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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
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Aave Lists December AUSD PT on Monad With 93% Borrowing Limit
The new reserve has filled its 30 million-token supply cap, with Aave displaying $29.67 million supplied.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aptos Reaffirms 210 Million APT Lock as Insider Unlock Cycle Nears End
The network's 2.1 billion APT cap, 2.6% staking reward rate and tenfold gas-fee increase are already live.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Gnosis Bridges Adopt Fast Confirmation for Ethereum Deposits
Users and apps need no changes, but the faster processing relies on different security guarantees from Ethereum finality.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Astroport Ends Tokenholder Governance on Neutron and Terra
Contributors will run the protocol through DAO DAO organizations, while vxASTRO holders retain the normal unlock process and ASTRO emissions go to zero.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Wallet Shifts 150 Million USDT From Aave to Spark Savings
Aave’s Ethereum USDT reserve showed $169.54 million in available liquidity on Oct. 8, after withdrawals coincided with double-digit borrowing rates.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Glassnode Co-Founder Counts 6.26 Million BTC With Exposed Public Keys
The exposed balance has risen by 222,000 BTC since May, while total Bitcoin supply grew by 64,000 BTC.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Cardano Foundation Spins Out Veridian With Tokenized Equity
The digital identity company plans to seek strategic partners and investors in 2027, while Foundation executives retain board roles.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Securitize Launches Tokenized Apple, Nvidia and Tesla Stocks on Solana
Eligible US and EU investors can access share-backed tokens through Securitize’s broker-dealer platform; trading on NYSE and OKXICE venues remains planned.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Hyperliquid Labs-Labeled Wallet Distributes $330 Million in HYPE
Five intermediary addresses forwarded the tokens to one wallet, which returned 1.25 million HYPE to staking.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Samsung Wallet to Add USDC on Sui in Late October
Bastion and Coinbase will custody the balances, while transfers to bank accounts in more than 60 countries will carry separate fees.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Justin Drake Urges 'Bunker Mode' Migration to Fresh Crypto Addresses
His personal warning about an AI-assisted cryptographic break drew pushback from Ledger’s CTO, who said a mass migration could cause costly mistakes.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Adds JPMorgan and Eli Lilly bStocks as Margin Collateral
Four equity-linked tokens join the collateral lineup, with 50% collateral ratios in Cross Margin and Portfolio Margin and a separate tiered schedule for Portfolio Margin Pro.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Holds Below $84,000 Cost-Basis Level as Only Nine of 125 Top Tokens Rise
Bitcoin fell through $84,000 in two legs, the first in the Asia session and the second at the U.S. open, and has not reclaimed it. A Bitfinex research note circulated hours earlier had called that level the market's largest cost-basis cluster. Funding rates sat near zero across OKX, Deribit and......
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Trader Frogman Drained of $4 Million on the First Morning of TOKEN2049
Onchain records show the tokens left his Solana wallet at 4:14 a.m. Singapore time and were sold in four equal lots over the nine minutes that followed. The trader says he has found no sign of a breach on his phone or email... Read the full story at The Defiant
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ZKsync Opens Prividium Core Code Under Apache 2.0
The Sept. 8 release keeps enterprise tools commercial. Matter Labs says the Bundesbank is testing a self-hosted deployment.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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GSR Commits $100 Million to Hare Vault Business
The first Aave-powered products will target stablecoins and tokenized gold, with outside investors expected to join GSR in the vaults. Opening dates are still to come.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Injective’s Meridian Upgrade Expands Controls for Tokenized Assets
The mainnet release begins private trading tests, while the broader CypherOS privacy platform is planned for a later chain upgrade.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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BitMine Will Stop Buying ETH at 5% of Supply, Tom Lee Says
The company reported 6,016,414 ETH as of Oct. 4, while Lee estimates roughly 100,000 tokens remain before it reaches the ceiling.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Hyperliquid Confirms Singapore Base but Says It Has No MAS License
The FT reports that people familiar with MAS's thinking consider the decentralized venue outside its jurisdiction. Singapore's rules distinguish crypto derivatives on approved exchanges from those offered elsewhere.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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NEAR Adds Robinhood Chain to Its Multichain App
ETH and USDG swaps use NEAR Intents to handle cross-chain routing, while bridge infrastructure still moves assets between networks.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Cardano's Programmable Token Standard Goes Live With Issuer Controls
Wallets, DEXs and lending protocols need integration changes to handle the assets, whose issuer-selected rules can permit freezes and forced transfers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coplan Stops Short of Mentioning a Polymarket Token at TOKEN2049
Traders read a Sunday post as a tease of POLY. Coplan described an onchain asset tied to the company's economics, named no structure and set no date... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Lido Unveils Morpho-Based Lending Protocol for Staking Loops
Lido Lend targets a fourth-quarter launch, with collateral screening and reliable exits among its design goals. DAO votes and technical disclosures are still ahead.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger Launches Wrapped-Bitcoin Loans Through Morpho
The wallet app defaults to 50% loan-to-value and charges a 1% borrowing fee, while pledged collateral remains subject to liquidation.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Moody's Rates Sky B3, Flagging Thin Capital Buffer
The stable-outlook rating puts Sky in Moody's speculative-grade category, with roughly $90 million in equity against $10 billion in managed assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Muneeb Ali Pledges IP Transfer to Stacks Endowment in CEO Plan
The Stacks Labs chief also promised a two-year roadmap covering Bitcoin privacy and post-quantum technology, plus a public holder call within 30 days.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Sinks Below $84,000 in Sudden Sell-Off
Coinbase recorded an $83,551 low, while Coinalyze showed $83 million in bitcoin long liquidations over 24 hours.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kalshi Launches US 500 Perpetual Future With No Expiration
The stock-index contract uses daily funding payments and futures-account collateral; Kalshi displayed maximum leverage of 15.3 times on launch day.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase Launches 15-Minute And Hourly Crypto Price Markets
Coinbase added short-dated up-or-down contracts on bitcoin, ether and eight other tokens to its prediction markets on Tuesday. Kalshi lists the contracts and already runs the same 15-minute markets on its own exchange.... Read the full story at The Defiant