DeFi news
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Moscow Exchange to launch Bitcoin, Ether and USDT trading in December
Moscow Exchange plans to launch crypto trading on Dec. 1 under Russia’s new law, with annual purchase limits for non-qualified investors.
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Event Recap | 2026 HK Institutional RWA & Stablecoin Forum Successfully Held
On November 2, during Hong Kong FinTech Week, the “Legal Breakthrough, Risk Foundation | 2026 HK Institutional RWA & Stablecoin Forum,” co-hosted by SlowMist and JunHe LLP, was held at AIA Central in Central, Hong Kong. The event brought together institutional representatives and industry guests...
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France Delays Budget Vote Again, Leaving Stablecoin Tax Pending
Lawmakers defeated a proposal to tax unrealized crypto gains when residents move abroad, but a stablecoin-swap tax remains in the provisional budget text.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, CEO Paolo Ardoino says
Ardoino didn’t say where the extra coins sit. Holdings outside USDT reserves, such as Tether’s investments, wouldn’t appear in the report.
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Mercado Bitcoin pledges to cover all user losses after near $40 million hack
Partners like Tether, Circle, and Chainalysis helped freeze $11M of the stolen assets.
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Mercado Bitcoin Breach Wallet Sends 2,800 ETH Onward
Other transfers moved 2.24 million USDC and 1.7 million TRX, while deposits and withdrawals remained suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Horizen’s Nov. 4 Bridge Cutoff Leaves USDC.e Outside DAO Recovery Plan
The DAO plans to return remaining ZEN, including staking rewards, and eligible ETH balances on Base in the second half of November.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Researcher Puts Mercado Bitcoin Freezes Near $7 Million
Onchain records show Circle freezing USDC on Polygon and Paxos freezing gold tokens on Ethereum, while exchange withdrawals remain suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Brazil's Largest Exchange Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals After $40 Million Hack
Brazil's largest crypto exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after a security incident. Tether froze more than 4.5 million USDT tied to the attack.
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Uniswap Extends VolatilePair Hook to Robinhood Chain
The ETH/USDG pool has about $3.5 million in liquidity and uses a tighter resting fee spread than its Ethereum counterpart.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tether Says It Froze Over 4.5 Million USDT Tied to Mercado Bitcoin Incident
Ethereum and Tron records confirm blacklist actions against exchange-identified wallets, while deposits and withdrawals remain suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitwise’s André Dragosch: Bitcoin’s “Fair Value” of $197,000
▶ Bitcoin Magazine Bitwise’s André Dragosch: Bitcoin’s “Fair Value” of $197,000 Bitwise's André Dragosch joins Spencer Nichols to explain why Bitcoin tends to move before shifts in global liquidity, acting as the canary in the liquidity coal mine, and why his global money supply model puts...
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XRP Ledger set to fix flaw that could let stablecoin partners print new tokens
The fix is on track for Wednesday after validator support briefly dipped and restarted the two-week activation clock. XRP itself is unaffected.
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Bitcoin's 'volatility curve' has a midterm bump
Your day-ahead look for Nov. 2, 2026
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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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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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Hong Kong takes tokenized settlement to 24/7, plans stablecoin trials
The HKMA plans to bring regulated stablecoins into tokenized government debt trials, while HSBC says its RedCoin stablecoin has reached 50,000 users.
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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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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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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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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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Crypto card startups are racking up losses just to buy your loyalty with big rewards
Providers are betting trading, lending and staking revenue can cover rewards and turn card users into profitable customers.
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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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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 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