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Papertrade Keeps PAPER Non-Transferable, Citing Perp Attack Risks
Holders who earned PAPER through trading losses can stake it for USDC distributions, but still have no date when they can transfer or sell their tokens.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Arcus Adds Stock Tokens and WETH as Perpetual Collateral
The early-access feature uses automatic USDG loans at 50% initial loan-to-value, with non-USDG deposits capped at $20,000 per account.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Sentora’s OUSD Lending Vault Holds $42.5 Million on Tempo
The Morpho vault lends against cbBTC collateral, but nearly all its assets remain idle rather than deployed into loans.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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France’s Stablecoin Swap Tax Faces Oct. 20 Budget Vote
Deputies approved the amendment by one vote. If enacted, it would end tax deferral for conversions into single-currency e-money tokens from January 2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Rain Says Western Union's Stablecard Is Live in 37 Markets
The USDPT-backed Visa card is getting a Money20/20 promotion offering up to $40 in purchase-only credits, subject to in-person signup and approval.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Pump.fun Adds Pre-IPO Tokens to Its Launch Pairings
The eight PreStocks assets offer economic exposure rather than shareholder rights and are unavailable to US persons.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Lighter Launches BTC and ETH Binary Options on Core
The Up/Down contracts pay winning shares 1 USDC and require full funding, with no leverage or liquidations.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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STRK Sinks 38% in a Week as Starknet Rally Reverses
Starknet’s DeFi TVL fell a smaller 5.3%, while voting on research into an independent Layer 1 remains open until Oct. 22.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Frax Announces Six-Currency FX Lineup on Aerodrome
The six Base pools held about $241,000 in liquidity and recorded roughly $20,000 in trading over 24 hours, according to GeckoTerminal data.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase Partners With Thunes for Bank and Mobile-Wallet Payouts
Coinbase will supply stablecoin infrastructure while Thunes adds local payout connections; the partners have not specified launch timing or markets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SharpLink Says It Deployed $400 Million Across Ether.fi and Lido
The company describes both allocations as deployed, following its August plan to stake $200 million through Lido and hold wstETH with Anchorage.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Maple’s SYRUP Slides 24% in a Week, Underperforming Bitcoin and Ether
Maple still has $2.71 billion in TVL, while September’s revenue-funded token buybacks doubled from August.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Visa and Mesh Plan Crypto Spending From Wallet Balances
Merchants would receive fiat through Visa payments, while Mesh handles conversion. Initial availability and participating platforms have yet to be announced.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Sparkassen Begin Bitcoin Trading Through DekaBank in Banking App
Deka lists five participating savings banks, with more than 230 expressing interest. Trades cost €0.99 plus a spread, and withdrawals are limited to approved custodians.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Echo Protocol Winds Down, Halting New Deposits and Borrowing
Withdrawals and repayments remain open, but the shutdown notice gives conflicting November deadlines before collateral liquidation.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SkyAI Sells Entire Solana Treasury, Launches $201 Million Tender
The company reports $223.8 million in cash and has dropped the offer’s SOL-price condition, while retaining a $3 share price challenged by Bastion Trading.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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THORChain Keeps ZEC Swaps Halted After Bug Triggers Vault Slash
Onchain records show about 140 RUNE deducted from 18 node accounts. The fix is scheduled for the v3.21 upgrade around Oct. 23.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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THORChain Targets Rujira Restart With v3.21 Exploit Fix
The upgrade targets block 28,366,100 around Oct. 23, while Rujira plans to request a conditional 24-hour liquidation grace period for borrowers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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JPMorgan Extends JPM Coin to Ethereum for Institutional Clients
The bank-issued dollar token remains restricted to approved counterparties, bringing permissioned bank money onto another public blockchain.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Qubic Halts Network After $1.3 Million Wallet Drain
Qubic says 87.1% of the drained QU remains immobilized on its network, while MEXC froze the account receiving the rest.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Cysic Halts Bridge After Unauthorized Mint of 10 Million CYS
About 2.8 million CYS remain frozen at the recipient address, while onchain records show some tokens were sold before the blacklist took effect.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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French Assembly Backs Tax on Crypto-to-Stablecoin Swaps by One Vote
The 2027 budget amendment would end tax deferral for swaps into single-currency stablecoins from January 1, but it is not yet law.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Injective Activates Fixed Gas Costs for Exchange Transactions
Traders and app developers can use published gas budgets for orders, cancellations, deposits and withdrawals instead of simulating each transaction.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Strive Prices $630 Million SATS Preferred Offering at $90
The $100 dividend base implies a 16.7% simple annual yield at the offer price, above SATA's initial 15%.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ether ETFs Lose $320 Million, Overtaking Bitcoin's Weekly Outflows
Five crypto ETF groups tracked by Farside lost $610.7 million during Oct. 12–16, while bitcoin withdrawals slowed 66% from the preceding week.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Strategy Slides 9.6% After MSCI Decision, Outpacing Bitcoin’s Drop
The company’s disclosed bitcoin holdings remained about $5.1 billion above cost. MSCI’s final affected-company list is due Nov. 11.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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DTCC Outlines 25-Security Tokenization Rollout on Canton and Besu
Tokens will be backed 1:1 by securities held at DTC, with Stellar and Circle’s Arc anticipated in 2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Celestia’s TIA Jumps 23% in a Day, Extending Four-Week Rally
Daily transaction fees rose to $158, but data posted to Celestia slipped on the latest complete day.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitget to End Services for Some Users, With Account-Specific Deadlines
The exchange's terms list Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan as prohibited jurisdictions, while an affected user reports an Oct. 21 deadline.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kevin Boon Succeeds Evan Cheng as Mysten Labs CEO
Cheng will remain CTO and personally lead a new AI business unit building agent infrastructure tied to Sui and Walrus.... Read the full story at The Defiant