Regulation
EU narrows Russia’s options further with crypto sanctions
The EU says its sanctions will potentially weaken Russia's industrial capacity to continue its war in Ukraine.
Oluwapelumi Adejumo 1 min read
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Payments
Saylor gives away BTC via lightning network
Saylor sent 3 million sats (0.03 BTC) to winners of his Lightning meme contest.
Culture
Calls mount for Louisiana state to buy Bitcoin following BlackRock divestment
Louisiana will pull $794 million from BlackRock over its support of ESG principles. Some say the state should allocate funds into agenda-free Bitcoin.
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Exchanges
Binance removes 5 HNT, OOKI trading pairs, adds 18 new ones
Cross & isolated margin pairs HNT/BUSD, HNT/USDT and spot pairs HNT/BTC, HNT/USDT, OOKI/BNB will be removed next week, while 18 new ones are already added.
Price Watch
Bitcoin briefly trades above $20k as traders ape into futures
Macroeconomic concerns like Credit Suisse's possible insolvency and the further escalation of the crisis in Ukraine also appear not to be affecting Bitcoin's performance presently.
Research
Bitcoin mining pool Poolin in distress following liquidity crisis
The Poolin Bitcoin mining pool sees a sharp drop in hash rate and block rewards following a freeze on withdrawals due to liquidity problems.
Hacks
Web3 ecosystem lost over $428M to hacks, scams in Q3 – Immunefi
The Nomad Bridge and Wintermute hacks account for 79.85% — $350 million — of all recorded losses.
Crypto
CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: Elon Musk seeks to move ahead with $44B Twitter deal; Justin Sun wants to buy Credit Suisse’s assets
Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter at $44 billion, bankrupt Celsius set to auction assets on Oct. 20, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.
Mining
Riot Blockchain produced over $7.1M worth of BTC in September
The 355 BTC Riot produced in September brings the company's total holdings to 6,775 BTC.
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Research
Research: Grayscale’s GBTC drops to all-time low of $12.5K; conversion to spot ETF could trigger rebound
Analysis
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson calls for an end to Bitcoin mining
Partnerships
ARK Invest’s crypto strategies to offer top 20 crypto assets to wealth managers
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