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Vitalik Buterin called the early Ethereum scaling solution Plasma “underrated” and a “significant security upgrade” for chains that would otherwise be validiums.

The “X1” network will be part of the Polygon ecosystem and use zero-knowledge proofs to bridge assets from Ethereum.

Cointelegraph Magazine journalist Felix Ng spent a week working in virtual reality. It was mostly terrible… but does have some potential.

Navin Gupta, managing director of South Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at Ripple, told Cointelegraph that education and introducing non-speculative use cases can help crypto companies navigate through varying regulations.

Account abstraction advocate John Rising shared “sobering” figures concerning the adoption of ERC-4337 smart accounts.

Even if approved by Nov. 17, the spot Bitcoin ETFs are unlikely to come to market for at least a month after approval.

Bitcoin opened the week with a shallow correction, but altcoin traders seem unaffected by the slight BTC price pullback.

Tether has minted 4 billion USDT over the past month, which accounts for nearly 18% of all USDT issued so far in 2023.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange surpasses Binance by one metric, OneCoin legal officer pleads guilty, Bitcoin’s cycle high could be $110K.

BlackRock questioned the SEC's preference for the 1940 Act that oversees futures ETFs, and argued that it lacks relevancy to both crypto-spot and futures ETFs.

Bitcoin and Ether are leading the cryptocurrency markets from the front, but the risk of a short-term pullback remains.

Animoca buys game streaming platform Azarus that rewards users with crypto, Project Xeno, and why $10K NFTs scare away real gamers.

BlackRock has previously also filed for a Bitcoin ETF, for which the SEC approval window is currently open until Nov. 17.

Bitcoin is in line to benefit from a tsunami of institutional capital, says Dan Tapiero, while Ethereum is also due an ETF boost.

Ethereum gas fees reportedly breached the $200-mark for certain high-priority transactions in the last 24 hours.

ETH price finally polevaulted the $2,000 resistance, but will retail demand and network use support the current bullish momentum?

China issues legal guidance that gives NFT markets hope, Bitget invests $10M in Indian startups, SEBA Bank’s Hong Kong license: Asia Express.

Earlier in the day, BlackRock registered corporate entity “iShares Ethereum Trust” in Delaware, the first hint that a filing for a spot Ethereum ETF filing was imminent.

Erick de Moura argues that on blockchain networks with high fees, some types of decentralized applications don’t survive because users are only willing to part with cash for a few specific kinds.

The new corporate entity could signal an upcoming SEC filing.