Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 24, 2021

With crypto markets dipping on news of China’s latest crypto crackdown, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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ABOUT

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Today’s Stories:

Bitcoin Drops $2K as China Declares Cryptocurrency-Related Business Illegal

Futures Drop with Cryptocurrencies Amid Crackdown: Markets Wrap

Stock Futures Weaken After Evergrande Payment Deadline Passes

“Reasonably good” September jobs starts Fed taper. Is another dud coming?

Supply-Chain Contracts Get Revamped After Covid-19 Disruptions

U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise; labor market recovery on track

U.S. household wealth rose to record $141.7 trillion in Q2, Fed says

Crowded National Parks Have Turned to Reservations. Some Are Considering Keeping Them.

Amazon Faces Headquarters Controversy—This Time in Africa

Australia should do more to contain housing bubble, climate change-IMF

Japan factory output seen down again in August on supply chain disruption: Reuters poll

Hours Before S. Korean Registration Deadline, Only 10 Exchanges Have Submitted Applications

Hong Kong-Based Crypto Unicorn Amber Group Eyes US Listing: Report

Italian Payments Giant Nexi Says It Is ‘Contributing’ to Design of Digital Euro

US House Passes National Defense Act Containing Crypto Provision, Awaits Senate Approval

Twitter to Add Bitcoin Lightning Tips, NFT Authentication

Strike App, Now Live in Twitter Tip Feature, Also Launches Bitcoin Payments API

Chaotic TIME Magazine NFT Launch Sends Gas Fees Spiraling

Featured Story: China Tightens Crypto Mining Crackdown, Bans Trading

This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust.

HOSTS

Adrian Blust

Associate Producer for CoinDesk, Adrian 'Doc' Blust, is an experienced Composer, Musician/DJ, fintech nerd, and Educator, with practice both in the field and in the studio. He currently is dedicated to the editing & production of the Markets Daily Crypto News Roundups with Adam B. Levine, focused on quick news feeds to help people get up to speed with the fast pace of crypto every morning. He also offers support in the production of other shows on CoinDesk’s diverse Podcast Network.

He holds BTC, ETH, and ADA above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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.