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Under the New BIS Plan, Banks Would Be Required to Disclose Crypto Holdings

The rising popularity of cryptocurrencies, which international authorities partially attribute to financial crises, will require banks to declare their holdings of cryptocurrencies under new measures floated Thursday.According to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which establishes standards for traditional finance (TradFi) lenders, banks should release potentially prohibitive capital for their holdings of unbacked cryptocurrency like bitcoin (BTC) or ether (ETH). The industry standard-setter is now asking lenders to disclose their exposure in an effort to stop the spread of the crisis after a difficult year that witnessed the demise of digitally oriented lenders Signature and Silicon Valley Banks, as well as cryptocurrency exchange FTX. A consultation paper to be published soon will propose “a set of disclosure requirements related to banks’ crypto asset exposures,” complementing

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Blockchain

Hemp and cannabis certifications are issued by Blockticity on Avalanche

According to a press release, Blockticity, a firm that focuses on using blockchain to issue certificates of authenticity for belongings, has created certifications for $275 million in products on layer 1 Avalanche.Hemp, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and kratom are all used in the first stage of minting. As a non-fungible token (NFT) verification system, the minting is carried out using its Certificate of Analysis (COA).For the U.S. hemp and cannabis lab, ACS Laboratory, the initial minting included hemp, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and kratom.According to the company’s website, there are difficulties with supply chain transparency in the hemp, cannabis, mushroom, and Kratom industries.ACS conducts potency tests and verifies that the goods are free of chemicals and pesticides. The certifications’ goal is to prevent fraudsters from using the COAs by altering with the QR code or data, access the product’s test findings, and trace the COAs back to the original laboratory, according to the news release.In an earlier interview, Sundie Seefried, the CEO and president of Safe Harbor Financial, stated that a regulator had told her that cryptocurrency and cannabis would go well together since blockchain technology offers a decent level of traceability for money earned from cannabis plants. The procedure involves printing a QR code by Blockticity on the goods, which links to a COA issued as an Avalanche NFT.Over 35,000 COAs worth approximately $275 million have already been issued by ACS Labratory using Blockticty.Blockticity authenticates the lab report by minting a COA from the lab into the blockchain.According to a prior statement, businesses can then seek up a COA and use the QR code to locate the report that is owned by the company that paid for the test to be conducted.According to a press release, cannabis will be the subject of ACS Laboratory’s next 120,000 COAs. “We’re pleased to join forces with Blockticity once again, harnessing this avant-garde technology for our esteemed clients,” said Roger

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Crypto

Twelve New Yorkers will stand trial against the FTX founder for fraud and conspiracy.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s guilt or innocence as a fraudster will be decided by a physician’s assistant, a librarian, a nurse, and nine other people.The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York’s 12-person jury that will decide the fate of the former FTX CEO was revealed by Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday.On the second day of the trial, jury selection was finished early. Just under 50 people provided information to the court during voir dire, including their ages, professions, educational backgrounds, and other facts.A former prosecutor, a retired correctional officer, a flight attendant, and other Metro-North commuter rail employees were among the prospective jurors. Following the excesses that caused last year’s meltdown, some believe that Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial has indirectly evolved into a trial of the entire cryptocurrency sector. Bankman-Fried is only the most well-known and cunning in a long line of tourists that enter the market during bull runs and ruin it for everyone. To insiders, the centralized and opaque FTX exchange personified everything cryptocurrency was supposed to stand against. Opening remarks are anticipated to start shortly.

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Ethereum

Jaynti Kanani, a co-founder of Polygon, resigns.

Jaynti Kanani, the co-founder of Ethereum layer 2 Polygon, has announced that he is taking a break “from the day-to-day grind” of maintaining the network.In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, Kanani, who co-founded Polygon with Sandeep Nailwal and Anurag Arjun in 2017, detailed his plans. He said he “decided to step back” about six months ago and that he would be “focusing on new adventures while still cheering and contributing to Polygon from the sidelines.” Co-founder Sandeep Nailwal responded to the post by saying, “I wish we could’ve done more for longer together in this crazy journey

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Blockchain

$100 million is raised by CMCC Global for blockchain startups in Hong Kong.

A new fund with investments in Hong Kong-based Web3 startups has been established by blockchain-focused venture capital firm CMCC Global with $100 million in funding.The Titan Fund, as it is known, will invest in startups in Web3 industries like gaming, the metaverse, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), according to a Wednesday email statement.The fund will be overseen by State Street, with EY acting as its auditor. Block.one (B1), Richard Li’s Pacific Century Group, Winklevoss Capital (the company run by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss), and Yat Siu, the creator of Animoca Brands, all contributed $50 million as the fund’s primary investors.B1 will also take a minority ownership position in the holding company of CMCC Global. Following the development of a new legislative framework that took effect in June, Hong Kong has reestablished itself as a crypto hub, making it an appealing location for investment from the big VC players in the broader blockchain business.

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Article

How to use Reddit effectively for cryptocurrency marketing

Marketing is crucial to the success of initiatives and businesses in the quickly changing world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. It acts as

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Technology

SIM Swap Attack Targets Friend.Tech Users, Drains Several Ether

Several Friend.Tech users stated that they were the targets of SIM swap assaults over the weekend, during which the attackers were successful in stealing tokens worth thousands of dollars.No exploit was used on the actual Friend.Tech code. Nobody is in danger right now.The program enables users to purchase “shares” in users who have accounts on X, which gives purchasers access to specific benefits. SIM Swap attacks, which are frequent occurrences, take place when hackers get access to a mobile device by tricking service providers into matching the phone number to a SIM card in their hands.Phones that have been switched can then be used fraudulently.At least two individuals reported being the subject of a SIM swap assault that gave hackers access to over 42 ether (ETH), which is valued close to $70,000 at the time of writing. “If your Twitter account is doxxed to your real name, your phone number can be found, and this could happen

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Blockchain Crypto

Independent Exchange Sui Network Launches Bluefin’s New Version

Unified orderbook exchangeAccording to a press statement issued by the business on Tuesday, the improved version of Bluefin, known as “v2,” is now operational on the Sui network.The platform’s most recent version now includes features including sub-second, optimistic trades, spot and cross-margin capabilities, and a privacy feature that allow trading without a crypto wallet. The company announced that the platform’s initial release, Bluefin v1, which allows users to trade perpetual swaps on Ethereum scaling network Arbitrum, will continue to be in use. “Over the course of this year, we’ve rewritten our codebase and rebuilt the exchange on a new underlying technology,” Bluefin said

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Crypto

Amanda Fabiano, the head of mining at Galaxy, left to launch a consulting business.

Amanda Fabiano, the head of mining at cryptocurrency financial services startup Galaxy Digital (GLXY), has quit the company to launch her own consultancy business. According to a release, Fabiano will launch a new consultancy company called Fabiano Consulting to aid bitcoin miners in expanding their operations. “I’ve discovered I really enjoy working with companies in their growth stages and love building,” she said in the statement. “I’m

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Crypto

Prager Metis, Former Auditor for FTX sued by the SEC

According to a Friday court document, the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged former FTX auditing company Prager Metis with breaking American auditor independence laws.The SEC claims that the company aided its clients in breaking federal securities rules, including 62 firms that were registered with the regulator.It requests a restraining order against the auditor and demands that it forfeit any earnings earned via illicit activities in addition to paying fines. In November, on the same day that FTX filed for bankruptcy in the United States with a $7 billion shortfall on its balance sheet, Prager Metis, an auditing firm, reported $1 billion in revenues for the foreign division of FTX in 2021.In addition, the business intended to establish a presence in the Metaverse.However, the SEC’s complaint is focused on the agreements the firm signed with its multiple clients rather than the auditor’s connections to FTX. According to a document filed on Friday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Prager Metis violated the independence requirements for auditors by entering into agreements with clients that included indemnification clauses, where clients agreed to hold Prager harmless from liabilities and expenses from its services “attributable to any knowing misrepresentations by management.”The agency additionally asserted that the auditor has been informed of these irregularities since at least January 2019. “Auditor independence is critical to both protecting the integrity of financial reporting and promoting public trust. As alleged in our

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Defi

Chainlink Expands Decentralized Computing by Introducing “Data Streams” to Reduce Latency

In order to decrease network latency, Chainlink, a blockchain data oracle supplier, has introduced “Data Streams,” a new offering.According to a news statement issued by the company on Monday, the product has officially reached early access on layer 2 platform Arbitrum.Chainlink Data Streams mixes automated execution with low latency market data “to unlock a new generation of ultra-fast and user-friendly derivatives products,” according to the business.When referring to financial market data that is transmitted instantly, we use the term low latency market data. According to the press announcement, the system uses a “pull-based” data oracle approach in which “high frequency market data is continuously made available off-chain.” Users can retrieve Oracle reports off-chain, validate them with their on-chain transaction, and then re-access them because they are generated every block. This contrasts with the push-based model, in which oracles automatically and periodically provide data to smart contracts. The latency of updates is decreased by using a pull-based approach, which shortens the time it takes for a data packet to move between two points.Since messages must be propagated to nodes in distributed networks, latency is a prevalent issue that frequently results in delays in transaction synchronization and finalization. “Data Streams not only enables DeFi (decentralized finance) protocols to support execution speeds and a user experience that

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Technology

In response to the loss of a banker, Chia Network fires a third of its employees.

Chia Network said the loss of its financial partner Credit Suisse resulted in a costly delay of its bid to float as a

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Crypto

The DOJ prepares witnesses for the Bankman-Fried trial and emphasizes FTX asset management.

The DOJ wants to emphasize the experiences of institutional and retail clients who gave FTX access to significant amounts of money.  In the

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Crypto

In the previous 24 hours, the FTX exploiter transferred more over $17 million in ETH.

The THORChain router and Railgun contract received a sizable share of the 7,749 ETH, worth over $13 million. Recent data from Spot On

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Ethereum

Concerns about DAOs authorising operators of ETH staking pools are raised by Vitalik Buterin.

The co-founder of Ethereum suggests a remedy that would reduce the possibility that any particular liquid staking provider will develop to the point

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Crypto

Su Zhu, the founder of the bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund 3AC, was arrested in Singapore, according to the liquidator

According to Teneo, the company’s liquidator, Su Zhu, co-founder of the hedge firm Three Arrows Capital, was detained on Friday at Changi airport in Singapore.Due to industry interdependencies, the collapse of the hedge fund in 2022 resulted in the rapid onset of a second crypto winter. Due to his disobedience of a court order, Zhu and co-founder Kyle Davies were the subjects of a committal order, which sentenced them both to four months in jail. The statement also said that it was still unknown where Davies was.The Monetary Authority of Singapore earlier in September imposed a nine-year ban on Zhu and Davies’ ownership and management of any registered capital markets firm.The couple received another censure from Dubai’s cryptocurrency authority in May for running their new business, an OPNX bankruptcy exchange, as an uncontrolled exchange.Additionally, a New York court’s subpoenas concerning the demise of 3AC were not answered by Davies. The new project from the duo’s native coin decreased by 21% as its market cap decreased to $40 million.

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Crypto

BlockFi claims to have made significant progress toward escaping bankruptcy.

A Friday email from BlockFi to its creditors reveals that the firm’s creditors have approved its bankruptcy reorganization plan, removing one of the last obstacles in a months-long process to close down the business and pay its clients.After FTX blew up last fall, a rash of digital asset companies, including the troubled crypto lender, froze the accounts of its customers before going out of business.BlockFi will be able to recoup the assets it lost to collapsed hedge fund Three Arrows Capital and cryptocurrency exchange FTX thanks to the restructuring plan, which was approved by more than 90% of creditors, the lender said. This will allow the lender to increase the amount of money going to creditors. “Success in this [process] could increase client recoveries, depending on the product and jurisdiction,” according to the notice sent to creditors. An inquiry for comment was not immediately answered by BlockFi’s legal counsel.To make the scheme official, a bankruptcy judge must approve it, according to BlockFi’s email.The corporation will then be free to distribute the associated funds to its creditors after it has been approved.

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Crypto

Until SEC ETF approval becomes officially effective, Valkyrie holds off on buying ether futures.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the addition of ether (ETH) futures to Valkyrie’s Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BTF), but Valkyrie stated on Friday morning that it will not make any purchases until that clearance takes effect.The asset manager also stated that it would cancel any ether futures purchases it had already made in an SEC Form 497 filing. After yesterday’s announcement that it had started adding ether futures exposure to the BTF after receiving SEC approval, the firm quickly reversed course. The SEC won’t let anyone launch independently like BITO [ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF] in 2021, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, who stated in a tweet that the unwinding of ether futures purchases from Valkyrie is an example of this.Despite Valkyrie’s efforts, it appears like a number of ether futures ETFs will start trading in the United States on Monday. ProShares, Bitwise, and VanEck are just a few of the companies who confirmed this in SEC filings on Friday.

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Article Defi

How does this cross-chain protocol improve the safety of DeFi margin trading?

Due to excessive collateralization and harsh liquidation conditions, DeFi margin trading is unable to perform to its full capacity. This platform seeks to

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Crypto

Coinbase tries to fill the hole in the cryptocurrency perpetuals left by FTX

The permanent futures listing for customers outside of the United States was approved by Bermudan regulators, according to a statement made this week by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN).It is not surprising that Coinbase made the decision; in April, in response to a gung-ho approach from American regulators, it obtained a license in Bermuda to run a spot exchange with the eventual goal of launching a permanent futures platform. Trading leveraged “long” or “short” positions in an underlying asset is possible through perpetual futures, a class of cash-settled derivatives contract.Perpetual swap traders pay a funding rate that equals the difference between the mark and index price of the underlying asset, preventing the contract from expiring every month or every three months. This maintains the efficiency of pricing.The total liquidity and trading volume in the cryptocurrency market have drastically decreased after FTX, the biggest crypto futures platform at the time, collapsed last year.The market is still suffering from the fall almost a year later, and there are still a few exchanges with a lot of the market’s limited liquidity. The crypto market is presently dominated by Binance in terms of trading volume.For derivatives, however, Binance earned $32 billion in trading volume over the past 24 hours, translating to about $9.6 million in daily revenue from trading fees. Its spot market has seen activity of $6 billion, compared to Coinbase’s $1.2 billion.Coinbase has the ability to keep exceeding revenue projections if it can win some of this market share.According to Kaiko analyst Riyad Carey, Coinbase is “well positioned” to take some of that market share that has been left behind. “Regarding Coinbase, I do think that it’s well positioned to capture significant market share,” Carey said. “Given Binance’s recent troubles

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Tech

Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, fires 16% of its staff after a metaverse-inspired change.

Following a metaverse-inspired shift of its well-known online game Fortnite, video game maker Epic Games is letting go of roughly 16% of its workforce.According to CEO Tim Sweeney’s memo to staff on Thursday, the layoffs will effect 830 employees of Epic Games. Epic Games has been “growing Fortnite as a metaverse-inspired ecosystem for creators,” according to Sweeney. The game’s growth is now primarily driven by creator content, meaning lower revenue for Epic as the revenue is increasingly divided. “I had long been optimistic that we could power through this transition without layoffs, but in retrospect I see that this

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Blockchain

Circle Launches Open-Source Protocol to Support the Development of Tokenized Credit Markets

The Perimeter Protocol smart contract codebase, released on Friday by stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Financial, aims to act as an open-source framework for tokenized credit markets.Invoice factoring, payroll advances, quick settlement for merchants, and credit trading for institutional investors are just a few of the credit use cases that Perimeter can serve, according to the business in a blog post.Developers are free to replicate the codebase and create new products using it, and its white paper is openly accessible. The protocol also serves as the launch of Circle Research, the company’s new open-source development section.The announcement coincided with the growing momentum behind tokenizing real-world assets (RWA), which is the process of integrating conventional financial instruments like credit into blockchain-based applications.According to a Bank of America (BAC) research, tokenization might upend the current financial infrastructure by establishing a more effective and open system.According to Bernstein, the market for tokenized assets might reach $5 trillion over the following five years. Stablecoins are a crucial component of the settlement infrastructure for blockchain-based lending markets.Circle’s $26 billion USDC and EURC tokens could become more useful if it supports tokenization initiatives and the creation of decentralized finance (DeFi) credit networks. “We’ve seen the great utility stablecoins and USDC have brought to developers, corporations, end-users and more across an array of

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Ethereum

Major Trading Figure VanEck Prepares ETF for ethereum futures

As competition for the ether (ETH) futures fund heats up, VanEck, the $77.8 billion asset management company, is getting ready to launch its

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Crypto

For users outside of the US, Coinbase has received regulatory approval to list perpetual futures trading.

According to a business blog post on Thursday, Coinbase International Exchange has received regulatory authorisation from Bermuda’s financial regulator to allow qualified non-US

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Defi

Central Banks Succeed in Testing DeFi for Cross-Border Trading of Wholesale CBDC.

According to a paper released on Thursday, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of France, Singapore, and Switzerland successfully

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Defi

Partnership between the Korean Web3 Company Hashed Ink and Thailand’s SCBX

One of Korea’s top Web3 investors and one of Thailand’s biggest financial institutions have joined forces. In a statement released on Wednesday, SCBX

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Crypto

Legal Frameworks for CBDC Support Should Be Set Up by Nations: BIS Chief

Agustin Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, a global bank, stated on Wednesday that nations should establish legal frameworks that

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Crypto

Shiba Inu Ecosystem Token Bone Increases 10% as Developers Implement Critical Security Measures

The ecosystem token for the Shiba Inu (SHIB) network, bone (BONE), has increased by almost 10% over the last day, making it one of the better gains in the otherwise lackluster cryptocurrency markets.In the early morning hours on Wednesday, BONE was traded for 90 cents.A total of $233 million has been invested in the tokens. The fact that developers said the deployer contract for bone tokens was fully repudiated, increasing its security, is likely what helped traders’ sentiment.Over $3 million more worth of tokens were traded on Tuesday than on Monday. Renouncing a smart contract in the crypto community means that the creator will no longer have control over it. This gives investors peace of mind because the contract can no longer be modified or updated, protecting them from any exploitation by the contract inventor.TREAT, LEASH, and BONE are the other two currencies that may be used to pay fees and cast votes on governance issues on the Shibarium blockchain, which was made available by Shiba developers in August. Activist investors have taken an instant liking to calcium (CAL), a phony coin created to renounce bone.Prior to falling 50% since Monday’s price apex, CAL’s market capitalization peaked at $10 million.

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How to safeguard your cryptocurrency investments

With the emergence of cryptocurrencies over the past ten years, the financial industry has experienced a paradigm change unlike any other. With the

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Blockchain

With important regulatory steps, Kraken advances its expansion into Spain and Ireland.

Bitcoin exchangeAccording to Kraken, the central bank of Spain granted it authorization to operate as a virtual asset service provider there.The exchange will soon be able to provide Spanish citizens with exchange and custody wallet services.According to a press statement issued on Tuesday, Kraken’s Irish subsidiary also received an e-money institution (EMI) license from the central bank of Ireland, allowing it to expand its “EUR fiat services in partnership with banks” throughout the nation and throughout Europe. Since the European Union made its regulatory policy regarding cryptocurrencies more clear, exchanges have been eager to expand throughout the continent. Coinbase recently opened a Spanish account.The markets in crypto assets regulation (MiCa), which was developed by the EU, is scheduled to go into force in 2024. “We see a firm foundation for crypto in Europe, which has forward-looking regulation that enables us to grow with confidence,”

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