Thai investors use tarot cards 🇹ðŸ‡, Bitget releases MPC wallet 🎉, MetaMask's partner raises $33M💰
Daily Crypto, Blockchain & Web3 Update 2023-10-23
CRYPTOCURRENCY
Thai crypto investors turn to tarot cards, divine signals to predict market (4 min read)
Crypto and stock investors have always found interesting and sometimes bizarre ways to predict the market’s ebbs and flows. A Thai fortune teller once purportedly predicted when the crypto market would recover last year, claiming they were told by the god of the dead.
Bitcoin ETF to trigger massive demand from institutions, EY says (2 min read)
According to a blockchain executive at Ernst & Young (EY), institutional investors are highly interested in Bitcoin. However, they are waiting for the approval of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) to trigger a buying spree.
Bitget releases MPC wallet, includes 2/3 private key sharding (2 min read)
Cryptocurrency exchange and derivatives platform Bitget has launched a new wallet service using multiparty computation (MPC) to improve security and key management for users.
MetaMask security partner Blockaid secures $33M funding (3 min read)
Blockaid, a blockchain security startup and partner of the MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet, has secured $33 million in funding to scale its technology designed to stop malicious transactions.
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Reddit removes moderators involved in alleged insider trading of MOON tokens (2 min read)
Reddit’s r/CryptoCurrency community has fired two moderators who were found to be involved in insider trading of the Moons (MOON) token, Cointelegraph has confirmed.
Worldcoin to cease paying Orb operators in USDC as early as November (3 min read)
Worldcoin is set to begin paying its Orb Operators — those rewarded for scanning people’s eyes — with its native Worldcoin (WLD) token, phasing out USD Coin as early as next month.
FTX creditor claims breach the 50c mark as buyers see light at the end of the tunnel (3 min read)
The market for FTX creditor claims has been heating up, with some claims now reportedly selling for more than 50 cents on the dollar, according to Thomas Braziel, partner at 117 Partners — a firm specializing in crypto bankruptcy claims.Â
Javier Milei trails as Argentina’s presidential election goes to run-off (2 min read)
Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei failed to secure victory in the first round of the Argentine presidential election and is now set to face off against economy minister Sergio Massa in a Nov. 19 run-off vote.
Thailand delays digital money handout, critics call for probe (2 min read)
Thailand’s planned digital wallet scheme, which intends to payout 10,000 baht (~$274) to citizens over 16 years old, has been delayed, while critics call for a probe from the country’s electoral commission.
Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney can’t be Satoshi Nakamoto, new analysis suggests (4 min read)
Newly surfaced evidence reveals that Hal Finney, a Bitcoin pioneer, was competing in a 10-mile race while Satoshi Nakamoto was busy responding to emails and carrying out transactions on Bitcoin.