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First Mover Americas: Deutsche Bank Trials a SWIFT Alternative for Stablecoins
26.10.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 25, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Shiba Inu Price and Top Meme Coins Pump, Sponge Up 26% With Staking Set to Launch in 6 Days
26.10.2023
Thursday, October 26, 2023 – Meme coin $SPONGE’s price is up 26% in the past seven days to $0.000117 after announcing the introduction of staking, to take place on November 1st. With only six days to go, the staking news is attracting buyers to the Sponge project, which was created as...
UK Lawmakers Pass Bill to Help Seize Illicit Crypto
26.10.2023
The bill lets law enforcement freeze crypto without a conviction, promising faster and more substantial seizures
Zero-Knowledge WaaS a Prospective Standard Configuration for Web3 Application-Layer Products — Pengyu Wang
26.10.2023
According to Pengyu Wang, the founder of Particle Network, developer solutions known as zero-knowledge wallet-as-a-service (ZK-WaaS) embody Web3 principles and “are highly performant” which in turn makes them “an evergreen solution that will become the industry...
HayCoin Price Climbs to $5.5M Per Token as Long-Term Holder Destroys 51 HAY
26.10.2023
The first-ever token floated on Uniswap was revived by a bunch of developers and is quickly gaining a loyal community
JPMorgan Handles $1B Transactions Daily In Digital Token JPM Coin: Bloomberg
26.10.2023
JPMorgan has plans to widen the coin's usage the bank's head of payments Takis Georgakopoulos said in an interview
Galaxy Expects Spot Bitcoin ETF to Push BTC Up by 74% in First Year
26.10.2023
A spot-based bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) would attract significant capital and boost the price of BTC by 74% in the first year after launch, according to Galaxy Digital. The estimate comes amid rising anticipation that the U.S. securities regulator will approve one or more of the proposals...
What's Left for Sam to Say?
26.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried has said a lot in the months after FTX collapsed about what happened. What's left for him to discuss?
Bitcoin’s Recent Outperformance Fueled by Institutional Demand, JPMorgan Says
26.10.2023
There has been a significant bitcoin inflow into larger wallets, which suggests institutional investor demand, the report said
Bitcoin to Score 'Golden Cross' After 30% Price Surge in Two Weeks
26.10.2023
The bullish pattern comes months ahead of bitcoin's fourth mining reward halving
Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Ventures Test SWIFT Killer for Stablecoins and CBDCs
26.10.2023
The UDPN currently comprises about 25 organizations, including banks from the U.S, Australia, Latin America and Europe, running around ten proof-of-concept tests in parallel
FTX Cold Wallets Move $19M in Solana, Ether to Crypto Exchanges
26.10.2023
The debtor group in control of FTX assets has conducted various on-chain transactions in the past few weeks
Nigeria Plans to Include Fintechs in Broadened Official Currency Market
26.10.2023
A Nigerian official recently said the foreign exchange-starved country plans to include “legitimate” market participants like bureaux de change and financial technology companies in the official forex currency market. Finance Minister Wale Edun also said the country will receive...
Memeland, a Web3 Project Built by 9GAG's Team, Secures $10M Minutes After Going Live
26.10.2023
The Web3 venture lab is built by team members who previously worked on 9GAG, an immensely popular meme site
Dogecoin, Shiba Inu Jump 9% as Crypto Traders Take Riskier Bets
26.10.2023
The two popular meme coins have mostly underperformed crypto majors in the past week
California Enacts Digital Financial Assets Law
26.10.2023
On October 13, 2023, California enacted the Digital Financial Assets law. This law is California’s first comprehensive framework for regulation of digital asset markets, and some of its provisions may sound familiar to those versed in the state’s money transmitter licensing requirements. Under this...
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Outshines Nvidia With 220% Gain This Year
26.10.2023
"GBTC is the gift that keeps giving," one observer said
Sam Bankman-Fried May Testify to Role of Lawyers, 'Good Faith' Efforts, Filing Says
26.10.2023
In a series of filings throughout Thursday, the Department of Justice and Sam Bankman-Fried's defense crossed swords on issues ranging from charts the defendant wants to use in his testimony to an ongoing question of whether the defense can rely on a presence of counsel argument
Ex-FTX Chief’s Defense Team Challenges FBI Interviews, Raises Questions About Witness Credibility
26.10.2023
On Wednesday, the defense team for the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried issued a letter to the judge seeking to question two FBI agents who interviewed Gary Wang, former chief technology officer of FTX, and Nishad Singh, former director of engineering at FTX. Lawyers allege the witnesses provided...
Catching Up on a Lot of Stuff
26.10.2023
I poked my head out of the Sam Bankman-Fried trial just long enough for my entire panel of House lawmakers at CoinDesk's policy event in Washington, D.C. to cancel, leading to a very impromptu session instead. Unfortunately that's not enough time to really dig into any of the things that's happened...