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Papertrade Sets 1000x Perps Launch With $85 Million Deposited
Trading is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 10. User deposits are separate from the house-side pool, which starts at zero and grows from traders’ losses.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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AERO Rallies 48% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
Aerodrome holds about $393 million on Base as its planned merger with Velodrome approaches.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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$3.55 Million in Unclaimed Bridge Funds Moved via EIP-7702
The transactions used valid account authorizations, but BlockSec says they do not establish whether the wallet owner knowingly approved the transfers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger Theft Funds Shift Into USDD, Beyond Tether’s Freeze Controls
Tron records show a 2 million USDT conversion through USDD’s stability module; Bitquery estimates Tether froze $10 million across the wider theft cluster.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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STRK Jumps 30% as Starknet Weighs Layer 1 Shift
The token’s rally outpaced bitcoin and ether, while daily trading on Starknet’s decentralized exchanges rose to about $33.7 million.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase and Gennius Plan ONED Stablecoin Access Through Latin American Banks
The Argentina-first initiative would let customers convert eligible deposits into ONED USD, transfer it around the clock and spend through Visa.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kalshi Probes Bets on Trump’s Press Secretary Pick, WSJ Reports
Three wagers costing about $19, $74 and $80 preceded reports of Katie Zacharia’s selection. The contract has settled Yes, but individual withdrawal restrictions remain unclear.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aero Sets Oct. 21 Merger Launch and Token Conversion Terms
AERO converts one-for-one and VELO at roughly 0.044 new AERO per token; existing locks keep their remaining duration.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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CFTC Proposes Explicit Swap Status for Event Contracts
The agency says existing exchange and trader duties would stay intact, while a separate rule excludes qualifying casino-style wagers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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CFTC Excludes Casino-Style Wagers From Swap Definition
The agency bypassed a proposal, citing threats to prediction markets, but says the measure changes no existing compliance obligations.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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NEAR Gains 83% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
A draft plan would lower maximum annual issuance from 2.5% to 1.6%, reducing both dilution and staking rewards.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Telegram Rolls Out Money Wallet for Gram Transfers and Collectibles
The Money section appears after an incoming transfer, according to Walt, the separate service formerly known as Wallet.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ostium Proposes Equity Stakes For Hacked Liquidity Providers
Stage 2 pairs a pro-rata claim on recovered funds and half of Ostium's opening fees with an optional equity allocation priced at the company's next round. The percentages are still unset, and holders have until Oct. 30 to elect.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tether Freezes USDT Linked to Ledger User Thefts, MistTrack Says
MistTrack puts reported losses near $90 million as Ledger asks reseller CryptoBilis to halt device sales and shipments.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tether Unfreezes Four THORChain Vaults Three Hours After Blacklisting 1.45 Million USDT
The four Tron addresses came off the USDT blacklist at 15:30 UTC with their balances intact, and THORChain has restarted Tron trading, deposits and signing. The 19 other wallets frozen in the same sweep are still blacklisted.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Mashinsky Accepts Lifetime Industry Ban and Up to $35 Million in Conditional Payments
The New York settlement ties the money to federal forfeiture and prison-sentence conditions, adding to existing FTC and CFTC restrictions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Franklin Templeton and Animoca Plan Broader Asset Lineup for NUVA
NUVA launched on Ethereum in May with vaults tied to YLDS and home-equity credit. The partners also plan to explore tokenized cultural assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger Asks CryptoBilis to Halt Sales Amid Reports of Lost Funds
Buyers from the past 90 days were urged to delay setup or consider moving assets to a new Ledger device with a new seed.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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LiquidAcre Selects Uphold to Power Digital Asset Infrastructure and Future Tokenized Real Estate Offerings
LiquidAcre, a financial technology company building a platform designed to expand access to real-world assets and digital financial services, has selected Uphold to power trading, custody, KYC, among other services to fulfill part of the infrastructure for tokenized real estate.... Read the full...
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Solana Schedules Final Cut to 200-Millisecond Slots
Per-block computing limits shrink to preserve overall capacity, while validators face more frequent voting and shorter production windows.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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DTC Seeks to Cut Share-Registration Transfers From Days to Minutes
The proposed DRS overhaul would replace batch processing with APIs and automate a transfer step, while still requiring transfer-agent approval.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase Cryptographer Calls Drake's 'Bunker Mode' Warning 'The Very Definition of FUD'
Vitalik Buterin said the risk from AI-accelerated math is real but pointed it at lattices rather than elliptic curves. A former Ethereum Foundation researcher said bunker mode would not help if the curves actually broke... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Netflix’s FTX Love Story Trailer Draws Mockery on Crypto X
Netflix’s synopsis for “The Altruists” calls it “a toxic love story inspired by a real fraud.” The trailer drew 4.2 million views in seven hours, and the most-shared replies from crypto accounts went at the casting and the accuracy.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ondo Opens Trading in OpenAI-Linked Private-Market Note
OPAIPon displayed a $1,132 price and a 0.49% spread on launch day. Access is restricted to qualifying non-US investors.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Polkadot Launches USDT-Backed dotUSD Under OpenGov
The stablecoin has about 2.77 million tokens in total supply, while DOT-backed borrowing is planned for a later phase.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Rebounds Above $81,000 After Trump Rules Out Iran Strikes Before Midterms
Crude retreated around the president's statement, but bitcoin remained down 1.9% over 24 hours in late trading.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Abstract's ETH Withdrawals Depend on Operators Ahead of Dec. 15 Shutdown
L2BEAT data showed about $17.1 million in canonically bridged ETH; the wind-down plan sets out no independent exit after Dec. 15.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kyrgyzstan Winds Down Gold-Backed USDKG After UK Sanctions
Holders can request fiat or USDT as the project prepares to retire its tokens, but the shutdown documents leave the gold reserves’ disposition unspecified.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Starknet Weighs Layer 1 Shift to Pursue Quantum Security by 2027
An independent chain would let Starknet control security upgrades rather than wait for Ethereum, says StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Standard Chartered Plans Digital Asset Custody in Singapore
The proposed service would extend a custody network spanning the UAE, Luxembourg and Hong Kong. The bank has not announced a launch date.... Read the full story at The Defiant