The global crypto market cap is $2.61T 3.63%▲ with a 24-hour market volume of $97.83B 5.97%▲. Bitcoin's dominance is currently 45.32% 0.06%▼. CURRENT PRICES BY MARKET CAP | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | Bitcoin BTC | $62,719.13 | 3.32% ▲ | | 2 | Ethereum ETH | $4,194.36 | 3.34% ▲ | | 3 | Binance Coin BNB | $484.47 | 2.13%▲ | | 4 | Cardano ADA | $2.15 | 1.33%▲ | | 5 | Solana SOL | $211.21 | 10.37% ▲ | Source: CoinMarketCap, 4:30 EST
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 Mastercard is partnering with Bakkt to offer Bitcoin (BTC) loyalty rewards. Shares of Bakkt (BKKT) jumped 180% to $28 following the announcement. More: - Mastercard stated that its consumers would be able to buy, sell, and hold crypto through Bakkt’s custodial wallet and collect loyalty rewards in crypto.
- Bakkt began trading on the NYSE last week following a SPAC merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings.
- Mastercard’s partnership with Bakkt came a month after it announced the acquisition of crypto tracing company CipherTrace.
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TOP ETHEREUM NFT COLLECTIONS | # | Name | 24h Volume | 24h % | | 1 | Axie Infinity | $16.68M | 7.72% ▲ | | 2 | CryptoPunks | $6.51M | 36.10% ▲ | | 3 | Creature Toadz | $4.76M | 458.62% ▲ | | 4 | Cyber Kongz | $4.25M | 817.10% ▲ | | 5 | Inertial Moment | $3.47M | 6.14% ▲ | Source: DappRadar, 4:30 pm EST
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 The CFTC is investigating decentralized information market Polymarket. The CFTC is looking to determine whether Polymarket’s swaps and options require CFTC registration. More: - Polymarket lets users place crypto bets on whether certain real-life events will occur, including whether Nicki Minaj will get the COVID-19 vaccine by Nov. 29 or if SpaceX will reach orbit by the end of 2021.
- The information marketplace was founded in 2020 by 23-year-old Shayne Coplan and has facilitated over 4 billion trades to date.
- Polymarket is reportedly in talks to raise funds in a round that could bring the startup to unicorn status.
- CFTC investigations don’t always result in an accusation of wrongdoing. The CFTC has previously struggled with building regulations around event contracts traded by derivatives desks and oil traders.
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 🍋Fresh Funding🍋 LABEL Foundation, Blockchain Education: $1M ⮕ The private token sale funding round was participated in by HG Ventures, Mindfulness Capital, IOST, M6, Alphabit, and others. More: - The LABEL Foundation is a content incubation platform for entertainment education.
- LABEL’s LBL token allows users to participate in a DAO voting system to determine what content is integrated into the platform.
- Its music education platform OPENTRACK includes educational courses led by Grammy Winners Market Lettieri and Dockskim.
MetaWars, Blockchain Gaming: $2.3M ⮕ The initial decentralized exchange offering (IDO) was participated in by Raptor Capital, Magnus Capital, Infinity Gainz, Double Peak, ABV, and others. More: - MetaWars is a space-themed, multiplayer strategy game built on the Binance Smart Chain.
- MetaWars utilizes a play-to-earn tokenomic model for users to collect its native WARS tokens and in-game GAM tokens.
- The fresh funding will be used to accelerate the game’s development and expand the MetaWars ecosystem.
Transient Network, Smart Contract Marketplace: $1.2M ⮕ The public IDO funding round was oversubscribed on Genesis Pool and Lemonade after 90 minutes. More: - Transient is a decentralized smart contract marketplace that enables smart contract management and generation tools for non-developers.
- The first dApps on the Transient marketplace included TSC-Core, CryptoPool, and Esports.
- Transient previously raised $275,000 in a seed funding round and $1.2M in the private sale of its TSCT token.
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▲ TOP GAINERS | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | NEAR Protocol NEAR | $12.27 | 32.30% ▲ | | 2 | Curve DAO Token CRV | $4.25 | 21.86% ▲ | | 3 | Harmony ONE | $0.3469 | 14.24% ▲ | | 4 | KuCoin Token KCS | $17.61 | 13.92% ▲ | | 5 | Secret SCRT | $7.09 | 12.90% ▲ | ▼ TOP LOSERS | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | Huobi Token HT | $10.02 | 3.22%▼ | | 2 | Horizen ZEN | $89.16 | 1.84%▼ | | 3 | Zcash ZEC | $171.42 | 1.71%▼ | | 4 | Waves WAVES | $28.43 | 1.01%▼ | | 5 | Bitcoin SV BSV | $172.49 | 0.38%▼ | Source: CoinMarketCap, 4:30 EST
*Limited to cryptocurrencies in the Top 100
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 Solana (SOL) reached a new ATH over $219 after gaining over 35% this week. SOL gained 57% over the past month, surpassing its previous ATH of $213. More: - On Wednesday, SOL broke out of a consolidation pattern, breaking up 13% to lead off nearly a full week of consistent gains.
- Some have speculated that the recent upswing is due to Solana’s upcoming Breakpoint conference starting Nov. 7.
- DeFi projects in the Solana ecosystem reached a TLV of nearly $14B over the past week.
- The Solana NFT market cap hit $910M with over $64M in trading volume in the last seven days.
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An unnamed EU investor has initiated an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration action against Binance. The investor claims to have lost over $140M following an unjustified liquidation back in Nov. 2020. More: - The claim challenges 45 different entities connected to Binance since Binance doesn’t disclose its headquarters.
- The claimant specifically alleged that Binance’s automated liquidation system forced the sale of a certain asset against its interests and that Binance had a conflict of interest in the liquidation.
- Arbitration proceedings with the ICC are expected to take place in Switzerland following preliminary negotiations.
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 |  | Griffin McShane is a New York transplant currently living in Brooklyn, NY. He is a graduate of Providence College, where he studied both computer science and business, and the University of Maine School of Law, where he earned his JD. Beyond his work at Inside, Griffin has written articles for CoinDesk and is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). |  | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 Ford. | |
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