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🔴 Cryptos March on the Capitol | This Week in Crypto – Oct 2, 2023

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ETF news spices up the markets, Coinbase is recruiting a crypto army, and Napster is back in the crypto game. These stories and more, this week in crypto. News on ETFs Moved Markets ETF developments had mixed impacts on crypto markets this week. Ether surged in anticipation of Valkyrie’s forthcoming expansion of its Strategy ETF

All Videos from Europe’s Largest Bitcoin Conference Now Available

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Europe’s largest Bitcoin conference, Bitcoin Amsterdam, is now accessible to a global audience, as all video from the event has been uploaded to video platforms including YouTube, Rumble, and X. Concluding this Friday, the event featured a remarkable lineup of speakers and discussions on Bitcoin and the global freedom movement. The second year for the event, organizers estimate nearly 2,500

Less than 50% of Hong Kong retail crypto investors aware of relevant regulations: Survey

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Hong Kong has allowed retail crypto trading since June. Just 47% of retail crypto investors in Hong Kong are aware of the Virtual Asset Trading Platform Regulatory Regime, a legislation which went into effect this June to protect the interest of retail investors in digital assets in the region.That’s according to an October 11 report

Kraken secures money license registrations in Spain and Ireland

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The move follows the crypto exchange’s successful VASP registration in Italy. Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has received an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) from the Central Bank of Ireland and registration as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) from the Bank of Spain.According to the Sept. 26 announcement, the EMI license enables Kraken to expand euro-to-crypto trading

What are Bollinger Bands, and how to use them in crypto trading?

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Bollinger Bands are volatility indicators utilizing price bands. Traders buy near the lower band and sell near the upper band. A technical analysis tool called Bollinger Bands uses price volatility to provide probable entry and exit opportunities in trading. They are made up of two outer bands or lines and a centerline (the simple moving

Hong Kong warns crypto firms against referring to themselves as “banks”

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Hong Kong warns crypto firms against using the word “bank” The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) says only licensed banks can take “deposits.” Using terms such as digital bank, crypto bank and crypto asset bank contravenes the Banking Ordinance. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has warned crypto firms that it’s against the law for

Bitcoin Nodes Now One Step Closer to Instant Sync

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Bitcoin light clients are now able to sync to the tip of the blockchain nearly instantly, thanks to a new development enabled by bitcoin startup ZeroSync and their work in zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs. Ultimately, ZeroSync seeks to enable full nodes to do the same.ZK proofs allow a prover to generate a short mathematical statement that

Web3 Gamer: PUBG devs’ Web3 project, Animoca’s $20M raise, Shardbound review

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The company behind PUBG announces a new Web3 platform, monetization in Web3 and more. PUBG meets CosmosKrafton, the company behind PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds (PUBG), is venturing into Web3 with Settlus, a Cosmos-based blockchain project specifically designed for the creator economy. Settlus aims to provide content creators with a payment platform that streamlines transparent settlement processes.The South

Vitalik Buterin on fix for Ethereum centralization — make running nodes easier

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says node centralization is one of Ethereum’s main challenges, but the perfect solution may not come for another 20 years. The centralization of nodes is one of the biggest problems facing the Ethereum network and should be addressed by making the running of nodes cheaper and easier, according to Ethereum co-founder

Former SEC chair on Bitcoin ETF: ‘I think approval is inevitable’

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SEC delayed its decision this week on applications for a Bitcoin ETF. Former SEC chair Jay Clayton talked Bitcoin ETF with CNBC on Friday. The world’s largest cryptocurrency is down 18% versus its YTD high. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission delayed its decision on a bunch of applications for a Bitcoin ETF this week.

A Bitcoin Maximalist’s Ode To Ordinals

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This is an opinion editorial by L. Asher Corson, a partner at UTXO Management.As a Bitcoin Maximalist, I love Ordinals. Other Maximalists should also consider loving Ordinals, as they demonstrate Bitcoin’s superiority in ways not previously possible. Ordinals enable functionalities that undermine the need for other blockchains to even exist. The use cases that were

Naver Corp unveils South Korea’s answer to ChatGPT and generative AI

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South Korean internet giant Naver Corp. has released CLOVA X, a Korean language chatbot similar to ChatGPT that can have conversations and summarize text. South Korean tech company Naver Corp has unveiled its answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT — named CLOVA X — its newest generative AI chatbot, which is aimed at Korean-language users. On Aug. 24

China proposes to bring its social credit system to the metaverse: Report

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Proposals to a United Nations group reportedly show China wants digital IDs and real-world punishments for actions that occur in the Metaverse. China is reportedly looking to implement a system akin to its social credit system in the metaverse and other online virtual worlds.POLITICO reported on Aug. 20 that state-owned telco China Mobile hasproposed a

Discovering Freedom: A Ride Of Passage With Bitcoiners

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This is an opinion editorial by Captain Sidd, a finance writer and explorer of Bitcoin culture.I want to tell you about a personal transformation that I underwent last year while I crossed the U.S., visiting over 30 Bitcoin meetups around the country. In a little over three months, I covered 11,000 miles of country road

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