Keystone breach exposes device authentication key
Keystone says a stolen authentication key could let counterfeit wallets pass verification, with recent deliveries requiring additional checks.
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Canada proposes stablecoin redemption deadline and yield limits
Canada's proposed stablecoin rules set redemption terms, restrict issuer-funded holding rewards and extend payment safeguards to eligible stablecoin wallets.
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ChinaAMC tokenised funds begin around-the-clock secondary trading
ChinaAMC’s HKD and USD digital money-market funds began around-the-clock secondary trading under Hong Kong’s SFC framework.
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Aviva launches sterling tokenised share class with £50m
Aviva Investors added a sterling tokenised share class on XRPL with £50m from Aviva and an unchanged underlying money market portfolio.
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Electrum patches server attack that turns fee bumps into theft
Electrum released a fix after a user reported losing money by raising the fee on a transaction a malicious server had substituted into wallet history.
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Ether.fi opens Zeal migration as wallet and card services wind down
Ether.fi has acquired selected Zeal assets and opened an optional migration as Zeal winds down its wallet and card services.
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HSBC launches RedCoin on PayMe with permissioned transfers
HSBC RedCoin is live on PayMe, with permissioned transfers, bank-controlled custody and redemption rights set out in its product terms.
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SoFi Earn pays 4.40% APY while the deposit stays on SoFi
SoFi's new tokenized deposit offers bank interest inside its crypto interface, with a shared FDIC limit and a conversion requirement for external transfers.
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Circle Match Launches Hourly $USDC Mint and Redemption Auctions
Circle Match lets approved Mint customers bid on minting rebates and redemption fees through hourly, prefunded auctions.
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JPMorgan brings $MONY and $JLTXX to Solana
JPMorgan Asset Management has opened Solana access to $MONY and $JLTXX for qualified investors in the United States through Morgan Money.
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Hoodi Glamsterdam fork delayed after gas-handling warning
ChainSecurity says gas-accounting changes can let existing contracts commit failures that previously reverted, prompting a delay to the Hoodi Glamsterdam fork.
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Uniswap launches Aggregator Hooks for external liquidity
Uniswap has enabled external liquidity routing through v4 hooks in its web app and API on Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain.
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Ambire adds CoW Swap with MEV indicators and order checks
Ambire has added CoW Swap to its wallet routing interface with MEV protection indicators, readable order details and 30-minute quotes.
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Dune launches live trading feeds with filtered market coverage
Dune launched live spot and perpetual trading feeds with explicit corrections and a restricted instrument catalog for pricing and execution review.
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Polkadot warns Fearless extension users to replace exposed keys
Polkadot has warned Fearless Wallet browser extension users to replace their private keys and move funds after investigators found code that exported account secrets.
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Aero merger opens token migration and replaces weekly voting
Aerodrome and Velodrome launch Aero across seven networks, requiring holders and liquidity providers to migrate to keep earning its token rewards.
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OKX Unifies EUR and $EURC Spot Trading in Europe
OKX has combined euro and $EURC spot liquidity for eligible European users while preserving a choice of trading and settlement asset.
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BitGo launches Gokubu with token rewards and secured credit
BitGo's new consumer card pairs token rewards with a secured account whose collateral can be liquidated to settle purchases or unpaid obligations.
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OCC drops stablecoin rewards presumption, keeps evasion scrutiny
The OCC removed its proposed presumption against certain indirect stablecoin rewards while retaining anti-evasion authority and refusing to grandfather existing programs.
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Pendle opens a deJAAA market for AAA CLO yield
Pendle adds principal and yield trading for Centrifuge’s deJAAA, with a November maturity and a USDC-denominated principal claim.
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Qubic resumes its network and opens weak-seed recovery claims
Qubic says its network is operating again after a quorum-approved recovery, while weak-seed wallet holders face a separate ownership review to recover funds.
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SIFMA seeks issuer consent and exit rules for tokenized stocks
SIFMA wants issuer opt-ins and clearer redemption rights under the SEC's Innovation Exemption for tokenized stock venues.
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AIFC crypto injunctions target services and app distribution
AFSA's new disclosure concerns September court orders restricting unlicensed crypto services inside the AIFC, with separate procedural limits for Apple and Google.
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1inch Card winds down, urging balance withdrawals by December 18
The 1inch Card programme is closing, with prompt withdrawal guidance and issuer-controlled timelines for existing accounts.
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Silhouette opens HyperCore perps RFQs with a $100k quote cap
Silhouette has opened perpetuals RFQs on HyperCore, with accepted quotes executing on Hyperliquid and margin staying in each trader’s account.
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JPM Coin adds Ethereum with vetted access and a bank-account off-ramp
JPMorgan has added Ethereum to JPM Coin's supported networks, with participation limited to approved counterparties and dollar redemption through bank accounts.
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Polygon adds Besu to CDK with separate bridge and validator controls
Polygon added a production-ready Besu configuration to CDK, with public instructions for connecting private institutional chains to Agglayer.
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Zerohash launches AUTH with configurable transfer checks
Zerohash launched AUTH for linked-account crypto transfers, with optional identity checks that can hold funds after they arrive on-chain.
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CoreWeave, Broadcom and Seven Others Object to OKXICE Stock Tokens
OKXICE disclosed objections from nine issuers to tokenized stock trading on its proposed XLayer venue.
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BIS Links Deposit Rates to Slower Stablecoin Growth
A BIS working paper finds that higher US deposit rates predict slower stablecoin growth, especially for $USDC.
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Token Terminal Adds Fact Sheets for 10,000+ Tokenized Assets
Token Terminal launched Fact Sheets that put sourced disclosures beside onchain data for more than 10,000 tokenized assets.
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Arbitrum Opens USDG Stablecoin Growth Program With 2M ARB Pool
Arbitrum opened a USDG growth program with a 2M ARB pool for eligible protocols that commit to the stablecoin on Arbitrum One.
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DTCC Sets $30T Tokenization Scope Across Canton and Besu
DTCC has defined the launch scope for tokenized DTC-held securities, including eligible assets, networks, controls, conversion hours, and its next integrations.
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NEAR Intents Recovers $3.8M After Contract Exploit
NEAR Intents says it recovered $3.8M after a deposit-notification bug created ghost balances, then removed the feature and added an automatic pause.
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Marqeta Adds Coinbase Infrastructure for Stablecoin Cards
Marqeta will integrate Coinbase custody, conversion, and Base settlement into stablecoin-backed card programs for enterprise customers.
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Jack Henry Plans Google Cloud Tokenized Deposit Integration
Jack Henry will become the first core banking technology provider to integrate with Google Cloud Universal Ledger for tokenized deposits.
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Visa Direct puts USDC prefunding into production
Visa Direct moved stablecoin-enabled prefunding into commercial production on October 15, with Inyo Global as the first enabler for eligible clients and partners.
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Binance Wallet opens a DeFi transaction API
Binance Wallet released a DeFi API on October 16 that queries positions and builds unsigned protocol transactions across 10 EVM chains.
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Jupiter YOLO beta trades against a house pool
Jupiter has opened an unaudited beta for leveraged $SOL, $BTC, and $ETH positions whose profits depend on a house-funded pool.
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$WTIC Lists on LMAX Digital for Institutional Spot Trading
Energy Substantiation has listed its physically backed $WTIC oil token on LMAX Digital for institutional spot trading.
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Russia sets July 2027 cutoff for P2P crypto trades
The Bank of Russia says direct crypto trades between individuals can continue only until July 1, 2027.
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Mastercard and BVNK launch a fiat-stablecoin platform
Mastercard and BVNK have launched one platform for embedded fiat and stablecoin accounts, local payouts and global card spending.
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Cross River adds $RLUSD to its core banking platform
Cross River is integrating $RLUSD on the XRP Ledger into its core banking system as another payment rail for fintech customers.
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bStocks reports $1 billion in assets under management
bStocks says it crossed $1 billion in assets under management four months after launch as users converted more than $6 billion between tokens and underlying stocks.
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Ripple Prime adds RWA swaps tied to Hyperliquid markets
Ripple Prime launched institutional RWA swaps tied to more than 100 perpetual futures markets listed by Trade.xyz on Hyperliquid.
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Stripe and Plasma plan multi-currency stablecoin cards
Stripe and Plasma are co-developing multi-currency stablecoin cards for people and businesses that hold and spend across markets.
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ASIC proposes custody and trading standards for Australian crypto platforms
ASIC opened consultation on custody, trading, disclosure and capital standards for Australian digital asset platforms before a new licensing regime starts in April 2027.
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KR1 launches dedicated validators on Lido stVaults
KR1 has launched dedicated Ethereum validators through a Lido stVault operated by P2P.org, targeting up to 6,000 ETH in the near term.
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Perpetuals publishes tokenized U.S. stocks notice
Perpetuals has published notice of its intent to use the SEC's temporary Innovation Exemption for an American tokenized-equities venue.
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StandX sets January closure and DUSD exit dates
StandX has set a staged shutdown for its perpetuals exchange, with yield ending immediately and the final DUSD withdrawal deadline on January 31, 2027.
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Hecto Announces $NEOPRIME Private-Market Token on Canton
Hecto has announced $NEOPRIME as a Canton-native token backed by shares in private companies, with trading planned but not yet open.
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Tempo Opens Private Stablecoin Zones With Deel Live in Production
Tempo has made its Zones privacy system generally available to enterprises, with Deel already using it for contractor stablecoin payments.
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VanEck ends its Lido Staked Ethereum ETF filing
VanEck has asked the SEC to withdraw the registration for its proposed Lido Staked Ethereum ETF, ending the planned distribution before any shares were issued or sold.
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Sberbank joins Russia's crypto exchange register
The Bank of Russia has registered Sberbank for both principal crypto dealing and digital-asset recordkeeping under the country's new regulated market structure.
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Ripple and DriveWealth add stablecoin settlement
DriveWealth is integrating Ripple's stablecoin, payment and custody products into its global brokerage infrastructure.
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EQX unveils tokenized equities on Hyperliquid
EQX published the structure for 11 share-backed American equity tokens that it plans to open for round-the-clock trading on Hyperliquid.
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Polygon completes Coinme acquisition for U.S. payments
Polygon Labs completed its Coinme acquisition and added regulated American money movement to Polygon Open Money Stack.
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Qivalis gets Dutch EMI license for euro stablecoin
The Dutch central bank authorized Qivalis as an electronic money institution, clearing a regulatory condition for its planned euro stablecoin.
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Payward agrees to acquire EU-licensed Saldo Bank
Kraken parent Payward has signed an agreement to acquire Saldo Bank and add regulated deposit, lending and payment infrastructure in Europe.
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StonkBrokers launches Pair Tokens on Robinhood Chain
StonkBrokers launched Pair Tokens on Robinhood Chain, turning full-range Uniswap v4 liquidity positions into fungible assets with automatic fee compounding.
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Aave starts USDC incentives for Coinbase tokenized stocks
Aave DAO has approved variable USDC rewards for seven Coinbase tokenized stocks supplied to its equities market on Base.
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Privy brings programmable wallets to the XRP Ledger
Privy is integrating its programmable wallet infrastructure with the XRP Ledger for payment apps, fintech products and software agents.
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Base packages stablecoin yield and crypto-backed loans for apps
Base has introduced an integration stack that lets platforms put stablecoin yield and crypto-backed borrowing inside their own apps.
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Lynq and TBMC complete live RLUSD settlement test
Lynq and The Better Money Company completed a live proof of concept that converted a client's assets into $RLUSD through a pre-funded institutional workflow.
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BNY and Citadel move a tokenized Treasury from settlement into repo
Citadel Securities settled a tokenized 2-year Treasury on BNY's private ledger and then used it as collateral in an overnight triparty repo.
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Blockchain.com files for CFTC market and brokerage licenses
Blockchain.com has applied for two CFTC registrations that would let it operate a US derivatives market and handle customer orders and collateral if approved.
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S&P and Kaiko put a tokenized bond index into a Canton swap
S&P DJI, Kaiko, and Derivnex completed Canton's first OTC swap tied to a fully tokenized index, with DRW and Marex as counterparties.
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BIS Aurum prototype tests private digital cash with ZK proofs
BIS Project Aurum Phase 2 combines evolving pseudonyms, zero-knowledge proofs and partitioned ledgers in a privacy-preserving digital cash prototype.
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HyperDex launches spot and perps aggregator
HyperDex launched a spot and perpetuals aggregator that routes swaps and bridges while users sign transactions from their own addresses.
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Polygon OMS adds automated stablecoin payout runs
Polygon Labs introduced automated stablecoin payout runs for Open Money Stack with recipient, budget and time controls enforced by wallet permissions onchain.
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Blur to close frontend and stop new Blend loans
Blur will retire its web frontend and stop matching new Blend loans on November 12, leaving its marketplace protocol onchain and promising a separate withdrawal tool.
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INFINIT opens managed trading vaults on Hyperliquid
INFINIT has introduced managed trading vaults that accept $USDC and run fixed-term strategies through restricted Hyperliquid trading accounts.
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Ledger links confirmed wallet drains to CryptoBilis devices
Ledger says every confirmed case in its October 9 draining incident involves devices sold by Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis.
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SynFutures tells Blast users to withdraw by October 26
SynFutures has asked users with balances on Blast to withdraw to Ethereum before Blast ends normal-interface withdrawals on October 26, 2026.
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Standard Chartered launches $RLUSD custody in Dubai
Standard Chartered has opened institutional custody for $RLUSD on the XRP Ledger through its Dubai branch and plans to connect the asset to LMAX Group through collateral mirroring.
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Dubai regulator licenses Kraken-linked Payward for broker and investment services
Dubai's VARA issued Payward FZCO an active licence for broker-dealer and management services, with permission to serve retail through institutional clients.
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FSB maps cross-border stablecoin risks and data gaps
The FSB says the structure of global stablecoins can concentrate redemption risk across borders while pseudonymous activity limits financial stability monitoring.
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Kraken's Payward secures full Dubai VARA licence
Dubai's VARA issued Kraken entity Payward FZCO an active VASP licence covering broker-dealer and management and investment services.
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Papertrade Tightens OI Caps After BBO Manipulation Attempts
Papertrade said it is tightening open-interest caps after traders targeted the Hyperliquid best-bid-and-offer midpoint that prices positions on its synthetic perpetuals exchange.
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PLabs proposes private stablecoin protocol on Ethereum
PLabs has proposed an Ethereum issuance protocol that would turn reserve deposits into private notes while keeping circulating claims backed 1:1.
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French committee backs tax on crypto-to-stablecoin swaps
French lawmakers advanced two 2027 tax amendments covering crypto-to-stablecoin conversions and portfolios above €800,000 when holders leave France.
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XRPL patches payment overflow that could mint $XRP
XRPL shipped an emergency payment-engine fix after a bug bounty report showed how one transaction could create spendable $XRP.
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IMF finds tokenized markets active but fragmented
The IMF found substantial tokenized-market activity alongside weak liquidity, fragmented settlement arrangements and new channels for transmitting financial stress.
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French Committee Backs Stablecoin Swap and Crypto Exit Taxes
Two amendments adopted in committee would change how France taxes stablecoin swaps and unrealized crypto gains when wealthy holders leave the country.
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Papertrade sets launch caps and profit haircut for HyperEVM trading
Papertrade has set a 14:00 UTC start for its HyperEVM perpetuals venue, with $1 billion of new per-side OI headroom and relayer-controlled launch traffic.
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Coinbase and Gennius bring ONED USD to Argentine bank apps
Coinbase and Gennius plan to put ONED USD conversion, transfers and Visa spending inside bank apps, starting in Argentina.
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CFTC proposes swap classification for event contracts
The CFTC has proposed expressly classifying event contracts as swaps under federal commodities law.
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XRPL patches payment engine bug that could mint spendable $XRP
XRPL fixed a payment engine overflow that could let a crafted payment mint spendable $XRP while charging the buyer only a few hundred drops plus a fee.
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Senate investigator presses Cantor on Tether ties
Senator Richard Blumenthal asked Cantor Fitzgerald for records on its Tether custody, ownership and compliance arrangements by October 23, 2026.
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New York bans Alex Mashinsky from the crypto industry
New York secured a permanent financial-industry ban and contingent payments of up to $35 million from former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky.
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ESMA tests rules for tokenized CCP collateral
ESMA has opened a call for evidence on how EU clearing houses could accept tokenized collateral while preserving existing safeguards.
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OpenETF launches tokenized fund testnet on Hyperliquid
OpenETF has opened a testnet for Hyperliquid trading funds whose shares can be held and transferred as tokens.
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UK sanctions Cryptomus, TokenSpot and payment platforms
The UK added businesses behind Cryptomus, Heleket, TokenSpot and VexPay to its Russia sanctions list, restricting payments and UK access to their services.
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Papertrade opens pre-deposits before HyperEVM perpetuals launch
Papertrade has opened pre-deposits for a staged HyperEVM launch built around synthetic perpetuals, a self-funded liquidity pool and queued profit claims.
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Franklin Templeton and Animoca bring tokenized assets to NUVA
The collaboration is intended to move NUVA beyond its existing Provenance-based vaults by adding institutional assets from a broader group of issuers.
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Consensys and ClearToken target 24/7 tokenized settlement
Consensys and ClearToken are pairing blockchain infrastructure with a UK-regulated settlement framework for tokenized securities and cash.
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Cardano Foundation Spins Out Veridian With Tokenized Shares
Cardano Foundation spun out digital identity company Veridian and tokenized its shares as Swiss ledger-based securities under the proposed CIP-0113 standard.
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Vault Street launches CARRY for leveraged RWA yield
CARRY combines tokenized credit and market-neutral strategies in a managed vault with on-chain leverage and a dedicated redemption sleeve.
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Securitize Launches Tokenized U.S. Stocks on Solana
Securitize has launched American stock tokens on Solana for eligible investors, with security entitlements backed one for one by underlying shares.
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ESMA tells EU crypto firms to end services for unauthorised stablecoins
EU crypto providers face a three-month deadline to remediate legacy exposure to stablecoins that do not meet MiCA requirements.
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Uranium Finance Hacker Convicted Over $53.3M DeFi Theft
A Manhattan jury convicted Jonathan Spalletta of computer fraud and money laundering over two attacks that emptied Uranium Finance liquidity pools.
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Based Visa Card Discloses User Data Breach After Dashboard Attack
Based disclosed that an attacker accessed user data through an internal card dashboard while deposited funds remained out of reach.
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Hashi sets October mainnet rollout with $500M committed
Sui plans to move Hashi from testnet to mainnet by the end of October with more than $500 million committed by its launch coalition.
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Orca and Loopscale Merge as Formation
Orca and Loopscale have merged as Formation, combining their Solana trading, credit and vault products under one New York-based company.
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Samsung Wallet Adds USDC Transfers on Solana and Sui
Samsung Wallet will add USDC transfers for American Galaxy users through Solana and Sui, with Coinbase supporting the product.
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HashKey Cloud plans native Bitcoin lending through Babylon vaults
HashKey Cloud plans to connect institutional Bitcoin collateral to Aave v4 through Babylon's Trustless Bitcoin Vaults.
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UK Names Six Lead Banks for Digital Gilt Pilot
HM Treasury appointed six banks to underwrite, distribute and support investor engagement for the UK's first digitally native government bond.
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Polygon OMS Adds TRON Stablecoin Payment Support
Polygon Open Money Stack has added TRON support for stablecoin deposits, wallets, routing and fiat payouts.
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Lido Contributors Unveil Lido Lend Based on Morpho Blue
Lido contributors have unveiled Lido Lend, a planned lending market based on a modified fork of Morpho Blue.
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Tether and Kazakhstan central bank sign stablecoin MoU
Tether, Kazakhstan's central bank and the Alatau City Authority signed an agreement to study a tenge stablecoin and asset-tokenization pilots.
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GSR launches Hare for stablecoin and tokenized gold vaults
GSR launched Hare with Turtle as an onchain vault curation business, with its first two Aave-powered products still awaiting opening dates and terms.
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Universal Safety Products sets October 19 switch to DeFi Capital Markets
Universal Safety Products plans to change its name and ticker while shifting from safety products toward tokenization, digital assets, and proprietary trading.
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Prosecutors cite Bitcoin Fog ruling in Roman Storm venue fight
Federal prosecutors argue that a recent Bitcoin Fog appeals ruling supports venue in Manhattan for two counts in Roman Storm's Tornado Cash case.
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Rain seeks OCC national trust bank charter
Rain applied to form an OCC-supervised trust bank for digital asset custody, stablecoin reserves, issuance and redemption.
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BitGo and HashKey expand institutional partnership
BitGo and HashKey have expanded their APAC partnership across staking, trading, custody and real-world asset tokenization.
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Firelight launches FXRP-backed cover for DeFi vaults
Firelight has launched shared DeFi vault protection backed by staked FXRP, starting with two Sentora vault products.
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Cardano launches programmable tokens on mainnet
Cardano has launched CIP-0113 programmable tokens for regulated assets with transfer, freeze and seizure rules enforced by the network.
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Abstract chain to shut down December 15
Abstract will wind down its chain and has told users to move their assets before a December 15 shutdown.
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