Top ten crypto prices by market cap. This week's BTC news and a few other stories on the chain...

1. Biden Admin proposes 30% tax on energy consumption by BTC miners.

2. Will BTC pass the $30k psychological barrier?

3. bitdeer/Druk holding and investments to establish BTC mining in Bhutan.

4. Binance admits to blocking Iranian accounts.

5. US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr defends bitcoin mining.

6. MicroStrategy lightning platform introduced.

7. Biden aids explore minting $1 trillion platinum coin as debt solution.

8. El Salvador Eliminates all taxes on technology innovations, AI, app programming.

9. Stronghold digital partners with Canaan Subsidiary to boost mining capacity.

10. Bentaus mining develops mining technician course at Florida State, will donate curriculum to Java.

11. Montana passes bill protecting Bitcoin mining.

12. UK'S Financial Conduct Authority continues crackdown on unregistered crypto ATMSs.

13. Bitcoin BRC-20 token standard becomes new meme coin destination.

14. Binance closes BTC withdrawals amid congestion on Bitcoin blockchain.

15. Hamas to stop accepting accepting Bitcoin donations due to privacy risks for donors.

14. Venmo is rolling out Bitcoin transfers to external wallets.

15. North Carolina house approves legislation to ban CBDC payments to the State.

Sources: Btctimes.com, bitcoinminingcouncil.com, ambcrypto.com nobsbitcoin.com, news.bitcoin.com, dailyhodl.com, coindesk.com, cointelegraph.com, Bitcoinmagazine.com.

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