​​BitMax will offer 1 month EasyFi (EASY) pre-staking with up to 52% APR. Staking is already live on the platform. Rewards are distributed daily. Users will be able to unstake their coins with a 7 days undelegation period.

⁠10% of Bitcoin's supply has been untouched for over 10 years: report Around 1.8 million bitcoin have been dormant for over a decade. https://ct.com/91q5

John McAfee arrested for tax evasion. The SEC is chasing him for promoting ICO The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has indicted John McAfee of promoting Initial Coin Offering (ICO) tokens without disclosing the rewards received for these services. The founder of an antivirus software firm is already on the run. He is accused of tax fraud. According to the SEC, McAfee received over $ 11.6 million in bitcoin and air for promoting seven ICO campaigns in 2017-2018. Presumably, $ 11.5 million was also paid to him in his own project tokens. Their names were not specified in the SEC's claim. “From at least November 2017 to February 2018, McAfee used his fame to earn over $ 23.1 million in undisclosed compensation by recommending at least seven ICOs to his Twitter followers. These ICOs carried out the offer and sale of digital securities. McAfee's recommendations were false in substance and misleading for several reasons, ”the SEC writes. In particular, McAfee made false statements that he was an investor or technical advisor to these ICOs in order to attract investors to them. At the same time, he tried to sell his own assets and paid third parties to support marketing activities. The 55-page lawsuit was filed Monday in the Southern District of New York City Court on Monday. It also includes the name of former Team McAfee CEO Jimmy Watson, who is called McAfee's bodyguard. Blockchain projects Apollo, Azhos, Skycoin, Luxcore and Bitfi wallet are announced as strategic partners on the Team McAfee website. The SEC intends to recover from McAfee and Watson illegally received remuneration, fines and prohibit them "directly or indirectly from participating in the issue, purchase, offer or sale of any securities in the form of digital assets." In June 2018, McAfee wrote on Twitter: “Due to SEC threats, I no longer work with ICOs and do not recommend them. All ICO organizers can wait for arrest. " According to an earlier publication by Decrypt, McAfee asked for up to 20% of the emission of project tokens for his participation. According to The Spectator Index, John McAfee was arrested in Spain at the request of the United States in connection with tax violations. The US Department of Justice also reports that McAfee has been arrested for tax evasion and willful failure to file a tax return. He will be extradited to the United States. “According to the indictment, John McAfee made millions of dollars from promoting cryptocurrencies, consulting, speaking and selling the rights to make a documentary about his life. From 2014 to 2018, McAfee allegedly did not file tax returns, despite receiving significant income from these sources, ”the Justice Department said in a statement. The prosecution claims that McAfee hid his earnings by transferring them to bank accounts and accounts on cryptocurrency exchanges registered with nominal owners. Likewise, he concealed other assets, including real estate, a vehicle and a yacht. On each of the counts of tax evasion, 75-year-old McAfee faces up to five years in prison.

⁠PayPal to offer crypto payments starting in 2021 The rumors are now fully confirmed. https://ct.com/91nn

The number of addresses that hold Bitcoin for at least a year continues to increase - and it does so every month. Now 20.96 million addresses have been holding 11.77 million bitcoins for at least a year, according to analysts at IntoTheBlock.

​​In our latest video, CME managing director Tim McCourt discusses the importance of open interest, the cause and effect of CME price gaps, and how CME competes with crypto-native exchanges. https://youtu.be/_ZdtrXhDhu0

Bitcoin volatility hits lowest since November 2018 Bitcoin Volatility Reaches Lowest Since November 2018 On Sunday, October 4, Bitcoin's 180-day volatility dropped to its lowest level since November 2018, hitting a low of 0.028 in 23 months. Bitcoin volatility has dropped 43% over the past 30 days, according to CoinMetrics. Many traders remained bearish during the first weekend of October, as evidenced by the funding rates of perpetual futures on the leading crypto derivatives exchanges OKEx, BitMEX and Huobi. Funding rates on all three exchanges turned negative on Friday, according to Skew, as traders took more and more short positions and negative rates persisted over the weekend. In the past week, there have been several important events that have influenced the Bitcoin price. However, over the weekend, some buyers began to trade more actively and eliminated the consequences of a slight decline in BTC, raising the rate above $ 10,640 - this is 2.5% above the low of last week. Recall that last week the CFTC filed a lawsuit against the BitMEX exchange and its owners, accusing them of illegally doing business in the United States and violating the KYC and AML rules. The bitcoin rate fell from $ 10,950 to $ 10,440. Within a day after the allegations were made public, 32,000 BTC were withdrawn from BitMEX.

🔝 Top 10 upcoming events this week.

✅ The US stock market decided to suspend growth after the news of the coronavirus from Donald Trump, but oil suffered the most, the price of Brent per barrel dropped to $ 39. Bitcoin did not dare to rise above $ 11,000, on the contrary, in a week it fell by $ 300 🙃 Weekly digest: 🔸 The US CFTC filed (https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8270-20) a lawsuit against the BitMEX crypto exchange and its owners for running an unregistered trading platform and violating bank secrecy 🔸 Media: the final calculation of statistics for the second quarter of 2020 recorded a fall in US GDP by 31.4% 🔸 Crypto exchange Bitfinex has launched (https://twitter.com/bitfinex/status/1310507475385417728) derivatives trading on stock indices for USDT 🔸 Democrats submitted to the US Congress a bill on the second package of economic assistance for $ 2.2 trillion, it has already passed the House of Representatives 🔸 Massachusetts Institute of Technology presented (https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/79206/mit-pool-detective-blockchains) a solution to protect POW cryptocurrencies from 51% attack 🔸 In September, Ethereum miners earned (https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/79452/ethereum-miner-revenue-september-gas-fees) $ 322 million, while they received $ 172 million from transaction fees 🔸 Companies Chainalysis and Integra FEC became contractors (https://beta.sam.gov/opp/5ab94eae1a8d422e88945b64181c6018/view) of the US tax on tracking transactions of anonymous cryptocurrency Monero 🔸 Vitalik Buterin stated (https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/a-rollup-centric-ethereum-roadmap/4698) that solving the Ethereum scalability problem will take years 🔸 The British division of the crypto exchange Coinbase will transfer (https://twitter.com/IMineBlocks_com/status/1311996886321188864) to tax authorities data on all clients whose account is estimated at 5,000 pounds sterling or more 🔸 Crypto exchange Coinbase offered (https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1312060621718843392) to clients from 40 countries the function of instant withdrawal of funds to Visa cards 🔹 Courses: 📉 S&P 500 - 3,348 (↓ 0.96%) 🌐 Bitcoin - $ 10,608 (↑ 0.55%) 🌕 Gold - $ 1,904 (↓ 0.64%)

⁠Commodity trading gets sweeter with blockchain-based sugar exchange The UAE project will allow clients to trade tokenized sugar 24/7 without brokers, and fits into the Emirate Blockchain Strategy 2021's goals https://ct.com/9245

⁠Coinbase CEO prompts furious accusations of hypocrisy as he pushes political misinformation Brian Armstrong labeled a misleading political post endorsing Kanye West for president as “epic” https://ct.com/924b

✅ Fed Chairman Jerome Powell re-named (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-incomplete-recovery-could-still-slip-into-recessionary-dynamics-idUSKBN26R2KI) coronavirus is the main threat to the US economy, and the head of the ECB Christine Lagarde announced her intention to provide additional financial incentives to counter the pandemic 🤔 Tuesday news: 🔸 The Central Bank of China (https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3104281/peoples-bank-chinas-digital-currency-already-used-pilot) tests the digital yuan in transactions worth $ 162 million 🔸 The WTO has improved the forecast (https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres20_e/pr862_e.htm) for a decrease in world trade in 2020 from 12.9% to 9.2% 🔸 Research: The Center for Alternative Finance of the University of Cambridge found that there are 101 million cryptocurrency users in the world 🔸 Following the acquisition of Premier Oil by Chrysaor Holdings, the largest independent oil and gas company will be created with production exceeding 250,000 barrels. per day 🔸 Media: Financial holdings Charles Schwab, Vanguard and Fidelity bought (https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-vanguard-charles-schwab-crypto-miner-stock) shares of mining companies 🤨 🔸 Competition, hacks and regulation have led to the closure (https://twitter.com/MrCryptowisser/status/1313049627755769858) 75 cryptocurrency exchanges in 2020 🔹 Courses: 📉 S&P 500 - 3,423 (↑ 0.45%) 🌐 Bitcoin - $ 10,719 (↓ 0.99%) 🌕 Gold - $ 1,908 (↓ 0.61%) ⚫️ Oil Brent - $ 42.65 (↑ 3.29%)

✅ The oil market reacted most strongly to Trump's infection with the coronavirus, but the S&P 500 and gold, although they showed volatility, then returned almost to the initial level 🤔 Friday news: 🔸 Due to problems with CFTC, the volume of open positions on BitMEX decreased (https://twitter.com/ArcaneResearch/status/1311798602830938120) to an annual minimum, and users withdrew about 45,000 BTC from the site 🔸 Here's a twist: Vitalik Buterin stated (https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/a-rollup-centric-ethereum-roadmap/4698) that solving the Ethereum scalability problem will take years and urged developers to focus on second-level protocols 🔸 The US House of Representatives backs a $ 2.2 trillion economic bailout package from Democrats, but it is likely to be blocked by Republicans in the Senate 🔸 Shares of oil giants Shell and BP fell to 25-year lows 😱 🔸 The British division of the crypto exchange Coinbase will transfer (https://twitter.com/IMineBlocks_com/status/1311996886321188864) to the tax authorities data on all clients whose account is estimated at £ 5,000 or more 🔹 Courses: 📉 S&P 500 - 3,364 (↓ 0.47%) 🌐 Bitcoin - $ 10,552.39 (↓ 0.67%) 🌕 Gold - $ 1,906 (↓ 0.53%)

US Department of Homeland Security Provides Grants to Five Blockchain Startups The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has signed a partnership agreement with five blockchain startups that will see companies develop solutions to enhance fraud protection. The research division of the department - Science and Technology Administration (S&T) - cooperates with the companies. As part of the joint work, startups will be allocated funds to finance development, and the total investment will be $ 817,712. Initially, the department selected from 80 applications. The list of companies includes Mattr Limited, Mesur.io, SecureKey Technologies, Mavennet Systems and Spherity GmbH. Mattr Limited will work on the digitization of Citizenship and Immigration Services working licenses. Mesur.io plans to use blockchain to track toxins, pathogens and other hazardous substances across various supply chains. SecureKey Technologies is developing a digital version of the social security number, while the owner will have full control over the identity. Mavennet Systems will use blockchain to track the supply of natural gas between the United States and Canada, and Spherity GmbH will create a system for backing up packages of documentation for the supply of goods. The amount of grants differs for each company. Mattr Limited will receive the most funds - $ 200,000. The smallest amount will be transferred to Mavennet - $ 86,100.

✅ Immediately after the positive opening of trading in the S&P 500, Bitcoin rose sharply from $ 11,300 to $ 11,570 🤨 Monday news: 🔸 Media: After the end of the antitrust investigation, the authorities can force Google to sell (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/10/feds-may-target-googles-chrome-browser-for-breakup-428468) browser Chrome. 🔸 The Bank of England does not promise to move to negative rates, but is already studying (https://www.wsj.com/articles/bank-of-england-questions-lenders-on-readiness-for-negative-rates-11602512280) the readiness of financial institutions to this decision 🔸 Opinion: Tether is capturing the cryptocurrency market, so from 2017 to 2020 the share of trading in the market with USDT increased (https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1315541345885450241) from 5% to 70% 😱 🔸 Reuters: Willingness of States to Increase Taxes for International IT Companies May Lead to Tax Cuts (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oecd-tax/collapse-of-global-tax-talks-could-cost-100 -billion-oecd-says-idUSKBN26X11Q) of world GDP by 1% 🔸 A new record was set in September (https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/80484/monthly-ethereum-futures-volume-hit-all-time-high-in-september) for ETH futures trading, volumes increased to $ 172 , 2 billion 🔸 Research: Baker Hughes reports that the number of oil and gas installations in the US is growing for the fourth consecutive week. WTI oil costs $ 39 today Courses: 📉 S&P 500 - 3,543 (↑ 1.90%) 🌐 Bitcoin - $ 11,549 (↑ 4.46%) 🌕 Gold - $ 1,928 (↑ 0.12%) ⚫️ Oil Brent - $ 41.60 (↓ 2.92%)

✅ Bitcoin decided to replenish the list of losers of the day and fell immediately by $ 400 🤨 Thursday news: 🔸 The US CFTC has filed (https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8270-20) a lawsuit against BitMEX and its owners for running an unregistered trading platform and violating bank secrecy. Arthur Hayes faces 5 years in prison 😱 🔸 As Brexit approaches, financial companies withdrew $ 1.6 trillion from the UK and took 7,500 employees to Europe 🔸 In September, Ethereum miners earned (https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/79452/ethereum-miner-revenue-september-gas-fees) $ 322 million, while they received $ 172 million from transaction fees 🔸 USA: Fed extended restriction on share buybacks and dividend payments by leading banks, and Senate prevented a lockdown by adopting an interim budget on the last day 🔸 Chainalysis and Integra FEC have become contractors (https://beta.sam.gov/opp/5ab94eae1a8d422e88945b64181c6018/view) of the US taxation for tracking transactions of the anonymous cryptocurrency Monero. We are waiting for the results ... 😇 🔸 Media: Unemployment continues to grow in the EU, at the end of August it amounted to 7.4% or 15.6 million people 🔹 Courses: 📉 S&P 500 - 3,363 (↑ 0.83%) 🌐 Bitcoin - $ 10,502 (↓ 2.72%) 🌕 Gold - $ 1,914 (↑ 1.02%)

​​Metamask will enter DEX market with its own Token Swap feature. The token-swapping feature will release first on its Firefox browser extension, before adding extensions for other browsers and MetaMask mobile. MetaMask will support Uniswap, Airswap, Kyber, 0x API, 1inch, dex ag, Paraswap, Totle, and private market makers for the feature. This approach means that users won’t need to navigate these platforms individually to find the optimal price. Earlier Metamask har reported 1M active monthly users of its wallet.

✅ The US stock market today is showing a roller coaster ride between the green and red zones. Investors do not know whether to believe the promises of politicians to receive the second aid package this week 🤷‍♂️ Wednesday news: 🔸 The crypto market continues to grow amid positive news from PayPal and Mode Global Holdings. Altcoins finally decided to support BTC 🔸 Inside: the EU is working on retaliatory sanctions for possible restrictions from the US and China 😱 🔸 From July 1, 2021, major US banks will be required to hold enough funds to meet their needs for a year. Preparing for a crisis? .. 🔸 Crypto exchanges: OKEx resumed trading (https://www.okex.com/support/hc/en-us/articles/360050830632-Resumption-of-P2P-Trading) on ​​the p2p platform in pairs with fiat, and BitMEX reduced verification time (https://blog.bitmex.com/accelerating-the-bitmex-user-verification-programme/) until November 5, 2020 🔸 The Bahamas became the first country in the world to launch a government digital currency. Sand Dollar coin became available to all residents on October 20 🥇 🔸 US oil reserves increased by 584 thousand barrels, instead of the expected decline by 1 million barrels. Black gold prices went down again Courses: 📉 S&P 500 - 3450 (↑ 0.20%) 🌐 Bitcoin - $ 12,789 (↑ 7.15%) 🌕 Gold - $ 1 929 (↑ 0.71%) ⚫️ Oil Brent - $ 41.77 (↓ 3.22%)

✅ Given the current growth rates, this week will be the most successful for the S&P 500 since the end of June 🤑 Friday news: 🔸 A new round (https://neutrino.at/governance) of voting for the issue of stablecoins on the Neutrino protocol for the decentralized currency market (DeFo) has been announced 🔸 The fall of the dollar led to the growth of the euro and the recovery of the ruble to 76.8 🔸 Bloomberg: YouTube is testing (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-09/google-tries-to-turn-youtube-into-a-major-shopping-destination) direct selling technology from video 🤑 🔸 From October 9 to 11, China will host (https://twitter.com/chinadefi1/status/1314253716032122881) the first distribution of digital yuan, 10 million coins will be sent to the wallets of 50,000 people 🔸 Research: BCG and HSBC report to G20 concludes that global economy will lose $ 10 trillion by 2025 due to government protectionist measures in trade 🔸 In the III quarter of 2020, the volume of bitcoin transactions increased (https://www.theblockcrypto.com/genesis/79988/bitcoin-q3-2020-data-dive) by 25% and amounted to $ 225 billion 💰 🔸 US Department of Justice presented a report on the risks of cryptocurrencies due to the threat of money laundering and separately highlighted the threat of anonymous coins and DeFi 🔹 Courses: 📉 S&P 500 - 3,476 (↑ 0.87%) 🌐 Bitcoin - $ 11,068 (↑ 1.27%) 🌕 Gold - $ 1,928 (↑ 1.76%) ⚫️ Oil Brent - $ 42.94 (↓ 0.92%)