Crypto News
Crypto stories without the hype
My favourites from the cryptouniverse in October 2021
Advice
= encouraging more acceptance/watch out for FOMO, = negative/watch out for FUD
Bitcoin And Biases — Bitcoin As ESG Money — bitcoinmagazine — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
On examination, we find that when discussing ESG in regards to bitcoin, the focus is far too often on the "E" and not the "SG".
What are DAOs? Here's what to know about the 'next big trend' in crypto — cnbc — 25 October 2021 (LINK)
How To Crypto – A Curated List Of CryptoTicker Articles To Get You Started — cryptoticker — 24 October 2021 (LINK)
3 Reasons to Invest in Crypto -- and 3 Reasons Not To — fool — 17 October 2021 (LINK)
An ultimate guide to 10 top altcoins, their real-world applications, and why investors are betting their tech is the future of crypto — businessinsider — 15 October 2021 (LINK)
Top 10 Cryptocurrencies & Their Real World Uses (includes video) — tradingview — 15 October 2021 (LINK)h
The Top Universities for Blockchain — coindesk — 11 October 2021 (LINK)
Introducing The .Wallet Alliance — unstoppabledomains — 5 October 2021 (LINK)
Global
Finder Survey: Nigeria's 24.2% Adoption Rating Is the Highest Rate of Crypto Ownership Globally — bitcoin — 31 October 2021 (LINK)
MANA Price Rallies 45% To $1.27 Buoyed By Facebook's Rebrand To Meta — coingape — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
U.S. SEC Chair Gary Gensler responds to concerns about first Bitcoin-linked ETF — cointelegraph — 20 October 2021 (LINK)
Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, also known as BITO, is based on CME Bitcoin futures contracts. The debut of BITO follows announcements that other BTC-linked funds, including Valkyrie's Bitcoin Strategy ETF, are set to start trading on the Nasdaq. A new blockchain-industry-based fund, called the Volt Crypto Industry Revolution and Tech ETF, intends to begin trading soon as well.
First Bitcoin Futures ETF Trades Nearly $1 Billion in One Day — decrypt — 19 October 2021 (LINK)
Financial leaders from the G7 agree that CBDCs would complement cash and should not be detrimental to the monetary system — cointelegraph — 14 October 2021 (LINK)
Crime?
'Kimchi Premium Fraud Ring' Busted in South Korea — cryptonews — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
Ukraine and US authorities bust a crime ring that allegedly laundered tens of millions of dollars in crypto — coinnounce — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
Report reveals $5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions linked to ransomware — ambcrypto — 17 October 2021 (LINK)
6,000 Coinbase Users Robbed in Phishing Attacks, Company Says It Will Reimburse — decrypt — 1 October 2021 (LINK)
Coins
Shiba Inu now accepted as payment at a French bistro in Paris — cointelegraph — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
The restaurant has reported a sudden spike in foot traffic after adding SHIB as a payment method.
Unraveling Mystery Behind '$8000 SHIB Wallet' Currently Worth Over $5 Billion — zycrypto — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
Tron founder Justin Sun withdraws over $4 billion from Aave protocol amid vulnerability speculation — coingape — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
Tether Hit With $41 Million Fine for Lying About Dollar Reserves: CFTC — decrypt.co — 15 October 2021 (LINK)
Zilliqa Unveils Cross-Chain Interoperability Tool 'ZilBridge' to Enable Greater Collaboration with Ethereum Ecosystem — crypto-reporter — 2 October 2021 (LINK)
Cardano ($ADA) Powered DeFi Platform to Launch a Gold-Backed Stablecoin — cryptoglobe — 2 October 2021 (LINK)
Cardano-Backed Project COTI Jumps Nearly 100% Ahead of Visa Card Rollout — cryptoglobe — 2 October 2021 (LINK)
CEO of COMP threatens customers after mistakenly sending them millions — mashable — 1 October 2021 (LINK)
National
Biden Working Group Calls for Stablecoin Issuers Like Tether to Be Regulated Like Banks — decrypt.co — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
Nigerian President announces the official rollout of the central bank-backed eNaira — coinnounce — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
Russia Considers Selling Power to Kazakhstan Amid Deficit Caused by Crypto Miners — bitcoin — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
China to Add Cryptocurrency Mining to 'Negative List for Market Access' Making the Industry Off-Limits to Investors — bitcoin — 8 October 2021 (LINK)
Colombia Following El Salvador as Crypto ATMs Continue to Thrive — beincrypto — 24 October 2021 (LINK)
Report: Biden administration eyeing regulation of Tether, other stablecoins — invezz — 1 October 2021 (LINK)
Third-Largest Bank in France Societe Generale Proposes Use of Defi Protocol Makerdao — bitcoin — 1 October 2021 (LINK)
Swiss
Switzerland to Impose Anti-Money Laundering Rules on Crypto Providers — cryptopotato — 25 September 2021 (LINK)
Business
Binance Temporarily Disables Withdrawals As Moving For Long-Term Storage Causes Backlog — benzinga — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
Burger King Teams Up With Robinhood To Give Bitcoin, Ether, Dogecoin Rewards — benzinga — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
Dogecoin Accounts for 40% of Robinhood's Crypto Transaction Revenue in Q3 — bitcoin — 31 October 2021 (LINK)
Coinbase Pulls A Robinhood As Users Are Unable To Trade Shiba Inu During Rally — bitcoinist — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
AMC Theatres, the world's largest movie exhibition company, Considers Accepting Shiba Inu Alongside Dogecoin as SHIB Popularity Soars — bitcoin — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
Travala.com Rises From The Ashes through Travel Boost, and 70% of bookings are paid with crypto — newsbtc — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
Bit Pay Allows Verifone Customers to Pay with Crypto — livebitcoinnews — 1 October 2021 (LINK)
On the Wild Side (includes prices and predictions)
CryptoPunk worth $850,000 sells for just a fraction of its price — theblockcrypto — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
SQUID Investors Cannot Sell Their Tokens After a 110,000% Spike, Raising Too Many Red Flags to Ignore — cryptopotato — 31 October 2021 (LINK)
NFTs In A Nutshell: A Weekly Reviedline — bitcoinist — 31 October 2021 (LINK)
Mad Money's Jim Cramer Invests in Crypto Because 'There Could Be Millions of Greater Fools Out There' — bitcoin — 31 October 2021 (LINK)
Elon Musk's Alma Mater To Begin Accepting Bitcoin For Tuition Fees — zycrypto — 31 October 2021 (LINK)
Catch Up
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