Teaming up with fundraising platform JustGiving, Teddy DAO will hold a daily auction of teddy bear NFTs, allowing the buyer to donate proceeds to a charity of their choosing. …

The company plans to expand in Asia-Pacific (APAC), a region it sees as driving the “next wave of growth for crypto.” Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/20/gemini-to-expand-operations-to-asia-pacific/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Payments provider Cuscal, through its partner Zepto, has brought new banking restrictions on cryptocurrency exchanges in Australia. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/06/20/australian-payment-provider-cuscal-imposes-new-restrictions-on-crypto-industry-body-criticizes-move/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 20, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the …

“This would be a game-changer in how we think about money and how transactions take place,” said the central bank group’s Head of Research Hyun Song Shin. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/06/20/unified-ledger-for-cbdcs-tokenized-assets-could-enhance-global-financial-system-bis/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

“The market appears to be in a period of quiet accumulation, which suggests an undercurrent of demand,” one analyst said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/06/20/bitcoin-is-becoming-illiquid-at-147k-a-month-signals-steady-accumulation/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

CEO Joshua Payne said he expects the acquisition of a data center in Hannibal, Ohio to be “the first of several” over the next year. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/20/australian-data-center-startup-arkon-expands-to-us-with-26m-in-fresh-funding/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The risk-off mood is probably the market’s way of telling China that rate cuts of 10 basis points are not enough to spur the slowing economy. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/06/20/bitcoin-tentative-as-china-rate-cut-fails-to-spur-risk-on/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

About 2% of global money supply, via stablecoins and CBDCs, could be tokenized over the next five years, which is about $3 trillion, the report said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/20/tokenization-could-be-a-5t-opportunity-led-by-stablecoins-and-cbdcs-bernstein/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Joe Tsai, one of Alibaba’s founders, has been an active Web3 investor and once tweeted “I like Crypto.” Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/20/alibabas-crypto-friendly-joseph-tsai-set-to-become-chairman/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines