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Binance Takeover Claim Recycles CZ's 2022 FTX Announcement
The post names no corporate buyer or deal document, while BNB was down 9.03% over 24 hours.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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CFTC Chair Calls Utah's Kalshi Prosecution 'Blatant Overreach'
A federal lawsuit seeks to block Utah enforcement, but the state has already won an initial ruling against the prediction market exchange.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase Beats Q3 Transaction Revenue Estimates as Crypto Gains Lift Profit
Average USDC in Coinbase products hit a record $22 billion; adjusted net income was $77.7 million, versus $719 million reported.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Base Sets November 5 for Denim's 200ms Mainnet Blocks
Flashblocks subscriptions and pending-state access will disappear, requiring developers and indexers to change their integrations.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase CEO Armstrong Adopts Plan to Sell Up to $1.31 Billion in Shares
Fred Ehrsam and Emilie Choi also adopted share-sale plans, with different trading windows extending into 2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Gains Drive Strategy's $20.9B Q3 Operating Profit
The company spent $2.04 billion buying back STRC through Oct. 25, while preferred dividends totaled $419.6 million in the quarter.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bubblemaps Traces $2.7 Million Outflow From Polymarket Breach
Trading is back online and Polymarket has pledged full reimbursement, while a trader cited in the tracing says he moved funds to safety.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Celestia Unveils Voyager for AI Payments, Citing 21 Million TPS Benchmark
The pre-production architecture expands Celestia Labs into execution, but its single-node benchmark is not a measure of live network throughput.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SEC Charges BG Wealth and DSJ Exchange in Alleged $130 Million Crypto Fraud
The agency says investors lost more than $100 million after the firms promised risk-free trading returns and used false filings to claim SEC approval.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Polymarket Says Issue Fixed, Pledges to Make Affected Users Whole
The platform blamed a compromised third-party provider but kept trading halted while it worked to restore service.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Grayscale's HYPG Offers Nasdaq-Listed HYPE Exposure and Staking
The fund began trading June 3, charges a 0.29% annual sponsor fee and held $186.9 million in assets as of Oct. 28.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Polymarket Halts Trading and Pauses Relayer Amid Incident
Existing orders can still be canceled, but new buy and sell orders are blocked. A trader reported an $800,000 account drain.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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India's ED Announces Searches in $524 Million Crypto Transfer Probe
The agency named Binance and Bybit as platforms used for alleged foreign payouts, without announcing charges against either exchange.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Polygon Extends Bank-to-Stablecoin Payment Stack to Solana
The rollout connects Solana wallets to bank funding and payouts, following Tron support and the completion of Polygon's Coinme acquisition.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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HTX Exits UK Following FCA Settlement
Existing customers cannot trade and must request approval for a one-time 48-hour withdrawal window, subject to sanctions controls.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Fluid Opens DEX v2 Beta With Custom Collateral and Debt Ranges
Governance set $50,000 borrowing ceilings per asset for the new Ethereum contracts, while pool creation remains restricted.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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IPX Announces Integration with Bridge, a Stripe Company, to Power Fiat On- and Off-Ramps on Its Tokenized IP Platform
Bridge virtual accounts on IPX will let creators and projects receive real-world revenue in USDC, enabling movement between bank accounts and smart contracts.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Canton Strategic Targets Monday Tokenized-Stock Debut on TSV
Fairmint will issue the shares and keep their official onchain ownership records as rival OKXICE faces 38 disclosed issuer objections.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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MetaMask Makes Stellar a Default Network on Mobile and Extension
Existing multichain accounts gain recovery-phrase-derived Stellar addresses, with support for XLM, USDC and Soroban tokens.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Chainlink Launches 24/7 RWA Pricing With Aave as Launch Partner
Off-hours prices draw on perpetual-futures venues, while Aave says the service is coming soon to stock-backed loans.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bank of England Proposes Tokenized Collateral Safeguards for Clearinghouses
Government bonds are a key example in the proposed guidance, while tokenized money market funds remain an area for further feedback. Responses are due Feb. 12, 2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Walmart Joins OKXICE Objectors as Issuer Total Reaches 38
Disclosed objections now cover 34 of the venue’s 63 originally proposed stock symbols, leaving 29 without one.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Walmart Blocks Third-Party Stock Tokens on Planned OKXICE Venue
The venue now lists 38 objectors, leaving 29 of its original 63 proposed symbols without disclosed objections.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Polymarket Probes Suspicious Israeli Election Trades
Some accounts collectively cashed out more than $100,000, Bloomberg reported. Polymarket’s rules allow wallet bans, legal action and law-enforcement referrals.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Uphold Launches RLUSD Earn With Up to 7% Variable APY
The Sentora-curated product routes deposits into DeFi lending, with assets moving off Uphold and withdrawals dependent on market liquidity.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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ICE Plans US-Regulated Hyperliquid Perps With TradeXYZ
ICE is taking a minority stake in TradeXYZ, with retail access planned through regulated futures brokers including its OKX joint venture.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Why More Crypto Can Mean Less Crypto Per Treasury Share
Selling new common shares above net asset value can increase assets per share. Selling below it can dilute holders even when crypto prices are unchanged.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SparkLend Has $11.95 Million in USDT Available as Utilization Holds Near 96%
Suppliers were earning about 6.9% APY, while borrowers faced roughly 7.70% APR after liquidity tightened earlier this week.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Westpac Sets A$10,000 Monthly Crypto Payment Cap From December
Exemptions and higher limits will not be available, while withdrawals from crypto exchanges into Westpac accounts are unchanged.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Wagyu Confirms Data Leak Exposing Monero Swap Records
Hudson Rock found 4,580 orders connecting public-chain deposit transactions, Monero destinations and client IP addresses.... Read the full story at The Defiant