ππ°NEW: Chinese tech giants including Alibaba's Ant Group and JD. com pause stablecoin plans in Hong Kong after regulators raised concerns about privately controlled currencies, per FT.
πΊπΈLATEST: The Federal Reserve will host a conference on payments innovation on Oct. 21, with representatives from Chainlink, Paxos, Circle and Coinbase among its panelists.
β‘οΈJUST IN: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released a GKR tutorial, diving deep into the cryptographic proving system behind ultra-fast ZK-provers.
πΊπΈLATEST: Crypto execs including CEOs from Coinbase, Chainlink, Galaxy, Kraken, and Uniswap will meet with pro-crypto Senate Democrats on Wednesday to discuss market structure legislation, per Eleanor Terrett.
πΊπΈNEW: NYC Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo plans to create a Chief Innovation Officer role for blockchain and AI initiatives, aiming to make NYC a global crypto hub.