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CFTC Seeks Comment on Crypto Rulebook That Leaves Spot Exchanges to the States
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking covering retail crypto trading on margin, leverage or financing, and a new exchange registration category built for it. Chairman Michael Selig called it a federal option rather than a mandate. The notice......
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Treasury Drops Crypto Wallet Surveillance Rules
FinCEN withdrew the 2020 unhosted wallet reporting proposal and its 2023 finding that crypto mixing is a primary money laundering concern. The agency said it will keep monitoring mixers and may act again... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tim Draper's Firm Leads Strategic Round In Bitcoin Wallet Xverse
Trust Machines and Draper Dragon joined the round. Terms were not disclosed, and Xverse has not said what it raised or at what valuation.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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OKX And NYSE Owner's Venture Files To Trade 63 Tokenized Stocks Onchain
OKXICE told the SEC it will run tokenized equity trading through permissioned Uniswap v4 pools on X Layer. Cerebras has already filed an objection to being included.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Safe Investor Greenfield Files Swiss Regulatory Complaint Over Foundation Governance
Greenfield says it asked the Safe Ecosystem Foundation to remove Gnosis co-founder Stefan George from its board and add independent members, and that every request was rejected... Read the full story at The Defiant
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S&P Global Puts A Letter Grade On DeFi Lending Vaults
The Vault Risk Assessment scores a vault from AAA(v) to D(v), and the curator running it can cap the result. S&P has not assessed a vault yet.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Plume Opens Tokenized Vault Backed By Fidelity's Bond ETF
The nBND vault holds shares of an actively managed ETF rather than short-dated Treasuries, pushing onchain fixed income into credit and duration.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Hyperliquid’s USDC Yield Program Gets $14.6 Million for HYPE Buybacks
The first reserve-yield payment awaits transfer to the Assistance Fund, adding buyback funding tied to USDC balances rather than trading volume.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kalshi and Coinbase Win Partial Illinois Ruling on Sports Contracts
The judge found state licensing rules likely conflict with federal derivatives law, but left transaction fees unresolved and ordered the parties to propose injunction terms.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Arbitrum Pauses New Stylus Activations in Emergency Security Action
Active contracts can still run and renew, while a new BoLD guard could delay unconfirmed withdrawals if contradictory proofs are accepted.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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ICBA Sues OCC Over Crypto Trust Charters
The complaint targets Protego’s conditional approval and seeks to stop the agency from granting charters under its disputed rule and guidance.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ethereum Foundation Introduces zkAPI for Private API Payments
OA Chat supports the prepaid tool, which separates billing from requests but does not conceal prompts from AI providers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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IMF Approves $138 Million for El Salvador After Bitcoin Waiver
The fund still expects no further Bitcoin accumulation beyond documented donations and wants the state’s remaining Chivo exposure fully unwound.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Illinois Agrees to Six-Month Crypto Tax Delay, Subject to Court Approval
The levy would charge customers on asset value rather than gains, with draft rules covering paid custody, transfers and stablecoin settlement.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ripple and CSD BR Partner to Mirror Brazil's BTG Fund Records on XRP Ledger
The companies describe a live-transaction phase, with CSD BR retaining the official records for registration, deposit and settlement.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Centrifuge Confirms Three Tokenized Funds Are Live on Arc
JAAA, JTRSY and HYB span US Treasuries and credit, with direct fund access limited to non-US professional investors.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aave Labs Proposes Foundation to Bring Brand and IP Under DAO Oversight
Phase 1 would create a Cayman Islands entity and appoint independent officers; trademark, domain and codebase transfers would require later governance votes.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Circle Urges EU to Replace Stablecoin Bank-Deposit Mandates
The USDC issuer also wants to preserve cross-border co-issuance and create a recognition route for foreign stablecoins, while central banks demand stronger safeguards.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Chainalysis Links $387 Million Bitget Hack to North Korea
The firm says the theft pushes North Korea-linked crypto thefts above $1 billion in 2026, while onchain records show stolen XRP being swapped through THORChain.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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NEAR Intents GM Says $3.8 Million in Hack Funds Returned in Full
The published Bitcoin recovery wallet received about 34.59 BTC. The protocol had already pledged to compensate the lost funds in full.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Blast to Shut Down Layer 2, Citing Unsustainable Costs
About $63.5 million remains in Blast’s canonical bridge. Users have until Oct. 26 to withdraw through the normal interface, with contract-based withdrawals continuing afterward.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Visa Says Business Programs Drive About 17% of Stablecoin Card Volume
Payment volume across Visa’s stablecoin-linked cards grew nearly 200% year over year in its fiscal second quarter.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SMBC Nikko and Nethermind Plan Compliance Hooks for Uniswap Pools
An MOU with Uniswap Labs, Base and Nyx Foundation targets a Japan-focused DeFi gateway for completion by mid-2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kinetiq Ends kPoints With Paid Claim as KNTQ Drops 23%
Points holders have 10 days to buy from a 50 million-token allocation at $0.26 per KNTQ, potentially generating $13 million in gross proceeds.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Fiserv Launches Roughrider Coin Settlement on Solana
VersaBank issues the bank-only token, which Fiserv says serves a North Dakota network of more than 90 banks and credit unions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Shevchenko Gives NEAR Intents Attacker 48 Hours
The general manager of NEAR Intents said the attacker who drained a preliminary $3.8 million has been identified, and posted three addresses for the money's return. None had received the funds as of early Oct. 2.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SEC Proposes Crypto Self-Custody Route for Investment Advisers
The proposal also sets conditions for state trust company custody, with public comments due 60 days after Federal Register publication.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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US Sanctions A7 Network, Proposes Ban on Sub-Agent Payments
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Russia-linked A7 Network as a significant transnational criminal organization on Oct. 1, saying it helped Iran evade sanctions. Alongside the designation, its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed barring U.S. financial institutions from handling......
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Stablecoin Treasury Growth Partly Offsets China’s Retreat, SF Fed Study Finds
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OpenZeppelin and T-REX Network Introduce new Framework for Regulated Token Eligibility and Recovery
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