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In the brief,the Blockchain Association and two other groups said that a spot bitcoin ETF “was ideally suited” for investors seeking exposure to bitcoin.

Users of Lemon will be able to purchase up to two tickets per person and receive 50% cashback in bitcoin.

The fund had raised over $11 million of its target as of mid-September.

Bitcoin and ether volatility have also been declining but the futures estimated leverage ratio for both has been rising. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.

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BTC’s 30-day correlation with stocks drops to the lowest since January. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest hikes are “likely priced in,” a researcher says.

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss why the U.S. should consider moving forward with a central bank digital currency.

BitKeep lanzará en tres días un portal de compensación y dice que reembolsará el 100% de los tokens robados a los usuarios.

El órgano ejecutivo de la Unión Europea también quiere que las blockchains exhiban indicadores de eficiencia energética y que se acaben las exenciones impositivas a las criptomonedas.

Silvergate is no longer on track to launch its own Stablecoin this year, though CEO Alan Lane said the company continues to work closely with regulators on the matter.

An internal probe found that risky loans made to 3AC were based on minimal financial disclosures from the hedge fund.

El desarrollador coreano también continuó desestimando las afirmaciones que dicen que fueron congelados US$67 millones en los exchanges de criptomonedas OKX y KuCoin.

Los contratos con margen en efectivo son relativamente concisos y matemáticamente no convexos, lo que los hace más fáciles de entender para los inversores minoristas y más fáciles de liquidar para los exchanges, aseguró un trader de volatilidad.

BitKeep will launch a compensation portal within three days and claims it will compensate 100% of tokens stolen from users.

Terra’s controversial co-founder Do Kwon has denied claims that he is on the run from law enforcement, despite Interpol issuing a Red Notice for his arrest.

The European Union’s executive arm also wants blockchains to show energy-efficiency labels, and to end crypto tax breaks.

Facebook owner Meta has joined the MPC Alliance, a non-profit group focused on cryptographic privacy and security, according to a press release.

Biggs joined the Alan Howard-backed 1kx after a two-year stint at Valour.

The EVM-based sharded layer 1 blockchain can expand transactions per second infinitely depending on traffic demand.

Web3 Builders also launched the free TrustCheck tool to verify the safety of smart contract and NFT transactions

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 18, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Mark Steward, who led the enforcement of anti-money laundering measures for crypto in the U.K., is stepping down after seven years with the Financial Conduct Authority.

Cash-margined contracts are relatively concise and not mathematically convex, making them easier for retail investors to understand and easier for exchanges to liquidate, one volatility trader said.

Web3 infrastructure firm ChainSafe has raised $18.75 million in Series A funding to expand its blockchain gaming utilities.

The digital asset bank grew its customer base to 1,677 during Q3.

DappRadar now tracks 3553 Decentraland smart contracts across Ethereum and Polygon

Trading volumes of the tokens jumped from under $70,000 on Monday to over $2.2 million.

Tokens that private investors hold are subject to a 12-month lockup, while the entire circulating supply will be released in the next ten years.

Transaction speeds and tokenomics disappoint on the first day of transactions for the “Solana-killer” chain run by ex-Meta employees.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission shouldn’t be able to serve an entire decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) at once, but rather, should serve the people in it, a group of lawyers said in an amicus filing Monday.