Hackation, Salvation, Expansion, and 20 Crypto Jokes

In the last week of crypto September, KuCoin got hacked, along the way exposing a key difference between bitcoin and altcoins. Cardano was the best performer while Litecoin dropped out of top 10. OpenBazaar got temporarily saved from becoming ClosedBazaar by an anonymous donor, Bithumb won a legal battle against an investor, Bitpanda secured a USD 52m investment to support its expansion in the old continent, bitFlyer announced its cross-border trading with linking Japanese and European platforms, IOTA launched its DLT-based framework for remotely granting conditional access to physical devices, and the Coinbase controversy got a violent twist. Then we entered October and the last quarter of 2020 and we looked back at the top winners and losers.

Furthermore, Russian oligarch is set to launch a DeFi “cryptobank”, a major consulting company said crypto is finally being taken seriously by the taxman, Deutsche Bank said that at this stage of CBDC development we need a reality check, and Japan’s ruling party will urge the government to release a digital currency asap or risk falling behind. Three BitMEX execs were charged with operating an unregistered trading platform, Kik lost against SEC as the judge “shredded” ICOs, judges in China have been handing out penalties to some PlusToken crypto scam chiefs, and South Korean bank employee embezzled USD 159,000 of bank funds to buy crypto. Meanwhile, Justin Sun found himself yet again in the centre of numerous allegations, TikTok star Bryce Hall posted about bitcoin on social media and launched a podcast series with Pomp, BTC dropped and gold rose as Trump tested positive for COVID-19, and the Cryptoverse decided that the winner in the Trump-Biden debate was – Bitcoin.

Lastly, here are your well-deserved jokes of the week.
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As every Saturday – mooorning, Crypto Twitter! Ah, wait. Morning, Crypto Facebook!

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How was this week?

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Find yourself.

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‘Just…just shut up, man.’

The state of this sub right now from r/CryptoCurrency

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Putting it in perspective.

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So you’d never have to wonder what DeFi is again.

Going through Twitter and here I got the most accurate explanation of DeFi… from r/CryptoCurrency

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And dedication.

Productivity! from r/CryptoCurrency

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Finally got to it.

When a miner includes my small txn from r/CryptoCurrency

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Sun’s sorry.

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This is so inaccurate. There’s a lot more running involved.

Be you own bank from r/CryptoCurrency

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Libra history in a short video.

Hey guys, remember Libra? 🤣🤣 from r/Bitcoin

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A brilliant strategy.

When ‘buying the dip’ doesn’t work out as planned… from r/CryptoCurrency

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No such thing.

Coincidence? I think not! from r/CryptoCurrency

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No comment. Too hungry now.

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Babe. Hey, babe.

True story babe better believe it from r/CryptoCurrency

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Learning takes time and patience. Baby steps. Or in this case, daddy steps.

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The sweet taste of buying that very special car.

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Or that very special camera whilst standing near the special car.

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The answer depends on the cryptocurrency.

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In those very dark, bearish moments, when doubt sneaks in.

If you are ever feeling unsure about the future of Crypto Currency from r/CryptoCurrency