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UK Court Rules Chinese Law Governs Victims’ Claims to 61,000 Bitcoin
The roughly $5.1 billion holding remains contested after victims lost their bid to rely on English law to establish ownership.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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MNX Launches Futures on AI Lab IPOs and Revenue
The contracts offer leveraged exposure rather than shares, with settlement tied to IPO filings, private-market valuations or revenue estimates.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Mezo Sets Oct. 13 Bridge-Out Deadline for swBTC and USDe
SolvBTC and xSolvBTC withdrawals will close Oct. 29. Deposits are already suspended for all four tokens.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Zest Sets Oct. 23 Deadline to Exit aeUSDC on Stacks Market V1
The lending protocol says Allbridge will end its aeUSDC bridge to Stacks on Nov. 3. Its one-transaction migration to V2 excludes aeUSDC.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Anza Sets Oct. 21 for Solana’s Alpenglow Mainnet Upgrade
The upgrade targets 150-millisecond finality, while validators and block-data providers face software changes before the switch.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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StarkWare Launches Shadow Accounts on Starknet
Apps can hold DeFi positions under separate, persistent identities, but balances, amounts and contract calls remain public.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Interactive Brokers Launches Ethereum Staking Through Zerohash
Eligible clients keep at least 70% of staking rewards under the broker’s agreement, while withdrawals remain subject to network waiting periods.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Trezor Shrinks Reseller Network After Hardware Wallet Supply-Chain Incidents
CryptoBilis is already off Trezor’s seller list. The company says the wider reduction is preventive and that it has no evidence its devices were compromised.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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DRW and Marex Execute Bond-Index Swap on Canton
The Derivnex trade links a shared contract record to licensed S&P benchmark data, with cash and collateral integration planned next.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Mysten Reports Sui's First Native Quantum-Safe Devnet Transaction
The devnet implementation adds ML-DSA-65 account signatures. Native mainnet support is targeted for Q1 2027, subject to audits and testnet feedback.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Metaplanet Plans ¥52 Billion Bond Sale to Refinance Bitcoin Loans
The company would replace some Bitcoin-collateralized borrowing with unsecured debt and devote up to ¥28.3 billion to share repurchases.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Autheo’s THEO Plunges 92% After Suspected Bridge Exploit on Base
Autheo urged users not to buy, sell or bridge THEO after a 19 million-token mint and subsequent sales on Base.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Karpelès Says Airport-Bought Ledger Flex Contained Spy Implant
Buyer Ben Yorke identified Metapod as the retailer. Ledger says verified fund losses in its investigation remain tied to CryptoBilis-sold wallets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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21Shares Lists Anthropic Synthetic ETP on Vienna MTF
CLAU holds FalconX notes tied to perpetual futures, with financing and funding costs on top of its 1% annual product fee.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Sanctioned A7 Announces USDT-to-SWIFT Payment Service
A7 International advertises a 0.3% fee and payouts in four currencies, but its public materials do not name the banks that would execute the transfers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger Says CryptoBilis-Sold Wallet Implants Transmit Recovery Phrases Over LTE
Ledger says the added hardware leaves the secure chip and operating system untouched. Its Genuine Check cannot rule out this kind of tampering.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Crypto Trader ‘Realist’ Reports Knifepoint Robbery at UK Home
The trader valued the robbery at about $800,000. Transaction records show the Solana address he identified received nearly 719,000 USDC, which later moved on.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Robinhood Reports $15B in Stock Token Trading as Chain Passes 100 Days
The company says its stock tokens have reached 200,000 holders, while Morpho’s dashboard shows about $1.1 billion deposited on the network.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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IMF Finds Most Tokenized Equity Trading Happens Outside Regular Hours
The fund says demand for round-the-clock access is real, but building deep, liquid and resilient markets remains a challenge.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Canton Records Over $155 Million in Q3 Fees, CertiK Says
The network burns Canton Coin to pay for services, while its recorded daily fee pace was below the 30-day snapshot Converge reported in June.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Citi Details Stablecoin Checkout With Coinbase and Fiat Payouts
The US-first expansion would let institutional merchants receive fiat without holding digital assets. General availability and supported tokens remain unspecified.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ontology Restarts Mainnet After Nearly 43-Hour Security Halt
Ontology says no funds were lost from the network itself, but its restart statement leaves losses at the unnamed ecosystem project unresolved.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Derive Proposes Treasury Funding for US-Regulated Derivatives Push
The Foundation would gain authority to pursue approvals and establish or acquire entities, but the proposal sets no spending amount or launch date.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Sui Backs DATA With $30 Million as Network Plans to Retire Its Chain
DATA balances are slated to carry over one-for-one onto Sui, but support for validator staking and smart contracts on the chain formerly known as Story will wind down.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Standard Chartered Launches RLUSD Custody Through Dubai Branch
A planned link with LMAX would let institutions use the stablecoin as collateral without transferring it to the trading venue.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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THORChain Fees Rebound but Remain 84% Below September Surge
The latest seven-day total is back above the pre-surge week, after fees plunged 91% in Oct. 2–8.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Pando Sets Oct. 13 Hong Kong Listing for Spot Solana ETF
The fund will charge a 0.60% annual management fee, adding another option alongside ChinaAMC’s Solana ETF, which held $8.58 million at the end of August.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SkyAI Sells Half Its SOL Treasury, Plans $201 Million Cash Buyback
The proposed $3-per-security offer targets 95% of eligible shares and warrants, with an expected condition that SOL’s closing price remains above $100 during the offer period.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Buyer Reports Second Tampered Ledger From MediaMarkt, Calls for Recall
Ledger Support still says confirmed cases involve CryptoBilis. The buyer named distributor Aqipa and said the second device is being sent to Ledger for analysis.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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USDGO Adds Solana Trading Liquidity Through Jupiter Lend and Fluid
Anchorage Digital Bank issues the OSL-branded stablecoin, which has about $1.29 billion in circulation. USDGO lending markets are planned next.... Read the full story at The Defiant