Must-reads for October 4, 2018: TD Ameritrade finds futures in crypto, Manhattan real estate goes blockchain, North Korean crypto hackers starve Canadians

Stock brokerage giant TD Ameritrade bets on a new cryptocurrency exchange (CNBC) TD Ameritrade is getting into the crypto trading business by investing in ErisX, a crypto spot and futures exchange. “The crypto exchange is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a prerequisite for investing, [head of TD’s futures and FX trading JB] Mackenzie said. Certain aspects of the ErisX offering are still pending regulatory approval, a TD Ameritrade spokesperson said,” reports CNBC’s Kate Rooney.   A First For Manhattan: $30M Real Estate Property Tokenized With Blockchain (Forbes) An East Village condo project is trying to get financing by turning to the Ethereum blockchain, because if there’s ever a…