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⁠ETH 2.0 represents a material risk to Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust, says SEC filing The uncertainties outlined in the document may offer significant insights for Grayscale's investors.

⁠CFTC promises to protect 'the burgeoning markets for digital assets such as Bitcoin' The CFTC continues its roll of crypto announcements this week in a recent fraud bust-up.

⁠Pro-crypto Colombian congressman highlights legalization challenges He went so far as to call for the preconceptions surrounding crypto to be demystified.

⁠Technology itself is deflationary, Diginex CEO says Answers on money printing and rising markets during a pandemic.

⁠Law Decoded: The year of the Crypto Futures Trading Commission, Sept. 25–Oct. 2 The end of the U.S. federal government's fiscal year brought a cascade of major announcements from agencies.

⁠Price analysis 10/2: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BNB, DOT, LINK, CRO, BSV, LTC The bulls are buying the dips in Bitcoin and a few altcoins, suggesting that investor sentiment remains positive.

⁠Coinbase customers can now dodge bank withdrawal wait times New update from Coinbase quickens the transmutation of crypto into fiat.

⁠The Cardano Foundation will preserve its independence, says new CEO This inherent separation of power is all in accordance with Charles Hoskinson’s vision.

⁠Cashless future ahead? Utopian digital dream with dystopian inequality A society without paper money might be a less equitable society. Those lacking digital connectivity would suffer.

⁠The chance for DeFi to fulfill the technology's promise Decentralized finance clearly has the potential to change the world, but most of what carries that moniker today is not at all truly DeFi.

​​Crypto-powered freelancing site charges no fees and pays instantly A crypto-focused freelancing site says its talented users don’t need to pay any fees after completing a job... and it allows them to access their earni…

⁠Russian 'ex-oligarch' reportedly backing a new DeFi project The former owner of a Russian bank seems to be pivoting to the decentralized space.

⁠PwC’s global crypto tax report reveals the need for further regulatory guidance The majority of global jurisdictions have crypto asset taxation guidelines, yet additional frameworks are required to keep up.

⁠Prediction market doubts Trump will complete first term after COVID-19 diagnosis A pump in daily volume creates an 8% swing on whether Trump will complete his first term.

⁠Romania set to auction Bitcoin and Ether confiscated in criminal case The winning bidder will need to provide the auction house with a crypto address hosted on a registered, compliant trading platform.

⁠Yield farming platform APY Finance locks $67 million in first hour APY.Finance is the latest DeFi protocol to explode in popularity, locking more than $67 million of stablecoins in the first hour of launching its mining…

⁠Venezuela trials ‘decentralized stock exchange’ that's open to the world Venezuela has announced a 90-day trial for a decentralized stock exchange supporting “alternative digital assets” and fiat currencies.

⁠More than half of all crypto exchanges have weak or no ID verification The highest number of exchanges defying regulatory norms are in Europe

⁠$1B in Wrapped Bitcoin now being audited using Chainlink’s ‘Proof of Reserve’ Wrapped Bitcoin is now even safer with Chainlink oracles checking custody wallets every ten minutes.

⁠NBA TopShot opens to public after closed beta drives $2M in NFT sales NBA Top Shot, the officially licensed crypto collectibles from the team behind CryptoKitties, has opened its beta version to the public.

⁠Why the BitMEX charges could be bad news for DeFi Charges against BitMEX for weak AML and KYC policies could be bad news for the world of decentralized finance

⁠Are 'social tokens' the next big thing? Creators and influencers have a new way to monetize their efforts and reward their loyal followers.

⁠Exec who bamboozled clients with crypto jargon pleads guilty to $3.25M fraud A crypto escrow executive has pled guilty to defrauding his client out of $3.25 million.

⁠Fiat inflation has cost Bitcoin hodlers 20% over the past decade Since 2010, inflation has turned $1 into 84 cents while $1 invested in Bitcoin would be worth $274,000.