“Buying the dip. 150 new coins (BTC) added” - President Nayib Bukele announcing BTC purchases (550 BTC total) made by the country of El Salvador
News
Merchants across the country including McDonalds & Zara now accept BTC
Chivo wallet (Bitgo managed) encountered some problems on launch
Southebys auctions off 101 Bored Ape (BAYC) NFTs for $24.4 million total
Coinbase preemptively notified the SEC of their lending program
SEC responded by threatening a lawsuit if the lending program launches
Mastercard acquires on-chain crypto analytics firm, Cipher Trace
Opensea (NFT exchange) bug results in the burning of 42 NFTs worth $100,000
Summary from Bitmain Bitcoin mining conference in Miami 09/2021 - Nic Carter
Mining CEOs expect US to wield 30-50% of Hash rate by EOY 2022
Energy majors + sovereigns joining the game
Many major western miners are going public & leveraging cheap capital
Miners aggressively pursuing renewable energy/carbon offsets
Mining as grid stabilizer is real
SCOPE art fair in Miami is selling tickets for the event that are NFTs
NFTs will feature exclusive art from the fair
Decentralized Finance & Crypto News
Due to SEC regulations, American users will not receive the airdrop
310 - 9522 tokens airdropped (trading at $11/coin)
The SEC has threatened Reddit with legal action
Moons are given for positive behavior on the subreddit
Algorand establishes a $330 million fund focused on incentivizing the DeFi ecosystem on Algorand
150 million ALGO
DAO Maker suffers a $7 million hack affecting over 5,122 users
Solana Dashboard (Slot Height, Validators, Transactions, etc.)