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Despite a quarterly decline, bitcoin managed to close one of its historically worst months with a 3.99% gain. The battle for bitcoin ETF between the SEC and asset management companies might extend into 2024. Read the News recap to learn about the most important events in the crypto world between 22nd September and 3rd October.

Whales are holding fewer stablecoins on their balances, the withdrawal of BTC and ETH from exchanges has resumed, and a court has allowed the sale of FTX exchange assets, causing a drop in altcoins. Read the News Recap to learn about the most significant events in the world of cryptocurrencies between 7th – 21st September.

On 29th August, Grayscale Investments finally won a lawsuit and challenged the SEC refusal to convert the Bitcoin Trust (CBTC) into a bitcoin ETF which led to an immediate but short-lived market surge. Read the News recap to learn about the most important events in the crypto world between 25th August and 6th September.

At the end of the summer, cryptocurrency market volatility was low; however, on 18th August, BTC’s price sharply dropped below $26,000 due to SpaceX selling bitcoins worth $373 million. Read our news recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 14th and 23rd August.

XRP has become the most-traded altcoin in 2023, MicroStrategy added another 467 BTC to its balance sheet, while Sui has enabled liquid staking functionality. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 21st July and 3rd August.

Judge stated that XRP sold by Ripple to the public are not securities, Bitcoin wallet addresses reached a year high, while whales are actively accumulating LTC as halving nears. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 7th and 20th July 2023.

Mastercard is set to test tokenised bank deposits, MicroStrategy acquires an additional $347 million in BTC, while Polkadot has connected with Cosmos through the IBC Protocol. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 23rd June and 06th July 2023.

BTC surpasses 50% in terms of market dominance for the first time in two years, Thailand launches a retail CBDC pilot project, while BlackRock, WisdomTree and Invesco refile for spot BTC ETFs. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 9th and 22nd June 2023.

The US SEC sued the two largest crypto exchanges, USDT market cap set a new all-time high, while US lawmakers rejected the 30% digital assets mining tax. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 26th May and 8th June 2023.

Ripple has rolled out a proprietary platform for CBDCs, Dogecoin has surpassed Bitcoin in daily transactions, while PEPE has become the fastest-growing token hosted on Ethereum. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 12th and 25th May 2023.

PayPal increased its crypto holdings by 56% in Q1 of 2023, Litecoin transactions hit a record high, while Cardano scaling protocol, Hydra, went live on the mainnet. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 28th April and 11th May 2023.

Hong Kong banks started offering services to crypto firms, USDT market share among stablecoins reached 63%, while Solana Labs created a plugin for the AI chatbot ChatGPT. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that occurred between 14th and 26th April 2023.

Bitcoin topped $30,000 for the first time since June 2022, Ethereum Shapella upgrade went live, while Cardano outperformed Bitcoin and Ethereum in terms of transaction volume. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that occurred between 31st March and 13th April 2023.

BTC has grown by 75% year-to-date amid the banking chaos in the USA, MicroStrategy bought 6,455 BTC for around $150 million, while the US regulatory crackdown on crypto continues. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that occurred between 17th and 30th March 2023.

BTC skyrocketed again, surpassing $26,000, Goldman Sachs filed a patent focusing on blockchain, while President Biden proposed to raise $24 billion from crypto taxes. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that occurred between 03rd and 16th March 2023.

China supported Hong Kong’s plans to create a crypto hub, Ethereum launched the Shapella upgrade on the Sepolia testnet, while Google Cloud became a validator on Tezos. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that occurred between 17th February and 02nd March 2023.

Bitcoin momentarily soars to $25,000, US inflation slows to 6.4% in January, while Tron launches a $100-million Artificial Intelligence Development Fund. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that happened between 03rd and 16th February 2023.

Bitcoin closes its best January in a decade, Cardano-based Djed stablecoin goes live, while Ethereum developers deploy the Shanghai upgrade ‘shadow fork’. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that happened between 20th January and 02nd February 2023.

Bitcoin surges over $21,000, El Salvador passes a law allowing bitcoin bond issuance, while MetaMask announces Ethereum staking feature. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that happened between 06th and 17th January 2023.

The market remains in the consolidation phase, MicroStrategy adds 2,500 bitcoins to its holdings, while a number of experts predict BTC’s growth in 2023. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that happened between 22nd December 2022 and 05th January 2023.