#39: September 24-30

The US Federal Reserve released a working paper on tokenization.
PayPal partners with Crypto.com to expand the availability of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin.
FCF Pay partners with Chariot Energy to let Texans pay solar panel bills using Shiba Inu (SHIB).
Epic Games lays off 870 employees as its metaverse ambitions fizzle out.
Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) goes live on Ethereum (ETH) L2 Base.
IOTA (MIOTA) finally has smart contract capabilities thanks to the L2 ShimmerEVM.
Kraken wants to start offering stock & ETF trading for customers in the US & UK.
Coinbase wins approval to offer perpetual futures trading to customers outside the US.
Crypto exchange Gemini invests ~$24 million for India expansion.
The potential government shutdown has pushed back SEC decisions for various ETF applications.
NASA plans to use blockchain technology to prove its next moon landing is real.
Binance (BNB) re-opens in Belgium after halting operations in June.
Ethereum (ETH) becomes inflationary again as network activity drops.
Crypto analytics platform Nansen was hacked. A portion of its user data was leaked.
~Dutchee👁️
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