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Mastercard adds 7 blockchain startups to its crypto accelerator

The crypto gateway provider Fasset and Singapore’s Digital Treasures Center are among the startups entering the latest Mastercard Start Path program.

Web Summit Lisbon, Nov. 3: Latest updates from Cointelegraph ground team

Day two of Web Summit began with a discussion around NFTs and the future of the metaverse, with major discussions lined up around Web3 throughout the day.

New oracle system to help DApps retrieve millions lost to MEV

OEV-enabled oracles auction off the right to extract on-chain value to the same third-party searchers who used to bid for the blockspace.

Robinhood not giving up on crypto despite Q3 crypto revenue slashing 12%

The Robinhood CEO also announced the brokerage firm’s plans to expand the Robinhood Wallet internationally in the months to come.

CZ on central bank digital currencies: 'The more we have, the better'

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao says there is room for CBDCs and crypto, and that he didn't see it as a threat to his company or the sector.

Arbitrum transaction activity rockets 550% since August: Delphi Digital

Following the Nitro upgrade, activity on Arbitrum has surged and has nearly two-thirds of the transaction activity seen on the Ethereum base layer.

Programmer spends 69 nights in 'Bitcoin Cash City' using only BCH: Here's how it went

Silverblood says using Bitcoin Cash as payment method “makes sense” because it's part of his income and it's less effort than some of the other forms of payment I use."

JP Morgan executes first DeFi trade on public blockchain

The MAS Chief Fintech Officer said the successful test was “a big step towards enabling more efficient and integrated global financial networks.”

Skyward finance exploit allegedly results in $3 million loss

The hacker appears to have drained the platform of 1.1M NEAR tokens, worth an approximate $3 million dollars USD at time of publication.

Unstoppable Domains launches Web3 alliance and seeks self-regulating boards

The cross-chain coalition includes Bonfida, Tezos Domains, Polkadot Name System, Hedera, Syscoin, and klaytn.domains.

CZ explains why it's so important to be building during the bear market

The crypto executive cites lower labor costs and business acquisition costs as key factors.

Crypto executives discuss the emergence of Web 3.0 tech hubs around the world

While the San Francisco Bay Area and Miami are the traditional top picks, Singapore or the choice of just about anywhere in the world with stable internet have also been gaining in popularity.

Bank of International Settlement will test DeFi implementation in forex CBDC markets

The centralized financial institution says the automated market making technology in DeFi can serve as a 'basis for a new generation of financial infrastructure."

Web Summit Lisbon, Nov. 2: Latest updates from Cointelegraph ground team

Binance CEO CZ talked about some of the latest crypto trends, why crypto is still a stable investment, Binance's Twitter deal, and more.

Stablecoin issuers Circle and Paxos gain approvals in Singapore

The approvals came after the Monetary Authority of Singapore issued two consultation papers that proposed to ease regulatory hurdles for digital asset service providers.

BTC miner CleanSpark scoops up thousands of miners amid 'distressed markets'

CleanSpark bought over 3,800 mining machines at $15.50 per terahash – far below the current market price of $22.94 and an 85.4% discount from the all-time high costs of $106.62 in Dec. 2021.

Moneygram to enable users to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency via mobile app

According to the company, users within select regions can now trade and store Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC).

Can internet outages really disrupt crypto networks?

While some security issues do exist, major internet outages like the one witnessed across the EU recently cannot really threaten cryptocurrencies or their associated networks.

Chinese central bank exec says digital yuan will offer ‘controllable anonymity’

China’s digital yuan is one of the earliest CBDCs whose pilot phase has expanded to include millions of users and billions in transaction volume.

Twitter monetization and free speech drove Binance's $500M injection: CZ

Binance will also assist Twitter’s integration into Web3 by implementing crypto payments and deploying a dedicated team of on-chain specialists to stop spam bot accounts.

I'm the captain now: Musk chops Twitter board, becomes sole director

According to an SEC filing, Twitter's nine board members lost their place on the board as part of Elon Musk's takeover deal.

Steph Curry files trademark for the 'Curryverse' where players earn NFTs

NBA superstar Steph Curry filed a trademark application for the “Curryverse" metaverse on Oct. 26.

Decentralized Storage Alliance seeks to bridge the Web3 gap through education and advocacy

The organization said that it intends to promote awareness and adoption of decentralized technologies, such as Filecoin, IPFS and Libp2p.

Terrorists are funding their horrible deeds with crypto: UN officials

Cash and hawala remain the “predominant methods of terror financing,” according to a UN official, however, "advanced" terror organizations are turning to cryptocurrencies.

62% of Dogecoin hodlers in profit amid hopes of Twitter integration

DOGE price rallied 98.5% in the last seven days following Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, pushing the crypto into the eighth position in global crypto rankings.

Tech talent migrates to Web3 as large companies face layoffs

Web3 companies continue to hire amidst a bull market as tech giants undergo layoffs and hiring freezes.

Cosmos Hub postpones vote date following white paper revision

A revised vision of the Cosmos Hub is now expected to be on chain for voting on Oct. 31, after being originally scheduled for Oct. 3.

THORChain network resumes following 20-hour chain halt

The network was halted on Oct. 27 after the team said a bug had caused “non-determinism between individual nodes.”

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