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Reddit has said it will soon shutter its long-running, blockchain-based rewards service “Community Points,” citing scalability concerns.  In an official Oct. 17 announcement in the r/cryptocurrency subreddit, a Reddit team member said while the platform saw “some future opportunities for Community Points, there was no path to scale it broadly across the platform.” The Community
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Ripple Labs has once again piqued the interest of the XRP community. The company’s official website might reveal an important strategic direction. The XRP army’s fervor was sparked by the discovery of a job posting for a “Shareholder Communications Senior Manager.” This position, many in the community argue, suggests that Ripple could be gearing up
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Stablecoin TrueUSD (TUSD) announced a potential leak of certain Know Your Customer (KYC) and transaction history data as one of TrueCoin’s third-party vendors got compromised.  TrueCoin was the operator of the TUSD stablecoin till July 13, 2023. On Oct. 16, a third-party vendor’s security team informed TrueCoin of “an anomalous account change within [TrueCoin’s] organization
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Decentralized liquid staking protocol Lido Finance has announced a decision to cease operations on the Solana blockchain following a community vote in Lido’s decentralized autonomous organization. The proposal to sunset Lido on Solana was first put forward by Lido’s peer-to-peer team on Sept. 5, citing unsustainable financials and low fees generated by Lido on Solana.
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One of the developers working on “BitVM” — a Bitcoin-based virtual machine — reiterates the tech is intended to scale Bitcoin rather than launching Ethereum-like decentralized finance applications on the network. BitVM’s whitepaper was released by ZeroSync’s project lead Robin Linus on Oct. 10 with technical support provided by pseudonymous developer “Super Testnet” — implementing
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Judge Analisa Torres’ ruling in favor of Ripple against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has had several impacts on XRP by extension. Highlighting one of them, Ripple’s Chief Legal Officer (CLO) Stuart Alderoty mentioned how the token stands out in the US because of the court’s decision.  XRP’s Unique Status Following Court’s Ruling
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Since September, Chainlink (LINK) price has gained more than 25%, outperforming Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and most altcoins. Currently, the project is the leading decentralized blockchain oracle solution and ranks 15th in terms of market capitalization when excluding stablecoins.  In September, LINK’s price surged by an impressive 35.5%, but in the month-to-date performance for October,
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Christina Campbell, Ripple’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has made a surprising exit from the cryptocurrency payments platform to assume a related role at Maven Medical Institution, a digital healthcare provider. Ripple CFO Abruptly Resigns From Company According to Campbell’s LinkedIn profile, her tenure at Ripple concluded in October after over two years with the company. 
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