SuperDao, the platform that helps communities build their own decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), has announced that it is shutting down and returning leftover money to investors. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/10/19/dao-builder-superdao-shuts-shop-returns-investor-money/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Most of bitcoin’s gains come directly after the halving, and the next such event is expected in April 2024, the firm said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/19/the-crypto-winter-may-be-over-morgan-stanley-wealth-management/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Komainu clients will be able to benefit from the firm’s on-chain custody while gaining access to off-exchange settlement over ClearLoop. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/10/19/nomura-backed-komainu-joins-crypto-custodian-coppers-clearloop-network/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Tesla did not buy or sell any BTC in the three months to September, leaving its coin stash unchanged at 9,720 BTC. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/10/19/tesla-keeps-bitcoin-stash-steady-at-275m-in-q3/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/18/how-a-crypto-fraud-gave-florida-its-first-forward-party-candidate/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

A fake report about BlackRock’s spot BTC ETF approval Monday spurred a short-lived bitcoin rally to $30,000. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/18/spot-bitcoin-etf-approval-is-coming-but-analysts-differ-on-possible-price-reaction/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Zhong is now serving a one-year sentence related to the theft of bitcoin from the Silk Road marketplace. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/18/jimmy-zhong-arrest-details-revealed-in-new-report/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Earlier this year, Ethereum staking was popular, particularly with Lido Finance’s rise to prominence in the DeFi space, but it is now facing challenges, suspicions, and resentment. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/10/18/cracks-appear-as-ethereum-staking-demand-wanes/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Kim Greenberg of CoinDesk Indices finds a lesson for crypto in LEGO. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/18/the-death-of-compromise-and-a-way-forward-for-crypto/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led more than a hundred lawmakers in demanding top officials share their plans for heading off crypto-financed terrorism. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/10/18/us-sen-warren-leads-lawmakers-to-push-administration-on-crypto-backed-terrorism/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines