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FTX is creating an NFT-focused sports and entertainment marketplace

FTX moves into $300 billion luxury fashion industry with new hire

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Crypto exchange FTX has appointed beauty entrepreneur Lauren Remington Platt as its head of global luxury partnerships, a newly-created position.  With a decade of experience, Platt is the founder of Vensette, an on-demand beauty company where she launched partnerships with brands like Michael Kors, Vogue, and Saks 5th Avenue to bring pre-vetted makeup and hair experiences …

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Key crypto hires, exits and moves: November 2021

Key crypto hires, exits and moves: November 2021

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Quick Take In November, there were a number of big exits: some surprising, some controversial. Plus Brian Books returned to the crypto industry at a new firm. This feature story is available to subscribers of The Block Daily. You can continue reading this Daily feature on The Block. Source link

0x senior counsel moves to policy advisory role at CFTC

0x senior counsel moves to policy advisory role at CFTC

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A decentralized finance project’s senior counsel is headed to the halls of the U.S.’s commodities regulator. Jason Somensatto of 0x tweeted today he’d be joining the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a policy and tech specialist. Somensatto will be joining the CFTC’s fintech innovation arm, LabCFTC. The branch advises CFTC staff on policy related …

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Grayscale Moves to List Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin Trusts for OTC Traders

Grayscale Moves to List Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin Trusts for OTC Traders

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Grayscale Investments has announced that its digital asset funds Bitcoin Cash Trust and Litecoin Trust have cleared a regulatory hurdle in their march to begin being quoted on over-the-counter markets. Nikhilesh De contributed reporting Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by …

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ETH 2.0 client team Prysmatic Labs is releasing a new test network this weekend

$188 million in ETH tied to PlusToken Ponzi moves for first time since December

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Nearly 790,000 ETH – worth roughly $188 million – held in a wallet connected to the PlusToken Ponzi scheme were on the move in a pair of transactions. Those two transactions, accounting for 789,533 ETH, can be viewed here and here. The last time these funds moved was on December 19. The transactions come two …

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IoT App Nodle Moves From Stellar Blockchain to Polkadot

IoT App Nodle Moves From Stellar Blockchain to Polkadot

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Another blockchain project is heading to the Polkadot Network. Launched in 2017, Internet-of-Things (IoT) platform Nodle announced it is switching from the Stellar blockchain to Parity Technologies’ Substrate network, according to a blog post shared in advance with CoinDesk. Substrate lets teams customize their own blockchains; Nodle’s is called Arcadia. Nodle provides “last mile” support …

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