Decentralized Oracle provider Chainlink will introduce a new blockchain payment solution for financial institutions.
In collaboration with Swift, a global messaging network used by banks and institutions, Chainlink revealed a new integration enabling institutions to use Swift messages to interact with blockchain technology.
The integration will enable digital asset settlement with minimal adjustments to existing infrastructure while establishing a bridge between decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance (TradFi).
https://cointelegraph.com/news/chainlink-cofounder-unveils-blockchain-payments-tradfi
India's regulators favor banning private cryptos like Bitcoin, citing CBDCs' advantages. They stress CBDCs' potential for financial inclusion and safety.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cbdc-has-an-edge-on-bitcoin-ether-experts-to-govt-101729538716941.html
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SEC chair wishes Bitcoin a ‘sweet sixteen’ for white paper anniversary
https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-chair-bitcoin-white-paper-anniversary
Aurum Equity Partners Launches $1B Tokenized Equity and Debt Fund Using Zoniqx and XRP Ledger Technology
https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/753877719/aurum-equity-partners-launches-1b-tokenized-equity-and-debt-fund-using-zoniqx-and-xrp-ledger-technology
Sonic Labs announced the start of registration for .sonic domains.
Sign up for the waitlist now: https://get.unstoppabledomains.com/sonic-waitlist/
https://x.com/0xSonicLabs/status/1848740990896771455
Sophon has chosen Avail DA as its data availability layer
https://blog.sophon.xyz/avail-da-partnership/
https://vxtwitter.com/sophon/status/1848710859775726008
Coinbase added support for Scroll perpetual futures on Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced on Oct 22, 12:30 UTC.
https://x.com/CoinbaseIntExch/status/1848672160996339734
Scroll trading has started on Bybit, OKX, Bitget and etc.
SCR is now trading at $1.3
FDV: ~$1.3B
https://www.bybit.com/en/trade/spot/SCR/USDT
Spot ETF Flow on 21.10: BTC-ETF +$294.29M, ETH-ETF -$20.80M
https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot
Grass has introduced its airdrop checker
Airdrop One allocates 100,000,000 GRASS (10% of total supply) to early node runners and community members as follows:
▫️9% to users who earned Grass Points during Stage 1 (the Network Snapshot),
▫️0.5% to GigaBuds NFT holders, and
▫️0.5% to users who installed the Desktop Node or the Saga Application.
Checker: https://www.grassfoundation.io/connect
https://x.com/grassfdn/status/1848450032476799029
Scroll has introduced its first airdrop
The Community Drop celebrates active onchain involvement, rewarding the efforts that continue to drive Scroll’s growth and innovation. Scroll allocated 55,000,000 SCR tokens (5.5% of the total supply) to participants who have actively contributed to the Scroll ecosystem through their on-chain activities in the Sessions Program.
Out of this allocation, 40,000,000 SCR (4% of the total supply) are proportionally allocated among onchain participants who have accumulated 200 or more Marks as of October 19, 2024, 00:00 UTC (“Snapshot”) (referred to as “eligible onchain participants”).
In addition to the above base allocation, 5,000,000 SCR tokens (0.5% of total supply) is allocated as Onchain Bonus, to be distributed equally across all eligible onchain participants who meet any one of these specific criteria as of August 1, 2024:
▫️Holding a top-level ENS name (e.g., scroll.eth) on the Ethereum mainnet.
▫️Donating more than $0.01 to any grant on Gitcoin.
▫️Donating to any campaign on Juicebox.
▫️Using a smart contract wallet on Scroll.
The Marks booster for Canvas aims to help users reach the 200 Marks threshold for eligibility or increase their overall Marks count:
▫️Tier 1: 1 to 4 badge(s) gets a booster of 25 Marks in total
▫️Tier 2: 5 to 9 badges get a booster of 40 Marks in total
▫️Tier 3: 10 to 19 badges get a booster of 50 Marks in total
▫️Tier 4: 20 or more badges get a booster of 60 Marks in total
Airdrop claim opens: Eligible recipients can begin claiming from October 22, 2024, 07:00 UTC.
https://scroll.io/blog/introducing-scrolls-first-airdrop-a-celebration-of-the-global-community
Andrei Grachev: “Memes focused products boost metrics of any chain faster and more efficient than any other marketing spendings.”
https://x.com/ag_dwf/status/1848315132339687929
The Russian state and the nation’s biggest crypto miner BitRiver have unveiled plans to build mining data centers in BRICS nations.
https://cryptonews.com/news/russian-state-crypto-miner-bitriver-aim-to-expand-operations-to-brics-nations/
Nigeria Court Releases Binance Executive Detained for Months
Tigran Gambaryan detained in February as Nigeria took aim at Binance.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-23/nigerian-court-releases-binance-executive-jailed-since-february
Marc Andreessen (a16z) stated that GOAT is the first real case of AI and cryptocurrency integration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKspo1FLj-4
Canadian cryptographer and computer scientist Peter Todd says he’s been forced into hiding for fear of his safety after an HBO documentary supposedly outed him as the inventor of Bitcoin.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/peter-todd-forced-hiding-hbo-doc-claims-invented-bitcoin
Spot ETF Flow on 22.10: BTC-ETF -$79.09M, ETH-ETF +$11.94M
https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot
The crypto market is neutral
BTC Dominance - 56.89%
Market Cap - $2.33T
BTC - $67,004.68 (-0.49%)
ETH - $2,609.73 (-1.16%)
BNB - $590.5 (-1.29%)
SOL - $165.42 (-0.68%)
INJ - $20.67 (-3.27%)
TON - $5.18 (-0.63%)
SCR - $1.1 (-23.4%)
SUI - $1.92 (-4.53%)
APE - $1.31 (-13.86%)
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EigenLayer has regained control of its X account
https://x.com/eigenlayer/status/1848756988064256320
Sky mulls further changes to brand identity, return to MakerDAO on the table
https://www.theblock.co/post/322385/sky-mulls-option-to-revert-back-to-makerdao
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Upbit will list Bonk (BONK) and Uniswap (UNI) today
https://x.com/Official_Upbit/status/1848606143154950598
Cryptocurrency donations for the 2024 US election surpass $190 million.
/channel/WatcherGuru/6751
Chris Larsen, co-founder and chairman of Ripple, has given more than $11.8 million to Harris campaign
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/21/ripple-founder-has-given-more-than-11point8-million-to-harris-campaign.html
The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 56.70%
Market Cap - $2.35T
BTC - $67,325.84 (-2.24%)
ETH - $2,640.83 (-3.28%)
BNB - $598.3 (-0.92%)
SOL - $166.57 (-1.48%)
INJ - $21.36 (-2.86%)
TON - $5.22 (-2.03%)
APE - $1.51 (+2.83%)
SUI - $2.01 (-5.5%)
ZRO - $3.86 (-5%)
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Binance Futures will launch the 1000CATUSDT Perpetual Contract at 2024-10-21 12:30 UTC with up to 75x leverage.
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-futures-will-launch-usd%E2%93%A2-margined-1000catusdt-perpetual-contract-with-up-to-75x-leverage-ed43b9b4d8f8471087b6d200bffcb4ff
Upbit will list cat in a dogs world (MEW) today
https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=4569