Hodling hard: Bitcoin’s long-term investors own over 76% of all BTC for the first time
    20 Oct 2023
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    Bitcoin is becoming scarcer than ever — whether you are a BTC price speculator or new to the market. The latest data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode shows a record portion of the available BTC supply is locked up in long-term storage. Bitcoin long-term holder presence beats all-time highs At more than 76%, Bitcoin’s long-term holders (LTHs) control…

    UAE emirate launches new free zone for digital assets, Web3 and AI
    20 Oct 2023
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    Ras Al Khaimah ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi inaugurated the new RAK Digital Assets Oasis (RAK DAO), an economic free zone dedicated to supporting companies involved in digital and virtual assets, blockchain, Web3 and artificial intelligence (AI) on Oct. 19. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the free zone will be dedicated to…

    Starknet and zkSync buck trend as crypto ecosystems shed devs by 28%
    19 Oct 2023
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    Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions Starknet and zkSync are among the few platforms to have increased their total monthly active developer counts over the last 12 months, data shows. While Starknet and zkSync only recorded increases of 3% and 6% respectively, the likes of Ethereum, Polygon and Solana saw their counts fa by 23%, 43% and…

    Aptos resumes operation after 5-hour outage that ‘impacted’ transactions
    19 Oct 2023
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    Layer-1 blockchain Aptos Network has managed to bring its network back to normal operations after a lengthy five-hour outage that saw transactions on its network “impacted.” According to the Aptoscan network tracker, on-chain transactions on the Move language-based blockchain were halted 11:11pm UTC on Oct. 18 at block 104621314 — down for more than five hours….

    IMF director urges ‘financial inclusion’ via digitalization
    19 Oct 2023
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    During her opening speech at the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) seminar on financial inclusion in Marrakesh, Morocco, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said digitalization is “the most important way” to scale up financial inclusion. “It is digital that moves help to people, investment and ability of the economy to accelerate,” Georgieva said, citing digital cash transfers in…

    Crypto investor protections won’t take effect in EU until late 2024
    18 Oct 2023
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    Cryptocurrency investors in Europe are not yet protected under European Union cryptocurrency asset market rules, and it will take some time for the protections to take effect. On Oct. 17, Europe’s securities regulator, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), issued a statement about the transition to the European crypto regulations known as the Markets in…