DeFi news
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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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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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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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Hackers hijack a dozen DeFi websites, all registered with Name.com, and steal about $138,000
All 12 hijacked domains are registered through Name.com, according to registry records accessed by The Block, suggesting a compromise.
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Chainalysis says hacker using ‘offensive agentic techniques’ accessed its customers’ names and emails
The firm has also been tracking Binance’s separate multibillion-dollar hack, and said the attackers are using a Tron protocol to dodge stablecoin freezes.
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Origin Restores OGN Liquidity After Pulling Funds During Binance Incident
Origin says the attacker sold OGN at an average 79% discount. Ethereum records show liquidity returning to its Curve pool after a withdrawal of 46.74 million OGN.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Lido Revenue Jumps to $605,000 on Execution-Reward Windfall
The DAO received 269.69 stETH in staking fees, but its next daily reward report delivered a much smaller treasury payment.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Chainalysis Flags DeFi Receipt-Token Route in Binance Hack
A separate onchain example shows USDT deposited into JustLend, transferred as jUSDT and redeemed by another wallet.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aave Freezes tBTC Reserve After Threshold Pauses Minting and Redemptions
Repayments, withdrawals and liquidations continue, while Aave’s Ethereum Core market holds about $136.5 million in tBTC deposits.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Curve Volume Halves to $425 Million as 3pool's USDT Tilt Eases
Trading remained 335% above the preceding seven-day median, while 3pool's DAI and USDC balances recovered.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What to Know About the $6.3 Billion Binance Hack
▶ Bitcoin Magazine What to Know About the $6.3 Billion Binance Hack The biggest crypto-related hack in history by dollar volume just hit Binance, with more than $6.3 billion in affected assets moving on-chain. About $3 billion was frozen through stablecoin operators, but $3.3 billion has not been...
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Binance hackers raced to move billions before it could be frozen
Attackers raced to convert stolen stablecoins into crypto that issuers could not freeze as industry players like Tether and Circle moved to immobilize billions of dollars in assets.
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IPX Unveils Patent-Pending Atomic Router: Protected Capital in the Bonding Curve, Coinbase-Funded Rewards and Automatic Graduation Into Liquid Markets
IPX today detailed its patent-pending atomic router, the technology at the heart of its protocol, ahead of the launch of the IPX OS, IPX Exchange and the $IPX token on Base Nov 17.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Experts divided over Binance hack asset freezes, warn recovery is another matter
Tether, Circle and others moved within hours to block billions in stolen crypto, but legal experts question whether smaller victims would get the same protection.
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Tether’s excess reserves nearly double to $8B as Q3 profit hits $1.5B
The stablecoin issuer’s US Treasury holdings are comparable to those of major foreign holders, while its Bitcoin reserves were valued at $8.37 billion at the end of September.
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Tether Reports $1.5 Billion Q3 Operating Profit, $7.95 Billion Reserve Buffer
Treasury bills and reverse repos drove earnings, while BDO's attestation covered the September-end report rather than activity throughout the quarter.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Crypto Biz: Bitcoin’s quantum threat is becoming an economic problem
Bitcoin faces mounting quantum security concerns as Ripple secures a US banking charter, USDC gains ground in Europe and VanEck adds BTC to a new ETF.
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Tydro Restores New Borrowing but Keeps Lower USDC Cap
The USDC borrow limit fell 31.2% to 51.6 million tokens, leaving about $1.1 million of headroom at the time of reporting.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aave Reopens Markets but Keeps Nine Assets at Zero LTV
The collateral restrictions apply wherever the assets are listed, with different rules for existing V3 and V4 positions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Uniswap, a16z and DEF Seek DeFi Exemptions From Illinois Crypto Tax Rules
The groups want wallet withdrawals and bridging excluded from a levy calculated on asset value, and a private-key recordkeeping requirement removed.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Morning Minute: Binance’s $6.4B Hack Overshadows Hyperliquid’s Biggest Day
Just as Hyperliquid opened the door to a fully regulated perps offering inside the U.S., Binance suffered the biggest hack in crypto history.
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Scroll Details Permissioned AI Network Plan and Ethereum Token Migration
The broader transition targets Q2 2027, while users will need separate plans for DeFi positions and other assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Jupiter Lend Says Liquidity Crunch Is Delaying Withdrawals
Jupiter's API showed just 3.35 USDC immediately withdrawable against 418.5 million USDC in Earn deposit claims.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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LlamaRisk Proposes Aave Cap Cuts Before Markets Reopen
The plan would remove about $3.7 billion of unused borrowing capacity on V3 and $130 million on V4, while the existing freeze still blocks new loans.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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USDT0 Freezes 6.19 Million Tokens Linked to Binance Exploit
The network also restored USDT transfers between Tron and Ethereum after a precautionary pause.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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FUN Plunges 95% in Uniswap Pool as Binance Exploiter Sells
The main exploiter address also sold RAD and OGN on Uniswap, while about 580.8 million unsold FUN was transferred back to the collection wallet.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Hyperliquid Fees Hit 30-Day High as Perpetuals Volume Doubles
Perpetuals turnover reached $17.44 billion on Oct. 29, while liquidations climbed to about $252 million and outstanding positions declined.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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India's largest exchange curbs crypto futures trading as Binance incident disrupts liquidity
CoinDCX has restricted new futures positions after Binance’s security incident disrupted a key liquidity provider. Deposits, withdrawals and customer funds remain unaffected, the exchange said.