The ICO market is not collapsing. It’s maturing.

https://hackernoon.com/the-ico-market-is-not-collapsing-its-maturing-c11bfd4cdfe8

Ripple XRP investors and speculators brace for Swell 2018 conference — October 1st-2nd

Speakers include...
Brad Garlinghouse - Ripple CEO
Bill Clinton - 42nd U.S. President
Ed Meitzer - Head of Innovation, Santander Bank
Honorable Sunil Sabharwal - Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund
...and many, many more!

https://icnn.news/news/post/cryptocurrency-news-headline-xrp-investors-and-speculators-brace-for-swell-2018

Ethereum holdings in ICO treasury accounts

https://blog.bitmex.com/ethereum-holdings-in-the-ico-treasury-accounts/

PSA - Older Telegram Clients Leak User IP Addresses on Peer to Peer Calls

Update to the latest version of the Telegram client (1.4) to disable the Peer to Peer feature on voice calls.

https://www.securityweek.com/telegram-leaks-user-ip-addresses

Ripples xRapid is Now Commercially Available

https://ripple.com/insights/ripple-highlights-record-year-xrapid-now-commercially-available/

Hyperledger And The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Join Forces

In a joint statement the two said, "The collaboration between our organizations will further accelerate adoption of blockchain technologies for business."

https://www.ethnews.com/ethnews-exclusive-hyperledger-and-the-enterprise-ethereum-alliance-join-forces

You get a stablecoin, You get a stablecoin, Everyone gets a stablecoin!

https://medium.com/aurora-dao/idex-launches-usd-coin-usdc-and-trueusd-tusd-stablecoin-trading-pairs-e7a5ce82facb

"It will be a — for lack of a better term —a CryptoYuan, paired not just to bitcoin, but to most other Chinese blockchain projects as well.

Similar in function to tether pairings currently, but fully backed by the PBoC and stable in value to the Yuan.

Where Chinese can transfer CryptoYuan direct from their bank accounts to an exchange and buy projects through the direct pairing.

In essence, the Chinese government is signaling their intent of competing directly with stable coins like Tether and cutting out BTC completely as a reserve cryptocurrency, all while maintaining control of their own money supply.

By launching a CryptoYuan, controlled by the People’s Bank of China, this will align the interests of the government, banks, and people simultaneously.

It will give the Chinese government the taxing mechanism that they need through financial transaction transparency. They will not be relying on people to self report like what is currently happening in the West."

https://blog.goodaudience.com/chinese-blockchain-the-worlds-most-undervalued-market-d8a6ad6d4c9e

Poloniex to remove margin trading for US customers by end of year

"These changes are part of our ongoing commitment to ensure that Poloniex complies with regulatory requirements in every jurisdiction. In doing so, we're also making every effort to ensure a smooth transition for customers who may be affected. We will provide more communication in the coming weeks about the final date but it will be by the end of the year and encourage customers to take steps to unwind margin positions at their convenience. Existing loans will remain open and continue to fund positions and earn interest for their previously specified duration."

https://blog.circle.com/2018/10/03/poloniex-to-remove-margin-and-lending-products-for-us-based-customers/

Bitfinex will be going down on October 4, 2018 between 06:00 AM UTC and 18:00 PM UTC. The exact timing of the maintenance update will made public 30 minutes prior to the start of the update. The platform should be down for about 2 hours.

https://www.bitfinex.com/posts/286

The Federal Reserve seeks public comment on potential actions to facilitate real-time interbank settlement of faster payments

Could this be,..crypto?

"The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday invited public comment on actions the Federal Reserve could take to support faster payments in the United States. The potential actions, which would facilitate real-time interbank settlement of faster payments, build on collaborative work with the payment industry through the Federal Reserve System's Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System (SIPS) initiative."

https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20181003a.htm

An interesting approach to a STO from Australian ICO Enosi, consisting of a stapled security of ordinary shares and preference shares along with bonus utility tokens.

"ICO’s are out. Equity or Security Token Offerings are in. Regulatory vetted issuing docs and financial licences are required. The blockchain world is moving to a more traditional Venture Capital type offering. Yet what happened to the talk of utility and the brave new world where business network value is captured in utility tokens? Or the new paradigm of not-for-profit decentralised autonomous organisations ruling the world?"

https://medium.com/enosi/maintaining-and-maximising-token-utility-in-a-security-offering-e83e261af889

Federal US Judge Rules that Virtual Currencies Are to Be Viewed Legally as Commodities
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7820-18

TLDR - We are still holding your funds/ Current tokens hostage and we haven't decided when they'll be released.

https://medium.com/current-crnc/current-media-transparency-part-1-65cc5a106503

Bitfinex responds to recent online rumors

https://medium.com/@Bitfinex/a-response-to-recent-online-rumours-677de7c4d171

Coinbase ZRX listing confirmed.
Screenshot is from 'tax center' reports.

Binance Listing Fee Update

https://support.binance.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017664751-

TomoChain — Portal Network Partnership Announcement

https://medium.com/tomochain/tomochain-portal-network-partnership-announcement-16ff864121ab