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Aptos Integrates Chainlink's CCIP and Data Feeds to Boost Decentralized App Development

Aptos will be the first blockchain that uses the Move coding language to integrate Chainlink's services, according to the announcement at Consensus 2024 in Austin.

Aptos founders Mo Shaikh, left, and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)

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Crypto Wallet Firm Fordefi Expands in Indonesia Powering Pintu Web3 Self-Custodial Wallet

The move is part of Fordefi's plan to extend its wallet service mostly used by institutional investors to retail-facing trading platforms.

The Fordefi team (Fordefi)

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Crypto Prime Broker FalconX Starts FX Desk With Hires From BCB Group

The offering will provide crypto trading firms, exchanges and brokers with access to 20 FX pairs.

FalconX CEO Raghu Yarlagadda (FalconX)

Finance

Alan Howard-Backed Elwood Technologies in Talks to Sell Part of the Business: Sources

Elwood is focusing on its existing portfolio management and risk management services and less on the trading side, one source said.

(Markus Spiske/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Governance Advisory MetaLeX Raises $2.75M

Gabriel Shapiro wants to "BORGify" crypto governance.

Gabriel Shapiro (Gabriel Shapiro)

Finance

Bitcoin Is Coming to Ethereum Stalwart MetaMask: Sources

MetaMask is a giant in the Ethereum ecosystem, but it's poised to cross one of the biggest tribal divides in crypto.

Bitcoin is coming to MetaMask (Unsplash)

Policy

Ether ETFs Filing Process Sees Abrupt Progress, Though Approval Not Guaranteed: Sources

Exchanges are being asked to update 19b-4 filings on an accelerated basis by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC headquarters (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Biden Order to Halt China-Tied Bitcoin Mine Beside Nuke Base Came as U.S. Firm Just Bought it

President Biden's emergency order to halt the Chinese-tied mining on the doorstep of a nuclear-missile base hit days after mining giant CleanSpark struck a deal to buy the property.

(White House, modified by CoinDesk)

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Leading Crypto-Policy Academic in Washington to Open Disclosure Firm Bluprynt

Georgetown Law professor Christopher Brummer is leaping into crypto disclosure services as CEO of the new company, backed by Robinhood and a former PayPal chief.

Christopher Brummer (right) , a professor known for running a prominent financial policy conference in Washington, is starting a crypto disclosure company. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Nasdaq, After Pivoting Crypto Ambitions to Tokenized T-bills, Sees Staffers Exit Amid Delays: Sources

After ending its crypto custody plan, Nasdaq pivoted to tokenized U.S. Treasuries, but progress was too sluggish for some now-former employees, a person familiar with the matter said.

Nasdaq (Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress via Getty)