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Mercado Bitcoin Keeps Withdrawals Suspended, Identifies Incident Wallets
The exchange says customers suffered no losses. Its latest disclosure links the incident to destination wallets receiving bitcoin, ether and other assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Sees $5.14 Billion in Daily Net Outflows After Withdrawal Restart
Weekly net outflows reached nearly $14 billion, while the next nine venues by tracked assets recorded $507 million in combined daily net inflows.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Crypto Treasury Stocks: How mNAV and Dilution Affect Value
A bigger bitcoin or ether treasury need not mean more crypto per share—or a positive stock return. Strategy’s disclosures show why the valuation formula matters.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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XRP Ledger Token-Permission Fix Heads for Wednesday Activation
The amendment has 33 of 35 trusted validators behind it. Separate proposals to block unapproved token holders remain under review.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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ZachXBT Flags Suspected $106 Million-Plus Theft From EU Entity
The investigator says funds withdrawn from multiple exchange accounts were being swapped into ETH and routed through instant exchanges, Monero and cross-chain bridges.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Core Fork Recovers 68.15 Million CORE After b14g Hack
The recovery covers about 70% of affected tokens, but users have not been repaid and no claims process is open.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Standard Chartered Launches 24/7 Tokenized Deposits in Hong Kong
China AMC, Finloop and PantherTrade have already executed live tokenized-deposit and money-market-fund transactions, the bank says.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase Opens Deribit-Powered Perpetuals to AI Agents
The global offering requires eligible non-US accounts and derivatives onboarding; trade approvals depend on the connected AI app.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Elliptic Flags First Bitcoin Mixing of Binance Hack Proceeds
The analytics firm traced roughly 12,000 wallets across 11 blockchains and put remaining linked balances at $3.24 billion.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Visa Stablecoin Payments Explained: Settlement, Spending and Payouts
A shopper can spend a stablecoin balance while the merchant receives ordinary money. That is different from using stablecoins to settle between institutions or fund payouts.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ether.fi Explained: Staking, Vaults, Borrowing and Cash
Staking tokens, managed-vault shares and collateral-backed loans carry different exposures. Cash adds card access, subject to identity and geographic checks.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Swell Opens Ethereum Claims for Tokens Stranded by Swellchain Shutdown
The project reported recovering 72.77 million SWELL, 100.99 swETH and 55.28 rswETH through a temporary BNB Chain bridge route.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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USDY, OUSG and Ondo Stock Tokens Compared
The products offer different claims on traditional assets. A market purchase does not establish that the buyer can redeem directly with the issuer.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What Is Kinexys? A Guide to J.P. Morgan’s Blockchain Accounts and JPM Coin
Blockchain Deposit Accounts support bank payments in eight currencies. JPM Coin takes dollar deposits onto public blockchains, but participation remains restricted.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What Does Securitize Do? A Guide to Its Fund Services
Separate affiliates handle ownership records, distribution, trading, administration and investment advice. BlackRock’s BUIDL illustrates how those services fit around a fund’s own manager and exit terms.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Jupiter Lend Explained: Deposits, Borrowing and Withdrawals
Earn lenders hold deposit receipts, while Borrow and Multiply users have collateral-backed debt positions. Available cash and withdrawal rules determine immediate exit access.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Canton Explained: How Privacy, Access and Settlement Work
Participant nodes check the transactions involving their users. Shared infrastructure coordinates the outcome, while banks and trading venues set separate product-access rules.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What Is Hyperliquid? A Guide to HyperCore, HyperEVM and Builder Markets
HyperCore handles trading, HyperEVM runs applications, and independent market deployers set product rules. Their collateral and withdrawal dependencies differ.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What Is Chainlink CCIP? Tokens, Messages and Cross-Chain Completion
A successful send is only the beginning: destination delivery depends on verification, finality settings and execution. Price data is a separate Chainlink service.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Curve Explained: Stablecoin Pools, LP Exposure and Lending
An LP token represents a share of a changing asset mix. Trading fees, token incentives and lending interest come from different sources.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Restores USD Withdrawals as Post-Hack Reopening Expands
The exchange says all 15 initial crypto network groups have reopened, but withdrawals for several other tokens remain suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Attacker Splits $292 Million in XRP Across Six Wallets
The six recipients showed no outgoing payments, but native XRP cannot be frozen by Ripple, leaving exchanges as a potential interception point.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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BTCPay Links Hot-Wallet Drains to Versions 2.4.1 and Older
The team urges operators to update and says it has no credible reports of drains on the latest 2.4.7 release.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ethena Explained: USDe, sUSDe, Rewards and Exit Routes
Direct issuer redemption is restricted, while sUSDe unstaking returns USDe—not dollars in a bank account.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Anza Urges Solana Validators to Act on Critical Linux Flaw
Ubuntu operators were told to filter incoming traffic and disable two networking features while awaiting a fixed kernel.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Maple’s syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT Explained: Returns, Risks and Exits
Pool withdrawals depend on available liquidity and have no guaranteed deadline. Selling a token on an exchange is a different exit, at a market-determined price.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Institutional Crypto Custody: A Guide to Roles and Control
Keeping tokens with a bank does not rule out pledging them for a loan. Separate safekeeping, signing permissions and authority to sell collateral before comparing services.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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BTCPay Server Urges Shutdown After Reports of Hot-Wallet Sweeps
Operators were told to run ./btcpay-down.sh while the project investigates. The alert did not identify affected versions or announce a patch.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What Is RLUSD? Ripple’s Stablecoin Backing and Redemption Explained
Direct dollar redemption requires an approved customer relationship. Exchange sales and Earn lending deposits follow different rules.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Posts $4.54 Billion Net Outflow as Tracked Rivals Gain $564 Million
OKX led gains among 10 large tracked rivals, but exchange-wide net flows do not reveal how much Binance customers moved into self-custody.... Read the full story at The Defiant