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The launch of the VC fund in Hong Kong highlights the country’s rising role as a crypto haven. CMCC Global, a crypto-focused venture capital (VC) company, has successfully raised $100 million to offer equity investments to early-stage blockchain startups across Asia with a particular interest in Hong Kong, its home country. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, the company’s co-founder Martin Baumann said the inaugural funding round for the fund, called Titan Fund, concluded...

The TON Foundation has formed a strategic partnership with MEXC, aiming to advance global Web3 accessibility and reduce entry barriers. Decentralized blockchain platform The Open Network (TON), initially designed by Telegram, has recently secured major funding from the crypto exchange MEXC. Venture Capital arm MEXC Ventures has pumped a total of 8 figures into TON, as per the announcement on Wednesday, October 4. As a result of the funding, TON Foundation has entered into a strategic...

EOS price started a downside correction from the $0.620 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $0.600 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $0.572 on the 4-hour chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down if it stays below the $0.586 and $0.600 resistance levels. EOS price is declining below $0.600 against the US Dollar, like Bitcoin....

Litecoin is slowly moving higher from the $63.00 support against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading below $65.50 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $65.00 on the 4-hour chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could gain bullish momentum if it clears the $65.00 and $65.50 resistance levels. Litecoin price is recovering from the $63.00 zone against the US Dollar, like...

SAS will leave exchanges as part of its restructuring deal, in addition to splitting equity and debt among members of a takeover consortium. Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) stock fell on Wednesday morning after the company announced a restructuring deal. As markets opened, SAS stock crashed 95% in reaction to an official release stating a restructuring deal that will take the airline off commercial exchanges. SAS has regained a tiny bit of its losses as of writing time and is trading over 86%...

For developers looking to integrate blockchain data into their applications, Flarescan will also offer a developer API, simplifying the process of harnessing blockchain insights. Blockchain for data company Flare has partnered with the Avascan Block Explorer team to launch Flarescan, a comprehensive web explorer explicitly designed for the Flare ecosystem. In a press release shared with Coinspeaker on October 4, the company said the new block explorer is designed with a keen focus on...

The updated vaccine specifically addresses the XBB.1.5 subvariant of the Omicron variant, which has raised concerns due to its potential to evade immunity conferred by earlier versions of the vaccine.  In a recent development, stocks of Novavax Inc (NASDAQ: NVAX) jumped 8.2% yesterday following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of its improved COVID-19 vaccine. However, it’s worth noting that in pre-market trading, the stock experienced a slight dip and is 6% down at the...

Aside from the commercial bank, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) will participate in the pilot to provide technical guidance and expertise to users.   South Korea has become the newest country to conduct a pilot program to explore the technical infrastructure necessary for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). On October 4, the Bank of Korea, with some of the country’s financial regulators, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS),...

BIS continues to warn that crypto data can be “manipulated or distorted”. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has unveiled a new platform it calls “Project Atlas”. According to the Wednesday announcement, the decentralized finance data platform will play an important role in the future regulation of crypto market participants. In a joint report with the Dutch and German central banks, BIS confirms that Project Atlas, which is merely a proof-of-concept for now, has been used to...

Analysts have warned that the rise in the bond yields could pose significant challenge to equity market and other risky investments like crypto. On Tuesday, October 3, the US equity market came under major selling pressure as the US 10-year Treasury Yield surged to the levels last seen 16 years ago in 2007. The surge in interest rates has raised concerns about freezing the housing market and pushing the economy into recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced its most...