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Russia Bars Self-Custody Withdrawals From Regulated Crypto Accounts
A separate restriction on direct crypto trades between individuals takes effect July 1, 2027, requiring residents to use authorized intermediaries.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Schwab Completes Retail Bitcoin and Ether Rollout, Begins Crypto Transfers
Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink are planned by year-end as CEO Rick Wurster points to crypto as a source of transaction-based revenue.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Holds Above $81,000 as Producer Prices Post Largest Jump Since 2022
Wholesale prices rose 1.3% in September, with energy accounting for more than 80% of the increase. Bitcoin rose less than half a percent over 24 hours through the first two hours of U.S. trading, and none of the five largest tokens moved more than 1% in either direction.... Read the full story at...
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Visa Direct Moves USDC Prefunding Into Production With Inyo Global
Eligible payment providers can fund cross-border payouts around the clock through the same Inyo APIs they already use.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Crypto.com Launches Predict Pro With Order Books and Sports Combos
The platform connects US traders to OG.com Markets and supports sports combinations of two to 20 predictions, with any losing leg making the entire combo a loss.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aztec Targets Full Post-Quantum Migration by End of 2030
The privacy Layer 2 plans hardened developer libraries in early 2027, while its full migration also depends on changes to Ethereum.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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OKX Opens Onchain Spot and Perps Beta With Simulated TradFi Trading
The points competition shares a 250,000 USDT reward pool with Outcomes. Funded trading is scheduled to follow after the contest ends.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tether Routed Payments to Hines's Firm During White House Tenure, WSJ Reports
The Journal says Nxum earned $6.3 million from the arrangement; a firm representative said Hines received no Tether-derived funds while in government.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tokenization Is About Much More Than Bringing Assets Onchain
Instant settlement, automated coupon payments and collateral that can be re-pledged in DeFi are what separate a tokenized asset from its offchain version.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Firelight Adds $30.5 Million of Cover to Kraken USDC Vault
Depositors face a $100,000 cap per address per coverage period, with payouts handled by Sentora rather than guaranteed by Kraken.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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US Wholesale Inflation Accelerates to 6.3% as Bitcoin Slips
Gasoline producer prices jumped 20.3% in September, while Polymarket traders put a 72.5% probability on the Fed holding rates at its next meeting.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Safe Launches Safenet Aegis Security Network on Three Chains
Checks cost 0.40 USDC, paid to security providers, while onchain enforcement requires enabling a Guard on the Safe account.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Stripe and Plasma to Develop Multi-Currency Stablecoin Cards
Plasma plans to move to Stripe’s card infrastructure, with direct euro spending among the capabilities under development.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger Blames Organized Group for Months-Long Wallet Tampering Campaign
The company is keeping devices off authorized resellers' displays and reiterating an existing ban on reselling returns.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Jupiter Launches Unaudited YOLO Beta With Up to 1,000x Leverage
Users trade against a house, and profits can be queued without a guaranteed payout time if its funds run low.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Starknet Puts Independent L1 Research to a Community Vote
The seven-day poll gives STRK stakers and delegators a say, but any transition away from Ethereum settlement would need a separate governance process.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Lido Adds Direct ETH Staking From Four Layer 2s to Its Interface
Users receive wstETH from local liquidity pools, while ETH is bridged to Ethereum for staking and the pools are replenished in the background.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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HashKey Chain Admin Moves 142,818 USDT With Temporary Contract Swap
The original deposit code was restored about six minutes later, but a three-of-five multisig retains immediate upgrade powers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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BVNK Launches Global Money Platform Linking Stablecoins to Mastercard Rails
Nuvei and Marqeta are among the first planned integrators; local-payout coverage is expected to expand in 2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ethereum HEX Sinks 31% After Reports of Richard Heart's Detention
A Uniswap pool handling about $703,000 in daily HEX trading held just $354,000 in liquidity, adding execution risk for sellers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger Wallet Tampering: What Is Confirmed and What Owners Should Know
Ledger tells CryptoBilis buyers to leave unused wallets uninitialized and move assets from already-set-up devices to a new device with a new recovery phrase.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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US Event-Contract Rules: What the CFTC Has Changed and What Remains Unresolved
A guide to the proposed swap definition, the adopted casino-wager exclusion and the court split over state gambling laws—and why each has a different legal effect.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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VanEck Seeks to Withdraw Lido Staked Ethereum ETF Filing
The proposed fund would have held stETH directly and offered brokerage-account exposure to Lido’s liquid-staking token. Its registration never became effective.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tempo Takes Zones Privacy System Into Production With Deel
Contractor balances and payout history stay out of public view, while Deel retains records for reconciliation and audit.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Algorand Marketing Chief Resigns After CEO and CTO Departures
Marc Vanlerberghe’s exit comes as new CEO William Herkelrath reviews initiatives and partnerships with the aim of making Algorand self-sustaining.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kraken Parent Payward Agrees to Buy Lithuania’s Saldo Bank
Saldo reported €196.9 million in assets at the end of June. The acquisition is expected to close in 2027, subject to regulatory approval.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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XLM Drops 4%, Lagging Bitcoin and Ether
Stellar announced native Chainlink data services for DeFi applications, while XLM’s seven-day loss reached 7.85%.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Specter Links ProveX’s January ETH Inflows to Earlier Heart-Linked Funds
The receiving address was published by Heart for a campaign that warned participants their coins could be sold and they would receive no benefit.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Rocket Pool Voters Back rETH Withdrawals, Keep 4 ETH Bonds
Voters chose random megapool exits and deferred an onchain governance expansion. The full Saturn 2 upgrade package still needs ratification.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bubblemaps Alleges Anglio-Linked Wallets Traded Ahead of Pump.fun Calls
The analytics firm estimates $50,000 in trading profits and $80,000 in callout rewards, as Pump.fun shifts payouts toward followers’ returns.... Read the full story at The Defiant