FLOW tokens have been distributed on CoinList.

On CoinList Pro, the price has dropped from $17 to $7 and is now stabilizing at ~$12.
FLOW is now trading at ~$17 on other exchanges.

FLOW is now available to trade for US residents on CoinList.

Bakkt Holdings, LLC, the digital asset marketplace founded in 2018, announced that it has completed the previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company (“VIH”).

The combined company now operates as Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (“Bakkt,” the “Company”), and Bakkt’s shares of Class A common stock and warrants will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols “BKKT” and “BKKT WS”, respectively, starting Monday, October 18, 2021.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211015005610/en/Bakkt-Closes-Business-Combination-with-VPC-Impact-Acquisition-Holdings-and-Will-Begin-Trading-on-the-New-York-Stock-Exchange-on-October-18-2021

UniLend (UFT) is being listed on AscendEX.
Trading: on October 18 at 13:00 UTC.

https://asdx.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408744426259-Listing-of-UniLend-UFT-
https://twitter.com/UniLend_Finance/status/1449729506944565255?s=20

The blockchain project AcknoLedger has raised $1.53 million in initial seed and private sales to become a gateway to metaverses.

The initial seed and private sales round has come from 30+ venture capitals like Momentum 6, Basics Capital, Krypital Capital, Shima Capital, Magnus Capital, X21, Mayor Capital, Mahadao, Gain Associates, NFT Tech, Oasis Capital, Amesten, Nord Finance, Blockventure, AU21, Synapse Network, RedHat Capital, Pro Starter, Kardia Ventures, Baselayer Venture, Zbs Capital and is backed by angel investors like Carl Runefelt (The Moon Carl) & Evan Luthra.

https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/acknoledger-raises-153-million-in-initial-seed-and-private-sales-to-become-a-gateway-to-metaverses

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USDC Added to Hedera Hashgraph as Enterprise-Minded Network Eyes DeFi.

Hedera becomes the sixth blockchain on which Circle supports USDC. In July, Tron joined Ethereum, Algorand, Stellar and Solana shortly after Circle announced plans to expand USDC to roughly 10 more networks.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/usdc-added-hedera-hashgraph-enterprise-100001041.html

Tomorrow morning, ProShares will launch an exchange-traded fund on the New York Stock Exchange linked to Bitcoin futures.

The E.T.F. will give investors exposure to Bitcoin without having to hold the cryptocurrency directly, via any ordinary brokerage account.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/business/dealbook/bitcoin-etf-proshares.html

Elrond has announced that ZeroHash, the leading regulated digital asset settlement platform that can operate in 51 US jurisdictions, has added native EGLD support for settlement, custody and liquidity services.

https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-egld-available-51us-jurisdictions-zerohash

Good Games Guild (the DAO that focus on NFTs that oftenly used in blockchain-based games and virtual product) raises $1.7M in the seed and private funding round.

Investors: OKEx Blockdream Ventures, MapleBlock Capital, LD Capital, Basics Capital, Twin Apex Capital, AU21 Capital, Alves Ventures, Kyros Ventures, Fomocraft, Titans Ventures, Signal Ventures, Scorpio VC, Master Ventures, Exnetwork, Dutch Crypto Investor (DCI), Oracle Investment Group (OIG).

https://medium.com/@goodgamesguild/good-games-guild-raises-1-7m-in-seed-private-funding-round-2ae04dc83b26

Binance has completed the 17th quarterly BNB token burn of 1,335,888 BNB (~$639.5M).

https://twitter.com/binance/status/1450112351617929221?s=28

Obol Technologies, founded by former ConsenSys exec Collin Myers, has raised $6.15 million in a seed funding round to build a crypto staking protocol.

The round was led by Ethereal Ventures, a venture fund set up by ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Acrylic Capital, and many others.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/120960/obol-technologies-seed-funding-crypto-staking-protocol

Kraken launches FLOW trading and staking for U.S. and Canadian residents on October 19.

https://blog.kraken.com/post/11551/flow-trading-and-staking-are-coming-for-the-us-and-canada/

ARPA Chain (ARPA), Bounce (AUCTION) and Perpetual Protocol (PERP) are launching on Coinbase Pro.

Trading will begin on or after 16:00 UTC October 19, if liquidity conditions are met.

https://blog.coinbase.com/arpa-chain-arpa-bounce-auction-and-perpetual-protocol-perp-are-launching-on-coinbase-pro-79fa40c7907f

Interactive Brokers Group, a global brokerage firm, announces its launch of cryptocurrency trading for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) in the U.S., enabling these RIAs to trade and custody Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) via Paxos Trust Company on behalf of clients.

Interactive Brokers plans to launch the service for financial advisors in other parts of the world, in the future.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211018005264/en/Interactive-Brokers-Group-Introduces-Cryptocurrency-Trading-for-Financial-Advisors-in-the-U.S

San Francisco-based remote hiring company Deel has raised $425 million in a Series D funding round.

The company valued at $5.5 billion.

Coatue led the round.

Investors: Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, the YC Continuity Fund, Spark Capital, Greenbay Ventures, and Neo.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/121019/crypto-friendly-remote-hiring-company-deel-valued-at-5-5-billion-after-series-d

TSG Capital has announced the next public sale of Chingari (GARI) on Republic on November 2nd.

https://twitter.com/TSG_Capital/status/1449801103894142976?s=20

Gate.io lists Lithium Finance (LITH).

https://twitter.com/LithiumFinance/status/1450293381737816071?s=20
https://www.gate.io/en/trade/LITH_USDT

Element Finance, the DeFi’s fixed rate protocol, has raised $32M in a Series A funding round at a $320M valuation.

The round was led by Polychain Capital.

Previous investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Placeholder, A_Capital, and Scalar Capital.

New investors: Advanced Blockchain, Republic, Rarestone, Yunt Capital, P2P Validator, Ethereal Ventures, and their limited partners; and Femboy Capital.

https://medium.com/element-finance/element-finance-raises-32m-series-a-at-a-320m-valuation-6622fab5fb40

Elrond Network has announced that Woodstock released a brand new research report on the Elrond ecosystem has announced their first significant investment into a project building with its tech, and has launched a non-custodial EGLD staking service.

https://elrond.com/blog/woodstock-strategic-investment-research-staking

Facebook has chosen Coinbase as its custody partner for its pilot of Novi, a new digital wallet that enables people to send and receive money abroad instantly, securely, and with no fees.

https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-to-power-crypto-custody-for-facebooks-novi-90dc8d3f5830