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Bond market selloff continues. What gives?

Yields on 10-year Treasurys rose even higher Wednesday, briefly hitting 4.25%

XRP Could Surpass Ethereum in Market Cap by 2025, Analyst Predicts

Nigeria drops money laundering charges against Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan

Gambaryan can now leave Nigeria to seek medical attention

Takes on tokenization vary at RWA Summit

Even if you are bullish on the space, execs agree it will take a while before some of the space’s multi-trillion-dollar projections are met

WazirX transferred Rs 606 crores of User Funds to unregistered Chinese exchange

Industry insiders say WazirX is having trouble finding a reputed exchange serve as a third party service provider, after the loss of reputation of the management post the Rs 2000 crore hack.

Messari Founder Declares XRP “Dead” Amid Ripple Founder’s $10M XRP Donation to Harris Campaign

Funding Roundup: Gaming startup Azra Games raises $42M

A gaming studio helmed by an Electronic Arts veteran announced a Series A this week

SEC greenlights CBOE, NYSE bids for spot bitcoin ETF options

The approvals come less than a month after the SEC granted Nasdaq permission to list similar options

Crypto venture firm a16z founders donate $5M to Trump PAC

Coinbase exec weighs Harris, Trump crypto stances as election looms

Politicians are realizing that crypto is going to be a winning issue this cycle and in the future, chief policy officer Faryar Shirzad tells Blockworks

Striving for the support of Black men backfires, as Harris reiterates her stance on cryptocurrency in the U.S. election but is questioned for lacking

Harris has been criticized by the crypto community for being "insincere," using cryptocurrency merely as a tool to win elections.

Andreessen and Horowitz’s $5M donation to pro-Trump PAC hints at crypto policy influence

Share link:In this post: Right For America, a pro-Trump super PAC, received $5M from co-founders of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Beyond the super PAC contributions, Marc Andreessen also donated $844,600 directly to Trump’s campaign and the Republican Party. The donations for Trump align with what they term the “little tech agenda”ᅳpolicies they believe favor smaller blockchain companies and tech startups

Overview of Important Developments on the Afternoon of October 16

Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz donate $5 million to Trump PAC

DeFi’s slow infrastructure is holding back mass adoption

DeFi won’t survive without speed, liquidity and cross-chain agility

Larry Fink Says Bitcoin’s Future Stays Strong Despite Elections

Crypto VC Giant a16z Founders Donate $5M to Trump Super PAC

The founders of crypto venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) have donated millions to a super political action committee supporting Donald Trump.

Harriss new encryption policy was criticized for lack of sincerity in her bid to win support from black men

TD Bank failed to disclose ‘suspicious’ crypto transactions tied to unnamed customer group

As part of last week’s FinCEN settlement, TD Bank allegedly failed to report transactions related to crypto to relevant law enforcement agencies

Could Ripple’s Upcoming Swell Event Hint at a Possible Resolution in the XRP vs. SEC Legal Battle?

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Politics and memecoins drive the conversation on day 2 of Permissionless

When Permissionless III wraps on Friday, there will be 26 days left until the 2024 presidential election

Axe throws and crypto wizards: Permissionless III is underway

Permissionless provokes thoughts on the future of crypto as folks engage in pull-up competitions

EIP-7781: Increase Ethereum throughput by 50%

Will Ethereum throughput increase by 50%? A quick look at the community's new proposal EIP-7781

EIP-7781 may become the "first major" initiative to improve the Ethereum base layer.

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These Are The 3 Hottest Bets On Polymarket Right Now

New Ethereum Proposal EIP-77810 Could Boost Network Throughput by 50%

Why the US election could put a timer on this bitcoin bull market

Bitcoin is now in the second half of its bull market, if the previous ones are anything to go by

Judge approves FTX bankruptcy plan

FTX “never had the crypto” to make in-kind distributions, witness says at FTX’s confirmation hearing