Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Markets Gains Registration in Ireland

Ireland is emerging as an attractive destination for crypto firms; Coinbase designated the country as its EU hub earlier this month.Source

South Korean Investors Prefer Altcoins to Majors, Tron to Ethereum: DeSpread Research

Koreans trade differently to the rest of the world, market data shows.Source

Floki Pounces on Trillion Dollar RWA Narrative With New TokenFi Platform

“The tokenization industry is projected to be a $16 trillion industry by the year 2030,” Floki lead developer ‘B’ told CoinDesk in a Telegram messageSource

Taiwan Crypto Regulation Gets Going With First Reading of Digital Asset Bill

The bill sets the groundwork for defining what a virtual asset is and how exchanges should operate in Taiwan.Source

Arbitrum Foundation Says ‘Orbit’ for Layer-3 Networks Now Ready for Mainnet

Orbit is a program for developers to spin up their own layer-3 blockchains atop Arbitrum, which in turn is the largest layer-2 network atop the Ethereum blockchain.Source

FTX Moves Millions Worth of LINK, MATIC, AGLD to Coinbase as Sam Bankman-Fried Testifies

The latest transactions followed $19 millions worth of crypto moved from FTX cold wallets to exchanges.Source

Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities Denies ‘Ridiculous’ Claim That It Tanked Do Kwon’s Terraform

Citadel said the claims by Terraform was filed to “deflect attention” from its alleged charges.Source

What Happens to GBTC Discount When FTX Sells its Holdings?

It’s possible the SEC could approve a spot ETF before any sales, taking discount worries off the table.Source