Paypal considers backing out of the Libra Association, MasterCard and Visa also considering stopping support for Libra, Facebook remains calm

Tim Cook, Apple CEO does not support the practice of issuing currencies by private companies

Fairwin spent 51% of all gas on the Ethereum network, Galaxy Digital and XBTO conducted the first block trade of Bakkt’s bitcoin futures contract

This year the number of FCA investigations reached 87, a 74% increase compared to last year

CoinFLEX issues derivatives for investors to bet on Libra’s launch

Decentralized platform Eosfinex “chainswapped” $5 million USDT to help projects manage high volatility

The lawsuit, based on a paper from 2018, claims that the issuance of USDT manipulated the market and caused prices to inflate, causing $1.4 trillion in damages

Major metal producer Nornickel plans to launch a palladium-backed token and an exchange for tokenized commodities

Hdac Technologies, Hyundai’s blockchain branch, has announced its plans to invest $10 million in a blockchain mainnet and startup incubator

CTO of Algo Capital admitted his responsibility for the loss of roughly $1-2 million worth of USDT and ALGO tokens and confirmed his departure from the company

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance announces the trusted reward token backed by Microsoft and Intel to incentivize participation among consortium members

A legal firm filed a lawsuit against Tether and Bitfinex for cryptocurrency market manipulation; Devcon 5, the Ethereum developers conference, started in Osaka

Jennifer Robertson will return $9M in assets from her and Gerald Cotten’s estate in a new settlement to help repay stakeholders and affected users of QuadrigaCX

UNICEF becomes the first UN organization to accept cryptocurrencies, BTC and ETH, to fund charity projects

Maker (MKR) rallied over 5%; Ethereum upgrade will enable Ethereum & Zcash to interoperate; Bitfinex lawyers filed a letter to the New York State Supreme Court

Maker Foundation is ready to launch Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) on November 18; it will include Dai Savings Rate (DSR) and additional CDP collateral types

US Senators threaten Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe with regulatory scrutiny unless the payment giants abandon Facebook’s Libra project

The London-based OTC trading firm has launched a gold derivative product, priced and settled in cryptocurrencies