The Digital Rupee

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December 07, 2022

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  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to launch a pilot for the Digital Rupee tomorrow, December 1 (MINT)

  • Fidelity opens retail crypto trading accounts after one month waitlist (TB)

  • LINE closes its crypto exchange Bitfront(CD)

  • Market analysts from BitMEX and Mobius C.P. project the next target for Bitcoin could be below $10,000 (Decrypt)

  • Brazilian lawmakers vote in favor of recognizing Bitcoin as a means of payment (@WatcherGuru)

  • Web3 and DeFi top the charts for a 5th consecutive quarter being the largest investment space for Emerging Technologies (ETI) with $879 million worth of venture capital deals (PitchBook)

  • Paris-based startup Kiln raises $17.6 million Series A to lead enterprise-grade Staking-as-a-Service for the Ethereum Blockchain (CD)

  • Nucleo raises $4 million Seed led by Bain Capital Crypto and 6th Man Ventures to build on-chain privacy infrastructure for companies (NFTG)

  • Anthemis and Dragonfly Capital lead $8 million round into Cameroonian decentralized wallet and savings startup, Ejara (TC)

  • Mastercard has filed 15 Web3 trademark applications (@kondoudisLaw)

  • Web3 DAO game7 unveils $100M grant program(CD)

  • Democratic Senator Ron Wyden asking Binance, Coinbase, KuCoin and other crypto exchanges for financials and regulatory roadmaps (WP)

  • House lawmakers set first FTX hearing December 13 (TB)

  • Political donations are shaking things up in the crypto world, including the firing of crypto fintech Prime Trust’s CEO (CD)

  • FTX hacker staying very active, transferring 255 BTC ($4.1 million) to OKX exchange through ChipMixer (WGURU)

  • Looking ahead at cybersecurity trends and needs as the $150B spent globally to stop hacks is not enough (MITTR)

  • FortiGuard Labs discovers new ransomware, Cryptonite (not the Chaos ransomware), that is a Free and Open Source (FOSS) kit that utilizes Bitcoin wallets (Cyware) (Fortinet)

  • Novus Security scores $50k to develop Web3 security application (GMU)

  • Solana wallet Phantom adds Ethereum and Polygon support (TC)

  • Ether ($ETH) slides below $1200 as a “whale” investor moves $86 million worth of ETH to centralized exchange, Binance (CD)

  • In a recent interview, Swan Bitcoin founder Cory Klipstein says Ethereum Is a “con” and “shit coin” (Kitco)

  • Professional traders believe the $ETH bottom is below $1000, even though Ether rallies back 5% (above $1220) on Tuesday, November 29 (CT)

  • BlockFi officially files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy amongst FTX fallout (Reuters)

  • BlockFi follows bankruptcy announcement with lawsuit against Sam Bankman-Fried for shares in Robinhood ($HOOD) (FT)

  • Amazon has acquired the rights to an 8 part mini series about the downfall of FTX (TC)

  • Texas calls SBF to appear in court in February of 2023 (WGURU)

  • Understand Staking-as-a-Service on Ethereum and its potential for users to grow their money (ETH

  • Crypto lenders and exchanges keep dissolving - here’s why (CD)

  • The pros and cons of adding and integrating crypto payment options to ecommerce stores (CN)

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