Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 30, 2020
With the average BTC transaction fees above $11 and a Binance leak, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
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With the average BTC transaction fees above $11 and a Binance leak, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and Elliptic.
Today's stories:
Bitcoin Traders Can Now Bet on $40K Price With New Deribit Options
Options at a $40,000 strike price expiring in March 2021 and June 2021 went live on Deribit early on Friday.
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Rise to 28-Month High as Hashrate Drops Amid Price Rally
The cost of doing transactions on bitcoin is surging at a time the network is suffering its worst congestion in nearly three years.
Iran Amends Law to Allow Imports to Be Funded With Cryptocurrency
Strapped for international currencies, Iran is turning to cryptocurrency to allow imports to continue flowing.
Leaked Docs Reveal How Binance Dealt With US Regulations: Report
Crypto trading colossus Binance created a corporate plan for profiting from the U.S. market while avoiding regulatory scrutiny, Forbes reported Thursday, citing a 2018 document it obtained.
HOST
Adam B. Levine joined CoinDesk in 2019 as the editor of its new audio and podcasts division. Previously, Adam founded the long-running Let's Talk Bitcoin! talk show with co-hosts Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos.
Finding early success with the show, Adam transformed the podcast's homepage into a full newsdesk and publishing platform, founding the LTB Network in January of 2014 to help broaden the conversation with new and different perspectives. In the Spring of that year, he would go on to launch the first and largest tokenized rewards program for creators and their audience. In what many have called an early influential version of "Steemit"; LTBCOIN, which was awarded to both content creators and members of the audience for participation was distributed until the LTBN was acquired by BTC, Inc. in January of 2017.
With the network launched and growing, in late 2014 Adam turned his attention to the practical challenges of administering the tokenized program and founded Tokenly, Inc. There, he led the development of early tokenized vending machines with Swapbot, tokenized identity solution Tokenpass, e-commerce with TokenMarkets.com and media with Token.fm. Adam owns some BTC, ETH and small positions in a number of other tokens.

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