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⁠Gavin Wood: Polkadot is a ‘bet against blockchain maximalism’ The Polkadot founder doesn’t buy into the narrative that we only need one blockchain.

⁠Avanti CEO calls on SIM swap victims to resurrect Wyoming bill “A SIM swap was part of the infamous Twitter hack in July, so this is no longer just an issue affecting the crypto industry," said Caitlin Long.

⁠Analysts say surging Bitcoin whale inflows heighten chance of BTC correction Bitcoin whale inflows are increasing as the price of BTC struggles to break past $19,500.

⁠SEC's fintech wing leaves the nest, becoming stand-alone office FinHub will have new independence and responsibilities, reporting directly to the SEC's chairman.

⁠Though centralized, a digital yuan is too big for China to surveil, says Cypherium CEO Despite ambitions of overtaking the dollar, China's central bank will have a hard time monitoring all the transactions involved in a…

⁠Bitcoin is the ‘wrong price for the possibilities it has,’ says Paul Tudor Jones He says, “The path forward from here is north.”

⁠This bull market is different because people already know about crypto, Celsius CEO says His price predictions are a little lower than most speculators, however.

⁠Yearn.finance mergers and sideways Bitcoin price propel DeFi tokens higher Select DeFi tokens have outperformed Bitcoin and altcoins as investors cheer the news of mutually beneficial partnerships.

⁠OCC works to win back House Democrats, still miffed at leader's focus on crypto Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks continues his work to reach across the aisle with pledges from major players to support minority-owned bank…

⁠DeFi project Aave unlocks collateral with version 2 release Users can now trade assets while they are locked up as decentralized finance collateral.

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⁠SWIFT enables instant cross-border payments This seeming fight or flight response to blockchain’s rising ubiquity may be “too little, too late.”

⁠Audio streaming giant Spotify is looking into crypto payments Is Spotify hinting at soon-to-come crypto features?

⁠Everyone's talking crypto for solving Sub-Saharan Africa's payments problems Stablecoins and continent-wide regulations are key to breaking down barriers to Africa's economic growth.

⁠Stripe will offer bank accounts, with help from Goldman Sachs and Citi But only for vendors, so retail users will have to wait.

⁠What does VCOIN's SEC authorization mean for securities law and crypto? The latest in securities law and crypto is not a revolution but it is a step forward.

⁠Kraken pledges $150,000 to Ethereum devs in latest Gitcoin Grants Round This is a first for the traditionally Bitcoin-centric exchange.

⁠Institutions rushing into $19K Bitcoin as GBTC premium hits 6-month high Grayscale Bitcoin Trust's premium is now above 30% as institutional demand for BTC continues to increase.

⁠Canada could launch CBDC sooner than expected, central bank exec says COVID-19 could force the Bank of Canada to launch a CBDC sooner than previously expected.

​​DEX offers margin trading, anonymity, fast withdrawals and no KYC A decentralized exchange that bills itself as a rival to BitMEX says that its users don’t need to complete Know Your Customer checks to begin trading. #…

⁠Finance Redefined: What’s a DeFi merger, anyway? Nov. 25–Dec. 2 Yearn “acquisitions” dominated headlines this week.

⁠Bitcoin price metric that called 2020 bull runs flashes 'buy' again Hash ribbons tell investors to buy BTC again for the first time in five months as BTC price consolidates below $20,000.

⁠95% of Ripple’s customers are not from the US, CEO Garglinghouse says Potential customers in the U.S. are apparently holding off from using Ripple’s XRP-related services due to regulatory uncertainty.

⁠Oldest Bitcoin mining pool ‘immortalizes’ bullish Reuters headline Slush Pool encoded a Reuters headline in an apparent nod to the Bitcoin genesis block, which contains a banner from The Times.

⁠Roll-ups to preserve Ethereum’s DeFi monopoly despite competitors: Messari Popular crypto data provider Messari has predicted that roll-ups will beat out Layer 1 alternatives as the dominant scaling solution amid Eth2’s…

⁠The Australian Senate just voted to kill the $10,000 'cash ban' bill A controversial bill to ban the use of cash for transactions over $10,000 has been voted out by the Australian Senate

⁠CipherTrace warns of surge in funds lost to MetaMask phishers Phishers are coming after MetaMask users in increasingly clever ways.

⁠Joseph Lubin says insiders are 'very optimistic' about how fast Eth2 will unfold Joseph Lubin believes Eth2’s development will move quicker than many are expecting, predicting the new protocol will “absorb” Ethereum in…

⁠US lawmakers seek to make stablecoins illegal without federal approval A new bill introduced to Congress seeks to control the entire stablecoin industry by requiring all related activities to obtain federal approval fir…

⁠‘If the water's too clean there'll be no fish’: China’s CBDC may hurt Macau’s casinos Macau’s gambling industry is reeling amid rumors that the city’s regulator is in talks with casino operators regarding the introducti…