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CDCROP: Founders Mo Shaikh and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)
Aptos CEO Defends 'Fair' Tokenomics That Prompted Community Backlash
Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh told CoinDesk the token distribution is much fairer than at other projects.
CDCROP: Founders Mo Shaikh and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India (Abdullah Ahmad/Unsplash)
India's Crypto, Web3 Industry Forms New Advocacy Body
A previous organization representing the industry was disbanded earlier this year.
Bangalore, Karnataka, India (Abdullah Ahmad/Unsplash)

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Divisions in Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Blur on His Trading Titan Alameda’s Balance Sheet
Alameda had $14.6 billion of assets as of June 30, according to a private document CoinDesk reviewed. Much of it is the FTT token issued by FTX, another Bankman-Fried company.
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Stars Blue Red Cosmos Space (Billy Huynh/Unsplash)
Evmos, Connector of Cosmos and Ethereum Blockchains, Raises $27M in Token Sale
Polychain Capital led the funding raise to accelerate the cross-chain decentralized app platform
CDCROP: Stars Blue Red Cosmos Space (Billy Huynh/Unsplash)

CDCROP: Lending money handing over paying cash (Shutterstock)
Porter Finance Team Returns for Second Shot at DeFi Bonds Project
Months after Porter Finance was shuttered due to lack of demand, three of the four team members say they still feel the potential for on-chain bond issuances is massive.
CDCROP: Lending money handing over paying cash (Shutterstock)

CDCROP: Notebook Labs co-founders Nathaniel Masfen-Yan, Dhruv Mangtani and Solal Afota (Notebook Labs)
Bain Capital Crypto Leads $3.3M Round for Privacy-Focused Identity Protocol
Notebook Labs aims to accelerate DeFi adoption with its crypto identity protocol.
CDCROP: Notebook Labs co-founders Nathaniel Masfen-Yan, Dhruv Mangtani and Solal Afota (Notebook Labs)

CDCROP: A cofounder of Susquehanna International Group, Jeff Yass (SIG/Getty Images, Modified by CoinDesk)
Billionaire Quant Trader Donated a Record $1.9M of Bitcoin to a Super PAC
Jeffrey Yass, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, gave 100 bitcoin to a crypto-supporting super PAC.
CDCROP: A cofounder of Susquehanna International Group, Jeff Yass (SIG/Getty Images, Modified by CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Lighthouse ocean lightning strikes (Historic England Archive/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
Kollider Raises $2.4M to Build ‘Lightning-Native’ Financial Products
The bitcoin derivatives exchange already has bitcoin-backed synthetic stablecoins and a Lightning-enabled bitcoin wallet in the pipeline.
CDCROP: Lighthouse ocean lightning strikes (Historic England Archive/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

CDCROP: Origami team members Johnny Chin, Matt Voska, Ben Huh and Stephen Caudill (Origami)
Bloomberg Beta Leads $6.2M Funding for DAO Framework Origami
Origami and backer Orange DAO also announced a $20,000 funding program for pre-launch decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs)
CDCROP: Origami team members Johnny Chin, Matt Voska, Ben Huh and Stephen Caudill (Origami)