• IDEX is banning traders who reside in New York
• The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) approves Coinbase custody services for “institutions”
• HTC’s new blockchain smartphone
• Coinbase now supports USDC, a stablecoin
• Bakkt Bitcoin Futures will start trading on Dec. 12
• The ten days of Bitcoin’s history

China Update

• Bitmain officially released Overt Asicboost firmware for Antminer S9
• Star Xu and OkEx had a very hard time this week