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⁠US is not moving fast enough to develop a CBDC, says former CFTC chair “We should act now to improve access to financial services through other means as well — the need is too great," said Tim Massad.

⁠Here’s why bears hope to pin Bitcoin under $60K ahead of Friday’s $1.1B options expiry Last week bulls had a $715 million advantage when Bitcoin price was above $68,000, but the current downturn gives bears a chance to…

⁠Fidelity clears regulatory hurdle to become Canada’s first institutional Bitcoin custodian The service would only be available to institutional investors for now, but Fidelity is also launching Bitcoin ETFs to cater to…

⁠Xbox head Phil Spencer is skeptical about NFTs in video games Microsoft’s gaming head Phil Spencer is wary about NFTs being “more exploitative than about entertainment."

⁠Price analysis 11/17: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, DOT, DOGE, SHIB, AVAX Bitcoin and most major altcoins are attempting to hold above their immediate resistance levels, a sign that bulls could be buying on each dip.

⁠India to reduce GST paid on cryptocurrency exchanges from 18% to 1% through regulatory reclassification Despite the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies in India, lawmakers remain deeply divided on implementing a prop…

⁠Angelenos push back on new Crypto.com arena: 'It will always be the Staples Center' "We are always gonna call it Staples Center no matter what lil name you slap on the building," said writer and professor Roxane Gay, wh…

What will it take to make DeFi mainstream? Senior advisor at Serum, Edward Zuo breaks down how building on Solana is a plus for DeFi.

⁠Polychain Capital leads Anoma Network’s $26M raise Venture capital has allocated over $17 billion to crypto projects this year. Anoma’s bartering system offers a fresh take on blockchain development.

⁠Small-cap altcoins stage a recovery as Bitcoin traders aim to recapture $60K Bitcoin’s consolidation below $60,000 has given the green light to altcoins like ROSE, YGG and AST.

⁠Fed Governor Waller praises stablecoins as a genuine innovation that makes the development of CBDCs redundant The total market capitalization of stablecoins increased five-fold in the past year alone.

⁠Ethereum Layer-two developer StarkWare valued at $2B following $50M raise Sequoia Capital led ZK-Rollup protocol StarkWare’s Series C funding round.

​​Building a path to sustainable finance and blockchain adoption starts with payments This blockchain-based financial solution brings a new age to decentralized payment development with a key focus on sustainability. #Sp…

⁠Acting OCC head calls for consolidated supervision for crypto firms Michael Hsu said this approach would require more cooperation from both federal and state regulators, with “less regulatory competition” and “more inte…

​​Decentralized network develops solution in support of a free and open internet Decentralized mesh network combines VPN and Tor technology in a next-generation privacy software that utilizes blockchain technology. #Spon…

⁠Navigating CityCoins: Miami citizens to earn Bitcoin despite the city not holding crypto The mayor of Miami plans to give residents a Bitcoin dividend, but what exactly does this mean, and is there any real utility in t…

⁠Portal partner with Polygon to advance DeFi on Bitcoin Polygon’s scaling solution hosts in excess of 400 decentralized applications across a 1.5 million user base.

⁠Bacon Protocol offers industry-first ‘NFT mortgages’ Blockchain technology and smart contracts are helping to expand the residential mortgage market beyond the grip of big banks and governments.

⁠Blockchain unicorn ConsenSys valued at $3.2B following $200M raise MetaMask’s monthly active users have grown 38-fold since 2020 as demand for DeFi and NFTs continues to surge.

⁠Oasis Foundation launches $160M development fund The funds are earmarked for DeFi, NFT, tokenization and metaverse projects that are building on the Oasis Network.

⁠Digital ruble should not affect inflation, Bank of Russia says According to official data, Russia’s inflation rate reached 8.1% in October, the highest level in almost six years.

⁠Metaverse gaming tokens Ethverse and Axie Infinity avoid crypto downtrend Metaverse gaming tokens, including Sandbox's SAND and Axie Infinity's AXS, have bucked the downtrend in Bitcoin and Ethereum.

⁠Staples Center Los Angeles will be renamed Crypto.com Arena After a deal with its owner AEG, the Staples Center will be known as Crypto.com Arena from December.

⁠Binance Smart Chain hits record-high daily transactions The DeFi platform has recorded approximately 1.75 billion lifetime transactions since its launch in August 2020.

⁠Bitcoin toys with $60K as crucial price support level sees multiple retests Bitcoin price action stays undecided as BTC/USD flipflops around the $60,000 mark.

​​Hyperdeflationary token reDeFines decentralized finance with a solution to preserve people’s wealth Hyperdelationary token, reDeFines decentralized finance by enabling wealth through staking and farming throughout peri…

⁠CZ reveals how many users left Binance after mandatory KYC Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao shed new light on the exchange’s compliance roadmap and its users’ take on KYC so far.

⁠Nifty News: YGG partners with 8 P2E games, Ice Cube and Quiznos drop NFTs Microsoft's head of gaming Phil Spencer said he is cautious about integrating NFTs with the Xbox Store.