#POLICY

1. Christopher Waller: CBDC is just a checking account for the Fed.

2. UAE's central bank pilots CBDC transactions.

3. Hong Kong plans to legalize retail crypto trading to become hub.

4. UK stablecoin rules approved by lawmaker committee.

5. ECB hikes all three major interest rates by 75 basis points, in line with market expectations.

#CRYPTOCURRENCY

1. A16z remains bullish on crypto despite flagship fund taking 40% loss.

2. Both DOGE whale transactions & trading volume spiked to August levels.

3. zkSync: Sushi’s ecosystem of DeFi tools is coming soon to zkSync 2.0.

4. Vitalik Buterin reveals four key goals for Ethereum in 2023.

5. Google admits crypto winter is hurting ad business.

6. PeckShield: A lot of "TWIT" same name projects appear on BSC and Ethereum.

7. eToro snaps up portfolio management startup Bullsheet.

8. PeckShield: Multi-chain wallet UvToken exploited.

9. eToro snaps up portfolio management startup Bullsheet.

10. Crypto wallet market to be worth $48.27 billion by 2030.

11. Google launches cloud node engine for Ethereum developers.

12. Phoenix Technology eyes global expansion and announces an investment of $300 million.

13. Team Finance: $14.5M USD of tokens were exploited.

14. Core Scientific says it may run out of cash this year.

15. 74% of institutions plan to buy crypto: Fidelity survey.

16. HopProtocol launches liquidity mining program.

17. A quarter of El Salvadorans has used Bitcoin.

#NFT

1. Madonna's "Mother of Creation" NFT raises 309 ETH to donate to three women's and children's charities.

#FUNDING

1. Hong Kong fintech startup Reap raises $40 million for Web3 payments.

2. ConsenSys commits $2.4M annually to launch MetaMask Grants.

#METAVERSE

1. Norway steps into the metaverse with Decentraland tax office.

2. Placeholder partner: ETH will be the " T-bill " of the Metaverse.

3. Microsoft’s CEO of gaming says the metaverse is a ‘poorly built video game’.

#WEB3

1. BBVA Mexico launches Digital Economy Fund focused on Web3.

#OTHER

1. Musk tells Twitter employees he doesn’t plan to cut 75% of jobs.

2. Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover seen swelling the company’s debt.

3. Twitter to be delisted from NYSE following Musk’s deal.

4. US Q3 GDP rises by 2.6%, the first increase in 2022.