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Core Lightning Urges Upgrade to 26.06.10 to Patch Channel Flaws
The release addresses channel-balance risks and remote crashes; maintainers are withholding tests for the fixes to give node runners time to update.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Mercado Bitcoin Attacker Swaps Tokens for $10.55 Million in ETH, Arkham Says
Arkham traced $13.26 million leaving labelled wallets, while Mercado Bitcoin has raised its blocked-assets estimate to $12.9 million.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase, Kalshi Denied Shield From State Prediction-Market Enforcement
The Second Circuit denied interim protection in Connecticut and New York, but its order does not require trading to stop or existing positions to close.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Circle Payments Network Reaches $41.3 Billion Annualized Volume in Q3
Circle retained 52.4% of revenue and reserve income after distribution-related costs, but ARC token sales lifted that share. Its pending Tazapay acquisition would deepen local payout access.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Morgan Stanley Tokenizes US Stocks and Treasuries Through DTCC
The bank was among 20 participants signed up at launch. The service permits 24/7 token transfers only between registered wallets on the same blockchain.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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WLFI Slides 11% on Election Night, Lags Bitcoin’s Recovery
World Liberty’s token remained 5.1% below its early-evening level by 5 a.m. ET, while bitcoin had recovered its losses.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Hong Kong Passes Crypto Tax Reporting Bill for 2027 Start
Annual reports will link customer identities to fiat trades, token swaps and transfers, including withdrawals to external wallets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Apple Joins OKXICE Stock-Token Objectors as Total Reaches 59
Objections now cover 53 of the venue’s original 63 proposed stock symbols, leaving ten without a disclosed opt-out.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Democrats Win House, Gaining New Leverage Over Crypto Legislation
The incoming majority will control key House committees and oversight, while the CLARITY Act remains stalled at the Senate floor.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Block Reaches $964 Million DOJ Deal in Principle Over AML Lapses
Credits for prior regulatory resolutions would reduce the payment to about $764 million. Separately, bitcoin ecosystem gross profit fell 50%, primarily because of Cash App fee cuts.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Democrats Win Senate Control as CLARITY Act Remains Stalled
Elizabeth Warren is positioned to take over Banking, but the crypto market-structure bill is already awaiting floor action after a failed procedural vote.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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BitMart Founder Confirms Hack During Restructuring
Bitquery traced about $391,000 in outflows mostly from BitMart-linked wallets to an address used in the Mercado Bitcoin attack.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Solana Breaks Below $90 as Bitcoin Slides Under $76,000
SOL has lost about 24% in four weeks, more than double bitcoin's decline over the same window.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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THORChain Restarts Most Swaps, With 14 Nodes Yet to Upgrade
Cosmos Hub, BNB Smart Chain and Solana still have trading and outbound-signing restrictions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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South Korea’s Ruling Party Formally Seeks Crypto Tax Delay
Kim Min-seok wants a digital-asset framework enacted before taxation. A two-year postponement is under discussion, but the legal start date remains Jan. 1, 2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SEC Staff Grants Canton Coin No-Action Relief for Token Minting
The division views Canton Coin as a digital commodity, relying on its network utility and the absence of a controlling central party.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Justin Drake Targets December 2028 for Ethereum’s Post-Quantum Transition
The proposed fork sequence would accelerate work across three protocol layers, while migrating existing wallets remains a separate task.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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CFTC Chair Says Equity Perps Can Begin US Trading
Kraken responded with ‘coming soon 👀’ as Selig outlined access through futures exchanges also registered with the SEC.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Stellar's Bell Upgrade Goes Live on Testnet Ahead of Mainnet Vote
Wallets and indexers must update their software, while smart contracts gain optional post-quantum signature verification.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Sei's Autobahn Consensus Vote Clears Quorum
SIP-6 would let validators propose transactions simultaneously, but a public testnet and security audits must precede activation.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Cboe-Backed Group Sues CFTC Over Single-Stock Perps Approvals
The complaint targets Coinbase, Kalshi and Bitnomial and seeks emergency relief to prevent their contracts from being listed as security futures.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What Are Euro Stablecoins? EURC, EURR and Redemption Explained
Both tokens disclose a right to redeem at €1, but issuer accounts and exchange sales have separate access conditions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bullish Picks Solana, Aptos and Ethereum for Tokenized Shares
BLSH already trades in tokenized form on Solana; the announcement gave no launch dates for Aptos or Ethereum.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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THORChain Refused to Block the $387M Bitget Hacker. Here’s Why | Chad Barraford
Bitget lost $387.5 million in a hack and asked THORChain to block the attacker’s addresses. THORChain said no. Weeks later, Tether froze four THORChain vaults on Tron holding 1.45 million USDT, then unfroze them three hours later. And in May, THORChain itself lost $10.7 million to a GG20 flaw...
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GitBook Revokes All Personal API Tokens After Breach
The company says an attack used AI agents and may have exposed integration credentials and questions submitted by documentation visitors.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX Join Objections to OKX–ICE Tokenized Stocks
Disclosed opt-outs cover 50 of the venture’s 63 originally proposed symbols, leaving 13 without a published objection.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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BitGo Adds Stacks Bitcoin Staking in Qualified Custody
Eligible institutions must pair BTC with STX worth 5% of their Bitcoin position for roughly six-month bonds funded by Stacks miners.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Société Générale Accepts $10 Million in DTCC-Tokenized Treasuries as Collateral
The controlled Canton transaction used the bank’s existing collateral systems, while recurring movements and repo financing remain planned steps.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kalshi’s Tradable Midterms Index Settles to Pyth Values
The gauge combines 13 election events, with payouts tied to a time-weighted index reading rather than a race call.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Fake Job Interview Opened Path to $6.34 Billion Hack, Binance Says
Attackers used an internal AI tool to reach wallet engineers, while persistent onchain permissions complicated containment.... Read the full story at The Defiant