Circle to Let Merchants Pay for Customers’ Gas Fees With Web3 Wallet Upgrade
Southeast Asian super app Grab is currently piloting the “Gas Station” to cover gas fees for its Singaporean users if they use NFT vouchers.
Pantera, Susquehanna and HashKey Back DEX SynFutures With $22M Funding
The funding round was led by Pantera Capital, and included participations from Susquehanna International Group and HashKey Capital.
First Mover Americas: New York AG Sues Gemini, DCG, Genesis
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 19, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Polygon Proposes Council for ‘Decentralized Governance,’ Names 13 Members
The project named 13 “inaugural members” to the council, including officials from Coinbase and the Ethereum Foundation.
Gemini, Genesis, DCG Sued by New York AG for Allegedly Defrauding Investors of $1B
The lawsuit alleges that Gemini knew Genesis’ loans were undersecured and at one point highly concentrated with one entity, Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda, but did not reveal this information to investors.
Bitcoin ETF Rumor Had a Silver Lining and It’s Apparent in the Crypto Options Market
The bitcoin options market has flipped bullish across different timeframes since Monday’s erroneous ETF report.
Judge Kaplan’s Ire Hits All Lawyers in the Sam Bankman-Fried Case
We’ve entered the soul-sucking phase of Sam Bankman-Fried’s month-long criminal trial. The part where an antsy Judge Lewis Kaplan paces and glares – and then lashes out at prosecutors (and also defense lawyers) for wasting everyone’s time.
DAO-Builder SuperDao Shuts Shop, Returns Investor Money
SuperDao, the platform that helps communities build their own decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), has announced that it is shutting down and returning leftover money to investors.
Can You Use Crypto YouTube Channels to Time the Market? Yes, Says Delphi
Tracking changes in the viewership and subscriber base of popular crypto-related YouTube channels can offer insights into retail investor sentiment and impending market trends.
Do Kwon’s SEC Case May Hinge on Role of Jump Trading, Court Documents Show
Kwon has been accused of misleading investors about the terraUSD stablecoin, whose 2022 collapse ricocheted around the crypto world.