Headlines
▌The Chairman of the SEC Issued a Message to Congratulate the 14th Anniversary of the Release of the Bitcoin White Paper
Gary Gensler, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, posted on social media to congratulate the 14th anniversary of the release of the Bitcoin white paper. He said, “Congratulations on the 14th anniversary of the release of Satoshi Nakamoto’s white paper, which brought innovation and investment in encrypted assets. As cryptocurrency enters its 15th year, let's make sure investors are properly protected.”
Policy
▌Indian Official: Crypto Regulation Will Be a Priority During India’s G20 Presidency
Speaking at an annual event hosted by India’s Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) on Tuesday about the upcoming G20 meeting, V. Anantha Nageswaran, chief economic adviser to the Indian government, said crypto regulation will be the starting point for the country’s next month’s priorities during the one-year G20 presidency. Identifying "consensus-based solutions to accelerate the scale and scope of the global community's response to many cross-border challenges, such as virtual asset regulation," will be India's third goal of the G20 presidency.
Cryptocurrency
▌CZ Revealed the Reason for Investing in Twitter: Hope to Purify the Web3 Information Environment
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) revealed the reasons and motivations for investing in Twitter on the CNBC Squawk Box show. He believes that Twitter is a very potential information platform, but suffers from too much false information on the Internet, such as spam, which will have a negative impact on the information ecology of the Web3 world. At the same time, he also expressed his approval and approval of Musk, who believes that Twitter would be better under Musk's helm. Additionally, CZ believes that Twitter has enormous value but is not yet well monetized. As previously reported, CZ said he wanted to help Musk bring Twitter to Web3.
▌CryptoPunk #5822 Is Recognized by Guinness World Records as the Most Expensive NFT Collectible to Date
According to the official Guinness World Records, CryptoPunk #5822 has been identified as the most expensive NFT collectible so far, and the purchase price of CryptoPunk #5822 is as high as 8000ETH, the highest price of Ethereum in February 2022. It was calculated at about $23.7 million at its peak, and the buyer was Deepak Thapliyal, CEO of blockchain technology startup Chain. As previously reported, Guinness World Records has included Bitcoin and a series of blockchain events in the "Cryptomania" category in the 2023 Guinness Book of World Records.
▌Bitcoin Held by MicroStrategy Decreased to $727,000 in the Third Quarter
According to the latest financial report of MicroStrategy, the company has about 130,000 bitcoins, which are worth about $2.5 billion. Its bitcoin holdings depreciated to $727,000 in the third quarter, down significantly from $917.8 million in the second quarter.