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PancakeSwap Opens 'The Flip' Vote With CAKE Supply Condition
The final plan retains CAKE buybacks from non-stablecoin protocol fees and phases a roughly 69% cut in effective daily emissions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bürgel Says PHP Exploits Are Circulating Ahead of Critical Patches
PHP’s fixes are scheduled for 10 a.m. ET; security advisories urge operators to restrict exposed services and prepare to patch immediately.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SlowMist Urges Crypto Platforms to Prepare for Critical PHP Fixes
PHP plans to publish patches at 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 21, with affected versions and technical details due alongside the release.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Pendle Daily Volume Hits $159 Million, Led by Ethereum
Ethereum accounted for $121.5 million of trading, while the protocol's locked value rose only modestly during the day.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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NEAR Opens Vote to Cut Token Issuance to 1.6%
HSP-029 would lower issuance over 24 months after a 90-day grace period, but validators must separately adopt a network upgrade.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Extended Plans Oct. 22 Settlement Move From Starknet to Arc
Extended says holders of more than $1 of USDT or wBTC in a sub-account must convert or withdraw to avoid forced closures, but its notices give conflicting deadlines.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ethereum Staking Hits Record 43.8 Million ETH, Bitwise Says
Ethereum's gross annualized staking yield fell to 2.63% from 2.81%, while Solana also saw more stake and lower returns.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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COMP Jumps 27%, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
COMP also led both benchmarks over seven and 28 days, while Compound’s total value locked remained below its late-September level.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Utah Sues Kalshi and Susquehanna Firms to Halt Alleged Illegal Betting
The state seeks injunctions, restitution and profits, alleging that market makers helped sustain wagering despite Kalshi’s federal court defeat.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Optimum Says Block Propagation Layer Is Live on Ethereum Mainnet
The MIT-incubated network says 16 node operators and about 1.4 million ETH in stake are running mump2p, with ether.fi making it standard across its validator set... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Starknet Foundation Launches Bramble Wallet With STRK20 Shielding
The Chrome-only wallet combines private balances, Ledger signing and multisig accounts, with a recovery phrase for backup.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Lulo Says Boost Deposits Face 6.4% Drawdown From Neutrl Exposure
Protected deposits are unaffected, Lulo says, while Neutrl's redemption contract offers 0.51 USDC per NUSD.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Celestia Activates Fibre, Opening Direct Validator Uploads for Rollups
The initial release allows 128 MiB blobs and 200 Fibre submissions per block, using smaller uploads and a slower block cadence than its terabit benchmark.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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1inch Winds Down Card, Urges Balance Withdrawals by Dec. 18
Existing cards and accounts remain accessible for now, but the issuer and provider—not 1inch—control when card functionality ends.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Sberbank Gains Russian Crypto Exchange Authorization Ahead of Planned December Launch
The bank plans to offer Bitcoin, Ether and USDT through its existing apps, while Russian rules impose testing and purchase limits on non-qualified investors.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Blockchain.com Launches Options Trading on Seven Cryptoassets
Buyers fund contracts in USDC and cannot exit before expiry. US and UK residents are among those excluded.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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MEXC to End Services for Users in Russia and Belarus
Affected customers will receive individual deadlines for closing positions and withdrawing assets. Users without a notice can continue subject to the exchange’s terms.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitget to Buy Licensed Thai Exchange From Japan's GMO Internet
The Japanese seller disclosed the deal to the Tokyo Stock Exchange four weeks ago, with the price withheld at the buyer's request... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Issuer Blacklists Recovered Nothing in 60 Crypto Exploits, Blockaid Finds
Victims got back $9.8 million of the $1.18 billion traced between January and August, and every dollar frozen or returned came through governance or validator action... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Walt Plans AI Perpetuals Trading Through Mira, ChatGPT and Claude
Order execution would be off by default, with AI agents restricted to a dedicated trading account that users choose to fund.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Liquid Says Bitcoin Swaps Are Restored While Peg-Outs Stay Frozen
Reserves still cover about 85.8% of outstanding L-BTC, leaving a roughly 603 BTC shortfall.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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France Moves Budget Vote Carrying Stablecoin Tax to Nov. 3
The proposal would end tax deferral on gains from swaps into single-currency stablecoins from January 2027. It remains subject to further parliamentary votes.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Revolut Disruption Hits Payments and Crypto Services
The company said customer money and data were safe, while sign-in and ATM withdrawals were also affected.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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FINMA Approves First Swiss Retail Bitcoin ETF
The regulator granted an exemption from diversification rules while requiring custody safeguards and clear warnings about volatility and losses.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Drift-Linked Wallet Sends $54.8 Million in ETH to Tornado Cash
Five Etherscan-labeled Drift exploiter wallets still hold about 84,164 ETH as recovery efforts continue after April’s attack.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SlowMist Says Qubic Wallet Keys Could Be Recovered From Six Network Samples
The 4.26.4 patch separates new account seeds from the exposed random stream but leaves header generation unchanged.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Lido Engineer Warns of Staking Deposit Hijack at Glamsterdam
The related consensus-specs issue was closed as ‘not planned’; its author points to pre-deposit checks as a defense.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ramp Seeks OCC Trust Bank Charter for Digital Asset Custody
The proposed bank would not take deposits or make commercial loans; Ramp says it would build products alongside its banking partners.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aster Sets PAPER Perp Delisting After Transferability Decision
Paragon had already halted its PAPER market and settled open positions at $0.026296 after Papertrade ruled out token transfers for now.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Super League Shareholders Back Metaplanet’s 2,100 BTC Investment
The gaming-media company plans to become Superplanet, a Nasdaq-listed US Bitcoin treasury platform, with closing expected in Q4 2026.... Read the full story at The Defiant