Hello, ApolloXplorer!Have you seen today’s key headlines yet?<h2 id="header-0">#1.  Crypto Advocates to join Ooki defense</h2>A U.S. federal judge ruled that two groups of crypto advocates can join Ooki DAO in its defense against the U.S. CFTC.LeXpunK Army, a group of lawyers and software developers, and the DeFi Education Fund (DEF), a lobbyist group, can now file Amicus Briefs, or friends of the court briefs.The two groups had asked to join the case to argue that the CFTC should not be able to serve Ooki DAO members through a website help bot.Source: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/10/13/us-judge-allows-crypto-advocates-to-join-ooki-defense-against-cftc/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinDesk</a><h2 id="header-1">#2. Bittrex fined $53M</h2>Crypto exchange Bittrex has settled with the U.S. Treasury over allegations that it violated U.S. sanctions.Bittrex will pay $53 million in fines and penalties for violating the sanctions, reportedly between 2014 and 2017.The fine is a reduced amount taking into account mitigating factors.Source: <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/bittrex-fined-30m-for-sanctions-violations/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Crypto Briefing</a><h2 id="header-2">#3. October leads for month with most crypto stolen </h2>October is in the lead for the most crypto funds stolen in a month, according to new data from Chainalysis.There have been 11 different hacks totaling $718 million that have occurred just this month.Cross-chain bridges account for 82% of losses this month, including the recent BNB cross-chain bridge exploit and two others.Source: <a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/176824/hacktober-surprise-worst-month-in-worst-year-of-hacks-chainalysis-says" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Block</a><h2 id="header-3">#4. STEPN denies layoff reports</h2>“Move-to-earn” STEPN has reportedly laid off over 100 contract workers.However, the company stated that these are &#34;baseless claims that are factually inaccurate”, indicating that they have parted ways with inactive “volunteer MODs”.STEPN has seen a dropoff in daily active users, from 58,000 on June 21 to 5,800 on September 15, according to Dune Analytics data.Source: <a href="https://decrypt.co/111809/crypto-fitness-app-stepn-denies-layoff-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Decrypt</a><h2 id="header-4">#5. French police catch scammers with Twitter crypto sleuth&#39;s research</h2>French authorities have reportedly utilized research from pseudonymous blockchain sleuth ZachXBT to charge five people behind phishing scams.The alleged fraudsters had built a fake website service animating BAYC and MAYC NFTs.France’s national cyber unit told the AFP that it had observed an investigation from &#34;on-chain sleuth&#34; ZachXBT on Twitter, who had launched an investigation after requests from the victims.Source: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/french-police-use-twitter-crypto-sleuth-s-research-to-catch-scammers" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cointelegraph</a>--The ApolloX app is available on Apple Store or Google Play <a href="https://apollox.onelink.me/rf4R/newscryptowndl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.Stay up to date with ApolloX!<a href="https://t.me/apollox_com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Telegram</a> |<a href="https://twitter.com/ApolloX_com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Twitter</a> |<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ApolloXcom" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Facebook</a> |<a href="https://www.instagram.com/apollox_com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Instagram</a> | <a href="https://apollox.link/blog-discord" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Discord</a> | <a href="https://apollox.link/blog-APXNewsStation" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ApolloX News Station</a> | <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/profile/ApolloX" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CMC</a>

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