DeFi news
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Securitize shares surge 12% in after-hours trading on Q3 results and River One acquisition agreement
The acquisition is expected to add a new layer of financing to Securitize, enabling the platform to offer asset-backed lending.
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Securitize Agrees to Buy River One to Add Asset-Backed Lending
The acquisition, its first since going public, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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North Korean hackers create memecoins to launder funds from Binance hack: Elliptic
The blockchain firm traced stolen funds through six new tokens on NEAR, where hackers used liquidity pools to obscure transfers between wallets.
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Binance Hack Launderers Mint Elon Musk and Animal Meme Coins to Move Stolen Crypto
Elliptic says the hackers are minting their own worthless tokens—complete with cartoon animal and Elon Musk logos—and routing stolen funds through liquidity pools to break the trail.
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PNC Bank tests turning USDC payments into dollar deposits
The pilot lets eligible corporate and institutional clients accept USDC on Ethereum, with each token converted to one US dollar before deposit.
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TD Cowen Gives Stablecoin Yield Ban 10% Odds as Banks Plan Push in Democrat-Led Congress
Bitcoin Magazine TD Cowen Gives Stablecoin Yield Ban 10% Odds as Banks Plan Push in Democrat-Led Congress Banks will try again to stop crypto platforms from paying yield on stablecoin balances, but TD Cowen's Washington analyst Jaret Seiberg puts only a 10% chance on Congress enacting such a ban...
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Coinbase and PNC Bank expand partnership with USDC payments for corporate clients
PNC Bank is piloting USDC payment acceptance for corporate and institutional clients through its expanded partnership with Coinbase.
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NYSE Picks Avalanche for Tokenized Stock Settlement
The planned venue would retain NYSE’s Pillar matching engine while offering instant settlement and stablecoin funding, subject to regulatory approval.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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The $2.85B Binance hackers lost shows why the UK needs stablecoin freeze rules
The Binance hack proved stablecoin freezes work. Now the UK should make clear freeze rules a condition of listing coins.
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Zama spin-off Raycash launches confidential stablecoin payments and private yield on Ethereum
Raycash has launched its app on Ethereum, enabling private stablecoin payments and Morpho yield on idle balances.
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Binance, Tether and Trump crypto firms face Senate records deadline
Sen. Richard Blumenthal asked four crypto firms to start sending records by Nov. 30 and warned of further action if they miss the Jan. 4 deadline.
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tBTC bridge partially resumes as $120M Aave reserve remains frozen
Threshold halted its tBTC bridge on Oct. 30 as operators addressed a critical Linux kernel vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute code on unpatched servers.
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Nvidia perps slide as market reacts to CEO Jensen Huang’s Chinese spy scandal
Nvidia said its board of directors is investigating Huang's relationship with a woman identified by intelligence officials as a Chinese spy.
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Blumenthal Sets Jan. 4 Deadline for Binance, Tether and Trump Crypto Firms
The senator warned of alternative measures to secure records, but his current ranking-member position does not give him unilateral subpoena authority.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Threshold Says tBTC Bridge Has Resumed Onchain, but App Remains Paused
Aave’s $119.9 million Ethereum Core tBTC reserve remains frozen while Threshold waits for more operators to reconnect.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Stablecoin growth has stalled. The payments boom hasn't
Stablecoin supply has barely grown this year, even as payments using the tokens surge. Circle's latest earnings offer another example of the divergence between dollars outstanding and activity on blockchain networks.
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Bridge’s OCC Approval Opens Path to Federal Stablecoin Trust Bank
The order requires $45 million in minimum capital and preopening checks. A bank charter does not replace GENIUS Act issuer approval.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What Is a DeFi App? From Wallet Connection to Lending Deposit
Connecting a wallet does not authorize a deposit. A lending position is recorded onchain, separately from the website displaying it—and withdrawals still depend on protocol rules and available assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tornado Cash-Funded Wallet Builds $26 Million Bitcoin-Ether Trade
The wallet converted 3,100 ETH into roughly 6.92 million USDC before pairing a Bitcoin long with an Ether short on Hyperliquid.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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OKX Warns MEXC Users of Deposit Freezes Ahead of FinCEN Cutoff
CEO Star Xu said OKX treats FinCEN special measures with caution 'similar to sanctions' after customers reported USDT deposits held for review.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Loopscale Reopens All Vaults After Attack-Related Freeze
The restart includes the USDC Genesis Vault and lifts its remaining loan-management restrictions. Loopscale says a technical post-mortem will follow.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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STRK Slumps 57% in Four Weeks as Starknet Rally Unwinds
Starknet’s DeFi TVL fell to $35.8 million after Extended moved settlement to Arc, while its proposed Layer 1 transition remains at the research stage.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Dinari Promises Anthropic dShares on IPO Day, Including for US Investors
The pledge follows Ondo's non-US launch plan, while Dinari's US tokens remain non-transferable and barred from DeFi.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aave Labs Acquires Avon Team to Develop Fixed-Rate Lending
The deal includes Avon's lending protocols and onchain order book, but Aave Labs has not named a first market or launch date.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Greece Passes Crypto Tax Law With 10% Gains Levy, 15% on Staking and DeFi
Greece has approved a crypto tax framework with a €500 ($557) annual gains threshold and new rules for staking and DeFi income, but lawmakers left important questions about token swaps unresolved.
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Why a Hyperliquid Treasury Firm Wants to Become a US Futures Broker
Hyperliquid Strategies has applied to become a U.S. futures commission merchant, a move that could let Americans trade perpetual futures on permissioned Hyperliquid markets, pending regulatory approval.
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What Is Stablecoin Market Cap? Supply, Share and Dominance Explained
Issuance and redemptions change circulating supply. Transfers do not, and a price move can change market cap without any tokens being issued or redeemed.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Veranta Adds 1,000x BTC and ETH Leverage on Base
The venue says traders can redeem profits immediately, with payouts drawn from a protocol buffer before liquidity-provider capital.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Threshold Sets tBTC Reconnection Target as Week-Long Pause Continues
Bitcoin redemptions will resume once enough operators return, while Aave’s $123.2 million Ethereum Core tBTC reserve remains frozen.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Strive (ASST) Posts $474.8 Million Common Net Income as Bitcoin Yield Hits 63.2%
Bitcoin Magazine Strive (ASST) Posts $474.8 Million Common Net Income as Bitcoin Yield Hits 63.2% Strive reported $474.8 million of net income attributable to common stockholders for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, a print that arrived Friday alongside a company claim that Class A total return...