Daily Summary, 15 October

News of the day, October 15

📊 Cryptocurrencies and Exchanges

* Coinbase plans to add to the listing the native coin of the Binance exchange — BNB.
* The Coinbase exchange is also entering the market of India, having invested in the local platform CoinDCX. The valuation of the Indian company amounted to $2.45 billion.
* The MetaMask crypto wallet integrated the platform for prediction markets and bets Polymarket.
* K33 Research: After the recent decrease in leverage, the Bitcoin market is transitioning into a phase of gradual recovery.
* A user, who lost on Binance about $2 million during the market crash, reported that he received a compensation in the form of a coupon for $0.26.

🏛 Regulation and Institutions

* IMF: The head of the organization stated that it is time for countries to recognize the inevitability of the transition of fiat currencies into digital form.
* New York: The city’s mayor signed a decree on the creation of the first in the USA Office of Digital Assets and Blockchain at the city level.
* Serbia: The local Anti-Money Laundering Administration announced a tender for the creation of a platform for tracking cryptocurrency transactions.

💎 Markets and Assets

* Gold updated its historical maximum, exceeding the mark of $4200. Analysts note that it practically does not react to the volatility, caused by the actions of Donald Trump.
* In Sydney, a huge queue for purchasing physical gold bars was recorded.
* Tether issued another 1,000,000,000 stablecoins USDT.

🚨 Incidents and Security

* Russia (Irkutsk): The Investigative Committee seized more than 1200 devices for mining as part of a case about fraud with illegal consumption of electricity.
* DPRK: North Korean hackers over the last 7 years laundered through cryptocurrencies $3 billion, stolen from exchanges and investors.
* The famous trader James Wynn was liquidated on all of his positions.

Have a good day and a productive week