Tokenization Growth Depends on Developing Blockchain-Powered Secondary Markets: Moody’s There aren’t enough secondary markets that support tokenized assets, and they come with risks, the ratings company said.

UK Lawmakers Call for Govt to Develop Crypto, Blockchain Skills Pipeline Member of Parliament Lisa Cameron called for the government to ensure that all stages of education and the workplace develop digital skills.

Blockchain Developer Monad Labs Raises $225M Led by Paradigm The company is looking to offer an Ethereum-compatible environment that’s faster than the original.

Pompliano, Ex-Journo Melinek Spin Up ‘Token Relations’ Startup for Blockchain Firms The media startup will offer a “third bucket” of information to crypto startups’ stakeholders.

EU Watchdog Says Reordering Blockchain Transactions Might Be Market Abuse. Industry Says It’s Not Maximum Extractable Value (MEV), in which crypto miners reorder transactions they validate for profit, is not inherently bad, some policy experts point out.

Crypto for Advisors: Governance in a Blockchain World Scott Sunshine discusses how advisors can leverage blockchain-based governance to enhance trust, improve accountability, streamline operations and unlock new investment opportunities for their clients.

OpenAI CEO Drama Makes a Market for Blockchain Betters Over $250,000 in liquidity was built up in prediction market contracts on Polymarket over the weekend, from the serious to the absurd.

‘Intents’ Are Blockchain’s Big New Buzzword. What are They, And What Are the Risks? Intent-centric programs are quietly transforming how we operate on blockchains, but they bring risks as well as benefits.

Blockchain Startup Kinto Plans ‘First KYC’d’ Ethereum Layer-2 Network After Raising $5M The Kinto network, built with the Optimism’s OP Stack, features native know-your-customer (KYC) checks and investor accreditation mechanism to help onboard regulated financial institutions.

Blockchain.com Closes $110M Raise: Bloomberg The exchange’s valuation in the $110 million round was less than half of its previous $14 billion valuation, according to the report.

First Mover Americas: Goldman Leads Blockchain Firm Fnality Raise of $95M The latest price moves in bitcoin and crypto markets in context for Nov. 14, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Crypto for Advisors: Innovating Legacy Programs with Blockchain In this week’s issue of Crypto for Advisors, learn how brands are leveraging blockchain to innovate loyalty programs.

Venture Capital Lightspeed Faction Starts $285M Fund for Blockchain Startups The new fund will focus mainly on early-stage crypto projects, participating in seed-stage and Series A funding rounds.

Lukso Blockchain Releases Universal Profiles on Mainnet The feature went live on main network blockchain two months after it was released on testnet.

Crypto Broker sFOX Offers Commission-Free Blockchain Staking from Regulated Custody “We are providing a gateway to staking without stepping in the middle or taking any revenue or profit,” founder Akbar Thobhani said.

Kraken Said to Seek Partner to Help Build It a Layer 2 Blockchain Network The crypto exchange is still considering which blockchain developer should build its network, with Polygon, Matter Labs and the Nil Foundation in the mix, according to people familiar with the situation. Rival crypto exchange Coinbase blazed the trail with Base.

3 Greenshoot Sectors in the Blockchain Space From “AI x blockchain” and zero-knowledge proofs to Bitcoin ordinal projects, there are plenty of bright spots in the Web3 ecosystem.

How a Ph.D. Student’s Research Paper Turned Celestia Into $345M Blockchain Project Overnight This week’s launch of the new “data availability” network Celestia came with an airdrop of the project’s TIA tokens, one of the most anticipated giveaways in the crypto industry of the past year.

Blockchain Startup Etherfuse Rolls Out Tokenized Bonds in Mexico Targeting Retail Investors The company is targeting the second-largest and most liquid bond market in LatAm.

Protocol Village: IoTeX Blockchain to Integrate With Solana for ‘IoT-Connected Projects’ The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 16-22, with live updates throughout.