Crypto

Demand for leverage in BTC futures jumped to $38 billion, but traders appear well-positioned enough to avoid surprise price swings. Source link...

Adrienne Harris, the head of the New York State Department of Financial Services, has been called the most powerful crypto regulator in the United States.  Source link...

Venture firm Pantera Capital is backing the gaming startup's Series A, with participation from a16z Crypto, a16z GAMES, and NFX.  Source link...

ETH options analysts say the "relatively small number" of Ether calls bought suggests that the altcoin's price gains may be limited in the near term. Source link...

Range-bound price action shouldn’t obscure the fast progress being made in bringing institutions and users onchain, Coinbase and Glassnode said in a Q4 report.  Source link...

The report indicated that DePIN and NodeFi may be the most profitable verticals for decentralized finance going forward. Source link...

Google mistakenly promoted a fake version of the Unichain website that spammed users with requests to drain their wallets. Source link...

Bitcoin open interest is rising and bulls are eyeing new all-time highs above $75,000 as "Uptober" begins to take shape.  Source link...

More regulatory-compliant stablecoins like RLUSD could benefit mainstream crypto adoption worldwide. Source link...

Mysten Labs chief information security officer Christian Thompson told Cointelegraph that gaming is a playground for technologists to explore Web3.  Source link...