⚠️ The SEC has filed a notice of appeal against Judge Torres' decision in the case against Ripple, which reduced the company's fine to $125 million.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse called this move unpromising for the Commission.

👀 Edward Snowden called the Solana blockchain overly centralized.

According to the former CIA employee, Solana centralizes everything. And once a country starts interfering, control over the system will be easily taken away. Bitcoin, on the other hand, is designed with the assumption of a worst-case scenario.

If developers don’t design their service to be decentralized at the protocol level, they will face the same situation as Telegram.

❌ The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken will discontinue support for Monero (XMR) for residents of the European Union.

‼️ Satoshi Nakamoto's Identity Revealed

In a new HBO documentary, *Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery*, it is claimed that the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto has been revealed.

If these findings are widely accepted, they could send shockwaves through global financial markets and even impact the U.S. presidential elections.

The film is set to be released on Tuesday, October 8.

📊 Tron has risen to 9th place by market capitalization, surpassing TON

Cardano is once again outside the Top 10.

✔️ Buterin proposed lowering the minimum staking deposit to 16 or 24 ETH

This is beneficial for staking accessibility and scalability.

Later, the minimum deposit could be reduced to as low as 1 ETH.

💸 Geopolitical tensions and the U.S. presidential elections are driving investors towards gold and Bitcoin as safe-haven assets, JPMorgan analysts note.

In the last quarter, the precious metal has surged in price, reaching nearly $2,700.

Bitcoin could follow a similar trend. However, digital gold is currently showing a negative correlation with the precious metal.

💸 IMF Urges El Salvador to Reconsider Its Stance on Bitcoin

The IMF has called on the government of El Salvador to review its regulation of crypto assets and reduce the use of Bitcoin.

The country holds approximately 5,892 BTC (around $360 million).

🗓 Uptober is still on

CryptoQuant analysts reminded that over the past 6.5 months, the maximum average Bitcoin drop was 10% (excluding August, when the price fell by 22%).

🔽The current drop is 7%.

"Just because Uptober started off poorly doesn’t mean it will end the same way."

Additionally, growth traditionally begins in the second half of the month—starting from the 19th.

⚠️ Coinbase to delist all "non-compliant stablecoins" in the European Union by December 31 — even the largest stablecoin USDT from Tether could be fully banned.

❌ The reason for this is the new regulatory framework for the crypto industry known as MiCA.

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‼️ 1.67 million EIGEN tokens stolen by an attacker

The EigenLayer team stated that the incident occurred as a result of an investor's email being hacked, which allowed the attacker to gain access to the assets.

❌ The hacker managed to steal more than 1.67 million EIGEN (around $5.7 million). He later sold them through a DEX, and transferred the obtained stablecoins to a CEX. Some of the funds have already been frozen, according to EigenLayer.

Project representatives emphasized that the incident is not related to vulnerabilities in the protocol, and the investigation is ongoing.

🔐 The largest one-time token unlocks this week: APT, OP, TAIKO, XAI, ADA

The largest linear unlocks: SOL, WLD, TAO, AVAX, SEI, NEAR, DOT, DOGE, SUI, FIL, BEAM

💵 The total value of unlocks in the next 7 days exceeds $451 million.

🥸 Wall Street experts predict that an ETF for the meme token SHIB may be launched in the near future.

💸 Bitcoin continues to lead in investment attractiveness in 2024, even after a "seasonally weak" third quarter, according to NYDIG.

Since the beginning of the year, the leading cryptocurrency has grown by 49.2%, outpacing traditional assets.

"While Bitcoin's correlation with stocks has increased, recent figures are still low. This means that digital gold offers significant diversification benefits for multi-asset portfolios," the company's analysts noted.

NYDIG expects significant activity after November 5, especially if Trump wins the election.

💵 A group of hackers will leave the TON network

Hackers specializing in stealing funds from wallets on the TON blockchain will move to other blockchains. This is explained by the lack of whales in the network.

The attackers are considering "retraining" for Bitcoin.

Notice on the Withdrawals of Delisted Tokens & Conversion of Selected Tokens to USDC (2024-10-08)
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/1657c0d30d5449908e8e20d9efa893a2

☄️ A judge has approved FTX's reorganization plan two years after the exchange's collapse

A U.S. judge has approved FTX's bankruptcy plan — according to this plan, 98% of creditors will receive at least 118% of the value of their claims in cash.

‼️ HBO reveals the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto

In an HBO film, it is suggested that Bitcoin developer Peter Todd is behind the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.

❌ Todd has already denied the claim, calling it "ridiculous." He also stated that he is ready to prove in court that he is not Satoshi Nakamoto.

📌 Interestingly, HBO's main argument is that in 2010, the developer left a suspicious comment under a post by Satoshi, supposedly finishing Satoshi's post. After that, both accounts went silent. It is assumed that he forgot to switch accounts.

⚠️ Binance urged users to withdraw the previously delisted tokens VAI, TORN, OMG, WAVES, XEM, BOND, DOCK, MDX, POLS, PURSE.

❌ Withdrawals will be closed on the 28th, followed by a snapshot, and by April 28, 2025, the tokens will be converted to USDC.