DeFi news
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Qivalis receives EMI authorization from Dutch central bank for euro stablecoin
Qivalis said the EMI authorization enables it to launch a euro-denominated stablecoin, with issuance planned for the coming months, subject to additional MiCA requirements.
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Evernorth taps Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase and BitGo to put $648 million XRP treasury to work
Evernorth said it is planning a phased move into XRP lending and yield strategies following its Nasdaq debut.
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Qivalis Secures Dutch E-Money License for Planned Euro Stablecoin
The 37-bank venture plans to distribute its token through financial intermediaries, with issuance expected in the coming months.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kraken Owner Payward to Buy Lithuania's Saldo Bank in EU Push
Co-CEO Arjun Sethi says customers want cash, crypto, tokenized stocks and credit in one place, starting with lending and cards.
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BitMEX Sued in UK for Return of $27M in Bitcoin Over Unlicensed Derivatives
The claim challenges 1,053 loss-making perpetual swap trades from 2018 to 2022 and also accuses the now-closed exchange of deceit.
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Starknet introduces wallet privacy feature for DeFi activity
Starknet’s Shadow Accounts allow users to obscure connections between their main wallets and DeFi activity, though transactions remain visible onchain.
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Ledger asks resellers to halt sales in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong
The wallet maker requested that devices be removed from shelves while investigators work to establish where tampering occurred.
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Strive raising $500 million to buy additional bitcoin with new preferred share class
SATS will offer a fixed 15% dividend yield at par and be junior to the company's existing SATA, which pays a variable rate (currently 13%).
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Ledger Asks Resellers to Halt Sales in Seven Asian Markets
The hardware-wallet maker says confirmed incidents remain confined to Southeast Asia, with no indication its systems or direct sales channel were compromised.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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APT Gains 51% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
The token's weekly return is nearly flat, while DefiLlama's tracked stablecoin market cap on Aptos has fallen 17.5% over four weeks.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Base Introduces Earn & Borrow With Aave and Morpho
Apps can embed variable-rate stablecoin lending and crypto-backed loans, while borrowers remain subject to the underlying protocols’ liquidation rules.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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cirBTC Borrowing on Morpho Tops $190 Million as Arc Liquidity Tightens
About 97.4% of supplied USDC is borrowed in the main market, compared with 8.1% when Circle Mint opened access on Sept. 21.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Zest Sets Oct. 23 Deadline to Exit aeUSDC on Stacks Market V1
The lending protocol says Allbridge will end its aeUSDC bridge to Stacks on Nov. 3. Its one-transaction migration to V2 excludes aeUSDC.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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StarkWare Launches Shadow Accounts on Starknet
Apps can hold DeFi positions under separate, persistent identities, but balances, amounts and contract calls remain public.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Russia clears Sberbank for crypto trading ahead of December launch
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has secured crypto exchange authorization as it prepares to offer Bitcoin, Ether and Tether USDt trading.
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Russia’s largest bank Sberbank secures approval to trade crypto
Sberbank plans to open crypto trading to all clients Dec. 1 and is already testing BTC, ETH and USDT trades in its app.
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MediaMarktSaturn pulls Ledger products amid tampering reports
European retailer MediaMarkt pulled Ledger products as the wallet maker probes tampering reports beyond CryptoBilis in Southeast Asia.
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Bitcoin hits $84K resistance as Korean tech rout deepens KOSPI losses
Bitcoin’s liquidity kept BTC price below $84,000 amid a mounting South Korean tech and semiconductor stock sell-off.
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Ledger says 'spy' chip inside CryptoBilis Ledger devices transmitted wallet keys over mobile network
The hardware-wallet maker gave its first public account of how a covert component in devices sold by CryptoBilis could steal users’ master keys without changing Ledger’s software.
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21Shares Lists Anthropic Synthetic ETP on Vienna MTF
CLAU holds FalconX notes tied to perpetual futures, with financing and funding costs on top of its 1% annual product fee.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Sanctioned A7 Announces USDT-to-SWIFT Payment Service
A7 International advertises a 0.3% fee and payouts in four currencies, but its public materials do not name the banks that would execute the transfers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Crypto Trader ‘Realist’ Reports Knifepoint Robbery at UK Home
The trader valued the robbery at about $800,000. Transaction records show the Solana address he identified received nearly 719,000 USDC, which later moved on.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Standard Chartered Will Hold Ripple's Stablecoin in Dubai—And Let Clients Trade With It Without Moving It
The bank's Dubai branch now offers custody for Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin and plans a link with LMAX that lets institutions post it as trading collateral while the coins stay put.
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Citi Details Stablecoin Checkout With Coinbase and Fiat Payouts
The US-first expansion would let institutional merchants receive fiat without holding digital assets. General availability and supported tokens remain unspecified.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Solana Treasury Firm DeFi Development Keeps Buying SOL as CHAD Preferred Stock Hits Record
The Nasdaq-listed company now holds about 2.59 million SOL, but its weekly purchases keep shrinking.
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US accounting overhaul could make stablecoins more attractive to corporations: Tempo
A Tempo report examines how proposed US accounting rules could change corporate stablecoin holdings, with direct redemption rights determining which tokens qualify as cash.
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Standard Chartered Launches RLUSD Custody Through Dubai Branch
A planned link with LMAX would let institutions use the stablecoin as collateral without transferring it to the trading venue.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ark Invest’s Lorenzo Valente: Bitcoin’s 5-Year Forecast – Stablecoin & Gold Impacts
Bitcoin Magazine Ark Invest’s Lorenzo Valente: Bitcoin’s 5-Year Forecast – Stablecoin & Gold Impacts Bitcoin has been flat to down this year, but ARK Invest isn’t changing its view. Lorenzo Valente, Director of Research for Digital Assets at ARK Invest, explains why the firm looks at Bitcoin on a...
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DeFi Development grows SOL holdings 12% as CHAD hits record highs
DFDV added 22,070 SOL last week, lifting holdings to 2.59 million SOL, as its CHAD preferred stock hit record highs despite a selloff.
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USDGO Adds Solana Trading Liquidity Through Jupiter Lend and Fluid
Anchorage Digital Bank issues the OSL-branded stablecoin, which has about $1.29 billion in circulation. USDGO lending markets are planned next.... Read the full story at The Defiant