Nishad Singh told a jury on Monday that his September meeting with Bankman-Fired was the first time he realized that Alameda, FTX’s sister trading firm, had spent billions of …

The broader crypto market returned just over 1.24% on average in the past 24 hours, CoinDesk Market Index shows. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/17/bitcoin-above-28k-buoyed-by-california-bitlicense-bill-being-signed/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Authorities requested information on some 200 other crypto accounts, the FT said, citing people familiar with the matter. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/10/17/israel-freezes-100-binance-accounts-over-suspected-hamas-links-ft/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The ascent in bitcoin’s dominance rate is consistent with the bullish breakout in June, which marked the end of a prolonged range play between 38% and 48%. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/17/bitcoins-rising-dominance-rate-challenges-altcoin-boom-from-2021/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Several traders experienced ‘slippage’ as liquidity declined across major exchanges. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/17/bitcoin-liquidity-on-binance-plummeted-during-the-etf-rumor-induced-market-rollercoaster-kaiko/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Meanwhile, the market continues to trend downwards amid higher-than-expected U.S. PPI and CPI Data Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/16/market-wrap-bitcoin-hovers-above-28k-after-etf-reports-prove-false/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The entity behind popular DeFi exchange Uniswap will levy a small fee – the first in its history. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/10/16/uniswap-labs-to-charge-015-fee-on-crypto-swaps-involving-eth-usdc-other-tokens/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The network, which just went live a couple weeks ago as a so-called optimistic rollup – the core underpinning of OP Stack – will now become a “ZK-rollup,” which …

The firm will stop accepting new users starting Monday after U.K. regulator FCA last week restricted Binance’s local partner from approving crypto ads. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/10/16/binance-to-stop-accepting-new-uk-users-to-comply-with-ad-rules/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

More than $80 million in derivatives positions have been liquidated in the past hour as bitcoin (BTC) surged from $27,900 to $30,000 following an unverified about a spot ETF …