Binance Invested in Musk’s $44B Twitter Takeover

ALSO: THORChain halted for 20 hours, Huobi delists its HUSD stablecoin and more |

October 28, 2022 The biggest crypto news and ideas of the day  Were you forwarded this newsletter? Sign up here. Don't want this newsletter? Unsubscribe Supported by Hello and welcome to The Node. This is Daniel Kuhn and Xinyi Luo, here to take you through the latest in crypto news and why it matters. In today's newsletter:  In this newsletter: Binance's CEO confirms participating as equity investor in Elon Musk's Twitter takeover, THORChain suffered an outage due to software bug and Huobi delists its HUSD stablecoin. The Takeaway: David Z. Morris covers the latest Credit Suisse market fiasco. – D.K. Today's must-reads Top Shelf Binance Invested in Musk's Twitter Buyout: Binance's CEO Changpeng Zhao confirmed the mega-crypto exchange wired approximately  $500 million to help finance Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. The exchange received equity in Twitter.  "We aim to play a role in bringing social media and Web3 together in order to broaden the use and adoption of crypto and blockchain technology," Zhao said in a press release. Although Musk is supportive of dogecoin, potential crypto integrations for Twitter remain unclear.  Speaking of, DOGE has rallied 16% in the lead up to the deal's completion. THORChain Suffers an Outage Due to Software Bug: THORChain, a blockchain in the Cosmos ecosystem focused on providing cross-chain liquidity, halted on Thursday due to an unexplained "unique transaction type," developers said. The chain resumed operations after more than 20 hours of down time.  The team behind the blockchain noted that the incident had "nothing to do with solvency." And that a "post-mortem will be released next week." Crypto Exchange Huobi Converts Its HUSD Stablecoin to USDT: Huobi, a top 10 exchange by trading volume, is cutting ties with the stablecoin it developed, the troubled asset HUSD. The crypto exchange will begin delisting HUSD at 8:00 UTC Friday and will in the interim begin converting assets to USDT on a 1:1 basis. Huobi recently agreed to be acquired by About Capital. – Xinyi Luo The Right Place for Your Crypto Nexo marks the spot. As in the right spot for you to grow your crypto wealth and keep it secure. Buy BTC, ETH, and more with your debit or credit card or swap between 300+ market pairs and get 0.5% in crypto rewards on each transaction. If you're looking to enhance your spending power, Nexo is the right place. Borrow without selling your crypto at rates starting from 0% and grow your portfolio. The right place brings you and your friends together and gives you both crypto rewards. Get $25 in BTC for every successful referral. Timing the market can be a tall order. 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Sound Bites "There's a regulatory gap in that there is no one market regulator over bitcoin or other commodities [and] digital assets that are not securities."   – CFTC Commissioner Chirsty Goldsmith Romero, on CoinDesk TV's "First Mover"  The news in a sentence Headlines Google Introduces Cloud-Based Blockchain Node Service for Ethereum | Record Number of Bitcoin Have Not Been Used for Six Months | Developer of Decentralized Ride-Sharing App Teleport Raises $9M in Bid to Compete With Uber, Lyft | Bain Capital Crypto Leads $3.3M Round for Privacy-Focused Identity Protocol | Blockchain Venture Firms to Invest $100M in Busan for Ecosystem Development | Aptos Token Rebounds After Upstart Blockchain's Dismal Debut |  What others are writing Off-Chain Signals  Polkadot Privacy Project Manta Network Eyes Crypto's Largest Trusted Setup Ever (Decrypt) Brookings Institution disputes claim that crypto improves financial inclusion (Protos) The surprising maturity of the crypto-rave crowd (The Economist) The Chaser... 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