🕑 october 2020 news archive

A Timeline of the Bitmain Co-Founder Battle for Control www.hashr8.com	SEC Wins Historic Lawsuit Against Kik Over $100 Million ICO - Decrypt By: Jeff Benson decrypt.co
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey takes aim at Coinbase's apolitical stance cointelegraph.com	DeFi Forks Are Moving Beyond Copy and Paste By: Camila Russo thedefiant.substack.com
CoinGecko founder explains how the crypto data platform saw the coming DeFi mania - The Block www.theblockcrypto.com	How prediction markets priced Tuesday's presidential debate By: Lawrence Lewitinn www.coindesk.com Curated by: @zackseward
Tim Copeland offers four vignettes of how people fell down the bitcoin rabbithole By: Tim Copeland decrypt.co Curated by: @joonian	David Z Morris describes the Friedman Doctrine and its connection with Brian Armstrong's letter fortune.com Curated by: @joonian
Crypto Trading Platform BitMEX ‘Attempted to Evade’ US Regulations, CFTC Charges - CoinDesk By: Nikhilesh De www.coindesk.com Curated by: @zackseward	A long rumoured CFTC investigation is unveiled to the public cftc.gov Curated by: @joonian
The Block reports that BitMEX co-founder Samuel Reed has been arrested, according to the US Dept of Justice twitter.com Curated by: @joonian	The Bull Case for Social Tokens By: Coopahtroopa bankless.substack.com
More than half of all crypto exchanges have weak or no ID verification cointelegraph.com	Kik won’t get its day in court \| Modern Consensus. modernconsensus.com
BitMEX Case Pushes Crypto to Actual Decentralization, Not DeFi Theatre By: Camila Russo thedefiant.substack.com	Liquidity Mining: A User-Centric Token Distribution Strategy By: Dmitriy Berenzon medium.com
Yield farming platform APY Finance locks $67 million in first hour cointelegraph.com	If I am Hayden Adams I am currently feeling ________. By: William Foxley www.coindesk.com Curated by: @zackseward
Tax authority HMRC confirms data collection from Coinbase, exchange says less than 3% of U.K. customers impacted - The Block www.theblockcrypto.com	Prediction market doubts Trump will complete first term after COVID-19 diagnosis cointelegraph.com
$420 Million in Bitcoin Flees BitMEX Following Federal Charges - Decrypt By: David Jones decrypt.co	Rally ERC-20 Governance Token (RLY) to launch October 15, 2020 By: Kevin Chou medium.com
Eminence Refund - Do or DAI rekt.ghost.io	ETH 2.0 represents a material risk to Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust, says SEC filing cointelegraph.com
Half a Million in Satoshi-era Bitcoin Just Moved to Bitfinex - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co	Atari Token Scores Bitcoin.com Public Sale in November - Decrypt By: Andrew Hayward decrypt.co
BitMEX's Indictment and DeFi, Feat. Stephen Palley & Preston Byrne - CoinDesk By: Nathaniel Whittemore www.coindesk.com	Coinbase in Turmoil: Why Employees Walked Out - Ep.145 www.youtube.com
There’s no such thing as a decentralized exchange By: Peter Van Valkenburgh www.theblockcrypto.com	BitMEX users pull $340 million following criminal, civil charges \| Modern Consensus. By: Adrian Zmudzinski modernconsensus.com
Crypto still a money launderer’s haven: Ciphertrace report \| Modern Consensus. By: Adrian Zmudzinski modernconsensus.com	Best Smart Contract Wallets (DeFi Wallets) By: @coinmonks medium.com
Friday Open Thread: Bullish or Bearish on Social Tokens? By: Ryan Sean Adams bankless.substack.com	DeFi tokens are oversold but revenue and TVL show traders expect a bounce By: Joseph Young cointelegraph.com
How users in PoS blockchains can leverage their staked assets to achieve a higher rate of returns By: Ashvarya Kharoo medium.com	KuCoin Has Found The Hackers Who Stole $281 Million in Crypto - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co
People Are Now Selling Reddit’s Fortnite Crypto For Cash - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co	SEC versus Kik: SAFTs are far from safe By: Carol Goforth cointelegraph.com
Bitcoin use rise in Egypt amid economic recession By: Husayn Hashim cointelegraph.com	Alex Wearn - CEXs Vs. DEXs: The Future Battle Lines By: Alex Wearn www.coindesk.com
Uniswap's monthly trade volume exceeded Coinbase's in September By: @theblock__ www.theblockcrypto.com	ECB to consider further digital euro study in 2021 By: Emilia David cointelegraph.com
0x Protocol Releases New 0x API for Matcha Gas Efficiency - DeFi Rate defirate.com	MetaFactory Debuts ROBOT Governance Token - DeFi Rate defirate.com
Ethereum User Scammed For $140,000 in Uniswap (UNI) Tokens - Decrypt By: Liam Frost decrypt.co	IBM Expands on Thailand's Blockchain Solution for Government Bonds - Decrypt By: Scott Chipolina decrypt.co
First Mover: Day in the Life of a Yield Farmer Means Part-Time Gig, Full-Time Risk - CoinDesk By: Daniel Cawrey Omkar Godbole Bradley Keoun www.coindesk.com	Crypto Singapore dollar aims to diversify landscape dominated by USD By: Andrey Shevchenko cointelegraph.com
OFAC Warns That Firms Helping Victims With Ransomware Payouts Risk Violating Its Rules - CoinDesk By: Daniel Palmer www.coindesk.com	The Quest for Rarity: DeFi Meets NFTs With Aavegotchi www.youtube.com
Crypto King John McAfee Arrested and Sued for Shilling ICOs - Decrypt By: Jeff Benson decrypt.co	MetaMask Exceeds 1 Million Monthly Active Users By: Talia Knowles-Rivas medium.com
"Fair Launch is a New Way for Founders to Express Themselves:" Gavin McDermott of IDEO CoLab By: Camila Russo thedefiant.substack.com	The public token sale for Flow, from Dapper Labs, is already CoinList's most popular ever By: @saniyamore www.theblockcrypto.com
Stephen Palley gives an in depth look at the BitMEX charges — and what it could mean for DeFi regulation By: Aislinn Keely www.theblockcrypto.com	Cheaper, faster, better: Bank of Thailand, IBM launch $1.6B bond platform \| Modern Consensus. By: Adrian Zmudzinski modernconsensus.com
DeFi indexes crash despite strong fundamentals By: Samuel Haig cointelegraph.com	CBDC Would Present Unique ‘Security Risks’: Bank of Canada - Decrypt By: Jeff Benson decrypt.co
Binance Alliance With Japanese Crypto Platform Abandoned - CoinDesk By: Sandali Handagama www.coindesk.com	Ripple scores big win over weekend \| Modern Consensus. By: Michael Craig modernconsensus.com
MetaMask Debuts Token Swaps, Vows ‘Best Prices Across DeFi’ - Decrypt By: Jeff Benson decrypt.co	MetaMask Gets Into the Decentralized Exchange Aggregation Business With Token Swaps - CoinDesk By: Brady Dale www.coindesk.com
UK regulator bans sale of crypto derivatives to retail users By: Yogita Khatri www.theblockcrypto.com	Stablecoin Growth Knocks Silvergate Exchange Network Volume Over $100B - CoinDesk By: Nathan DiCamillo www.coindesk.com
TWEETSTORM: 37 DeFi Charts By: @TheBlockRes twitter.com	The Multiple Personal Token Future By: @forefront forefront.news
Inside the Marshall Islands’ New Cryptocurrency: The SOV - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co	CryptoPunk Bounties: Ark.Gallery Rolls Out Blind Bids on 8-Bit NFT Collectibles - CoinDesk By: Jaspreet Kalra www.coindesk.com
Ripple Chairman Says Firm Could Leave US if Regulatory Environment Doesn't Change - CoinDesk By: Danny Nelson www.coindesk.com	China Central Bank Official Reveals Results of First Digital Yuan Pilots - CoinDesk By: Ada Hui www.coindesk.com
Trump delays stimulus, Bitcoin dumps shortly thereafter By: Benjamin Pirus cointelegraph.com	Yield TV - Ep 10 with Special Guest Scott Lewis By: @Yield_TV www.youtube.com
Google Cloud joins EOS blockhain community By: Michael Kapilkov cointelegraph.com	What EIP-1559 Means for Users, Miners, and Wallet Providers By: Dilip Kumar Patairya medium.com
U.K. regulator shuts small investors out of crypto derivatives \| Modern Consensus. By: Adrian Zmudzinski modernconsensus.com	How to mint trustless BTC on Ethereum By: Ryan Sean Adams bankless.substack.com
SEC Commissioner Peirce Chats About DeFi, Tokens and Her Unikrn Dissent at LA Blockchain Summit - CoinDesk By: Jaspreet Kalra www.coindesk.com	Facing Down Big Tech: How Blockchain Social Media Will Topple Zuckerberg – Cointelegraph Magazine By: @christinacomben cointelegraph.com
BMW is Launching a Blockchain-Based Rewards App in Korea - Decrypt By: Shaurya Malwa decrypt.co	South Korea to Distribute CBDC Next Year as Part of Pilot Tests - Decrypt By: Shaurya Malwa decrypt.co
Analysts Can't Agree on What Prompted Big Spike in New Bitcoin Addresses - CoinDesk By: Omkar Godbole www.coindesk.com	CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shots move onto Coincheck exchange \| Modern Consensus. By: Adrian Zmudzinski modernconsensus.com
Aragon and Balancer Partner to Add Onchain Governance to Snapshot defirate.com	How to make money with digital art on Rarible By: Ryan Sean Adams bankless.substack.com
Ethereum DeFi Projects Map - The Defiant By: @simoneconti_ thedefiant.io	DEX Volumes Are 'Bullshit,' Says SushiSwap Savior Bankman-Fried - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co
EIP-1559 Community Outreach Report By: @TimBeiko medium.com	Over $26M Worth of Bitcoin Associated With 2016 Bitfinex Hack Is on the Move - CoinDesk By: Jaspreet Kalra www.coindesk.com
Google Cloud Does Not Intend to Take EOS Rewards as a Block Producer - CoinDesk By: Brady Dale www.coindesk.com	Can Solana Seize Marketshare From Ethereum With Serum? - Ep.193 www.youtube.com
Crypto art piece sells for $130K at Christie's auction house By: Turner Wright cointelegraph.com	GM and Honda publish specs for decentralized electric car charging network By: Samuel Haig cointelegraph.com
Square Invests $50 Million in Bitcoin - Decrypt By: Tim Copeland decrypt.co	BitMEX CEO Steps Down After CFTC, DoJ Accusations - Decrypt By: Scott Chipolina decrypt.co
Solana set to launch decentralized Ethereum bridge to power DeFi By: Andrey Shevchenko cointelegraph.com	KPMG Airs Blockchain Solution to Help Corporates Offset Carbon Emissions - CoinDesk By: Sebastian Sinclair www.coindesk.com
Coinbase Loses 5% of Workforce Over Political Speech Ban - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co	U.S. Justice Department publishes cryptocurrency 'enforcement framework' By: Aislinn Keely www.theblockcrypto.com
The DeFi feast is over. rekt.ghost.io	DOJ Warns of Possible 'Oncoming Storm' in Report Detailing Dangers of Terrorist Use of Crypto - CoinDesk By: Kevin Reynolds Danny Nelson www.coindesk.com
New Ethereum Fee Model Has Some Miners Crying Foul - CoinDesk By: William Foxley www.coindesk.com	The Governance Lemon Awards By: @eric_rsno medium.com
REPORT: Ethereum Update October 2020 By: @coindesk www.coindesk.com	How itinerant hacker George Hotz cracked problems that had bedevilled the Optimistic team, told by @jinglanW twitter.com Curated by: @joonian
Brave Browser Review (2020): Earn Tokens While Browsing - Decrypt By: Esat Dedezade decrypt.co	Bank of Japan to begin digital currency proof-of-concept in 2021 By: Jack Martin cointelegraph.com
Lightning Vulnerability Discovered; Ind Nodes Should Be Updated ASAP - CoinDesk By: William Foxley www.coindesk.com	AAVE Trades at Premium to LEND Amid Token Migration By: Camila Russo thedefiant.substack.com
Is DeFi UNDER ATTACK from Regulators?? Lawyer Discusses By: @BanklessHQ www.youtube.com	BitMEX CTO Released in US After Payment of $5M Bond - CoinDesk By: Daniel Palmer www.coindesk.com
Analysis of the terms of arrested BitMEX CTO Samuel Reed's bail by Stephen Palley twitter.com Curated by: @joonian	Prominent Hacker Heads to Crypto VC Firm Paradigm - Decrypt By: Jeff Benson decrypt.co
U.S. Vs. China: who will win the digital currency war? By: Marco Castrovilli cointelegraph.com	Friday Open Thread: Are you buying the DeFi dip? By: Ryan Sean Adams bankless.substack.com
2020 DeFi Recap (so far) www.youtube.com	SEC’s conservative approach to crypto needs to change – SEC’s Peirce By: @cointelegraph cointelegraph.com
DeFi after High Yields By: Chris Powers for @doseofdefi doseofdefi.substack.com	Roll integrates OpenSea data - OpenSea blog By: @opensea opensea.io
Our 1st audiovisual piece with @RAC closed at 70 ETH in @SuperRare_co by the magic from #maxstealth Sparkles #cryptoart #crypto By: @reisingerandres twitter.com	AIRDROP: Shenzhen Giving Away Millions in Digital Yuan in Lottery to Boost Consumption, Test Tech: Report - CoinDesk By: Kevin Reynolds www.coindesk.com
SUSPENDED: Rarible suspends the OFF BLUE (fmr Blue Kirby) account for ICO on platform By: @rariblecom twitter.com	Whale Hunting - SBF & Blue Kirby By: Anonymous @RektHQ rekt.ghost.io
96% of Total DeFi Transaction Volume Belongs to Ethereum: Report - Decrypt By: Mathew Di Salvo decrypt.co	CryptoKitties Team Raise $18 Million in Flow Crypto Token Sale - Decrypt By: Mathew Di Salvo decrypt.co
dApp & DeFi Updates #48: October 11th By: @Token_Valley tokenvalley.substack.com	Group raising funds to sue Andre Cronje over EMN hack By: Emilia David cointelegraph.com
Curve Vulnerability Report By: Peter Zeitz medium.com	Bitcoin rallies, McAfee compares prison to Hilton, digital yuan airdrop By: @cointelegraphzn cointelegraph.com
Noelle Acheson argues that a UK ban on crypto derivatives is fundamentally misguided By: Noelle Acheson www.coindesk.com Curated by: @joonian	Grayscale Ethereum Trust Becomes SEC Reporting Company - Decrypt By: Scott Chipolina decrypt.co
Oscar-winner Kate Winslet to star in 'Fake!' — a movie about crypto Ponzi scheme OneCoin By: Yogita Khatri www.theblockcrypto.com	Long Take: Why Peer-to-Peer models fail against oligopoly, with Lending Club shutting down p2p platform, Seedrs/Crowdcube merging, and Morgan Stanley buying Eat By: Lex lex.substack.com
The first Uniswap governance proposal just went live app.uniswap.org	The Rise and Fall of Blue Kirby - The Daily Gwei #93 By: Anthony Sassano thedailygwei.substack.com
Chris Giancarlo's Digital Dollar Project Proposes US CBDC Pilots - CoinDesk By: Danny Nelson www.coindesk.com	US, UK Again Request Government Access to Encrypted Data - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co
Billionaire UK newspaper owner calls DeFi technology 'revolutionary' By: Samuel Haig cointelegraph.com	G7 will oppose Libra launch until regulations in place By: Turner Wright cointelegraph.com
The Ownership Economy \| Jesse Walden By: Ryan Sean Adams bankless.substack.com	DEX Rising By: Chris Powers doseofdefi.substack.com
A digital euro gets closer as the European Central Bank applies to trademark the term, Bloomberg News reports twitter.com Curated by: @joonian	Michael del Castillo with a trademark scoop, this time on a $115 Million institutional bitcoin buy By: @DelRayMan www.forbes.com Curated by: @joonian
“Boardroom makes it easy for users to participate in protocol governance – from voting, to delegating, to staying informed.” By: Brady Dale www.coindesk.com Curated by: @zackseward	The Unholy Mix of Porn and Yield Farming: Meet Swag.Finance - Decrypt By: Shuyao Kong decrypt.co
DeFi Pulse unveils safety ratings to allow users to compare risk By: Joshua Mapperson cointelegraph.com	Libra’s two-year delay \| Modern Consensus. By: Leo Jakobson modernconsensus.com
Blue Kirby Signs Off as Anon Coins Sink By: Camila Russo thedefiant.substack.com	Cream Finance Partially Delists FTT Amidst Governance Contention By: @Cooopahtroopa defirate.com
A strongly worded rebuke of the perceived naivete of DAO governance schemes twitter.com Curated by: @joonian	Public companies hold almost $7B in Bitcoin in heads-up to Grayscale By: William Suberg cointelegraph.com
Crypto Startup Blox Hopes to Help Everyone Stake on Eth 2.0 - CoinDesk By: Sebastian Sinclair www.coindesk.com	Bank of Russia Seeks Limit on Amount of Digital Assets Retail Investors Can Buy - CoinDesk By: Anna Baydakova www.coindesk.com
Crypto Exchanges Prep for Filecoin’s Long-Awaited Mainnet Launch - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co	Seed Club: Seeding the social token movement - Decrypt By: Nick Della Cava decrypt.co
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Calls on Power Users to Move to Layer 2 Scaling - CoinDesk By: Ian Allison www.coindesk.com Curated by: @zackseward	Trump Administration Said to Mull Putting Digital Payments Giant Ant Group on Trade Blacklist: Report - CoinDesk By: Kevin Reynolds www.coindesk.com
Scale-apalooza: Coinbase on Ethereum's Layer 2 is Only the Latest in Scaling Boom By: Camila Russo thedefiant.substack.com	Where the Heck is MY Digital Art? a.k.a. Reading the Blockchain for Proof of Ownership By: Hulki Okan Tabak medium.com
When should you buy the crypto news? \| Modern Consensus. By: Leo Jakobson modernconsensus.com	The Return of Cronje rekt.ghost.io
DeFi Drama: Uniswap Governance Proposal Sparks Controversy - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co	Stephanie Hurder of Prysm Economics tells us whales could dominate blockchains governance just as they do corporations By: @prysmeconomics www.coindesk.com Curated by: @joonian
Filecoin Launch Takes Its 2017 ICO Investors on a Wild Ride - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co	Bitcoin is Coming to Polkadot By: @polkadotnetwork polkadot.network
CENSORSHIP: Twitter Explains Why Hunter Biden Story Was Censored By: Jeff Benson decrypt.co	Banks should be ready with CBDCs if Libra is blocked: BoC exec By: Turner Wright cointelegraph.com
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on BitMEX, DeFi and a Token Safe Harbor - Ep.194 By: @laurashin www.youtube.com	Trump's Security Hawks Call Distributed Ledgers 'Critical' in US-China Tech Arms Race - CoinDesk By: Danny Nelson www.coindesk.com
33 money laundering crypto crims targeted worldwide in 3 separate cases By: Samuel Haig cointelegraph.com	USD Coin coming to Stellar network \| Modern Consensus. By: Leo Jakobson modernconsensus.com
The Interchange: CME Bitcoin futures engagement among large open interest traders continues to be a bright spot for the asset class By: @_RJTodd www.theblockcrypto.com	OKEx Suspends Withdrawals, Bitcoin Dropped 2.5% on News - Decrypt By: Shuyao Kong decrypt.co
Skynet Labs Builds Key Component for Decentralized Web - Decrypt By: Will Heasman decrypt.co	Coinbase has published its first-ever transparency report By: Yogita Khatri www.theblockcrypto.com
Our Network: Issue #43 Coverage on NFTs By: Spencer Noon ournetwork.substack.com	Filecoin Settles Near $40 After Wild Opening Day of Trading - CoinDesk By: Zack Voell www.coindesk.com
Record-high Bakkt Bitcoin delivery exposes institutional frenzy for BTC By: Joseph Young cointelegraph.com	Yield TV - Ep 17 Highlights with Special Guest Cooper Turley (@Coopatroopah) www.youtube.com
Filecoin Early Investors Had Chance to Make 100x By: Camila Russo thedefiant.substack.com	Friday Open Thread: Is Bitcoin Email to Ethereum's Internet? By: Ryan Sean Adams bankless.substack.com
Today in DeFi - Stabilize + TornadoCash, Lido ETH 2.0, Circles UBI By: Danger todayindefi.substack.com	Universal Basic Income App Launches, Gives Users Free Crypto - Decrypt By: Decrypt Staff decrypt.co
Coinbase’s New ‘Direction’ Is Censorship, Leaked Audio Reveals By: Edward Ongweso Jr for @vice www.vice.com	Amid IRS bounty and competitor progress, Monero developers ship a major update By: Husayn Hashim cointelegraph.com
The market for institutional-grade trading services for digital assets may be maturing By: @theblock__ www.theblockcrypto.com	Binance Destroys $68 Million of BNB in Most Expensive Burn to Date - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co
Cryptofilter.xyz in the news! Token Valley Interview Series By: @Token_Valley medium.com	These Young Investors Are Still Betting Big On Crypto — And Are Taking Harvard And Stanford Along For The Ride By: @alexrkonrad www.forbes.com
Bancor v2 just went live. AMM single-side exposure + protection for impermanent loss By: @Bancor twitter.com	IMF: "Bretton Woods Moment" Needed to Save Economy—And Bitcoin Too? - Decrypt By: Mathew Di Salvo decrypt.co
Chasing the hottest trends in crypto, the EU works to rein in stablecoins and DeFi By: Kirill Bryanov cointelegraph.com	First Users Not Impressed by China's Digital Yuan: Report - CoinDesk By: Daniel Palmer www.coindesk.com
What You Need to Know About the DOJ's Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework - Ep.147 www.youtube.com	China's $1.5 million digital currency giveaway impressed analysts. Shoppers, not so much By: @Reuters uk.reuters.com
Polymarket Raises Massive $4 Million Round From Polychain, Naval Ravikant, Other Notable Investors By: @therorymurray www.forbes.com	Filecoin ($FIL) megathread by @juanbenet twitter.com
Uniswap ($UNI) governance vote #1 result: NO By: @defiprime twitter.com	Uniswap Flop - Dharma Vote Stopped By: @RektHQ rekt.ghost.io
Leaders of global CBDC projects talk shop in panel today By: Benjamin Pirus cointelegraph.com	"Privacy Might Be the Only Thing Left That Makes Web 3.0 a Viable Alternative:" Tor Bair of Secret Foundation By: Camila Russo thedefiant.substack.com
Proposal to Make It Easier to Vote on Uniswap’s Future Fails - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co	Losing My Fragility: Role Playing (Anti)fragile Investment Positions By: Carlos Velasquez medium.com
Pelosi, Mnuchin Edge Closer to a Stimulus Deal; Agreement Won't Guarantee Passage - CoinDesk By: Kevin Reynolds www.coindesk.com	FinCEN hits bitcoin mixing service operator with $60 million penalty for BSA violations By: @theblock__ www.theblockcrypto.com
Yearn ($YFI) manifesto drops gov.yearn.finance	Banks Could Become Blockchain Nodes, Says US Regulator - Decrypt By: Will Heasman decrypt.co
'Garbage' Market Data Is Holding Bitcoin Back: MicroStrategy CEO - CoinDesk By: Zack Voell www.coindesk.com	The Defiant guide to Digital Art and NFTs By: @DefiantNews www.youtube.com
With COMP Below $100, a Look Back at the 'DeFi Summer' It Sparked - CoinDesk By: Brady Dale www.coindesk.com	Seamless Finance with Maskbook By: Anthony Sassano thedailygwei.substack.com
The Bahamas launches world’s first CBDC, the ‘Sand Dollar’ By: Turner Wright cointelegraph.com	AMMs take center stage By: Chris Powers doseofdefi.substack.com
Mainstream DeFi is ‘inevitable’: US currency comptroller By: Samuel Haig cointelegraph.com	HOWTO: Connect Unity Engine + MetaMask Wallet By: Leon Do @coinmonks medium.com
DeFi deja vu as another stealth Andre Cronje project launches By: Samuel Haig cointelegraph.com	Central Bank of Bahamas Launches Landmark 'Sand Dollar' Digital Currency - CoinDesk By: Sebastian Sinclair www.coindesk.com Curated by: @eric_ruleman
Rapper Akon Partners With Social Crypto Platform Roll - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co	Bitcoin soars to $12.9K as PayPal proves crypto is ready for everyone By: William Suberg cointelegraph.com
SotN#19: DRUMROLLING! w/ Jacob Cantele from Metamask (1M Users, Q3 Token Report, Markets!) By: @BanklessHQ www.youtube.com	USDC Is Coming to Solana Blockchain in Potential Boost for Non-Ethereum DeFi - CoinDesk By: Zack Voell www.coindesk.com
rekt:TV - SBF vs Julien Bouteloup rekt.ghost.io	Pelosi, Kudlow Signal Market-Moving US Stimulus May Wait Till After Election: Report - CoinDesk By: Kevin Reynolds www.coindesk.com
OUTTAGE: "Ugh exactly one AWS zone is down, and FTX is in it." --SBF By: @SBF_Alameda twitter.com	The Resistance to Bitcoin on PayPal Has Already Begun - Decrypt By: Jeff Benson decrypt.co
Ethereum is on pace to settle over $1 trillion in 2020 By: @MessariCrypto twitter.com Curated by: @eric_ruleman	Today in DeFi - Immutable X zkRollups, Deribit KYC, DeFiSaver LoanShifter By: @TodayInDefi todayindefi.substack.com
As DeFi skyrockets, Euro financial institutions are taking an interest \| Modern Consensus. By: Leo Jakobson modernconsensus.com	Into the Metaverse By: @AndrewSteinwold bankless.substack.com
Immutable X To Push Ethereum Forward - @PlaytoEarn By: @nederob www.playtoearn.online	Akon partners with Roll to launch Akoin, a cryptocurrency to fund the development of a futuristic city in Senegal By: @tryrollhq twitter.com Curated by: @eric_ruleman
PayPal in Talks to Buy BitGo, Other Crypto Companies: Reports - Decrypt By: Jeff Benson decrypt.co	Bloomberg: Is PayPal buying crypto custodian BitGo? \| Modern Consensus. By: Leo Jakobson modernconsensus.com
Harvest Finance Doubles Total Value Locked to $704M in One Week - CoinDesk By: Muyao Shen www.coindesk.com Curated by: @eric_ruleman	Anonymous devs behind a DeFi yield farm could steal $1B in 12 hours By: Andrey Shevchenko cointelegraph.com
Curry with Crypto Twitter Queen Leigh Cuen (Zoom edition) - Decrypt By: Ben Munster decrypt.co	RSVP: WΞLCOMΞ TO MAINNΞT with @AudiusProject audius.streamlink.to
DOJ Crypto Framework Is a ‘Disaster’ for Digital Privacy Rights - CoinDesk By: Nikhilesh De www.coindesk.com	The Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Launch is Now in “Two Weeks” \| Trustnodes By: @francecarlucci www.trustnodes.com
Stats & Coverage on tBTC, stablecoins, 0x, and Curve. By: Spencer Noon ournetwork.substack.com	VOTE: Dharma postponing $UNI proposal by 24 hrs. Delegate by tmro 12pm PST. By: @Dharma_HQ twitter.com
FinCEN proposes lower threshold for transaction data-gathering under FATF's 'travel rule' including those made with crypto By: @theblock__ www.theblockcrypto.com	Hunting Harvest's Admin Key By: @ChrisBlec survivingdefi.substack.com Curated by: @eric_ruleman
Lossless Lottery PoolTogether Opens Up to More Coins, More Prizes - CoinDesk By: Brady Dale www.coindesk.com Curated by: @HelloShreyas	What the Google Antitrust Lawsuit Means for Web 3 - Decrypt By: Jeff Benson decrypt.co
The unluckiest DeFi protocol? A personal take on bZX’s tumultuous year By: Andrey Shevchenko cointelegraph.com	Decentralized protocol Kyber launches new framework to facilitate on-chain market making By: @saniyamore www.theblockcrypto.com
DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Oct. 24th, 2020 By: William M. Peaster artsdefi.substack.com	Circles UBI \| Martin Köppelmann - Meet the Nation By: @BanklessHQ www.youtube.com
Kanye West: Bitcoiners Know How to Liberate Humanity - Decrypt By: Robert Stevens decrypt.co	Gold ‘breaking down’ against Bitcoin is highly bullish for BTC — Analyst By: Joseph Young cointelegraph.com
Crypto AMA with Index Coop (Felix Feng of @SetProtocol, Scott Lewis of @DefiPulse) crypto-ama.herokuapp.com	Recap: DeFi Week of Oct. 19 By: Camila Russo thedefiant.substack.com
3F Mutual - Collective Insurance Against MakerDAO Risks By: @defipulse defipulse.com	Harvest Finance Token Plummets 65% After Attack Saps DeFi Site of TVL - CoinDesk By: William Foxley www.coindesk.com
Here’s Why Ethereum’s DEX Volume Crashed in October - Decrypt By: Will Gottsegen decrypt.co	$100k bounty on harvest.finance attacker who is "well-known in the crypto community" By: @harvest_finance twitter.com Curated by: @eric_ruleman
Thread on Harvest Finance: Theft or sophisticated arbitrage opportunity? By: @scott_lew_is twitter.com	A Rotten Harvest - The Daily Gwei #103 By: Anthony Sassano thedailygwei.substack.com
EU Rejects Petition for Tax-Based Crypto-Crime Victims’ Fund - Decrypt By: Liam Frost decrypt.co	The Graph Curator Program Phase 1 is underway By: @graphprotocol docs.google.com
Harvest Finance - REKT By: @RektHQ rekt.ghost.io	Toyota's IT arm is working on a digital currency pilot test By: @theblock__ www.theblockcrypto.com
This week's PoolTogether prize pool growing as projects contribute NFTs, Personal Tokens and more By: @PoolTogether_ etherscan.io	US Bail Funds See an Uptick in Cryptocurrency Donations - CoinDesk By: Benjamin Powers www.coindesk.com
The number of Bitcoin whales hit an all-time high during the latest bull run By: Michael Kapilkov cointelegraph.com	Silvergate Bank Sees 40% Increase in Deposits From Digital Currency Customers - CoinDesk By: Nathan DiCamillo www.coindesk.com
Payments network remains Silvergate's ticket to rapid growth in Q3 By: Aislinn Keely www.theblockcrypto.com	The Week On-Chain (Week 43, 2020) By: @liesleichholz insights.glassnode.com
Imploding Trump Pelosi COVID-19 deal leads to 3% Bitcoin price drop By: Joseph Young cointelegraph.com	36 - The DeFi Blockspace Cycle \| Nic Carter By: @BanklessHQ www.youtube.com
You can pay with wrapped Bitcoin on OpenSea now By: @opensea twitter.com	"Large Tech Client" Uses JP Morgan's JPM Coin For The First Time - Decrypt By: Scott Chipolina decrypt.co
DeFi devs may save months of work with OpenZeppelin’s operations platform By: Andrey Shevchenko cointelegraph.com	Ethereum startup Nansen raises $1.2 million in latest seed funding round for data sector By: Yogita Khatri www.theblockcrypto.com
xDai Nears 100,000 Transactions a Day \| Trustnodes By: @francecarlucci www.trustnodes.com	‘ASIC Financing’ Is Driving Down Bitcoin Mining Profitability - CoinDesk By: Colin Harper www.coindesk.com
How to protect yourself from impermanent loss with Bancor By: Ryan Sean Adams bankless.substack.com	Yield TV - Ep 20 Clip Explaining BarnBridge with Akin Sawyerr By: @Yield_TV www.youtube.com
Trump Campaign Website Is Defaced by Hackers Soliciting Monero www.nytimes.com	Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks on Crypto Banks - Ep.196 By: @laurashin www.youtube.com
Aave Admin Key Handed Over to Governance By: Isa Kivlighan medium.com	SotN#20: HARDENING! w/ Demian Brener of OpenZeppelin (Harvest, 'Trustless', DEFENDER) By: @BanklessHQ www.youtube.com
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Miners' Slim Margins, ConsenSys' Latest CBDC Pilot, a16z' Power Hire - CoinDesk By: Daniel Kuhn www.coindesk.com	Coinbase Launches a Debit Card \| Trustnodes By: @francecarlucci www.trustnodes.com
Flash loan used to manipulate governance vote on MakerDAO By: @voteWithTally twitter.com	MakerDAO issues warning after a flash loan is used to pass a governance vote By: Michael McSweeney www.theblockcrypto.com
The Graph Token Sale Raises $12 Million in 24 Hours - Decrypt By: Alexander Behrens decrypt.co	Balancer Partners with NEAR Protocol for AMM Scalability - DeFi Rate By: Alejandro Miguel defirate.com
Top 10 NFT sales of the week, October 18th - 24th - OpenSea blog By: @opensea opensea.io	Algorand-based microequity exchange launches token tracking top tech stocks \| Modern Consensus. By: Adrian Zmudzinski modernconsensus.com
Social Token Projects Enlist Celebrities in Push for Adoption - The Defiant By: Cooper Turley thedefiant.io Curated by: @HelloShreyas	@FTX_Official Launches Bitcoin Pairs for Top Stocks Like Amazon, Apple and Tesla By: @sebsinclair1989 » @CoinDesk www.coindesk.com Curated by: @eric_ruleman
Cred Hits the Skids as Balance Sheet Doesn’t Add Up By: Alex Meears fullycrypto.com	Audius Is Moving Part of Its Service Onto Solana - CoinDesk By: Brady Dale www.coindesk.com
Leaked ‘Tai Chi’ Document Reveals Binance’s Elaborate Scheme To Evade Bitcoin Regulators By: Michael del Castillo www.forbes.com	Harvest Finance Boosts Bounty to $1M for Information Leading to Return of Exploited Funds - CoinDesk By: William Foxley www.coindesk.com
Why India needs more clarity in cryptocurrency regulations By: Sathvik Viswanath forkast.news	Binance CEO denies allegations that the exchange’s US arm is a regulatory decoy By: Turner Wright cointelegraph.com
Bitcoin Miners in Iran Have a New Buyer: the Central Bank - Decrypt By: Jeff Benson decrypt.co	The Ultimate Guide to Balancer Smart Pools By: David Hoffman bankless.substack.com
Uniswap moves closer to a new five million UNI airdrop By: Samuel Haig cointelegraph.com	Tokens are the new social graph. By: makoto_inoue makoto-inoue.medium.com Curated by: @HelloShreyas
New Huawei smartphone will feature a hardware wallet for digital yuan By: Jack Martin cointelegraph.com Curated by: @eric_ruleman	A serious analysis of bitcoin and Pokémon cards by Hashr8's John Lee Quigley By: John Lee Quigley www.hashr8.com Curated by: @joonian
Yield TV - Ep 23 Highlights with Special Guest Zack Seward www.youtube.com	Ethereum Price Dip Wipes $1.5 Billion From DeFi Markets - Decrypt By: Jose Antonio Lanz decrypt.co
How Pickle Finance Works By: Kerman Kohli defiweekly.substack.com	Top YouTuber PewDiePie joins crypto augmented reality game project \| Modern Consensus. By: Adrian Zmudzinski modernconsensus.com
Desperation Among Filecoin Miners Creating a Big Market for FIL Borrowing - CoinDesk By: Daniel Cawrey www.coindesk.com	Excellent Polkadot ecosystem update posted by Bison Trails By: @BisonTrails bisontrails.co
Yearn Finance: Flash loan vulnerability disclosed & mitigated github.com	BitMEX officials allegedly 'looted' $440 million from exchange after learning about U.S. charges, per lawsuit filing www.theblockcrypto.com
DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Oct. 31st, 2020 By: William M. Peaster artsdefi.substack.com