CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: HBAR Drops 3.5%, Leading Index Lower From Monday NEAR Protocol was also among the underperformers, falling 2.9%.

Gary Gensler’s Contentious Reign Over Crypto Approaches Its Twilight Someday soon, somebody besides Gary Gensler will be calling the shots at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and most of the crypto industry will rejoice.More than any other figure in the U.S. government, this SEC chair played an unflinching antagonist to its aims. That no-holds-barred opposition is likely to cease, one way or another, …

First Mover Americas: BTC Revisits $67K on Leverage Flush, APE Options Fly The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 22, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Solana Token Issuer Pump.Fun Rakes in Big Bucks With 1M SOL in Lifetime Fees The platform has processed over $1.4 billion in trading volumes in the past 14 days, buoyed by an ongoing artificial intelligence-themed memecoin frenzy.

UAE Region Ras Al-Khaimah Launches Framework for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations in Free Zone The regime will enable DAO’s to have tax optimization and legal clarity, Dr. Sameer Al Ansari, CEO of RAK DAO said in the statement.

Solana’s Crypto-Governance Hub Realms is Under New Management The project is spinning out of Solana Labs and its new leaders want to turn a profit.

Buenos Aires Adds ZK Proofs to City App in Bid to Boost Residents’ Privacy The crypto-adjacent tech is meant to give the Argentine capital’s 3.6 million residents greater control over their personal data.

Scroll’s SCR Token Debuts at $212M Market Cap in Volatile Trading Session Layer-2 network Scroll released its long-awaited native governance token on Tuesday. Traders have priced SCR at around $1.10, or a $212 million market cap, based on the circulating supply figure of 190 million.

Stripe’s Acquisition of Bridge Validates the Usage of Stablecoins: Bernstein Stablecoins have emerged as the main use-case for blockchains, especially for cross-border payments, the report said.

As Japan Election Looms, Political Parties Emphasize Need to Reform Crypto Tax Regulations Japan’s Democratic Party for the People is trying to attract crypto-conscious voters with tax system reforms. But it’s not alone.

Bitcoin’s $4.2B October Options Expiry May Increase Short-Term Volatility Approximately 16% ($682 million) of the notional value in bitcoin that is set to expire is currently “in the money.”

ANZ to Kickstart Chainlink Private Transactions Protocol in RWA Boost The private transactions allow institutional users to define privacy conditions in a way that keeps onchain data private from all third parties and adversaries.

Bitcoin, Majors Dip on Leverage Flush; CAT Token Runs Up 60% on Futures Listing The broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20), a liquid index tracking the largest tokens by market capitalization, lost 2.1%.

ApeCoin Traders Make Bold Moves in PowerTrade’s Altcoin Options Market APE has doubled in value to $1.5 since the weekend.

Indonesia Extends Deadline for Crypto Exchange License Requirements Following Regulatory Updates Exchanges will now have until the last week of November to meet new requirements.

Ripple Co-Founder Larsen Flooding Kamala Harris’ Election Effort With XRP Ripple co-founder and Executive Chairman Chris Larsen said he’d added another $10 million in the Ripple-tied token {{XRP}} in an effort to boost Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democrat faces off against former President Donald Trump in next month’s election.

No, Polymarket Whales Aren’t Evidence of Prediction Market Manipulation If you think the Trump bulls are wrong, bet against them.

Crypto ETFs Look Unlikely to Expand Beyond Bitcoin, Ether Under Kamala Harris, Experts Say More crypto ETFs might not ever be approved if Kamala Harris wins the presidential election.

Bitcoin Hashrate Hits All-Time High as Publicly-Listed Miners’ Share of the Network Peaks Bitcoin’s 7-day moving average (7DMA) hash rate surpassed 700 EH/s for the first time, marking a 13% increase since April’s halving.

Sui Launches ‘Incubator’ Hub in Dubai for ‘On the Spot’ Solution Engineering The Sui blockchain has launched a hub in Dubai which will act as an incubator for blockchain developers and entrepreneurs, one of its founding developers told CoinDesk in an interview.