Cointelegraph

⁠Thailand’s SEC has authorized Seamico Securities subsidiary SE Digital to launch the country’s first ICO portal

⁠Bitcoin educator Andreas Antonopoulos isn’t worried about Google’s quantum computing

⁠Hong Kong sees the benefits of being your own bank with unseizable Bitcoin

⁠Does a drop in the Bitcoin market dominance mean altcoins could be in for a new rally?

⁠PewDiePie-partnered blockchain streaming platform DLive teams up with Theta Network

⁠The U.S. National Science Foundation has given a grant to blockchain firm SimplyVital Health to reduce healthcare costs

⁠Iconloop has secured over $8 million to launch its my-ID service and promote a dedicated alliance

⁠The Perth Mint and InfiGold have jointly launched a digital token pegged 1:1 with GoldPass certificates

⁠Crypto markets are mostly in the red, remaining relatively quiet with moderate losses throughout the top-20 coins

⁠London-based decentralized communication startup New Vector has raised $8.5 million to fuel adoption of Matrix, a major alternative messaging protocol

⁠Bitpanda Exchange CEO said the crypto industry will face up to the FATF’s travel rule: “The effects on the industry will be immense, but the industry will cope with that and adopt”

⁠Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx suspends trading support for Monero, DASH, Zcash, Horizen and Super Bitcoin

⁠Crypto wallet Keplerk relaunches its service to sell Bitcoin in over 5,200 tobacco shops in France starting from today

⁠Coinbase launches an iOS mobile app for its professional trading platform Coinbase Pro

⁠Ripple Labs comes under renewed criticism for its allegedly misleading representations that it “discovered” — rather than created — the XRP token

⁠New U.S. CFTC chairman Heath Tarbert believes that Ether is a commodity and that ETH futures are next

⁠Cryptocurrency wallets MyCrypto and Ambo both announce major updates of their software

⁠Tron and Stellar fund the new Blockchain Education Alliance, to provide students with knowledge about blockchain

⁠Alipay, a digital payment arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, declares that it will be banning any transactions related to Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies

⁠Telegram Open Network’s value is expected to surpass $20 billion over a five-year horizon, according to Decentral Park Capital's research

⁠The trading volume of Bitcoin futures on the Intercontinental Exchange’s Bakkt platform reportedly soared to 224 contracts on Oct. 9 — 796% higher than the previous day

⁠The emergent Japan Security Token Offering Association aims to renovate the STO market via self-regulation, promising to create a standard for others to follow. But are there any drawbacks to this novel approach?

⁠E-commerce giant Overstock’s new blockchain R&D center opens in Ireland and is expected to make its 100th local hire before the end of 2019

⁠CME Group expects its new Bitcoin options to be highly popular in Asia

⁠Bitwise still bullish as it plans to refile its Bitcoin ETF application

⁠Coinbase Custody will provide support for the Telegram Open Network’s native Gram token when it goes live

⁠Third round of ConsenSys’s grants scheme gives away $175K

⁠B2C2’s new gold-Bitcoin derivative pays out in BTC

⁠On Oct. 9 Bitcoin bulls stepped in and pushed BTC price to $8,715. Now traders need to provide enough volume to push the digital asset to a close above $9,780