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OneKey Cuts Off CryptoBilis, Offers Free Wallet Replacements
All OneKey models bought from the reseller between March 1 and Oct. 12 qualify, including used devices. Buyers must apply by Dec. 31.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Karpelès Flags Another Ledger Implant as Company Keeps CryptoBilis Warning
Ledger's security documentation says Genuine Check cannot detect spying implants that leave the secure chip intact, a limit affecting buyers beyond any one reseller.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitquery Says $10 Million Frozen in CryptoBilis-Linked Wallet Drains
The firm's $93.2 million loss estimate spans six chains, while Ledger's latest update offers no repayment plan for affected buyers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bybit Launches USDC-Funded Trading in More Than 1,000 US Stocks and ETFs
Alpaca executes trades and holds the underlying shares, giving eligible users a brokerage alternative to Bybit’s tokenized xStocks products.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Papertrade Trader Losses Reach $32.4 Million Two Days After Launch
The loss-funded venue booked more revenue than Pump.fun and Hyperliquid in the latest shared full-day data, while its house pool held about $4.27 million.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kraken Plans UAE Launch After Securing Full Dubai License
The planned rollout includes dirham deposits and withdrawals, AED trading pairs, staking and xStocks, with retail investors covered by Payward’s license.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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ESMA Calls for Noncompliant Stablecoin Wind-Down by Jan. 8
The regulator’s opinion includes custody and transfers, moving beyond earlier guidance that allowed those services to continue.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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CZ Alleges Hackers Bought CryptoBilis as Ledger Probes Wallet Drains
The reseller’s former founders say they handed over operations in March and that their acquisition agreement delayed a public announcement until mid-October.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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ENSv2 Activation Proposal Would Halt New ENSv1 Registrations
Existing .eth holders would have no migration deadline, while ENS Labs would hand its remaining ENSv2 admin roles to the DAO.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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STRK Gains 322% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
Starknet’s DeFi TVL rose about 5% over a slightly shorter period, while its proposed Layer 1 shift remains under discussion.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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AVAX Gains Nearly 50% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
The token retained its lead despite a 1.7% weekly decline, while Avalanche shortened the minimum commitment for validators during the period.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger User Reports Hardware Implant in Wallet Bought in Europe
Ledger says all confirmed cases tied to its October 9 fund-draining investigation involve Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis, which has halted hardware-wallet sales.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase Completes Deribit Integration for Institutional Traders
Former International Exchange clients gain Deribit's options suite and margin system, while US Prime options trading follows a separate rollout.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger Says All Confirmed Draining Cases Involve CryptoBilis-Sold Devices
The company says its direct sales channels are unaffected and reminds resellers never to restock returned products.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Liquid Bitcoin Redemptions Remain Frozen With 85.8% Reserve Coverage
The reserve gap is about 603 BTC. Liquid says peg-outs require full backing and completed security reviews before they can restart.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Papertrade Says It Is Tightening Trading Limits After Manipulation Allegations
The team says it is restricting exposure onchain and through relayers. Its statement does not confirm claims that a trader was blacklisted or prevented from closing positions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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PeckShield Traces $3.89 Million in Ledger Theft Funds to Binance Deposits
The reported Tron deposits offer investigators an exchange-account lead, but intermediary wallets handling other clients’ money complicate attribution.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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XRP Ledger Discloses Decade-Old Bug That Could Mint Trillions
The flaw was fixed in xrpld 3.4.1 on Sept. 25. Developers found no evidence it was exploited on a public network.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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US Bitcoin ETFs Shed $679 Million in Weekly Reversal
Withdrawals on Oct. 7–8 drove a $920 million swing from the preceding week, leaving the two-week flow total negative.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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COLDCARD Warns of Phishing Post on Its Official X Account
The company says it found no matching login record. A researcher found the fake migration site was built to collect wallet recovery phrases.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Filecoin Nears End of Six-Year Vesting, Removing 68 Million FIL in Annual Releases
At the latest mining pace, annualized additions from vesting and block rewards would fall from about 89 million FIL to 21 million. Storage-provider rewards continue.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Papertrade Faces Oracle-Manipulation Allegation as House Pool Shows $3.14 Million
The cited wallet showed about $1.73 million in realized trading gains on PaperDash. Papertrade’s loss-funded pool pays winners, with unpaid profits queued if cash runs short.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SUI Gains 54% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
Sui’s DeFi liquidity also expanded, but more slowly than its token price, while a recent pullback interrupted the rally.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Pump.fun to Tie Callout Rewards to Followers’ Profits
Low-cap token recommendations will earn less under changes starting with the Oct. 10 payout, co-founder Alon said.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Papertrade Traders Lose $18.2 Million as Staking Rewards Reach $12.6 Million
Reported staking rewards equaled about 69% of net trading losses, but the payouts redistribute money to PAPER stakers rather than reimburse each losing trader.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger Says Affected User’s Device Contained Hardware Implant
CryptoBilis has stopped selling all hardware wallet inventory pending the investigation, according to Ledger, widening an earlier pause request limited to Ledger devices.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Papertrade Shows $10.3 Million in Staker Rewards Hours After Launch
The 1000x-leverage venue’s dashboard showed roughly $5 million in its house pool and no queued payout debt as trading losses funded PAPER rewards.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Papertrade Draws Reported $3 Billion in Positions in First Hour
DefiLlama tracked $137.1 million in trader balances and house liquidity combined. Those funds are not all available to pay winning trades.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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StarkWare Calls Starknet L1 Shift Its 'Clearest Path Forward'
Starknet still settles on Ethereum, and its official account described an L1 move as 'a question, not a decision' a day earlier.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Wallet Linked to CryptoBilis Thefts Routes 464 ETH to Tornado Cash
Ethereum records show the money passed through an intermediary and four deposit wallets, while the source address retained about 700 ETH.... Read the full story at The Defiant