#POLICY

1. Gibraltar will focus on stablecoins and DeFi lending after market turmoil;

2. White House convenes summit for stopping the spread of ransomware;

3. Zimbabwe draws on Nigeria lessons in crypto currency plans;

4. Switzerland sticks to tougher ID checks for crypto to cash transactions.

#CRYPTOCURRENCY

1. IMX will unlock over 250 million on November 5, accounting for about 12.7% of the total supply;

2. Record hash rates may see Big Oil become a major BTC mining player;

3. ETH number of exchange deposits reached a 5-year low;

4. Citi says Ether may be moving toward a deflationary future;

5. FIS subsidiary Worldpay will enable USDC settlements on Polygon.

#NFT

1. MetaMask partners with NFTBank for improved NFT price tracking.

#DEFI

1. U.S. bankruptcy judge denies Celsius' motion to pay employees $3M in retention bonuses;

2. Chainlink introduces a low-latency oracle solution for the DeFi derivatives market;

3. First industry pilot for digital asset and decentralised finance of MAS goes live;

4. Lido smart contracts on Solana will be upgraded to V2 in mid-November;

5. Lending protocol Solend was attacked by oracles, resulting in $1.26M in bad debt;

6. BIS will explore cross-border transactions and settlements of wholesale CBDC using DeFi.

#FUNDING

1. Wemad completes $46.57 million in strategic financing, Microsoft participates in the investment;

2. DeFi protocol Centrifuge raises $4 million in strategic round;

3. Evmos, connector of Cosmos and Ethereum blockchains, raises $27M in token sale.

#WEB3

1. Ex-Bain investor launches $30M web3 consumer VC fund as solo female founder.

#OTHER

1. Digital Currency Group names Murphy president, cuts 10% of staff;

2. U.S. is exploring whether it has authority to review Musk's Twitter deal;

3. Vitalik Buterin is skeptical about effectiveness of Twitter Blue's subscription fee plan;

4. Crypto miner Bitdeer will extend IPO deadline by one year.