[TheDefiant] Elliptic is the latest on-chain research firm to dispel claims that cryptocurrency is a major source of funding for Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organization currently at war with Israel.…

[TheDefiant] Venture capital firm Variant has boosted its stake in Botto, the AI-powered decentralized autonomous artist. The move comes as Botto continues to gain global recognition for its innovative approach…

Immutable teams with ex-GTA and CoD devs, Web3 game Brawlers to launch on massive Epic Games Store, and how did blockchain games fare in Q3? Columns, Web3 Gamer

[CryptoNews] yPredict gains attention for its specialized offerings in AI and crypto price prediction as it nears the end of its presale stage. In a business environment marked by relentless…

[TheDefiant] U.S.-based startup Nocturne Labs secured $6M in seed funding, in part provided by Vitalik Buterin. The series of investments was co-led by Bain Capital Crypto and Polychain Capital. It…

Helsinki played host to the first Bitcoin for fiat transaction in 2009 — 5050 Bitcoin for $5 — 6 months before Pizza Day. Crypto City Guide. Columns, Crypto City Guides

[TheDefiant] Polygon's new POL token is live on the Ethereum mainnet. Polygon announced the news on Oct. 25, comprising a major milestone in the project’s ongoing “2.0” overhaul. The roadmap…

[TheDefiant] Indian users bucked the crypto downtrend, with the country topping Chainalysis’s 2023 Geography of Cryptocurrency report. The annual report was published on Oct. 23 and scores 155 countries based…

[TheDefiant] Users of Maestro, a popular cryptocurrency trading bot, lost 280 ETH ($500,000) worth of various memecoins after a recently deployed router contract was exploited on Oct. 24. Shortly following…

[TheDefiant] Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of the BitMEX derivatives exchange, published an essay attributing the crypto market rally to the costs associated with hawkish U.S. foreign policy and not spot…

[TheDefiant] While crypto investors remain fixated on the possibility of a spot Bitcoin ETF launching sooner rather than later, the decentralized finance sector has staged a quiet rally, with many…

[TheDefiant] Decentralized exchange dYdX announced Tuesday it is open-sourcing its code ahead of its transition from a Layer 2 network on Ethereum to becoming a standalone blockchain in the Cosmos…

[TheDefiant] Bitcoin is up 30% over the past 30 days, and the CEO of Blackrock is pumping our bags on national television. With an ETF seemingly closer than many investors…

[TheDefiant] The battle for SocialFi supremacy continues to rage, and while Friendtech may have kicked off the latest boom, its position atop the sector is showing signs of weakening. Over…

[TheDefiant] BTC is trading at its highest level since last May as researchers tip that the highly anticipated spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund from the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, may…