Bitcoin is up 1% at $38,824
Ethereum is up 1% at $2,862
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $392

Kraken granted license to operate in Abu Dhabi.

New crypto ETFs debut in Australia.

Macron comments on digital Euro, regulation.

Ethereum's PoS switch drives down price of GPUs

Links:

• Crypto Exchange Binance to List the Coinbase Stock Token COIN - CoinDesk
• Exodus Wallet raises almost $60M in crypto in regulated offering
• A Digital Euro Must Protect Privacy, ECB Public Survey Reveals - CoinDesk

Japanese City to Vote on Blockchain

Bison Tops One Billioin Euros

ECB Official: Digital Euro Can Wait

Links:

• LayerX will develop blockchain-based voting system using digital ID verification in Japan
• Boerse Stuttgart Group Says Its Crypto Trading App Has Hit €1B Volume in 2020 - CoinDesk
• Consideration phase for digital euro to go well into 2021, says ECB exec

Wyoming Leads in Financial Regulation

Atlas VPN Reports Crypto-Hacks Down in 2020

LaGarde Seeks Digital Euro Comments

Cubans Google Bitcoin

Links:

• Report: Blockchain-related hacks have declined in 2020
• Wyoming Is Crypto's 'Wild West,' Which Is Exactly What We Need - CoinDesk
• Lagarde Seeks Public Comments About a Digital Euro, Implying a Broad Retail Offering Is Now on the Table - CoinDesk
• Google searches for Bitcoin are on the rise in Cuba

Bitcoin is down 4% at $10,449
Ethereum is down 8% at $337
and XRP is down 5% at 23 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
UTRUST up 22%

October Surprise: Covid-19

Bitcoin fell yesterday ahead of the october surprise news on the CFTC and Department of Justice charges levied against BitMEX.

The European Central Bank published a 50-page report on the digital euro.

Coinlist president Andy Bromberg is leaving to lead ECO. Will act as special advisor to Coinlist.

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Links:

• Founders And Executives Of Off-Shore Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange Charged With Violation Of The Bank Secrecy Act | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice
• CoinList president has joined a crypto project backed by Uber co-founder - The Block
• Bitcoin, Stocks Fall as Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19 - CoinDesk
• European Central Bank publishes report on digital euro, says 'we need to be ready' to issue it - The Block