DeFi news
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Papertrade Keeps PAPER Non-Transferable, Citing Perp Attack Risks
Holders who earned PAPER through trading losses can stake it for USDC distributions, but still have no date when they can transfer or sell their tokens.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Arcus Adds Stock Tokens and WETH as Perpetual Collateral
The early-access feature uses automatic USDG loans at 50% initial loan-to-value, with non-USDG deposits capped at $20,000 per account.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Solana treasury firm SkyAI sells all SOL holdings, launches $201M buyback
The former medical device maker has liquidated its Solana treasury and is offering to repurchase shares and warrants using its $223.8 million cash holdings.
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XRP Ledger Repairs Its Lending Protocol Before It Goes Live
XRP developers published a second amendment to repair the ledger’s new uncollateralized lending feature while the original still awaits validator approval.
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Tether: Senator's investigation misses positive work that's led to lower Iran volumes
The stablecoin issuer's CEO, Paolo Ardoino, has been defending against accusations that the firm's stablecoins have fueled financial activity in Iran.
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Sentora’s OUSD Lending Vault Holds $42.5 Million on Tempo
The Morpho vault lends against cbBTC collateral, but nearly all its assets remain idle rather than deployed into loans.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Visa, Mesh partner to enable crypto spending at 175M merchant locations
Mesh will connect crypto and stablecoin wallets to Visa’s global payment network, allowing users to spend digital assets without a separate card.
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Mastercard Brings Its Fraud-Fighting Tools to Stablecoin Payments
Unveiled at Money20/20, the API-based tool combines payment and blockchain intelligence to flag fraud, scams and sanctions exposure before funds move on-chain.
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France’s Stablecoin Swap Tax Faces Oct. 20 Budget Vote
Deputies approved the amendment by one vote. If enacted, it would end tax deferral for conversions into single-currency e-money tokens from January 2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Mastercard launches stablecoin risk screening for banks and payment providers
The new service combines payment data and blockchain analytics to help banks detect suspicious stablecoin transactions before settlement.
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Lighter Launches BTC and ETH Binary Options on Core
The Up/Down contracts pay winning shares 1 USDC and require full funding, with no leverage or liquidations.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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STRK Sinks 38% in a Week as Starknet Rally Reverses
Starknet’s DeFi TVL fell a smaller 5.3%, while voting on research into an independent Layer 1 remains open until Oct. 22.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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U.S. CFTC rebuffs CME legal stance in consequential fight over perpetual futures
The future of perps in the U.S. may be at stake as the CFTC argues that CME hasn't shown the new policy is hurting it after the agency OK'd its first bitcoin perp.
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Stablecoin Development Corp goes boom then bust
Stablecoin Development Corp (SDEV), a company that's designed to essentially hold and stake governance token SKY, has seen its stock price rocket nearly 1,000% — and subsequently plummet 92% — in a matter of weeks. Why it pumped and dumped so quickly isn't clear. Protos previously reported on SDEV...
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Frax Announces Six-Currency FX Lineup on Aerodrome
The six Base pools held about $241,000 in liquidity and recorded roughly $20,000 in trading over 24 hours, according to GeckoTerminal data.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase Partners With Thunes for Bank and Mobile-Wallet Payouts
Coinbase will supply stablecoin infrastructure while Thunes adds local payout connections; the partners have not specified launch timing or markets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SharpLink Says It Deployed $400 Million Across Ether.fi and Lido
The company describes both allocations as deployed, following its August plan to stake $200 million through Lido and hold wstETH with Anchorage.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Mesh taps Visa to let users spend crypto without a separate card
Mesh and Visa will let users spend crypto and stablecoin balances from wallet apps, with no need to sell or transfer assets first.
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Mastercard unveils Stablecoin Security tool to screen payments for fraud and sanctions risks
Mastercard unveiled Stablecoin Security, a risk screening service launching in North America before planned global availability in 2027.
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Richard Byworth: Bitcoin’s Next Run “Just a Mater of Time” thanks to Seller Exhaustion
Bitcoin Magazine Richard Byworth: Bitcoin’s Next Run “Just a Mater of Time” thanks to Seller Exhaustion How do you earn yield on Bitcoin without risking your stack? Richard Byworth, who spent his career structuring for hedge funds, explains why Bitcoin is the hurdle rate for everyone, and why...
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World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin sheds $400M in market cap in two weeks
World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin saw its market cap decrease more than $400 million over two weeks of large redemptions on Ethereum and BNB Chain.
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Bitcoin extends bounce above $82,000 as stocks rebound, DeFi tokens lead altcoin gains
Bitcoin rose 0.8% to around $82,700 as China’s GDP beat estimates and Nasdaq futures rebounded, while the CoinDesk 80 gained 1.3% and DeFi led gains.
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France advances stablecoin tax, eyes self-custodial wallets and exit tax proposals
France’s National Assembly adopted a crypto tax amendment targeting certain stablecoin swaps, while separate proposals on exit taxes and self-custodial wallet reporting remain under consideration.
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Crypto vault deposits top $10 billion as lending risks draw regulatory scrutiny
Curator-managed lending strategies are attracting institutional capital, while exposing depositors to collateral, liquidity and smart-contract risks.
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CME’s bitcoin cash, uniswap futures, global PMIs: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Oct. 19.
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XRP Ledger is set to fix its lending code before anyone can use it
Validators have a bug-fix patch on course to go live Friday. The lending system it partly repairs is still 10 votes short of approval.
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Deutsche Bank targets Asia crypto custody expansion in 2027 as German launch nears
The service will initially support bitcoin, ether and the stablecoins USDC, EURC and EURAU, with the bank managing clients’ wallets and private keys.
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Stablecoin supply stalls, but payments jump 45% as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe connect crypto to cash
Analytics firm Allium said stablecoin payments hit $482 billion this year so far, up 45%, as card spending surges and global payment firms add crypto rails.
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Banks Hold a Lever Over Stablecoin Adoption, BIS Economists Say
A Bank for International Settlements working paper found that stablecoin growth slows when U.S. banks raise deposit rates, with Circle’s USDC most sensitive.
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Tether backs AIsa as strategic investor, completing seed extension round
The round brings AIsa’s total funding to more than $9 million.