Malicious Pull Requests Target Vizor and Zingo Wallets
None of the six requests was merged; the campaign paired credential-stealing code with instructions telling AI reviewers not to flag secret uploads.
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Alta Raises $47.5 Million for Bank-Focused Blockchain
Airwallex plans to connect the network to local payment rails, while Alta builds privacy and institutional policy checks into settlement.
Pendle Lists Four Fixed-Term USDe Markets on Ethereum
Initial quoted annualized yields ranged from 5.24% to 6.00%, with roughly $10,000 of liquidity in each pool.
Fomo Adds Solana Token Trading Route to X Cashtags
X's existing 'Trade' workflow sends users to participating partners. Fomo says its crypto wallets are non-custodial.
US CPI Tops Forecasts in October as Bitcoin, Ether Fall
A gap in October 2025 data left headline and core CPI without annual readings; ether slipped 1.9% around the release.
Compound V2 Users Face Nov. 10 COMP Rewards Deadline
The legacy Ethereum rewards campaign opened with 40,419 COMP. Unclaimed tokens will return to Compound’s treasury after the cutoff.
Anthropic Registers Up to 948.75 Million IPO Shares
The amendment’s fee table uses $78 a share, while crypto derivatives require a different denominator: the company’s total outstanding shares.
Initia Halts L1 After $605,000 USDC Outflow, Team Says
The team’s preliminary investigation points to compromised rollup infrastructure keys used to fabricate cross-chain transfers.
Anthropic Retracts IPO Range as Crypto Products Await Debut
Liquid reported a rebound after the pricing retraction, while Ondo and Dinari’s tokenized products remain tied to public trading.
Anthropic Launches Fable 5.2 With 20% Lower Token Prices
Anthropic says the model nearly matches Opus 5.5’s best FrontierCode result at roughly half the cost per task, despite higher per-token rates.
Anthropic Launches IPO Roadshow at $70–$78 a Share
The proposed 825 million-share offering moves ANT toward Nasdaq, while Ondo and Dinari's tokenized-stock launches still await public trading.
Waller Backs December Hike as Bitcoin Slips Toward $74K
He said a half-point increase should be considered if monthly core CPI stays around 0.3% or higher. Kalshi traders increased their December hike bets.
WalletConnect Pitches Single-Integration Crypto Checkout
Binance Pay is listed as live for direct exchange-account payments, with other exchange integrations still marked coming soon.
Ethlabs Urges Glamsterdam Hold Pending Audit Findings
Four reports flag deployed contracts that could break, while possible specification changes are being prototyped, the Ethereum Foundation says.
Coinbase, Five Firms Back CFTC in Stock Perps Lawsuit
The proposed amicus brief supports joint SEC-CFTC oversight as a November 10 reply deadline approaches in the bid to halt single-stock perpetuals.
Trump Media Reports 15,649 BTC Ahead of Debt Put
Noteholders can demand up to about $1 billion in cash on November 30, while much of the company's disclosed bitcoin was committed to an options strategy.
SlowMist Flags iOS Sandbox Escape Risk to Wallet Data
The worse_query repository lists iOS 26.0–26.7.2 and 27.2 as targets; the wallet warning centers on secrets stored locally in plaintext.
Upbit to List HYPE With Direct Korean Won Trading
HYPE gained 1.4% in a 35-minute window around the announcement, outpacing bitcoin, as Upbit prepared to open three trading pairs.
MARA Sells 13,597 Bitcoin, Repays $750 Million in Debt
The miner announced a new $500 million stock buyback authorization as two planned data center leases face a possible delay into 2027.
Former Ethereum Foundation Employee Sues Over Mandate-Linked Firing
Kayleen Fulton alleges disability discrimination and retaliation. Vitalik Buterin and Bastian Aue are also named as defendants.
Anthropic to Launch Nasdaq IPO Tuesday, IFR Reports
Public trading would activate Ondo and Dinari tokenization plans, while existing derivatives would not become IPO allocations.
World Liberty Says WLFI Buybacks Have Begun on Aster
The disclosed wallet deposited 10 million USD1 into Aster, while the company left the buyback budget and purchase schedule discretionary.
Anthropic Launches Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 at Lower Token Prices
The models share an underlying system but use different safeguards, with Mythos access restricted to verified organizations.
Nvidia Trades 26% Below Record Close Amid Huang Review
Shares had already lost 22% by Friday, while a semiconductor ETF fell 30.5% over the same month-long window.
Hard Fork vs. Soft Fork: How Blockchain Upgrades Work
Older nodes can accept soft-fork blocks without understanding every new rule. A hard fork requires upgraded software to follow the changed network, but does not automatically create another coin.
Meta Launches Muse Ember With Pricing From $0.10 Per Million Input Tokens
Available through Meta Model API and Muse Code, the lightweight multimodal model handles repeated agent tasks while larger Muse models plan the work.
Claude Code Approval Files Expose 1,379 Secrets on GitHub
Saved command approvals can retain passwords and tokens. Anthropic’s Claude Code team is exploring safeguards, including built-in secret scanning.
Buterin Urges Store-of-Value Focus for ETH, Not Fee Burns
The Ethereum co-founder backs keeping EIP-1559 but argues that maximizing fees could price out users and undermine decentralization.
Kinetiq Launches Elysium Mainnet for Hyperliquid
Pump.fun and Fomo say Elysium trading is live, while native HyperCore data reads and fast order submissions await a later upgrade.
Durov Says 700,000-Plus Wallets Were Created on Telegram in 48 Hours
The Gram explorer’s creation count includes wallets without onchain transactions, a different measure from active wallets.