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• Yesterday marked 15 years since the Bitcoin Whitepaper was published by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto (@thedropnft)

• Tether disputes reports of stablecoin’s illicit usage (P)

• Coinbase opens crypto futures trading to U.S. investors (BW)

• Thai banking giant K-Bank acquires $103M stake in Satang exchange (M)

• DCG hires lawyer involved with Trump impeachment (BLOCK)

• $100K BTC transactions hits ATH (CD)

• Bitcoin (22%) and Solana (69%) see largest jumps MoM

• Animoca Brands gets $50M investment form Saudi Arabia (M)

• Uniswap DAO takes stab at venture investing with $12M investment in a project in exchange for 20% of governance tokens (BW)

• Web3 startups are struggling more with finding Product-Market-Fit than fundraising external capital (LI)

• Web3 gaming investors are becoming picky in yet another crypto winter (CT)

• A16z is planning to raise $3.4B in new funds, and a another crypto fund on the way in 2025 (A)

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• UK crypto regulation is finally here (M)

• SBF testifies in trial over FTX (B)

• 3AC founders drop lawsuit agains Mike Dudas (CD)

• PayPal UK sees strict regulations while registering for crypto service activities with FCA (BLOCK)

• Crypto thief steals $4.4M in a day (CT)

• Unibot sees $560k exploit in contract, causing token to drop by 40% (CT)

• Most of the 1,530 whistleblowers in 2023 so far have been around crypto activities (BLOCK)

• North Korean hackers target KandyKorn malware on macOS devices (THN)

• Arbitrum concludes security elections (T)

• Metamask and Blockaid collaborate for real time security alerts in wallets (M)

• DeFi TVL jumps to 3 month high (CD)

• Etherfuse rolls out tokenized bonds (M)

• Manager survey reveals Ether has the most promising outlook (BLOCK)

• OKX releases latest proof of reserves and is over-collateralized with ETH and BTC (CD)

• Caroline Ellison reveals SBF wanted to become President of the United States (@WatcherGuru)

• Galaxy Digital opens massive long on ETH and BTC (B)

• Coinbase launches onchain hackathon (X)

• Crypto wallet company Backpack gains Dubai license to become a crypto exchange (BLOCK)

• Coinbase Q3 earnings are revealed tomorrow with expected loss (BAR)

• Is the industry ready for web3 mobile games (C)

• SOL vs ETH a deep dive on both coins (CP)

• Why would someone have a web3 domain name? (CCN)

• The internet age vs. the blockchain (USV)

• Heartland Web3 conference: demystifying blockchain and making tech accessible (STRT)

• Tokenized Real World Assets (RWA) could be the next $10T industry (CD)

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