Adoption
Investments
Crypto investment platform Pillow raises $18M
Pillow looks to accelerate the adoption of crypto services in emerging markets.
Gaming
STEPN denies claims of layoffs
On Oct. 12, news on STEPN laying off staff due to bear market conditions was published. STEPN denied those claims today.
Crypto
CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: Grayscale taking SEC to court over spot BTC ETF, CoinCenter sues US Treasury for Tornado Cash ban
Arbitrium's Offchain Labs acquires leading Ethereum client, 21Shares launches its spot BTC ETP in Dubai, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.
Exchanges
Crypto.com to invest €150M in France
The exchange announced it'll expand into France and establish a headquarters in Paris.
Gaming
STEPN to lay off over 100 staff
Investments in STEPN will also be reduced to STEPN's parent company Find Satoshi Lab.
Crypto
CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: Another Spot Bitcoin ETF gets rejected by SEC; Google, Coinbase partner for crypto payments
The SEC rejects WisdomTree's Spot Bitcoin ETF, TampleDAO loses over $2.3M to a hack, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.
Exchanges
Bittrex to pay $30M for sanctions violation
The exchange is fined by the U.S. Treasury Department because it kept serving sanctioned individuals.
Crypto
Research: What exactly happened in 2021 for Shiba Inu?
The SHIB token soared in price and usage during 2021. Towards the year-end, SHIB tokens were withdrawn from exchanges as prices started to fall.
Taxes
Portugal will implement 28% tax on crypto in 2023
Capital gains earned from crypto held for less than a year will be taxed 28%.
Crypto
CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: EU readying regulations on DeFi; Bitcoin mining difficulty reaches new ATH
BitBoy Crypto alleges former SEC director accepted bribes to declare Ethereum a commodity, investors pile on bonds as the interest in crypto fades, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.
Web3
Has web3 failed in its vision? CoDeTech thinks so & the solution is Core Blockchain – SlateCast #24
CoDeTech CEO Okkie talked to CryptoSlate to describe the company's Web4 vision in detail.
Crypto
CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: Binance looking to spend $1B on deals in 2022; 2 million BNB stolen in BSC bridge hack
Attackers stole over 60 ETH from Binance by creating a token following the BSC bridge exploit, SUSHI increased by 6.6% in 24 hours following GoldenTree investment, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.