trend in the top 10 assets is Dogecoin, with a 6% slump. However, the coin is still up by over 20% on a weekly scale.

Swiss retail bank PostFinance, founded 117 years ago, has teamed up with Sygnum to offer regulated digital asset banking services to its customers. PostFinance clients can now purchase, hold, and sell major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum through Sygnum’s B2B banking platform.

Bitcoin's impressive rally has stalled at $28k, with the largest cryptocurrency hovering around that key level for the past few days. Analysts describe this as range-bound trading, with Bitcoin trading within 15% of its 30-day average price. Bitcoin's recent rally from $20k to $28k was fueled by renewed narratives of it being a hedge against inflation and a safe haven amid banking turmoil.

Coinbase introduces its Ethereum Layer 2 network - Base, without a native token. The open-source, low-cost network aims to serve as a developer sandbox for dApps. A new Base Ecosystem Fund will offer seed funding for organizations building on the new testnet.