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Inflows into digital asset investment products reached $12m last week, marking a strong improvement from the net outflows recorded the week before. Total assets under management (AuM) in crypto investment funds has now reached $25bn.

Germany has overtaken the US to become the world's top-ranked crypto economy in the third quarter of 2022, a study conducted by Coincub suggests.

Blockchain company Chiliz, creator of fan token platform Socios.com, has continued to expand its workforce despite the ongoing bear market, reflecting a growing trend in the fan token sector.

Germany has become the most favorable crypto economy in the world in the third quarter of 2022, according to a new report. The United States, the joint top-rank holder from last quarter, fell six places to rank seventh on the top crypto economy.

Despite the turbulence that broke out in the crypto market this summer, there is an important long-term marker that should be considered in any complex assessment — the combination of adoption and regulation. The latest report by EUBlockchain Observatory, named “EU Blockchain Ecosystem Developments,” tries to measure this combination within the European Union, combining the data on each and every member country from Portugal to Slovakia. 

A software program called a web service enables computer-to-computer communication over the internet. However, web services are nothing new and typically take the form of an application programming interface (API). The Web is a collection of related hypertext materials that may be accessed online. For example, a user examines web pages that may contain multimedia using a web browser and uses hyperlinks to move between them.

Advancing the company’s expansion plans, crypto custodian Copper Technologies has secured a total of $196 million under the firm’s C series financing round.

Middle East's first physically-backed bitcoin ETP by 21Shares AG

global crypto market has recovered a bit as compared to the past week. Bitcoin has failed to hold above $20,000 level the previous week due to lack of buying activity but has traded above its psychological support this week in line with equities. It seems like the market participants are on their risk appetite to start a new quarter. Bitcoin has traded sideways most of the week as investors return to more macroeconomic cautiousness. Even though Bitcoin successfully traded above $20,000, it struggled to move above it. Its dominance in the market, however, increased to 41 per cent from 39 per cent on September 10, 2022. This indicates that the market participants are choosing Bitcoin over other assets for its comparatively stable nature.The whale accumulation and the US dollar index rising to a 20-year high are the reasons for BTC’s growth in the past few days.

Credit Suisse said on 7 October that it is offering to repurchase debt securities for a total of close to $3bn as the troubled lender looks to manage its liabilities ahead of a touted restructuring.

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Speculations about crypto lender Nexo heading towards bankruptcy were squashed by the company's top-ranking members.

European banks aren’t at risk of facing a Lehman-style crash.

 

Multinational fast food chain giant McDonald's now accepts Bitcoin and USDT as payment methods in the southern Swiss city of Lugano (Lugano).

Credit Suisse shares briefly sank to an all-time low on Monday while credit default swaps hit a record high, as the market's skittishness about the Swiss bank's future became abundantly clear.

Multinational fast food chain McDonald’s started to accept Bitcoin (BTC) as a payment method in the 63,000-populated city of Lugano in Italian Switzerland, which is becoming a hotspot for crypto adoption in Western Europe. 

Credit Suisse came under renewed pressure over its financial health after the value of its riskiest bonds sank and the cost to insure against default rose sharply.

Credit Suisse executives have called for calm from investors and staff until they unveil a fresh overhaul on 27 October. But fears over the health of the Swiss lender could scupper plans to radically change its investment bank.

Beleaguered digital currency lender Celsius Network has revealed that it was not planning to ask its debtors to pay their outstanding loans during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

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