Litecoin Adopts Nimblewimble for Privacy

WEF Raps Standards Setting Organizations

Jeff Horowitz Leaves Coinbase

Links:

• New WEF study reveals issues facing blockchain and crypto standards
• In Effort to Differentiate, Litecoin Makes a Move to Privacy - CoinDesk
• Coinbase Chief Compliance Officer Departs Amid Wider Exodus - CoinDesk

Bitcoin is up .05% at $10,607
Ethereum is up slightly at $347
and XRP is down slightly at 23 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Origintrail up 80%

ICE seeks software to streamline financial auditing management including digital currencies like Bitcoin.

KuCoin CEO Johhny Lyu hints at known suspects from last month’s $281 million hack.

SEC chairman said the agency is open to the idea of a tokenized ETF.

September marked the first time in history that Etherum miners made more from fees than from block rewards.

Several employees at Coinbase take the severance packages following CEO Brian Armstrong’s offer.

Episode sponsored by ungrocery.com

Links:

• Coinbase Employees Have Begun to Take Severance Packages - CoinDesk
• SEC Chairman Open to Crypto-based Exchange-Traded Fund
• lyu_johnny on Twitter: "A quick update since my last livestream on Sep 30. After a thorough investigation, we have found the suspects of the 9.26 #KuCoin Security Incident with substantial proof at hand. Law enforcement officials and police are officially involved to take action." / Twitter
• First time in Ethereum's history, miners made more from fees than from block rewards
• beta.SAM.gov

Difficulty Ribbons Say Buy Bitcoin

Coinbase CEO: Focus on Business

Venezula Gets Bitcoin Satellite Node

Links:

• Bitcoin ‘difficulty ribbon’ chart hasn’t been this bullish since March
• Relief and Regret: Crypto Twitter Reacts as Coinbase Says No to Corporate Activism - CoinDesk
• Venezuela sees its first Blockstream Bitcoin satellite node

Coinbase CEO: Apple Stifling Crypto Innovation

Communist China Requires CBDC Acceptance

New Group Promoting Blockchain Forms in Switzerland

Links:

• Uniswap Takes Lead Over SushiSwap Less Than 24 Hours After SUSHI Rewards Drop - CoinDesk
• No one can refuse China’s digital currency, says central bank exec
• Swiss blockchain group formed to encourage new blockchain companies