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Arbitrum Active Addresses Reach 1.09 Million, a 30-Day High
Transactions climbed far less than addresses on Oct. 28, while user-paid fees stayed close to the preceding week's median.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Shopify Takes Shop Pay Into AI Agents and Off-Platform Checkouts
Agents can pay at stores outside Shopify using single-use card credentials, without those retailers adding a new integration.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tokenized GOOGL Drops Nearly 12% Alongside After-Hours Stock Selloff
A Uniswap pool handled about $603,000 in five minutes as Alphabet-linked tokens repriced. The underlying shares also traded sharply lower after the regular close.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Singapore Police Report $2.7 Million in Tampered Ledger Wallet Losses
Police count at least two cases in a reporting window starting Sept. 10. Ledger's public alert came Oct. 9.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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zkLink Nova Bridge Exploit Drains About $779,000 in One Transaction
The main Ethereum escrow still showed an unpaused status after Blockaid warned that a forged batch root had enabled unauthorized withdrawals.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Allium Discloses Security Breach, Revokes API Keys
Core services are back online, but uploaded-data access remains disabled and gaps in some data feeds are still being filled.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Alipay Denies Supporting Crypto Trading After Peer's Beta Launch
Peer's website still displays Alipay as a payment method, while its buyer guide says the companies have no official partnership.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Core Patches Three Bugs, Including Non-Linux Node Crash
Fixes are available in four release branches, but 32-bit systems and FAT32 storage remain exposed to a separate, low-severity flaw.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Diva Cancels Mainnet Launch, Tells Early Stakers to Withdraw
The two pre-launch vaults show roughly 654.5 ETH in assets, while the shutdown statement offers no replacement DIVA distribution.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Peer Adds Alipay-Funded USDC Trading on Base in Beta
Buyers pay individual sellers in yuan, while Peer says it has no official partnership with Alipay.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Utah Brings Criminal Charges Against Kalshi and Its Co-Founders
The charging information lists 13 felony counts and one misdemeanor as the CFTC seeks to block Utah’s enforcement of gambling laws against federally regulated markets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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MEXC Sets France Exit Schedule as Brazil Licensing Deadline Nears
French users face phased trading restrictions and a March withdrawal cutoff. Brazil’s rules give existing providers that miss the filing deadline 30 days to stop services.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Privacy Pools v2 Brings Shielded Payments and Yield to BNB Chain
The deployment supports BNB and stablecoins including USDT, FDUSD and U, while private spending still requires 0xbow's deposit-screening approval.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aave Raises Bitcoin and Ether Collateral Borrowing Limits Across V3 and V4
Core WBTC and cbBTC borrowers gain about 11% more capacity against the same collateral, but drawing the new maximum leaves less room for a price drop.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Yield Basis Discloses Fee-Bypass Route, Proposes WETH Fix
The proposed policy adds a debt-ratio check for deposits alongside Pyth-linked swap fees. Yield Basis voting is scheduled to end Oct. 29.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Liquid Reserve Gap Falls to 550 BTC After 50 BTC Transfer
L-BTC reserve coverage reaches about 87.07%, while user swaps remain available and normal federation peg-outs remain restricted.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Fed Holds Rates at 3.75%-4% as Bitcoin Gives Back Brief Gain
Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack dissented in favor of a quarter-point increase, following September's unanimous rate hike.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Osmosis Restores AllBTC Backing With Seized Tokens and Community Funds
Community funds absorbed a 17.19 BTC-equivalent shortfall, while app deposits and withdrawals were still awaiting reopening.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Why a Liquidity Pool Can Earn Fees and Still Trail Holding
A hypothetical $200 position grows to $400 before fees, but unchanged holdings reach $500 at the same final prices.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Robinhood Adds Eight Stock and ETF Tokens to Its Chain
DefiLlama tracks $246.7 million in real-world assets deployed in DeFi on the network, where stock tokens already support trading and collateralized borrowing.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Pump.fun Sets Nov. 9 Start for Elysium Trading in Its App
The planned addition follows the app's live Hyperliquid perps rollout; Elysium is a separate rollup that settles to HyperEVM.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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US Sanctions Crypto Facilitators Linked to North Korean IT Worker Schemes
The new SDN entries identify eight distinct Ethereum and Tron addresses, including one listed under both Russian intermediaries.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kamino Opens USDC Loans Against Backpack Tokenized Stocks
Borrowers can access up to 40% of collateral value, while the market holds its last equity price outside US trading sessions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Euronext Restarts CoinShares’ Zcash ETP After Debut-Day Halt
The exchange cited securities-depository settlement requirements for the suspension, while CoinShares said settlement had nothing to do with the firm.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kraken to Cancel Orders on 176 Pairs in Synthetic Trading Shift
Replacement markets will charge taker fees even on limit orders, and customers must submit fresh orders after the migration.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tokenized Stock and ETF Roster: Ondo, DTCC and OKXICE
Ondo reports 15 tokens live on Robinhood Chain. This dated reference separates that roster from DTCC’s institutional tokenization scope and OKXICE’s proposed listings and disclosed objections.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Phantom Widens US Rollout of Kalshi Prediction Markets
Trading runs through verified Kalshi accounts, while the wallet’s regional guide excludes Michigan, Nevada and Washington.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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How Aave’s Variable Borrow Rate Changes an Existing USDT Loan
Aave’s Ethereum USDT curve now raises borrowing costs sooner as liquidity tightens. Existing debt keeps its accrued interest; a new rate changes how the balance grows from then on.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase Lists Ripple’s RLUSD With Transfers on Three Networks
Customers in supported regions can convert US dollars into RLUSD one-for-one. Access spans the retail app, Coinbase Exchange and Prime.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ethena Pay Rolls Out Earn+ With Up to 12% Target Rewards
The Upshift vault targets roughly 11 times leverage on Aave, with depositors bearing losses and an initial $4.5 million capacity limit.... Read the full story at The Defiant