Wintermute suffers $160M attack, Kraken CEO departs and US bill aims to ban algo stablecoins: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 18-24

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Published Sep 24, 2022 09:24AM ET

Updated Sep 25, 2022 06:00PM ET

h4 Krakens Jesse Powell will step down as CEO, stay on as board chair
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After more than a decade heading up crypto exchange Kraken as CEO, Jesse Powell has decided to pass the torch to the companys chief operating officer, Dave Ripley. Powell is not done with Kraken, however. He will become chair of the board for the organization. Its just gotten to be more draining on me, less fun, Powell said, as quoted in by Bloomberg. Ripley joined Kraken as chief operating officer in 2016.

h4 /h4 h4 South Korean ministry recommends enactment of special Metaverse laws
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In line with other advances South Korea has taken to embrace the digital world, the country wants to create new laws regarding the Metaverse, according to plans from the Ministry of Science and ICT. The ministry wants proper laws in place for the Metaverse, but thinks its unwise to form-fit current regulations to new technology. Previous news saw South Korea invest $200 million toward metaverse development in the country.

h4 New York judge orders Tether to document USDT backing/h4 h4 /h4 h4 SEC lawsuit claims jurisdiction because ETH nodes are clustered in the US/h4 h4 /h4 h4 China accounts for 84% of all blockchain patent applications, but there’s a catch/h4 h4 This Bitcoin long-term holder metric is nearing the BTC price ‘bottom zone’/h4 h4 /h4 h4 $160M stolen from crypto market maker Wintermute/h4 h4 BTC mining firm Compute North files for bankruptcy
/h4 h4 Draft US stablecoin bill would ban new algo stablecoins for 2 years/h4 h3 /h3 h3 Saving the planet could be blockchains killer app/h3 h3 Toss in your job and make $300K working for a DAO? Heres how/h3 h3 The market isn’t surging anytime soon so get used to dark times/h3
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