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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected the application of Bitwise Asset Management and the NYSE Arca platform to launch Bitcoin ETF. Despite this news, the price of bitcoin is growing by 3.29% per day and reaches $ 8489.47.

Shanghai Hurun Research Institute named the richest people in China. Representatives of the cryptocurrency industry were in the first places of the rating: Changpen Zhao (Binance Exchange), Mikri Jean and Cihan Wu (manufacturer of mining equipment Bitmain), Star Hu (OKCoin), Leon Li (Huobi).

Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, warned that deputies would not have time to pass a law on cryptocurrencies by November 1. The Duma intends to transfer responsibility for the regulation of cryptocurrencies in the country to the Central Bank, which wants to develop a large-scale regulation plan for the financial technology industry in Russia.

The head of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina believes that Russia will not yet issue a national cryptocurrency. The benefits of creating a crypto ruble are not obvious to the Central Bank.

The Russian Masterchain platform has become the first FSB certified blockchain to operate in accordance with the country's cryptography standards and information security requirements.

The head of Sberbank German Gref suggested that the Facebook cryptocurrency will not be used in Russia, as some Russian companies have plans to issue similar assets.

The custodial service of the American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will provide the Gram cryptocurrency storage service from the Russian Telegram Open Network (TON) project as soon as it is launched.

The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has updated the cryptocurrency tax guide for its holders. The IRS in the document draws attention to the tax obligations of tokens received as a result of forks and airdrops, the cost of cryptocurrency obtained during mining, as well as the taxation of profits from the sale of cryptocurrencies.

The London OTC B2C2 platform has started trading in derivatives on gold, the calculation of which will be made by bitcoins. This is the first instrument of its kind on the market, and B2C2 representatives hope to attract institutional investors to its trade.

BitGo Launches Custody Service for Bitstamp, the First European Cryptocurrency Exchange From October 10, the exchange will begin to transfer its funds to BitGo wallets.

A representative of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) in an interview with the Chinese publication South China Morning Post predicted a high demand for options for bitcoin futures, which the exchange will launch in the first half of 2020, among Asian traders and miners.