#41: October 8-14

• Coinbase trading volume is down 52% year-over-year.

• MetaMask was taken off the Apple Store for about an hour, causing Trust Wallet's token, TWT, to temporarily shoot up ~20%.

• Bitcoin hits a new all-time high hash rate.

• Bitcoin dominance versus altcoins is the highest it's been in 4 months.

• Canto (CANTO) will migrate to Ethereum (ETH) as a ZK L2 using Polygon's (MATIC) Chain Development Kit.

• Uniswap's (UNI) wallet is now available on Android in beta.

• Mastercard completed a CBDC pilot with the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre — “The project tested how authorized parties, who have gone through know-your-customer protocols, could hold, use and redeem CBDCs. In addition, the project tested how a holder could purchase an Ethereum-based NFT by locking the pilot CBDC and minting an equivalent amount of Ethereum-based wrapped coins, according to a Mastercard statement."

• Hardware wallet maker Trezor released a new wallet, the Trezor Safe 3.

• RWA marketplace Untangled Finance launched on Celo (CELO).

• Polygon (MATIC) co-founder Sandeep Nailwal proposed the creation of a ZK L2 ApeChain to "accelerate the growth and development of the ApeCoin ecosystem."

• Native USDC launched on Polygon (MATIC).

• JPMorgan has launched its Tokenized Collateral Network to enable clients to use tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) as collateral.

• ImmutableX (IMX) partnered with AWS.

• Decentralized early-stage longevity research DAO VitaDAO launched its first tech firm, Matrix Biosciences.

• Ripple's (XRP) CFO resigned after 2+ years to work in the healthcare industry.

• Binance (BNB) launched copy trading.

• Binance (BNB) raised $1 billion for its Industry Recovery Initiative following FTX's collapse but has only spent $30 million of that money so far.

• RWA protocol Backed issued the first tokenized security on Base.

• Yuga Labs lays off some employees as the Ethereum (NFT) drought continues.

• Solana (SOL) now supports private transactions.

• NFT project World of Women is releasing a physical WoW-branded Monopoly game on October 17. The player tokens feature a World of Women character, Bored Ape, Cool Cat, VeeFriend, CryptoPunk, and CloneX.

• Crypto gaming attracted about $600 million in investments in Q3 2023.

• Brazil launched a digital ID system that uses a private blockchain developed by the country's national data processing service.

~Dutchee👁️