Bitcoin News Roundup for April 9, 2021

With bitcoin making another run at $60K and a look at the man behind the growing commercialization of memes, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup. Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, bybit.com and unfederalreserve. Today's stories: Why the $1,400 'Stimmy' Checks Brought No Bitcoin Stimulus Meet the 'Meme Manager' Bringing the Legacy Web Into NFTs New Bonds Fuel Lending to Fast-Growing but Unprofitable Tech Companies BOJ Wants to Set 'Common Rules' on CBDCs With Major Central Banks: Report New York City’s Wealthy Will Pay Nation’s Highest Tax Rates. How Will That Affect a Rebound? China’s bitcoin crackdown contradicts Peter Thiel’s belief that it is a ‘financial weapon’ against U.S. Norway Wants Its Wealth Fund to Stop Adding Emerging Markets Rare CryptoPunk NFTs Will be Auctioned by Christie's Next Month Crypto Options 'Ponzi Scheme' Operator, Firm Ordered to Pay $32M Robinhood Says 9.5M Customers Traded Crypto in Q1, Up From 1.7M in Q4 Chinese Web Firm Meitu Buys $10M More in Bitcoin Ripple, CoinShares, ConsenSys Join Crypto Climate Accord State Street May Start Trading Crypto on Platform It's Helping Build Bitcoin Miners Are Again Stacking Coins in a Positive Sign for the Market Russia's Digital Ruble Is Getting Closer to the Prototype Stage - Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com. InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. "The first milestone on our product roadmap, Reserve Lending, has arrived! Join us in creating a B2B cash management marketplace, where thousands of lenders are looking to unFederalReserve to lower costs of capital for everyone. Head to our harbor -- unfederalreserve.com -- for industry leading APYs on your crypto holdings."