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Lighter Adds weETH as Perpetual Futures Collateral
Lighter counts 70% of weETH’s index value toward trading margin and caps platform-wide collateral supply at 1,000 weETH.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Agora Freezes AUSD Account Linked to Initia Exploit
Agora says it has no contracts on Initia; the targeted Ethereum account had already swapped 1.4 million AUSD for ETH.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Initia Halts L1 and Rollups After Reported Mint Exploit
Analyst Spreek estimated $2.6 million had been cashed out; Ethereum records show stablecoin swaps and a later 1,135.5 ETH transfer.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Extended Plans November XTEN Launch With 30% for Points Users
Eligible participants will receive tokens in self-hosted Arc wallets. Full tokenomics will follow a MiCA white paper expected on Oct. 31.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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China Sets 2030 Target for National Blockchain Network
The plan prioritizes trade and finance in the Yangtze River Delta and industrial applications in Chengdu-Chongqing, alongside continuing restrictions on crypto business.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SEC Adds Tokenization to 2027 Examination Priorities
Clearing agencies and entities covered by Regulation SCI face explicit tokenization scrutiny, while transfer-agent technology reviews continue from 2026.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Succinct Patches SP1 Bug That Could Let Invalid Proofs Pass
The flaw affected native Rust verification in versions 6.0.0–6.8.0. Onchain Groth16 and Plonk verification through Solidity verifiers was unaffected.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Socket Finds 16 Fake Rabby and OKX Wallet Extensions on Firefox
Mozilla had unpublished the add-ons by Oct. 5, the security firm says. Removing them does not secure wallets whose recovery phrases were exposed.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Base Active Addresses Jump Another 50% as Transactions and Fees Fall
Transactions fell 8.7% and dollar-denominated user fees dropped 20% on Oct. 22 as a GMGN trading competition continued.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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CoinDCX Acknowledges Wallet-Sweeping Losses After Denying New Breach
The exchange says affected deposits were credited, but has not disclosed the size of its losses.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Swell Pauses swETH and rswETH Deposits and Withdrawals
The protocol says it must correct NAV before reopening, while onchain controls now block withdrawal requests and ETH claims.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Malaysia and Thailand Join Singapore’s BLOOM Digital-Money Initiative
The expanded participant group includes Visa, Mastercard and the World Bank Group, with work focused on cross-border settlement frameworks and interoperability.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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UAE-Led Scam Crackdown Identifies Over $39 Billion in Funds and Crypto
Operation Confrontation Ghost reported more than 960 arrests and raids on 29 fraud centers; participating countries are working toward asset recovery.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin and Ethereum Take Different Paths to Post-Quantum Wallets
Ethereum contracts can verify alternative signatures today, but protecting existing accounts requires more than adding a new signer. Bitcoin’s P2MR proposal does not itself add post-quantum signatures.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Uniswap Swap Costs: What Reduces Your Output and What Is Paid Separately
A historical ETH-to-USDC receipt shows how deductions reconcile. UniswapX handles network costs differently from a classic pool swap.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Robinhood vs. Securitize: Stock Token Access Compared
Robinhood’s wallet product advertises 24/7 trading; Securitize advertises 24/5, while its NYSE and OKXICE connections remain planned.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Blumenthal Seeks Records on Tether Payments to Bo Hines's Firm
The senator asked Tether and Nxum to provide payment records, crypto wallet addresses and lobbying communications by Nov. 3.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Circle Opens USDC Auctions That Pay Minters a Rebate
Hourly Match auctions pass the redemption clearing fee to minters, with charges capped at Circle’s Express rate.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Interpol Cybercrime Sweep Recovers Over $105 Million, Nets 1,462 Arrests
Angolan authorities seized more than 2,000 crypto-mining devices; a Nigerian probe traced more than $2.4 million in suspected fraud proceeds.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aztec Announces V6 Approval While Governance Dashboard Still Shows Voting Open
The proposed upgrade speeds Ethereum-to-Aztec messaging and funds 30 days of V5 operation during migration; the dashboard lists October 26 for execution.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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JPMorgan Brings MONY and JLTXX Tokenized Funds to Solana
Qualified US investors can use Morgan Money to access both a private-placement fund and a registered government fund designed for stablecoin reserves.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tether-Backed Utexo Sets November 28 Launch for Bridged USDT on Bitcoin
Professional operators can now test the RGB-based token on Bitcoin Signet. Its backing will sit in USDT0 locked on Arbitrum.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Pump.fun Adds Take-Profit and Stop-Loss Orders for EVM Trades
The rollout extends tools available on Solana since September to Robinhood, BSC, Base, HyperEVM, Arc and Ink.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Lightning Labs Urges Immediate Updates Over Certificate Vulnerability
New binaries block trust in compromised eMudhra certificate keys. Updating Go on a host alone does not patch software already installed.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Falls 3.7% to Test $81,500 ETF Cost Basis
Glassnode’s estimated ETF holding cost, last dated Oct. 19, has acted as support in October after capping bitcoin’s May rally.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ethereum Developers Cancel Oct. 26 Glamsterdam Upgrade on Hoodi
Node operators are being told to use software without the scheduled fork, while mainnet activation remains undecided.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kraken Says Its xStocks Lineup Now Exceeds 1,000
Kraken's September FAQ listed 131 instruments. The tokens offer equity price exposure without shareholder rights, and US persons remain excluded.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Visa in Talks to Buy Fireblocks for About $2.5 Billion: Axios
The reported negotiations follow Mastercard’s completed acquisition of BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure deal priced at up to $1.8 billion.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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A16z Crypto Plans ‘Frontier’ Rebrand and Broader Strategy: Report
General partner Ali Yahya is also reportedly leaving to build a startup, months after the team announced a $2.2 billion fifth fund.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Starknet Poll Backs Post-Quantum Layer 1 Research With 93.52% Support
The non-binding vote does not approve a network transition. StarkWare hopes to release a draft whitepaper in November.... Read the full story at The Defiant