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THORChain Co-Founder Cites Public Data After FBI Binance Blocking Appeal
The FBI explicitly named THORNode operators in its appeal. The protocol’s controls allow broad trading halts, which also interrupt other users.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Pump.fun Cuts Referral Share to 37.5% as 4x Boost Ends
Creators will earn 62.5% less from the same referral fees, while the platform says it will keep distributing all app revenue through rewards.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Threshold Says tBTC Operators Patched or Went Offline Over Linux Flaw
Threshold also disclosed a separate incident that drained about 0.5 ETH from an operator’s fee-paying account. Aave’s frozen Ethereum Core reserve holds about $136.3 million of tBTC.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Solana Mobile Says Fake 'SKR Claim' App Reached Store Spotlight
The company says it patched a bug allowing links to apps that were not fully published and is removing the malicious app from affected devices.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Analyst Traces $140 Million in Binance Loot Through Four Tron Exit Routes
SomaXBT’s breakdown focuses on assets left unfrozen on Tron. The FBI’s Oct. 31 blocking request explicitly includes THORChain node operators and downstream funds.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Election Market Odds vs. Polls: What a 70% Chance Means
The last trade can differ from the price available now, while a favorite losing is only one observation—not a verdict on a forecast’s reliability.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance-Hack Launderers Reach Solana After Draining $500 Million on Tron, Chainalysis Says
The firm says the Tron operation spanned more than 1,000 addresses and over 3,000 deposits before funds dispersed across chains.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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OKXICE Stock-Token Objections Reach 50, Including Nvidia
Disclosed objections cover 44 of the venue’s original 63 proposed stock symbols, leaving 19 without a disclosed opt-out.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Swell Lifts swETH and rswETH Withdrawal Pauses After Rate Reset
Swell promises compensation within a week for deposits made at inflated rates, but both tokens’ direct-deposit controls still show a pause.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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DeFi Fees, Revenue and Holder Payouts: How the Money Flows
Buybacks and burns can count as holder revenue without putting cash in a wallet. A worked example separates those flows from treasury income and staking payouts.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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How Pendle Principal Tokens Turn a Discount Into a Maturity Return
An early sale replaces the maturity payoff with a market price. A worked example separates annualized yield, redemption units and costs.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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How Staking Rewards Change Token Holdings and Supply Share
In a hypothetical year, a 9% net token reward produces a 3.81% gain in supply share when total supply grows 5%. Dollar returns depend on price.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What Happens When a Uniswap v3 Position Goes Out of Range?
An ETH/USDC worked example tracks token balances, fees and the holding benchmark—and shows why opening a new range does not reset cumulative returns.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What Are Perpetual Funding Rates? A Worked SEI Example
In a hypothetical SEI ledger, a $30 funding transfer equals 0.75% of one trader’s starting collateral and 0.375% of the other’s.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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How to Read Kraken’s Proof of Reserves—and Its Limits
Kraken’s June 2026 snapshot separates customer-balance inclusion from wallet control. Neither alone guarantees solvency or withdrawal access.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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How Circle Makes Money From USDC—and Why Reserve Income Is Not Profit
Circle’s second-quarter accounts trace $701.315 million in revenue and reserve income to $48.214 million in net income, after distribution costs, operating expenses and taxes.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What Zero LTV Means for an Existing Aave Loan
A hypothetical $10,000 collateral position loses $1,500 of borrowing headroom without changing its 1.33 health factor.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Uphold RLUSD Earn vs. Ethena Pay Earn+: Lending and Leverage Compared
An equal-$10,000 illustration shows how rising borrowing costs can turn a leveraged stablecoin strategy negative without a depeg.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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USDT vs. USDC: What Backs Them and How Dollar Redemptions Work
Tether publishes a $100,000 minimum for direct redemption. Circle Mint serves institutions, while a separate European policy provides a retail route subject to checks.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Begins Reopening Withdrawals With Bitcoin After $6.3 Billion Hack
The exchange says it has replenished about 95% of the impacted amount, with less-liquid tokens accounting for the remaining 5%.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Attacker Drains About $437,000 in Collateral From Premia Vaults
The attack moved vault collateral into option pools before withdrawing it as liquidity, according to Blockaid.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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FBI Attributes $6 Billion-Plus Binance Hack to North Korea
The bureau named TraderTraitor and sought blocks on the laundering trail, while Binance kept Nov. 1 as its withdrawal restart target.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Jupiter Lend USDC Withdrawal Liquidity Rebounds to 27.9 Million
An Oct. 31 API snapshot showed 6.3% of the vault's 441 million USDC in deposit claims immediately withdrawable.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Morpho Borrow Rates Hit Roughly 40% as PT Market Liquidity Dries Up
Available liquidity in one reUSD-backed market vanished in two hours; rates across four tracked markets eased to roughly 9%–13% by Oct. 31.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Threshold Says tBTC Is Fully Backed as Bridge Pause Continues
Aave’s Ethereum Core tBTC reserve remains frozen, while Gauntlet says roughly 640,000 USDC remains supplied to a tBTC-backed Morpho market.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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THORChain Swaps Remain Paused on 12 Chains After Reported Refund Error
Outbound signing is enabled on most affected chains, allowing payments to proceed even while new swaps remain blocked.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Intersect Urges Cardano Operators to Patch Critical Linux Flaw
Ubuntu fixes were still in progress in its Oct. 30 tracker update, while AlmaLinux had patched kernels available for testing.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tydro Restores $75 Million USDC Borrow Cap After Freeze
The reserve has about $24.5 million of room below the cap, but its $18.6 million in available liquidity sets a lower ceiling on immediate new lending.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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b14g Says 97 Million CORE Drained, Pauses Contracts
The Bitcoin staking protocol says exchanges froze about 9 million CORE and that staked BTC was unaffected.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Confirms 7,499 BTC SAFU Transfer After Hack
The exchange says it has replenished 90% of the amount lost and pledges to rebuild its emergency fund to about $1 billion.... Read the full story at The Defiant