HTX suffered a loss of 5,000 ETH ($8 million) due to a hacker attack

https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1706311251024822748?s=20

Bitcoin is officially recognized as a digital currency in Shanghai People's Court, China

https://watcher.guru/news/bitcoin-recognized-as-a-digital-currency-in-shanghai

Kraken secures money license registrations in Spain and Ireland.

⚡️Kraken received an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) from the Central Bank of Ireland and registration as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) from the Bank of Spain.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/kraken-secures-money-license-registrations-spain-ireland

Binance announced that it will completely withdraw from Russia and sell its business to CommEX.

https://twitter.com/binance/status/1706944096688885895?t=SsYwwvbKxW76aw-gkZjVSQ&s=19

SEC moves to delay decision on ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF into next year

https://www.theblock.co/post/253108/sec-moves-to-delay-decision-on-ark-21shares-bitcoin-etf-into-next-year

SEC delays ARK 21Shares Ethereum spot ETF decision

https://www.theblock.co/post/253311/sec-delays-decision-on-ark-21shares-ethereum-etf

Coinbase receives regulatory approval to enable retail perpetual futures trading

https://www.coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-receives-regulatory-approval-to-enable-retail-perpetual-futures

SEC delays Blackrock, Bitwise, Invesco and Valkyrie spot Bitcoin ETF decision

https://www.theblock.co/post/253506/sec-moves-to-again-delay-decision-on-valkyrie-spot-bitcoin-etf

Gemini to halt operations in Netherlands by mid-November

https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-gemini-halts-operations-netherlands-mid-november

ICC names Near Foundation as official blockchain partner

The International Cricket Council (ICC) named the Near Foundation as its official blockchain partner until the end of 2025

https://near.org/blog/international-cricket-council-and-near-foundation-sign-multiyear-partnership-to-boost-global-fan-engagement-through-web3

SEC initiates legal action against FTX’s auditor

https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-lawsuit-prager-metis-audit-ftx

Grayscale has initiated another significant transfer of approximately 1,000 Bitcoin (BTC) to Coinbase Prime Deposit.

Bitwise plans to launch two Ethereum futures ETFs today: AETH and BTOP.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230929506712/en/AETH-and-BTOP-Two-First-of-their-Kind-Ethereum-Futures-ETFs-From-Bitwise-Intend-to-Launch-October-2

Binance Loans will close all outstanding BUSD loan and collateral positions at 2023-10-25 08:00 UTC.

Users are advised to repay any impacted loans by 2023-10-25 07:59 UTC to avoid potential losses.

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-loans-flexible-rate-will-close-all-busd-loan-and-collateral-positions-at-2023-10-25-1d7b456160b349ecbb389b121996d00b

Judge rejects SEC motion to appeal Ripple ruling

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/19857399/securities-and-exchange-commission-v-ripple-labs-inc/?order_by=desc#entry-917

El Salvador launches first Bitcoin mining pool as Volcano Energy partners with Luxor

https://cointelegraph.com/news/el-salvador-first-bitcoin-mining-pool-volcano-energy-luxor

Polygon has begun testing the new token POL on the Goerli network in preparation for the launch of Polygon 2.0

https://allinstation.com/polygon-tung-buoc-ra-mat-token-moi/

👑The most recent Solana Validator Health Report is now published.

Solana remains one of the largest proof-of-stake networks by node count, one of the most distributed by Nakamoto Coefficient, and now, one of the most resilient by validator clients.

https://x.com/solanafndn/status/1709557782872301824

Thorchain has taken the 2nd place in terms of volume among DEX.

Over the last 5 days, the volume has exceeded $1bn.

This can be attributed to a surge in hackers' activity on crosschain transactions in BTC. In the last four months, over 50% of funds converted from ETH to BTC via ThorSwap routers have been stolen.

https://thorchain.net/dashboard

Hong Kong Officials Warn Investors to Stay Away from Retail Stablecoins Since They Are Unregulated.

https://www.coinspeaker.com/hong-kong-retail-stablecoins/

Stars Arena hacked & drained of $3M worth AVAX, nearly all locked funds leaving Stars Arena with just under $1 in funds.

https://twitter.com/starsarenacom/status/1710604987812708531