VARA has launched the airdrop for early adopters.
The 1% will be distributed accordingly:
Stage One: For early participants with NFT, Vara ambassadors and those who participated in events.
Stage Two: For those who have launched nodes.
Stage Three: All must pass KYC verification.
https://x.com/varanetwork/status/1707772971883069920
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The SEC also delayed spot Bitcoin ETF applications by WisdomTree and VanEck.
So all upcoming filings have been delayed until January 2024.
https://x.com/cryptonewsupd8s/status/1707770473562460551
Binance Futures has a bug when displaying the BTC/USDT futures chart.
https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1707672367709757446
IYK, a web3 startup that provides tools to brands like Adidas and Johnnie Walker to help bridge the physical and digital worlds, has raised $16.8 million in seed funding led by A16z Crypto.
Other investors in the round included 1kx, Collab Currency, Lattice Capital and gmoney.
https://www.theblock.co/post/253443/a16z-crypto-web3-startup-iyk
Valkyrie gets approval to start buying ETH Futures for its existing Bitcoin ETF.
The fund's new strategy to combine ether and bitcoin will be effective formally on Oct. 3.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/09/28/valkyrie-gets-approval-to-start-buying-eth-futures-for-its-existing-bitcoin-etf/
Lenster, a project on Lens Protocol, has rebranded to Hey and unveiled a new website hey.xyz.
https://x.com/heydotxyz/status/1707431312385253477
VanEck prepares to launch Ethereum Futures ETF (EFUT).
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230928967258/en/VanEck-Prepares-to-Launch-Ethereum-Futures-ETF-EFUT
Sui Network has announced the launch of Play Beyond, the gateway to gaming on Sui.
https://twitter.com/SuiNetwork/status/1707098518937346303
Monad, a new EVM blockchain, has released a technical documentation that mentions the name of the token MON.
https://docs.monad.xyz/briefings/monad-for-users
Rumours: Winklevoss twins secretly withdrew $280M in assets before crypto firm Genesis collapsed.
https://nypost.com/2023/09/27/winklevoss-twins-secretly-withdrew-282m-in-gemini-assets-before-genesis-collapse-sources/
Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon has asked a federal court to reject the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission's request to question him in the U.S.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/09/27/terraform-labs-founder-do-kwon-opposes-secs-extradition-request/
Kraken plans to offer trading in US-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds.
Kraken will initially offer trading in the US and UK through a service built by a new division called Kraken Securities.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-27/crypto-exchange-kraken-to-offer-trading-in-us-stocks-rivaling-robinhood-hood#xj4y7vzkg
Gary Gensler says Bitcoin is not a security, refuses to say it’s a commodity.
https://watcher.guru/news/secs-gary-gensler-says-bitcoin-is-not-a-security
THORSwap has integrated BSC.
https://twitter.com/THORSwap/status/1707844139310788824
Invesco and Galaxy filed for a spot Ether ETF.
https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1707776396607590458
Three Arrows Capital co-founder Su Zhu detained at Singapore airport while trying to fly out of the country.
https://x.com/theblockupdates/status/1707757752720793725
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Houston-based Mercury Fund, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage companies, closed its fifth fund worth $160 million.
https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/inno/stories/fundings/2023/09/28/mercury-fund-fifth-investment-fund.html
SEC moves to again delay spot bitcoin ETFs from BlackRock, Valkyrie and Bitwise.
https://www.theblock.co/post/253506/sec-moves-to-again-delay-decision-on-valkyrie-spot-bitcoin-etf
PayPal filed a patent for a unique "NFT purchase and transfer system".
https://luckytrader.com/news/paypal-files-patent-application-for-nft-marketplace
Ether futures ETFs could be trading as early as Tuesday.
https://x.com/ericbalchunas/status/1707394842827882826
Coinbase International Exchange has received regulatory approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) to enable perpetual futures for eligible non-US retail customers.
https://www.coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-receives-regulatory-approval-to-enable-retail-perpetual-futures
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The market is neutral. Market cap is $1.06T. Bitcoin is trading at $26.4K
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MultiversX Network is opening up the Agora governance forum, which will be followed in a few weeks by the voting portal & the first on-chain proposal for Sirius (v1.6.0).
https://multiversx.com/blog/agora-multiversx-protocol-governance-forum
The SEC delayed decisions due on the proposed ARK 21Shares Ethereum ETF and VanEck Ethereum ETF.
A new decision deadline was set for Dec. 26.
https://www.theblock.co/post/253311/sec-delays-decision-on-ark-21shares-ethereum-etf
IBM Quantum and Microsoft have formed a coalition to tackle post-quantum cryptography alongside not-for-profit research tank MITRE, United Kingdom-based cryptography firm PQShield, Google sibling company SandboxAQ and the University of Waterloo.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm-microsoft-form-post-quantum-cryptography-coalition-encryption-computing-bitcoin
CoinList has announced Subsquid’s incentivized testnet.
Subsquid is a data network designed for the future of Web3. Rapidly and cost-efficiently retrieve blockchain data from 100+ chains using Subsquid’s decentralized data lake and open-source SDK to build billion-user dApps.
Node Runners: Maximum of 500 participants selected via application.
Other Testnet Participants: Unlimited.
Top-ranked 4,000 will be eligible for rewards.
Anticipated to last approximately 4 months.
26,600,000 SQD representing ~2% of total token supply.
https://blog.coinlist.co/announcing-subsquids-incentivized-testnet-on-coinlist-rjlsb/
In a few hours, BTC rose to $26800 (+2.1%), ETH - $1630 (+2.3%).
https://www.tradingview.com/chart/