<![CDATA[<figure class="image"><img src="https://cimg.co/news/124795/329651/adobestock-michal-steflovic-1.jpeg" srcset="https://cimg.co/news/124795/329651/responsive-images/adobestock-michal-steflovic-1___media_library_original_4500_2500.jpeg 4500w, https://cimg.co/news/124795/329651/responsive-images/adobestock-michal-steflovic-1___media_library_original_1200_667.jpeg 1200w, https://cimg.co/news/124795/329651/responsive-images/adobestock-michal-steflovic-1___media_library_original_900_500.jpeg 900w, https://cimg.co/news/124795/329651/responsive-images/adobestock-michal-steflovic-1___media_library_original_720_400.jpeg 720w, https://cimg.co/news/124795/329651/responsive-images/adobestock-michal-steflovic-1___media_library_original_600_333.jpeg 600w, https://cimg.co/news/124795/329651/responsive-images/adobestock-michal-steflovic-1___media_library_original_300_167.jpeg 300w" width="4500" class="content-img" alt=""><figcaption>Source: AdobeStock / Michal &Scaron;teflovi&#269;</figcaption></figure><p><i>Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news &ndash; investigating the stories flying under the radar of today&rsquo;s crypto news.</i><br>__________</p><h2 id="blockchain-news">Blockchain news</h2><ul><li><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/bnb-chain/"><strong>BNB Chain</strong></a> developers today announced the public launch of opBNB's mainnet, after processing more than 35 million transactions on-chain and with over 150 dapps deployed on the testnet. <a href="https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/bnb-chains-l2-opbnb-mainnet-goes-live/">Per</a> the blog post, opBNB is the <a href="https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/ethereum-layer-2-activity-near-all-time-high-l2s-become-the-new-norm.htm">layer 2</a> (L2) of the BNB Smart Chain, compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (<a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/evm/">EVM</a>) and built on the <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/optimism/"><strong>Optimism</strong></a> OP Stack. It moves transactions to L2, alleviating congestion and reducing transaction costs with an average gas fee of $0.005 and 4k TPS. opBNB is "designed to revolutionize blockchain technology by dramatically reducing gas fees, making blockchain accessible to all," it added.</li><li>Blockchain analytics firm <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/nansen/"><strong>Nansen</strong></a> introduced a new version of its platform, powered by <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/ai/">AI</a>. "The aim of this updated version is to enhance accessibility to <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/southeast-asias-super-app-grab-joins-web3-movement-introduces-blockchain-rewards.htm">blockchain</a> insights and facilitate well-informed decision-making through user-friendly navigation," the firm said. It added that Nansen is now equipped to address security concerns in the crypto space by identifying suspicious trades and monitoring wallet-to-wallet transfers. Nansen 2 has already attracted 200,000 users who signed up for Early Access in less than 24 hours, waiting for the official launch to get access, the announcement <a href="https://www.nansen.ai/post/introducing-nansen-2-the-most-powerful-version-of-nansen-yet">said</a>.</li></ul><h2 id="regulation-news">Regulation news</h2><ul><li>Technology company <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/ripple-ceo-advises-crypto-startups-avoid-us-suggests-jurisdictions-with-smart-policies.htm"><strong>Ripple</strong></a> will do 80% of hiring this year outside the US in the countries that offer more regulatory clarity, CEO Brad Garlinghouse <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Y2c7wbAEI">told</a> Bloomberg. He described the regulatory situation in the US as "super frustrating" and said: &ldquo;You see markets like we have here in <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/standard-chartereds-crypto-subsidiary-zodia-custody-launches-singapore.htm">Singapore</a>, certainly, even what we're seeing in <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/hong-kong-widens-testing-of-chinas-digital-yuan-additional-banks.htm">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/luno-exchange-temporarily-halt-certain-uk-client-investments-due-upcoming-fca-regulations.htm">the UK</a>, <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/dubai-crypto-exchange-bitoasis-secures-investment-from-jump-capital-wamda-heres-latest.htm">Dubai</a>, where the governments are partnering with the industry. And you're seeing leadership, providing clear rules, and you're seeing growth. And frankly, that's why Ripple is hiring there. 80% of our hiring this year will be outside the United States.&rdquo;</li></ul><h2 id="wallet-news">Wallet news</h2><ul><li><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/telegram/"><strong>Telegram</strong></a>, the popular chat app with 800 million monthly active users, and <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/ton-foundation-launches-25-million-accelerator-program-for-emerging-crypto-projects.htm"><strong>TON Foundation</strong></a> jointly announced a new self-custodial crypto wallet, called <strong>TON Space</strong>. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/13/telegram-ton-crypto-wallet/">According</a> to TechCrunch, the TON-based <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/wallet/">wallet</a> is the work of <strong>The Open Platform</strong> (TOP), which also includes a venture-building division, the <strong>TOP Labs</strong>. TON Space will be available to Telegram&rsquo;s global users starting in November, without the need for any wallet registration. The feature will not be available in certain jurisdictions for now, such as the <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/us-senator-says-lack-of-regulatory-clarity-driving-crypto-outside-us.htm">USA</a>.</li><li>The web platform <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/opera/"><strong>Opera</strong></a> unveiled a non-custodial <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/binance-drop-support-for-busd-stablecoin-by-2024.htm">stablecoin</a> wallet integrated into its mobile web browser, made available to its <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/africa/">African</a> user base. The <strong>MiniPay</strong> wallet is <a href="https://twitter.com/CeloOrg/status/1701877114302304718">built</a> on the <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/google-cloud-partners-with-celo-network-as-validator-facilitating-ethereum-layer-2-migration.htm"><strong>Celo</strong></a> blockchain, "to onboard millions of mobile users across Africa to Web3," <a href="https://twitter.com/CeloOrg/status/1701873293869957194">said</a> Celo, and added: "First launching in <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/nigerian-blockchain-association-knocks-central-bank-over-failure-implement-crypto-strategy.htm">Nigeria</a>, MiniPay is integrated w/ Opera Mini for dollar savings, fast txs &amp; low fees!"</li></ul><h2 id="investment-news">Investment news</h2><ul><li>Investment giant <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/wisdomtree/"><strong>WisdomTree</strong></a> released monthly metrics for August 2023, including assets under management (AUM) and flow data by asset class. It <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230912134654/en/WisdomTree-Reports-Monthly-Metrics-for-August-2023">reported</a> over $1.3 billion of net inflows in August, driven by robust flows into fixed income and all equity strategies, partially offset by weakness in commodity and currency flows; year-to-date net inflows eclipsing the $10 billion mark and driving a 19% annualized pace of organic growth relative to the company's publicly traded asset manager peers; and the equity strategies (both US and non-US) generating a combined 15.5% year-to-date annualized organic growth, including 29% annualized organic growth in non-US equity strategies.</li></ul>
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