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Square Releases White Paper Detailing Protocol for a Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange
The white paper from Square’s new TBD division describes a protocol for exchanging digital and other assets in a way that’s more accessible to everyone.

Snoop Dogg, Deadmau5 Headline New Members of Outlier Ventures’ Metaverse Accelerator
Others joining the incubator for Metaverse-related projects include consumer brand guru Shaun Neff, as well as the founders of Sandbox and Polygon.

Shiba Inu Coin Faces ‘Reversion’ Worthy of Parabolic Rise, Analyst Says
Bloomberg’s Mike McGlone sees SHIB token frenzy as a sign of “excess” in cryptocurrency markets and predicts a “reversion worthy of its parabolic rise.”

Canadian Police Arrest Teen for Allegedly Stealing $36M in Crypto
It is the biggest cryptocurrency theft ever reported in Canada, police said.

KuCoin Labs Launches $100M Fund for Metaverse Projects
The KuCoin Metaverse fund will invest in gaming and NFT projects.

Blockchain Firm StarkWare Raises $50M Series C Round at a $2B Valuation
The funding will be used to support the deployment of the StarkNet platform, allowing anyone to build blockchain apps.

VanEck Bitcoin Futures ETF Finds Cool Reception
The new investment vehicle, trading under the stock ticker XBTF, jumped into the competition with a lower fee than two similar funds launched last month. But its first-day trading volume was still comparatively anemic.

Invesco India and CoinShares to Launch ‘Feeder Fund’ of Blockchain Stocks
The fund opens to Indian investors next week after getting the go-ahead from SEBI.

VanEck to Launch Bitcoin Futures ETF ‘XBTF’ Next Week After SEC Rejects Spot Offering
Chicago-based CBOE exchange says in website posting that the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF will start trading Tuesday under the ticker symbol “XBTF.”

Big Money Apes Into Blockchain Gaming With $725M Fundraising for Forte
Forte will use the funding, which brings its total capital raised this year to more than $900 million, to expand its products and services.

