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I'm the captain now: Musk chops Twitter board, becomes sole director

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According to an SEC filing, Twitter's nine board members lost their place on the board as part of Elon Musk's takeover deal. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/N6PzWkD via IFTTT

Scary stats: $3B stolen in 2022 as of ‘Hacktober,’ doubling 2021

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Blockchain security firm Peckshield shared the stats on Halloween night, but also added the month saw $100 million in crypto returned. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/PBHU0u6 via IFTTT

Happy Halloween: The five spookiest stories in crypto in 2022

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This Halloween, we pay tribute to the crypto investors and businesses that fought through the various financial and technological nightmares that occurred in 2022. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/pwZeb1k via IFTTT

EU crypto sanctions against Russia has an unexpected enforcer

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore says crypto exchanges in the country must comply with financial sanctions against Russia. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/sdbJFBD via IFTTT

Boo! Halloween-themed shitcoins materialize to haunt crypto Twitter

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Halloween-themed cryptocurrencies are taking over the crypto ecosystem on Twitter, typically purchased as an off-the-shelf product providing no real use case or future for investors. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/RN0SZaH via IFTTT

BTC price sees 'double top' before FOMC — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

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Concerns that Bitcoin may have already topped come as volatility is expected around the Fed rate hike decision and comments. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/PSdC2uW via IFTTT

9 years after the first Bitcoin ATM, there are now 38,804 globally

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From one Candian coffee shop to a worldwide network of nearly 39,000, crypto ATMs have turned nine years old and are only expected to continue growing. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/3tmcoXj via IFTTT

Facebook became Meta one year ago: Here's what it’s achieved

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The company changed its name on Oct. 28, 2021, reflecting growing ambitions to transcend beyond social media and into Web3 and the Metaverse. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/lBQjSEW via IFTTT

62% of Dogecoin hodlers in profit amid hopes of Twitter integration

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DOGE price rallied 98.5% in the last seven days following Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, pushing the crypto into the eighth position in global crypto rankings. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/YsQw4t9 via IFTTT

An introduction to decentralized NFT catalogs

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After last year’s hype over nonfungible tokens, people have been speculating about their potential. It created a bubble of unfounded expectations. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/rsi82Kl via IFTTT

Tech talent migrates to Web3 as large companies face layoffs

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Web3 companies continue to hire amidst a bull market as tech giants undergo layoffs and hiring freezes. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/KJ4iCzT via IFTTT

BTC price struggles at $21K as trader says 'top is in' for Bitcoin, Ethereum

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The previous days' trips above the $21,000 mark could be Bitcoin's last for the time being, fresh analysis concludes. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/ldRt2E5 via IFTTT

FTX CEO dissects Mark Zuckerberg's intent to pump $10B/year into Meta

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Zuckerberg’s $100 billion Metaverse experiment first raised eyebrows when the CEO released the avatar for Meta’s Horizon Worlds VR platform. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/4beolJj via IFTTT

Vitalik Buterin ‘kinda happy’ with ETF delays, backs maturity over attention

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Sharing his opinion around crypto regulations, Buterin spoke against the regulations that have an impact on the inner workings of a crypto ecosystem. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/3KvUtNB via IFTTT

Bitcoin metric warns of $21K profit-taking as decade-old BTC wakes up

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Bitcoin is getting livelier at current six-week highs, data shows, as profit-taking comes back into the spotlight. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/RNEIKqp via IFTTT

How to earn passive crypto income with Ethereum?

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Passive income opportunities allow ETH investors and traders to offset losses during periods of market volatility. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/bLJicIQ via IFTTT

Metaverse schooling to help Japanese city combat growing absenteeism

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Government data showed that 244,940 Japanese elementary and junior high school students were absent for at least 30 days in FY 2021. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/UPM7Bvn via IFTTT

Bitcoin hits new 6-week high as Ethereum liquidates $240M more shorts

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Retail traders are repeating past mistakes over and over, analysis concludes as bulls smoke late BTC and ETH shorters. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/j71KC9h via IFTTT

The Merge brings down Ethereum’s network power consumption by over 99.9%

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Before the Merge upgrade, in 2022, the energy consumption of Ethereum ranged between 46.31 terawatt hour (TWh) per year to 93.98 TWh per year. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/aMn3xC6 via IFTTT

Cosmos Hub postpones vote date following white paper revision

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A revised vision of the Cosmos Hub is now expected to be on chain for voting on Oct. 31, after being originally scheduled for Oct. 3. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/Ww0gYZs via IFTTT

October sees lowest-ever daily trading volume for crypto products: Report

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Despite the bad numbers of daily trading, there are some signs of market revival, at least for Bitcoin-based products. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/aQvlpjb via IFTTT

Bitcoin weak hands 'mostly gone' as BTC ignores Amazon, Meta stock dip

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Huge tech stock losses, mostly occurring after the Wall Street close, fail to show up in Bitcoin price weakness. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/RIW0xp5 via IFTTT

Binance wired $500M to back Musk’s Twitter takeover — CZ

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The Binance CEO said the company wired $500 million to take a share of equity as Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is finally sealed. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/Nlz9wnq via IFTTT

Web3 sees 15 new scam smart contracts an hour: Solidus Labs

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Solidus Labs, which has been monitoring 12 leading blockchains, has detected a majority of scam-like tokens originating from Binance’s BNB Chain. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/Xo4hC8Y via IFTTT

Celsius bankruptcy case Trustee slams $3M employee bonus motion

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The Trustee has objected to the retention bonus, citing a lack of sufficient information within the motion to warrant such a high payout and a lack of clarity around whether any recipients should be considered insiders. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/zoSg2qQ via IFTTT

Nifty News: LooksRare the latest NFT market to sack royalties, Twitter’s tweeting tiles, and more

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LooksRare joins the lineup of NFT marketplaces that have abandoned default creator royalties but says its replacement solution is “competitive”. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/sQzlSFx via IFTTT

NFT vending machine to make digital art more accessible at London event

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Proceeds from the NFT vending machine at this year's NFT.London event will be donated to charity. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/6gGYPta via IFTTT

Crypto investment firm Q9 gets provisional approval to operate in Dubai

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The Hong Kong-based company will join the likes of Binance, Crypto.com, OKX and FTS, who’ve also opened offices in the UAE. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/VrSu7NU via IFTTT

DeFi Pioneer Echoes SBF in Call for Tighter Crypto Regulations

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The Yearn Finance founder suggested that several cracks have shown in the crypto sector this year, and that regulation is needed to “reign in irresponsible actors.” from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/zj5C3L0 via IFTTT

Phishing scammer Monkey Drainer has pilfered as much as $1M in Ethereum

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Four addresses have been flagged relating to Monkey Drainer, including the monkey-drainer.eth address, with Chainabuse showing a long list of reported victims relating to these accounts. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/Twcpsij via IFTTT

Equifax—known for huge data breach—is building a Web3 KYC solution

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Equifax, which suffered a huge data breach in 2017, has partnered with privacy-centric blockchain company Oasis Labs for a decentralized ID offering for Web3 companies. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/fzryPCV via IFTTT

Hong Kong could be key for China’s crypto comeback: Arthur Hayes

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Hayes says the next crypto bull run will be tied to when China embraces the crypto market again, and Hong Kong could be the gateway for this to happen. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/n51pAKV via IFTTT

Singapore MAS proposes to ban cryptocurrency credits

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Crypto service providers should not provide any credit facility or accept payments from credit cards from their customers, the MAS suggested. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/dYx6ny8 via IFTTT

Is MATIC price about to double? Polygon's Reddit hype pushes exchange balance to 9-month lows

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MATIC price could sustain bullish momentum on cues from a mix of optimistic fundamental and technical indicators. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/TCGx5VI via IFTTT

Swiss Seba Bank launches NFT custody despite market decline

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Seba Bank’s retail and institutional clients can now store tokens of Ethereum-based NFT collections like Bored Apes and CryptoPunks in the bank's new custodial service. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/jcqCpaB via IFTTT

Bithumb ex-chairman could face 8 years prison over alleged $70M fraud

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The sentencing hearing is set for Dec. 20 and could see the former chairman of South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb behind bars for a maximum of eight years if found guilty. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/rODHcV9 via IFTTT

Friday after-work drinks with Twitter's new owner Elon Musk, who's in?

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After Elon Musk signaled his intention to continue the deal to buy the social media platform earlier in October, reports are emerging that the acquisition is almost over. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/0Blz5Hi via IFTTT

Freeway reveals key factors leading to platform withdrawal halt

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The crypto yield platform said one of its trading strategies "appears to have failed" forcing the firm halt services earlier this week. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/F5p40j3 via IFTTT

Ecosystem is bullish on the Metaverse, no matter what the numbers imply

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Despite the reports surfacing of low numbers of unique active wallets on Decentraland, the metaverse hype, investment and development go on. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/KwU9XAj via IFTTT

Near Foundation sets up $40M fund to bail out USN investors in case of collapse

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The program was launched after Decentral Bank, the issuer of NEAR-native stablecoin USN, raised concerns about the stablecoin depegging due to algorithmic failure. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/3Ugz1vr via IFTTT

Analyst puts Bitcoin price at $30K next month with breakout due

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There's every reason to be bullish on BTC on shorter timeframes as months of volatility compression look set to stop. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/K2qrmlO via IFTTT

BIS, UN, Hong Kong Monetary Authority concludes tokenized green bonds trial

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Project Genesis 2.0 continued the joint effort of exploring blockchain opportunities for green investments. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/wQqs2Vi via IFTTT

A new definition of crypto comes from the IRS — Law Decoded, Oct. 17-24

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IRS broadens the classification of crypto, Ripple gets another point in a case against SEC, and Hong Kong considers its own regulatory framework in opposition to China. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/7PvSomc via IFTTT

Inflation-pegged ‘flatcoin’ launches testnet to track the cost of living

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The concept of an inflation-linked “stablecoin” has been trialed before, but time is yet to prove whether it is working as intended. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/srJHuAB via IFTTT

Investors are loving SEC's crypto industry crackdown, according to survey

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Critics have called out the SEC's "regulation by enforcement" tactics, but to some investors, it's a positive sign they're seeing to invest in digital assets. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/hzgs94d via IFTTT

HK and Singapore’s mega-rich are eyeing crypto investments: KPMG

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Despite the ongoing bear market, family offices and high-net-worth individuals in Hong Kong and Singapore are keen to invest in crypto or already have holdings. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/6KopteF via IFTTT

Santander bank trials blockchain platform for used cars in Brazil

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Santander Brasil is also reportedly planning to launch crypto trading services to its customers, CEO Mario Leao announced in July. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/bfGgBLJ via IFTTT

Japan’s International Payments System will test plastic cards for CBDC

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Japan Credit Bureau will develop its CBDC infrastructure in collaboration with IDEMIA and Softspace. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/jr2SNQO via IFTTT

Web3 grows in online searches as interest in Bitcoin declines: Google Trends

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Online searches for the term ‘Bitcoin dead’ reached an all-time high owing to peak anxiety among investors amid ongoing selloffs at the time. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/n578VDQ via IFTTT

Least volatile 'Uptober' ever — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

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October 2022 has yet to prove itself as analysts predict "wild" Bitcoin price volatility for November. from Cointelegraph.com News https://ift.tt/0Ue9qPS via IFTTT