Markets

• October 2021 On-Chain Digest - Kraken
• Bitcoin Exchange Flows - CryptoQuant
• Bitcoin - ViewBase
• Outlook Cryptos Nov 2021 - Bloomberg
• October 2021 Market Recap and Outlook - Kraken

Ecosystem - TradFi

• Square Inc.’s CFO Talks Bitcoin, Afterpay and Cash App - WSJ
• One River CEO Eric Peters: Crypto is Most Interesting Macro Opportunity and Investment - Blockworks
• Bitcoin surge spurs City to recruit crypto natives - Financial Times
• Bank of America COO: Crypto Could Add Value to Banks - Blockworks
• Australia’s largest bank is reportedly planning to add crypto support to its app - The Block
• Australia’s CBA offers crypto trading, breaks ranks with industry - Reuters

Markets - Ethereum

• CME to launch micro ether futures next month - The Block
• CME Group to Launch Micro Ether Futures on December 6 - PR Newswire
• JPMorgan analysts: ETH could have more upside than BTC - Blockworks
• Ether price soars to new all-time high - The Block

Markets - Altcoins

• Squid Game Token Crashes; Developers Say They’ve Left the Project - Coindesk
• How a Squid Game Crypto Scam Got Away With Millions - WIRED
• A SHIB Whale Just Moved Nearly $3 Billion Worth of the Meme Coin - Decrypt
• Bitcoin here to stay, a lot of other cryptos are not: Sen. Cynthia Lummis - YouTube

Markets - ETF

• US lawmakers call on SEC chair Gensler to approve a spot bitcoin ETF - The Block
• SEC Delays Decision on Valkyrie Bitcoin ETF Until Next Year - Coindesk
• SEC seeks comments on Grayscale’s GBTC ETF proposal - The Block

Ecosystem - DCG

• SoftBank, Alphabet Join $700M Investment in Digital Currency Group, Valuing DCG at $10B - Decrypt
• Digital Currency Group Wants to Be Crypto’s Standard Oil - WSJ

Ecosystem - El Salvador

• El Salvador’s Bukele announces new bitcoin education project - The Block
• Identity Thieves Exploit El Salvador’s Chivo Bitcoin Wallet’s Setup Process - Coindesk

Ecosystem - DeFi

• $139M BXH Exchange Hack Was the Result of Leaked Admin Key - Coindesk

Ecosystem - Binance

• Binance Temporarily Disables All Crypto Withdrawals, Cites Backlog - Coindesk
• Binance: “We have temporarily disabled all crypto withdrawals” - Twitter
• Former Binance US chief Brian Brooks to lead crypto miner Bitfury - Financial Times

Ecosystem - Mining

• Bitcoin mining giants Bitdeer, Riot Blockchain in Rockdale, Texas - CNBC
• Laos Expected To Earn $190 Million From Bitcoin Mining In 2022 - Nasdaq
• Bitcoin Mining Stocks In North America Surge As Companies Press Their Advantage - Forbes
• Even Bitcoin is getting hit by the supply chain crisis — Quartz
• BTC Hash Rate - Blockchain.com

Ecosystem - Sustainability

• Bitcoin’s Carbon Footprint - BitMEX Blog
• What Bitcoin’s Environmentalist Critics Miss - Newsweek

Regulation - Stablecoins

• Report on Stablecoins - US Treasury
• Biden administration calls on Congress to take the lead regulating stablecoins - The Washington Post
• Biden Administration to Congress: Put Stablecoins Under Federal Supervision, Or We Will - Coindesk
• Stablecoins: they need visible — and verified — means of support - Financial Times

Regulation - CBDC

• Unlocking 120billion value in cross-border payments - Oliver Wyman
• JPMorgan Report Says CBDCs Can Save Firms $100B a Year in Cross-Border Costs - Coindesk
• China’s CBDC Has Been Used for $9.7B of Transactions - Coindesk

Tech - Bitcoin

• Newsletter #173 - Bitcoin Optech
• Liquid and Taproot Activation - AJ Towns
• Response to AJ Towns’ Blog Post about Liquid Consensus Changes - Blockstream

Digital Gold Institute

• CAL2021 Conference - Crypto Asset Lab
• Bitcoin: come custodirlo in sicurezza - Alfonso Selva Spotify
• Bitcoin: come custodirlo in sicurezza - Alfonso Selva YouTube
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