Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 29, 2020

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With bitcoin back in the drivers seat and the Filecoin launch fast approaching, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.

Today's stories:

Traders Rotate to Bitcoin Expecting a Quiet Q4 for Altcoins

Some traders anticipate the leading cryptocurrency to significantly outperforming the entire crypto market for at least the next several months.

Spadina Gives Ethereum 2.0 Developers a Three-Day Testnet

Ethereum testnet Spadina gives developers one more crack at practicing with Eth 2.0’s deposit contract before the real deal arrives.

California Governor Signs Law Bringing State 'New Tools' to Regulate Crypto

The now-renamed California department responsible for the regulation of financial services will soon have more powers to supervise the cryptocurrency industry.

Filecoin Confirms Long-Awaited Mainnet Launch for Next Month

Three years after its $257 million ICO, decentralized data storage provider Filecoin has said mainnet will go live in mid-October.

HOST

Adam B. Levine

Adam B. Levine joined CoinDesk in 2019 as the editor of its new audio and podcasts division. Previously, Adam founded the long-running Let's Talk Bitcoin! talk show with co-hosts Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos.

Finding early success with the show, Adam transformed the podcast's homepage into a full newsdesk and publishing platform, founding the LTB Network in January of 2014 to help broaden the conversation with new and different perspectives. In the Spring of that year, he would go on to launch the first and largest tokenized rewards program for creators and their audience. In what many have called an early influential version of "Steemit"; LTBCOIN, which was awarded to both content creators and members of the audience for participation was distributed until the LTBN was acquired by BTC, Inc. in January of 2017.

With the network launched and growing, in late 2014 Adam turned his attention to the practical challenges of administering the tokenized program and founded Tokenly, Inc. There, he led the development of early tokenized vending machines with Swapbot, tokenized identity solution Tokenpass, e-commerce with TokenMarkets.com and media with Token.fm. Adam owns some BTC, ETH and small positions in a number of other tokens.