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2022-11-03 10:39:06 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $1.01 tn (+0,1%)
Volume: $103.4 bn (+29,8%)

BTC: $20,757 (-0,98%)
ETH: $1,583 (-1,40%)

Latest news:

Fantasy Film Studio Warner Bros To Launch Game Of Throne NFTs.
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Binance, world’s largest digital asset trading platform, is preparing to operate in South Korea’s crypto market, said chief executive officer (CEO) Changpeng Zhao during a press conference at the Web Summit 2022 held in Lisbon, Portugal on Wednesday.
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JP Morgan executes first DeFi trade on public blockchain.
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Wemade, the Korean blockchain-focused studio behind the Mir series of MMOs, has announced that its most recent investment round raised $46 million from a number of companies, including Microsoft. Microsoft has invested $14.8 million in Wemade by purchasing convertible bonds.
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Meta revealed that it would test these new NFT features on Instagram with a select set of creators in the U.S. before rolling them out to more users and countries.
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2022-11-02 11:17:02 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $1.00 tn (-1,5%)
Volume: $72.6 bn (-19,3%)

BTC: $20,681 (-0,93%)
ETH: $1,585 (+2,01%)

Latest news:

Visa Launches Football-Inspired NFTs Ahead Of FIFA Cup In Qatar
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Pick n Pay to allow crypto payment in stores.
The retailer says the FSCA’s declaration of crypto assets as financial products paves the way for the use of digital tokens as a means of payment.
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Crypto platform Blockchain.com has partnered with card issuer Marqeta and payments giant Visa to launch a cryptocurrency debit card.
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Crypto exchange Deribit loses $28 million in hack, halts withdrawals
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Record hash rates may see Big Oil become a major BTC mining player
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2022-11-01 11:59:47 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $1.06 tn (+1.0%)
Volume: $88.5 bn (+29.2%)

BTC: $20,583 (+0.4%)
ETH: $1,588 (+0.3%)

Latest news:

With min. 44 exploits (on 53 protocols) accounting for $657.2 million in total losses October stands out particularly negatively.
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Coinbase filed for permission to submit a brief in the Ripple case that argues the SEC has failed to provide adequate guidance for crypto.
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India's central bank will introduce a pilot wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) today.
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GameStop’s NFT marketplace has gone live. 
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Over 97% of the crypto projects launched on Uniswap are rug pulls, according to a recent study.
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2022-10-30 22:04:45 Weekly Recap:

Coinbase launches USDC institutional rewards program with MakerDAO.
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NFTs can be considered property, Singapore High Court rules.
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Polygon’s QuickSwap hit with $220,000 flash loan attack.
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Near Protocol to wind down its Terra-like stable coin.
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Retail investors to take risk test before cryptocurrency trading as part of proposed rules by MAS.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter ownership begins with firings, uncertainty.
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Crypto exchange FTX is working on creating a stable coin.
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2022-10-28 09:52:36 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $1.02 tn (-2.5%)
Volume: $84.9 bn (-14.9%)

BTC: $20,284 (-2.2%) ETH: $1,514 (-2.9%)

Latest news:

Binance confirms participating as equity investor in Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover.
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Twitter will let users buy, sell, and display NFTs directly through tweets.
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Google introduces a cloud-based node engine service for Ethereum developers and projects.
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Revolut enables its customers to use their crypto to pay.
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2022-10-27 15:15:45 ECB raises interest rates by 75 basis points.
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2022-10-27 10:45:03 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $1.04 tn (+2.6%)
Volume: $99.8 bn (+6.8%)

BTC: $20,723 (+2.0%) ETH: $1,553 (+2.9%)

Latest news:

Over 60% of Ethereum blocks are now compliant with OFAC standards.
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Sushi DAO approves restucturing and will create 3 firms for DAO.
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Norway steps into the metaverse with decentraland tax office.
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Binance has launched an oracle network for its BNB Chain ecosystem.
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2022-10-26 09:40:46 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $1.0btn (+4.9%)
Volume: $93.4 bn (+75.9%)

BTC: $20,215 (+4.5%) ETH: $1,495 (+10.8%)

Latest news:

Bitcoin is back above $20,000 today, while ETH hit $1,500 for the first time since shortly after September’s ‚Merge‘.

Pancakeswap has passed a governance proposal for deploying on Aptos.
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Near Foundation announced a fund to replenish a $40 million collateral deficit found in USN stablecoin.
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Central Bank of Turkey plans to launch a CBDC in 2023.
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EU Commissioner calls for industry recommendations on DeFi regulation.
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2022-10-25 10:10:43 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $969.6 bn (-0.1%)
Volume: $53.1 bn (-0.5%)

BTC: $19,333 (-0.1%)
ETH: $1,347 (+0.3%)

Latest news:

Apple restricts apps from using NFTs to bypass in-app purchase rules.
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Under the new crypto-friendly prime minister Rishi Sunak, the UK could become a crypto hub.
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Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has included the creation of a blockchain platform for investing in cryptocurrencies in its 2023-2027 development strategy.
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Coinbase Prime will custody up to $1.6 billion USDC from MakerDAO protocol.
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Polygon-based DEX Quickswap closes lending market after the loss of $220k in a flash loan exploit.
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2022-10-24 10:02:25 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $968 bn (+1.0%)
Volume: $51.5 bn (+53.4%)

BTC: $19,300 (+0.7%) ETH: $1,340 (+2.4%)

Latest news:

Ethereum supply on trend to drop below pre-Merge levels.
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Binance's stablecoin clocks in market share all-time high as supply tops $20 billion.
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Hong Kong is considering allowing retail investors to directly invest in virtual assets.
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Bitcoin’s mining difficulty rose roughly 3.4% late Sunday.
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