In another step towards developing the cryptocurrency trading platform Nubank Cripto, Nubank (NYSE:NU) announced its integration with Talos, the provider of institutional digital asset trading technology.

https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2023/12/217614-nubank-cripto-announces-integration-with-talos-smart-order-routing-system-to-lower-trading-costs/

Bitbuy and Coinsquare, prominent Canadian crypto exchanges, have collectively surpassed $1 billion CAD in client assets. This milestone, announced on Dec. 6 by parent company WonderFi, represents significant growth from the $695 million CAD recorded in the third quarter.

https://coingape.com/?p=168101

A cryptocurrency whale has managed to make an impressive return of over 3,475,700% to bring their wallet to the $1.6 billion mark in just one year by finding altcoins with a small market capitalization that were set to grow.

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2023/12/crypto-whale-makes-1-6-billion-in-one-year-by-boosting-portfolio-with-low-cap-altcoins-researcher/

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., has again expressed his strong opposition to the cryptocurrency industry. During a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Wednesday (Dec. 6), Dimon said that if he had the power, he would shut down the entire industry, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2023/jamie-dimon-tells-senate-he-would-shut-down-crypto-industry/?utm_source=snapi

From Thailand to the Eastern Caribbean, the CBDC experience has been one of government waste. So why do financial authorities keep pushing them?

https://cointelegraph.com/news/global-policymakers-pushing-cbdcs-despite-their-failures

We recently connected with John Ge, CEO of Matrixport, which supports the digital assets financial services ecosystem and forges strategic collaborations with early stage Web3 innovators, helping them build, grow and scale.

https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2023/11/216307-john-ge-of-matrixport-blockchain-professional-reveals-challenges-facing-legacy-stablecoins-and-development-of-defi/

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has shared its fifth annual Transparency Report. Coinbase says that its goal with the Transparency Report is “to provide customers with data about requests for their information that we receive from government agencies and law enforcement.

https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2023/11/217244-coinbase-transparency-report-united-states-remains-top-nation-with-highest-number-of-regulatory-information-requests/

In a recent turn of events, Changpeng Zhao, famously known as CZ Zhao, the former CEO of the world-renowned cryptocurrency exchange Binance, finds himself embroiled in legal proceedings in the United States. Following his admission of guilt in criminal charges, primarily centered around inadequate anti-money laundering measures and customer identification protocols at Binance, Zhao has encountered impediments to his travel plans.

https://thecurrencyanalytics.com/altcoins/binance-former-ceo-cz-zhao-faces-travel-restrictions-in-the-us-ahead-of-sentencing-82683.php

Here's a short list of what we're grateful for in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry this Thanksgiving.

https://dailycoin.com/crypto-2023-what-we-are-grateful-thanksgiving/

This week, Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao, acknowledged breaches of anti-money laundering and U.S. sanctions laws. As part of a settlement with the Justice and Treasury Departments and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Zhao will step down as CEO, contributing $50 million to the resolution in addition to Binance's $4.3 billion payment.

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/23/11/35924785/exclusive-after-binances-fall-from-grace-kevin-oleary-is-looking-to-abu-dhabi-for-crypto-i?utm_source=snapi

Major cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex Global has announced that it will be ceasing operations effective from the beginning of December.

https://beincrypto.com/bittrex-global-cease-operations/

We probably will never see another company quite like Binance. Crypto itself might be borderless, but crypto companies are not beyond the reach of US law.

https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/11/21/binances-cz-and-the-end-of-the-borderless-crypto-company/

The National Hockey League, the NHL Players' Association, and the NHL Alumni Association have collaborated with the non-fungible token (NFT) firm Sweet to introduce NHL Breakaway, a digital collectibles platform. The NHL says the collectibles enable fans globally to collect, gift, trade, and showcase highlights and significant moments from NHL history.

https://news.bitcoin.com/nhl-dives-into-nft-market-with-breakaway-platform-amidst-shifting-digital-collectible-trends/

European Union rules and guidelines for protecting the financial system from risks due to cryptocurrency transactions reportedly come with a loophole that enables banking institutions to circumvent certain safeguards, and these must be addressed immediately, according to the European Central Bank‘s chief supervisor Andrea Enria

https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2023/11/215999-european-union-loophole-might-allow-banks-to-circumvent-ecbs-crypto-supervision-banking-professional-claims/

On Nov. 14, U.S. Federal Judge Michael Kaplan gave a green light to cryptocurrency firms FTX and BlockFi to begin settlement discussions over a $1 billion dispute.

https://cryptoslate.com/court-greenlights-start-of-blockfi-ftx-settlement-discussions/