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Biggest Movers: TON Hovers Above $2, ADA Bears End 4-Day Winning Run
17.10.2023
Toncoin rose for a third straight day on Tuesday, despite crypto markets mostly stalling in today’s session. At the time of writing, the global market cap is up 0.02%, as traders move to secure Monday’s gains. Cardano was in the red, following a four-day bull run. Toncoin (TON)...
SBF Trial: For Once, Bankman-Fried's Lawyer Lands a Punch
17.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried's former colleague, Nishad Singh, will have to answer questions from the FTX founder's lawyer about the last few years of the exchange's operations
The Best Samurai Game Of 2023 Is On Game Pass
17.10.2023
Xbox Game Pass is closing out October in a big way, adding this year’s impressive Yakuza remake Like A Dragon: Ishin! and other hidden treasures to the subscription service’s library. By the end of October, Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play subscribers will get to play horror game cornerstone Dead...
Bitcoin Magazine Owner Backs First Ordinals Fund, Which Bought $85K Rock
17.10.2023
The "Unbroken Chain" fund, as it is known, plans to raise $5 million from its limited partners and will trade in various Ordinals types, including BRC-20 tokens – sometimes positioned as NFTs on Bitcoin
Why Congress Will Be the Dollar’s Downfall
17.10.2023
Congressional inaction is likely to cause de-dollarization as the country’s foes — and friends — move even faster to get off the U.S. dollar. Americans deserve to know what’s at risk so we can vote accordingly, and get the economy we deserve
What’s Holding Crypto Back? It’s the Founders, Not Just Regulators
17.10.2023
Bitcoin Hits Historic 61 Trillion Difficulty, Hashrate Defies Odds Amidst 2023’s Steepest Climbs
17.10.2023
On October 16, 2023, Bitcoin’s difficulty impressively crossed the 61 trillion mark at block height 812,448, setting a fresh benchmark for the network. This ascent marked the fourth-largest rise in difficulty for the year. Yet, in the face of this increase, the hashrate has steadily...
The Coolest Merch We Saw At New York Comic Con 2023
17.10.2023
New York Comic Con is many things: long lines, shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, panels, cosplay, and, of course, merch...so much merch. Eric and I took a few trips around the floor this year to get a load of all the random knick-knacks, art, statues, and cosplay items that were proudly on display,...
Web3-Powered File Management App Raises $1.5M to Offer Alternative to Google
17.10.2023
Fileverse offers a decentralized file management and collaboration service, an alternative to centralized providers such as Google or Notion
When Bankruptcy Regulates Crypto: The Good, the Bad, and the (Really) Ugly
17.10.2023
In the absence of specific policy, U.S. regulation of crypto has devolved to judges in bankruptcy proceedings, say Yesha Yadav and Bob Stark
How African Students Became Victims of FTX’s Collapse
17.10.2023
“We saw an exchange that was supposedly better than every other one we had used, so we let a lot of family and friends get involved with the FTX platform,” FTX Africa’s former education lead Pius Okedinachi told CoinDesk
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Remains Near 2-Month High, Following Strong US Retail Sales
17.10.2023
Bitcoin remained near a two-month high on Tuesday, as markets digested the latest retail sales figures from the United States. Sales, which account for two thirds of the U.S. economy, rose by 0.7% in September, 0.4% higher than expected. Ethereum briefly rose above $1,600. Bitcoin Bitcoin continued...
The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Is Revealing Crypto's Amateur-Hour Ways
17.10.2023
Paradigm, BlockFi, Genesis and other companies did not have access to audited financial statements prior to investing or loaning billions to FTX, FTX.US. and Alameda Research, according to testimonies given in the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried. Rather, these investors and lenders looked at unaudited...
BitGo Buys Crypto Wealth Management Platform HeightZero
17.10.2023
HeightZero handles portfolio rebalancing, statement generation, tax loss harvesting and automated billing for crypto clients
Binance.US Halts Direct Dollar Withdrawals
17.10.2023
Dollar deposits in user wallets are no longer eligible for FDIC insurance protection, according to the updated terms of use
Inquiring ChatGPT on SHIB and SPCT’s end-of-2023 values: Here’s what we found
17.10.2023
ChatGPT has proven itself highly competent in crypto almost a year since its launch. Analysts have used OpenAI’s chatbot for creating strategies, real-time analysis, and some fortune-telling in price predictions. We were curious about ChatGPT’s end-of-2023 valuations for Shiba...
First Mover Americas: FTX Proposes Returning Up to 90% of Customer Funds
17.10.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 17, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Ripple VP: The Policy Considerations 'Justifying the Implementation of CBDCs'
17.10.2023
Central bank digital currencies have nearly limitless opportunity but ultimately, mainstream adoption hinges upon usability, Ripple Vice President James Wallis writes
Australia Government Wants Crypto Exchanges to Possess a Financial Services License
17.10.2023
Australia-based crypto exchanges may soon be required to hold a financial services license issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. The Australian government expects to have the draft legislation ready in 2024. According to the proposals, crypto exchanges will be given...
Pennsylvania Lawmaker Scraps Crypto Mining Ban to Advance Energy Conservation Bill
17.10.2023
The state's Environmental Resources and Energy Committee accepted the amended bill on Monday by a slim margin