In 2019, Russian Nornickel, the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium, could launch its own stablecoin. The head of Nornickel believes that stablecoins are cheap financing.

bit.ly/2OHSXhL

"Decentralized" exchange IDEX will begin blocking new orders from users with New York State IP addresses on October 25, 18:00 UTC.

twitter.com/Aurora_dao/status/1054917418621984768

“It’s a very fast moving industry. It’s better for experts to make rules in a timely manner than bureaucrats do,” a senior FSA official said.

Details: reut.rs/2yvvSou

Tether has just destroyed 500M USDT.
According to Tether's announcement, they have "redeemed a significant amount of USDT from the circulating supply of tokens".

bit.ly/2PSj41T & bit.ly/2qaAs6S

Sony Computer Science Laboratories has developed a contactless cryptocurrency hardware wallet using IC smart card technology.

Details: bit.ly/2Jecz6X

Ethfinex has announced its token sale platform launch. A limited number of users will be able to participate in each sale and they will be selected via a random draw mechanism

Details: bit.ly/2CHmJvB

Fantom will be listed on Bibox.
Deposits: October 29, 3:00 UTC.
Trading: October 29, 8:00 UTC.

twitter.com/FantomFDN/status/1055667767729315840

PolicyPal has been listed on Bittrex. PAL is now trading at 1.35x in ETH from the ICO price, reaching 1.77x after the listing news.

💧 icodrops.com/policypal

nOS token sale:
Round 1 - October 29, first block after 18:00 UTC, guaranteed allocation.
Round 2 - November 1, first block after 18:00 UTC, FCFS, max ~90k nOS.
Hard cap: $10M

Details: bit.ly/2EN6Cj4

In January 2019, Kyber Network together with BitGo, Republic Protocol and others will launch WBTC, an ERC20 token fully backed by BTC and stored by regulated custodians.

Details: bit.ly/2qbpBtd

Neon Exchange - quarterly report

✔️ Fundamental exchange & accounts interface
✔️ Distributed matching engine architecture
✔️ Integration infrastructure for NEO, ETH, fiat & NEX staking

bit.ly/2O5JxqZ

OKEx will delist 50+ trading pairs with weak liquidity & trading volume (not the tokens themselves) on Oct 31, 5:00 UTC.
"Getting listed is not final," OKEx Head of Operations noted.

bit.ly/2CBVHWF

The Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration has concluded that BTC is a property. There is currently no law prohibiting the possession or transactions of BTC between individuals.

bit.ly/2SmiVW5

Fantom tokens have just been unlocked and are now unofficially trading at 1.16x in ETH from the ICO price.
Trading on Bibox starts at 8:00 UTC.

Today, ETH is again trading below $200. Crypto hodlers want to know if there will be a bull run in the near future. There is so much positive news, but ETH & BTC behave like stablecoins.

Round 1 of nOS token sale has just started.

Personal limits.
Tier 1: 92,064 nOS
Tier 2: 46,704 nOS
Tier 3: 27,552 nOS
Tier 4: 16,968 nOS

Details: bit.ly/2SqroHU

Belgium-based investment company NXMH has acquired Bitstamp.
NXMH is a subsidiary of NXC, which recently acquired South Korean crypto exchange Korbit and owns video game company Nexon.

bit.ly/2qeLloa

Lambda (LAMB) will be listed on BitMax.
Deposits and trading: TBA.

twitter.com/lambdaim/status/1056881035185549314

Coinbase has raised $300M in the Series E equity round, led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from Y Combinator Continuity, Wellington Management, Andreessen Horowitz.

bit.ly/2JrqXZZ

CryptoCurve token sale has started.
Token sale hard cap: $6M.
Accepting: WAN (1 WAN = $1)
Personal cap: min 25 WAN, max 600 WAN (will be lifted in 7 days).

Details: bit.ly/2DbDZKB

Fabian Vogelsteller has proposed a new form of ICOs. Each participant will be able to get a refund by simply sending back the tokens. Others can buy these tokens.

Details: bit.ly/2CRaHQE