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Sam Bankman-Fried Again Blames Underlings for Woes as FTX Founder Wraps Up Testimony

[Oct 31, 2023 8:30 AM] "So, it's your testimony that your supervisees told you to stop asking questions?" asked a prosecutor. "Did you call in your lieutenants and ask 'who spent $8 billion?'"

Blockchain Startup Etherfuse Rolls Out Tokenized Bonds in Mexico Targeting Retail Investors

[Oct 31, 2023 7:08 AM] The company is targeting the second-largest and most liquid bond market in LatAm.

Drawbacks of Stablecoin Cross-Border Use Outweigh Benefits: Global Payments Watchdog

[Oct 31, 2023 6:56 AM] Existing stablecoins aren't fully compliant with relevant regulatory requirements, a report by the Committee on Payment and Market Infrastructures said.

First Mover Americas: Solana’s SOL Gains 50% in October

[Oct 31, 2023 6:16 AM] The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Oct. 31, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Bitcoin's 'Triangular Consolidation' Is Bullish: Technical Analysis

[Oct 31, 2023 5:05 AM] Such consolidations generally end with an upward breakout, one observer said.

Daniel Shin Blames Terraform Collapse on Do Kwon's Management: Report

[Oct 31, 2023 4:52 AM] Shin is attempting to distance himself from Terra and Kwon as he faces trial in South Korea.

Coinshares Report Shows Rising Optimism in Digital Assets Drives Strongest Inflows Since July 2022

[Oct 31, 2023 4:00 AM] While closing out October, the digital asset market has witnessed a significant rush in optimism, culminating in $326 million in fund inflows, marking the largest single-week gain in one and a half years, according to Coinshares latest digital…

Spain Brings Forward MiCA Crypto Rules by Six Months After EU Pressure

[Oct 31, 2023 4:00 AM] The government hopes the move, potentially affecting the likes of Binance and Coinbase, will bring greater regulatory clarity.

Bankman-Fried Had a Hairy Day in Court

[Oct 31, 2023 4:00 AM] An observation from sleep-deprived day 15 of Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial: prosecutors embrace the inevitable outcome of male pattern baldness; defense lawyers don’t.

Crypto Market Breadth Widens, Signals Bullish Momentum

[Oct 31, 2023 3:05 AM] Market breadth is a technical analysis technique that gauges the number of tokens participating in bitcoin's rally.

Quality Bitcoin Mining Stocks Offer a Good Way to Gain Exposure to the Next Bull Run: Bernstein

[Oct 31, 2023 2:51 AM] Bernstein expects bitcoin to rise to a high of $150,000 in the 2024-2027 cycle, the report said.

Animoca Brands Acquires Decentralized Streaming Platform Azarus

[Oct 31, 2023 2:30 AM] Animoca Brands, a Web3 blockchain games company, has announced the acquisition of Azarus, a blockchain-powered, decentralized streaming platform. The move seeks to expand the reach of both companies and create a joint environment where creators…

Unibot Exploiter Swaps Stolen Crypto for Ether Via Tornado Cash

[Oct 31, 2023 12:54 AM] Unibot confirmed on X that it had suffered a token approval exploit in its new order router.

Bitcoin Holds Steady Above $34K After Hawkish BOJ Decision

[Oct 30, 2023 11:55 PM] The BOJ's yield curve control program has been a major source of liquidity for financial markets since 2016. Early Tuesday, the bank tweak the curve control program in what appears to be a stealth hawkish move.

Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense Team Makes Last-Ditch Bid to Get 'English Law' Detail in Jury Instructions

[Oct 30, 2023 11:07 PM] A set of filings from Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team late Monday shows his attorneys still hope to clarify that English law governed FTX's terms of service – which may have implications on the fraud charges.

Bank of Spain Report: Most Spaniards Don’t Want Digital Euro, 65% Would Not Use It

[Oct 30, 2023 2:30 PM] A recent report issued by the Bank of Spain that inquires about how Spaniards use cash for payments has revealed the low degree of confidence they have in a hypothetical digital euro. 65% of the citizens surveyed reported that they would not use…

Tokenized U.S. Treasury Market Grows Nearly 600% to $698M as Crypto's RWA Race Intensifies

[Oct 30, 2023 2:11 PM] Tokenized versions of U.S. Treasuries grew nearly seven-fold so far in 2023 as competition between investment offerings and blockchain venues intensified.

Starknet Foundation Showers STRK Tokens on Contributors, Though They're Not Trading Yet

[Oct 30, 2023 1:23 PM] The foundation, formed in November 2022 after the initial developer StarkWare minted 10 billion STRK tokens, is now awarding early contributors to the Ethereum layer-2 network – even though they're locked for trading at least until next April.

Marshall Islands Further Strengthen's Law That Made DAOs Legal Entities

[Oct 30, 2023 1:04 PM] The Republic of the Marshall Islands has passed legislation that takes its already advanced law for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) a step further.

Crypto Exchanges Face Historic Liquidity Crunch Ahead of Bitcoin Halving

[Oct 30, 2023 12:30 PM] About 60,000 bitcoins valued at just over $2 billion were removed from trading platforms in the past 90 days. The number of bitcoins on centralized exchanges is slightly more than 2 million. A recent report from Falconx says swings in the market…

Do Kwon's Terraform Labs Seeks Early Court Rejection of U.S. SEC Case

[Oct 30, 2023 10:54 AM] Terraform Labs and its co-founder, Do Kwon, are asking a federal judge to side with them in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fraud case, arguing that the regulator hasn't managed to prove the crypto company was offering securities.

Crypto Funds See Largest Inflow in 15 Months, With Bitcoin, Solana Leading Rally: CoinShares

[Oct 30, 2023 10:01 AM] Ether-based funds continue to fall out of favor, with outflows for the year now totaling $125 million.

OKX Latest Proof of Reserves Shows Exchange Over-collateralized

[Oct 30, 2023 10:00 AM] The latest proof of reserves shows that the exchange is 103% collateralized with bitcoin, ether, and USDT.

LastPass Hack Victims Lose $4.4M in a Single Day

[Oct 30, 2023 9:04 AM] Hackers siphoned a total of $4.4 million in crypto from at least 25 LastPass users on Oct. 25, according to blockchain analyst ZachXBT.

Celestia's TIA Token Trades at $3.15 on Futures Market Ahead of Airdrop

[Oct 30, 2023 8:41 AM] TIA, the native token of modular blockchain network Celestia, is trading at $3.15 on decentralized derivatives exchange Helix ahead being issued later this week.

Sam Bankman-Fried Grilled by Prosecutor, Who Points Out Contradictions in His Testimony

[Oct 30, 2023 7:52 AM] Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon repeatedly cornered the FTX founder on his public statements about his involvement with his affiliated trading firm Alameda and the safety of exchange customer assets.

Bitcoin Difficulty Soars to Record 62.46 Trillion, Miners Unfazed Amidst Tight Competition Between Foundry and Antpool

[Oct 30, 2023 7:30 AM] On October 29, 2023, Bitcoin’s difficulty rose 2.35%, reaching a record 62.46 trillion. This uptick represented the fourth consecutive rise over the preceding six weeks. The next difficulty epoch is slated for November 12, 2023, and as it stands…

Animoca Brands Courts $50M Investment From Saudi Arabia's NEOM

[Oct 30, 2023 7:05 AM] Animoca will build Web3 service capabilities with global commercial application alongside NEOM to support its aspirations as a futuristic tech hub.

Bitcoin Shows No Signs of Overheating, Despite Doubling This Year

[Oct 30, 2023 6:45 AM] Bitcoin has doubled this year. The bullish trend may continue unabated as key indicator shows no signs of overheating, according to IntoTheBlock.

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Ticks Along Above $34K

[Oct 30, 2023 6:25 AM] The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 30, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.