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⁠Buy the rumor... buy the news? BTC price passes $63K as US Bitcoin ETF launches Bitcoin reaches $63,000 as Grayscale Bitcoin Trust announces it will convert its $40 billion fund into a Bitcoin spot ETF.

⁠Melanion Capital Bitcoin ETF to launch on Euronext Paris on Oct. 22 French financial regulator AMF officially approved Melanion Capital’s Bitcoin-linked ETF product in August.

⁠All-time highs next? Bitcoin holds $62K as the Dollar index tumbles to 3-week lows The U.S. dollar index reached its lowest levels in three weeks on Tuesday, triggering the Rising Wedge pattern.

⁠NFT gaming proposition in question as regulators and traditional gaming pullback The NFT gaming market is growing by leaps and bounds as gaming regulatory bodies and traditional gaming corporations shun the ecosystem.

⁠Polkadot-based privacy project Manta Network raises $5.5M Manta Network will use newly raised funds to further scale DeFi use cases by boosting blockchain privacy.

⁠Bitcoin adoption won't affect IMF talks, says El Salvador's top central banker The country’s central bank chief does not see the recent Bitcoin adoption move hampering plans to secure an IMF loan.

⁠Russia aims to replace US dollar reserves with digital assets in long term Last week, the Russian president said it was “a bit early” to use cryptocurrencies to settle oil trades.

⁠BTC price is up 50% since China 'selflessly' banned Bitcoin mining No amount of "FUD" can keep Bitcoin down, and China has once again given bulls a boost with its bans.

⁠French central bank pilots blockchain-based CBDC for debt market Led by Belgian financial services firm Euroclear, the latest French CBDC trial involved a system by tech giant IBM.

⁠Crypto lender Nexo confirms NYAG order, calls it a ‘mix up’ Nexo Financial confirms to be one of the two crypto lending firms to receive the cease and desist order from Attorney General James' office.

⁠'All bears will die' — Bitcoin metric prepares to flip green for the first time in 6 months The complex-sounding but insightful Long-Term & Short-Term Holder Realized Price Ratio is tipped to repeat its historical bull…

⁠Bounce and Arpa Chain surge 25% on Coinbase Pro listings The “Coinbase effect” has just been observed for two of three tokens freshly listed on the exchange’s Pro platform.

⁠Polkadot unveils $770M development fund ahead of parachain auctions Polkadot’s Gavin Wood has announced a more than $770 million development fund just weeks before the network’s parachain auctions are set to go live.

⁠Bakkt sheds more than 6% on first of public trading The price of BKKT contracted by more than 6% during its first day of public trade.

⁠El Salvador removes BTC price feed from Chivo app to crack down on arbitrage scalpers Users of the Salvadoran government’s Chivo wallet will not be able to see frozen price quotes until the feature has been removed to d…

⁠Arbitrum extends lead over Optimism as Uniswap posts record volume on L2 DeFi users appear to be choosing Arbitrum over Optimism for scaling as Uniswap’s layer-two volume presses into record highs.

⁠Analysts predict Valkyrie will launch Bitcoin Futures ETF this week Bloomberg ETF analysts are predicting Valkyrie’s futures-based Bitcoin ETF will commence trading this week.

⁠Ghana to explore offline transactions for upcoming CBDC Offline CBDC functionality will help bring financial services to Ghanans who lack access to bank accounts or an internet connection.

⁠Arbitrage bot’s spam attack on the Polygon network generated $6,800 per day An arbitrage bot managed to turn 14 ETH to 218.5 ETH simply by spamming the Polygon network for 120 days.

⁠Mudrex launches DeFi mutual fund model for retail investors The crypto firm is expected to offer investment options for DeFi and NFT assets.

⁠Here’s why analysts are saying ‘No FOMO’ ahead of Bitcoin’s ETF launch The upcoming launch of a BTC ETF has bulls proclaiming that a $100,000 Bitcoin price is imminent, but several analysts warn that a sharp short-term…

⁠US Treasury says it must 'modernize and adapt' to digital currencies "Digital assets and payments systems could harm the efficacy of our sanctions” if left unchecked, the Treasury said.

⁠Bulls target $100 Filecoin (FIL) after data points to improving fundamentals FIL might be more than 70% away from its all-time high, but derivatives data shows traders are steadily building leveraged positions.

⁠Price analysis 10/18: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, SOL, DOT, DOGE, LUNA, UNI Altcoins are selling off ahead of this week’s Bitcoin ETF launch, perhaps a sign that traders are anxious about this historic listing.

⁠Bitfury CEO confirms IPO considerations are part of expansion plans In 2018, Bitfury raised $80 million from investors like Michael Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital at a $1 billion valuation.

⁠Interactive Brokers launches crypto trading in US for four tokens U.S.-based financial advisers with Interactive Brokers are now able to recommend cryptocurrency investments to their clients.

⁠Ankr Network, Stacks and Kadena rally while most altcoins cool off ANK, STX and KDA took a different path than most altcoins by posting double-digit gains over the past 24-hours.

⁠Rarible introduces zero-cost NFT minting feature The platform is seeking to lower the Ethereum gas fees that restrict many investors in the emerging nonfungible token market.

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