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⁠Former Comptroller Brian Brooks gets a new gig as Bitfury CEO Former Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks has become the new CEO of Bitfury and will oversee the firm’s rapid expansion plans.

⁠Korea's FSC confirms that NFTs will not be regulated The recent FATF updated guidance made it easy for regulators to pass on issuing new rules for NFTs.

⁠Should Zuck lead us to the Metaverse? Crypto leaders weigh in “In order for him to have a clean slate for Meta, he must step down and he must have a new CEO to run it,” said Jenny Ta.

⁠8-word crypto amendment in Infrastructure Bill an ‘affront to the rule of law’ A proposed bill waiting for vote in Congress contains a “dangerous” amendment.

⁠BetaShares crypto company ETF smashes Australian records on opening day The CRYP fund was marketed as an opportunity for stock market investors to dip their toes into crypto

⁠ANZ bank executive: The ‘weight of money’ means crypto can’t be ignored “When you look under the hood on that, we've concluded that this is a major protocol shift for financial market infrastructure,” said Nigel Dobson,…

⁠ACX's parent company Blockchain Global collapses owing $15M Investors are worried the may not be able to recoup their funds from ACX, now that parent company Blockchain Global has entered voluntary administration.

⁠NY Mayor-elect Eric Adams will take his first three paychecks in Bitcoin The Mayor-elect said he plans to make New York the “center of the cryptocurrency industry” after he takes office in January.

⁠Square's Cash App Bitcoin profits fall 23% — Will opening it to teenagers help? Cash App’s Bitcoin profits fell in the third quarter, but overall profits are still on the rise.

⁠Mythical Games announces $150M raise as the company expands into NFTs The game developer’s total valuation is now $1.25 Billion, following a successful raise.

​​Blockchain-based exchange prepped for global expansion with region-specific offerings A blockchain-based exchange and ecosystem officially launches a branch in India as a part of a plan to include more people in digita…

⁠Colombian exporter developing cryptocurrency to help transport long-horned beetles to Japan This Colombian beetle exporter once used biotechnology to reduce organic waste. It's now moving into cryptocurrency development…

⁠Layer-2 and multi-chain DeFi platforms see record inflows as Ethereum fees soar Since October, Multi-chain compatible DeFi platforms saw record inflows as investors and developers attempted to avoid the Ethereum network…

⁠“PlugWalkJoe” indicted for $784k cryptocurrency theft scheme Joseph O’Connor indicted on a raft of wire fraud, computer hacking, money laundering and identify theft counts.

⁠Cointelegraph launches Crypto Biz newsletter Every Thursday, Crypto Biz gives readers a weekly pulse of the business behind blockchain and cryptocurrency, delivered directly to their mailbox.

⁠Risk Harbor set to take over decentralized insurance protocol Ozone on Terra network The peer-to-peer insurance service provides DeFi users coverage in case of technical glitches on the Terra blockchain.

⁠Hawkish Fed comments and fears of stablecoin regulation spark market sell-off BTC, ETH and altcoins saw a slight pullback a day after the Federal Reserve signaled that its monetary policy is subject to cool off soon.

⁠NYC and Miami mayors duke it out on Twitter over who is the bigger crypto advocate "I look forward to the friendly competition in making our respective cities a crypto capital," said recently re-elected Miami Mayor Fran…

⁠Why Bitcoin bears are trying to keep BTC price below $62K for Friday’s options expiry Bitcoin price dropped to $60,700 today and bears are keen to pin the price under $62,000 in order to profit from Friday’s options exp…

​​Platform rides wave into a DeFi revolution with user rewards for playing and learning With six unique NFT generations, a surf-themed game and a learning academy, one DeFi platform is taking an eco-friendly approach to…

⁠'Privacy-preserving computing is the future,' says Secret Network's Guy Zyskind after Quentin Tarantino NFT drop In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Zyskind discussed the future of Secret NFTs and exciting dev…

⁠Google invests $1B in CME Group along with 10-year Cloud deal CME Group chair and CEO Terry Duffy said the investment and partnership would help the company "transform derivatives markets through technology, expanding a…

⁠India’s top payment firm Paytm reportedly considers Bitcoin services In India, the regulatory environment surrounding Bitcoin is still in a "grey area."

⁠Bitcoin on-chain metric suggests 2017-style bull run will continue Dubbed MVRV, the indicator represents the ratio of Bitcoin's Market Value to Realized Value.

⁠Chainlink’s total value secured surpasses $75B as DeFi continues to surge The oracle network’s exponential growth has been tied to the emergence of DeFi. Co-founder Sergey Nazarov said Chainlink is also powering metaver…

⁠RTFKT partners with Daz 3D to advance metaverse NFT’s The digital NFT collective is expected to debut their pfp avatar collection, titled CloneX, later this month.

⁠Ex-Wall Street execs lead new Bitcoin mining firm as US hash rate soars PrimeBlock’s CEO was involved in the $98 billion direct listing for Coinbase that Goldman Sachs was leading.