Scroll Airdrop Details Revealed: Claim Oct 22nd

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Crypto News

• ⭐️ Bitcoin $BTC hash rate hits new all-time high.

• Stripe acquires stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 Billion; crypto industry's largest acquisition ever.

• Vitalik Buterin publishes Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 3: The Scourge.

• Ripple Co-Founder Chris Larsen donates $10m of $XRP to US Presidential Candidate Kamal Harris.

• ⭐️ Yuga Labs launches ApeChain, a Layer 3 network developed on Arbitrum; ApeCoin $APE surges ~100% & TVL crosses over $35m.

• Digital Assets saw $2.2b of inflows last week; largest inflows since July.

• Coinbase files two new sets of FOIA requests to get clarity on how regulatory agencies are approaching digital assets.

• Do Kwon's Extradition sees a total of 23 developments; most recently Do Kwon's extradition was paused following an appeal.

• 1xBet Crypto Casino allegedly rigged matches & operates in countries where it is blanket banned.

Alpha

• Zircuit launches first batch of migrations to Zircuit L2; migrated assets earn boosted staking rewards & airdrops.

• Corn launches support for Solv Protocol's $solvBTCBBN; earn 1.5x Corn Kernels & 1x Solv Protocol XP; & 1x Babylon points.

• Corn launches support for Usual's $USD0++; earn 1.5x Corn Kernels & 3x Usual Pills.

• Jumper launches support for Bitcoin; powered by THORChain $RUNE.

• Catalyst teases announcement coming on October 23rd.

• Unlonely to launch $BOO token, a content token powering all future shows.

Airdrops

• ⭐️ Scroll $SCR Airdrop details announced by Olimpio.

• Weekly Airdrop Updates by Earndrop.

• GVRT Airdrop Strategy by Earndrop.

• PumpFun to launch token in the future.

• Jupiter launches Active Staking Rewards; 50M $JUP & 7.5M $CLOUD distributed to active voters.

• Grass Network launches $GRASS Airdrop eligibility & allocation checker.

• SkyArk Chronicles to airdrop 500 TENJIN NFTs to Coral Phone holders.

Finance News

• Legal & General Investment Management to explore tokenizing its funds using blockchain tech.

• ⭐️ Northern Data considers selling Bitcoin mining unit to focus on AI; Tether recently backed Northern Data's $233m stock issuance.

• Ionic Digital revives IPO plans after hiring new independent auditing firm; holds ~$142m of Bitcoin.

• Revolve Labs to build $40-$60M AI data center; follows recent decision to withdraw mining expansion proposal.

• BitRiver to build mining data centers in BRICS nations with Russian Direct Investment Fund involvement.

• World Gold Council reveals BRICS countries control over 20% of world's gold reserves.

• Chinese Banks slash lending rates as Beijing pushes ahead with stimulus measures to revive economic growth.

• Fidelity International to cut ~500 jobs in China; reported in March to cut ~1k jobs globally.

• China & India end dispute regarding Himalayan border; a key agreement ahead of BRICS Summit.

• US Department of Commerce reportedly probes TSMC over secret Huawei deals.

Security and Exploits

• SlowMist publishes Weekly Security Report; over $55m in reported losses.

• Angel Drainer takes over entire Inferno Drainer project.

• ⭐️ Transak suffers data breach affecting over 92k users; names, DOB, ID documents, & user selfies accessed.

• Ambient Finance recovers domain after it was temporarily hijacked again; frontend is safe to interact with.

• ZachXBT exposes 0xjaypeg on X for lying to the community.

• Bitdefender & Trend Micro release security updates patching multiple vulnerabilities.

• APT41 hackers target gambling & gaming industry in sophisticated cyber attack.

Token Unlocks

• Cardano $ADA / ~$7m / OCT 22nd
• Galxe $GAL / ~$1m / OCT 22nd
• EigenLayer $EIGEN / ~$4m / OCT 22nd
• Ethena $ENA / ~$5m / OCT 23rd
Sourced from Tokenomist

Funding

• Canyon Network raises $6m in funding.

• ZEROBASE raises $5m in funding.

• Echo Protocol raises an undisclosed amount in funding led by The Spartan Group.

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