Nasdaq Approves Listing of Canary’s Staked Injective ETF
The proposed INJC fund would stake at least 90% of its INJ holdings and charge a 1.10% annual sponsor fee.
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Lightning Labs Releases LND Mitigation for Critical Linux Flaw
LND v0.20.7-beta and v0.21.6-beta disable Multipath TCP by default, but operators still need a patched kernel to fix the underlying vulnerability.
What Are Privacy Coins? Bitcoin, Monero and Zcash Compared
Monero requires privacy mechanisms for ordinary transfers, while Zcash supports transparent and shielded modes. Neither erases an exchange’s identity records.
Stripe Lets US Businesses Send Stablecoins to Wallets in 160-Plus Markets
The public preview supports USDC and Open USD, funded from a Treasury balance. Businesses in New York are excluded.
Polygon Proposal Seeks Hard Fork to Recover 70.49 Million POL
Funds tied to the Polymarket and Binance incidents would go to recovery wallets, without changing POL’s total supply.
Osmosis Burns 55.5 Million OSMO From Community Pool
The community pool retains about 63.78 million OSMO, but new token issuance no longer replenishes its reserves.
Zcash Climbs 9.5% Ahead of NU7 Network Upgrade
The upgrade is expected around Nov. 5 and will shorten target block times without materially increasing scheduled daily issuance. Node operators face a software-upgrade deadline.
ApeChain Plans Switch From LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP
The plan includes upgrading APE and USDC to Chainlink Cross-Chain Tokens, but the announcements do not specify holder migration steps or a legacy-bridge shutdown date.
Privacy Cash Pauses Deposits After Binance Hack
Elliptic traced about $1.2 million in theft-linked ETH and SOL into its pools; the team says withdrawals remain open.
Coinbase Brings Deribit Options and Perpetuals to US Prime Clients
Institutions can access global derivatives through Coinbase Financial Markets, but shared liquidity does not mean a single margin pool.
Blast Shuts Down Layer 2, Directs Users to Recovery Site
DefiLlama’s latest daily reading puts bridge assets at $6.51 million, about 84% below the reading reported on Oct. 26.
Binance Expands Proof of Reserves to 44 Tokens After Hack
The exchange says it has replenished about 98% of affected assets, but the new cryptographic proof is unfinished and withdrawals are not fully reopened.
Riot Signs $28 Billion AI Lease for Entire Corsicana Campus
The miner has sold 20,264 BTC this year to help fund data centers, while mining still supplied about 64% of third-quarter revenue.
Polkadot Treasury Lost $1.38 Million After XCM Patch Missed Production
The flaw distorted DOT/dotUSD pool pricing. A later upgrade repaired the stablecoin’s supply accounting without changing holders’ balances.
Bitcoin Reclaims $79,000 After 5% Rebound From Election-Night Low
Ether and Solana joined the recovery, while S&P 500 and gold futures gained about 3% over a matched overnight window.
NEAR Adds 24/7 NIFTY 50 Perpetual With Cross-Chain Funding
The Hyperliquid-based contract allows up to 20x leverage and settles index-point gains and losses in USDC, without delivering Indian shares.
Dialectic Launches SpaceX Yield Vault Using Aave Loans on Base
Starloop borrows USDC against tokenized shares, adding liquidation risk to a strategy operating within Aave’s 37,000-token collateral cap.
Core Lightning Urges Upgrade to 26.06.10 to Patch Channel Flaws
The release addresses channel-balance risks and remote crashes; maintainers are withholding tests for the fixes to give node runners time to update.
Mercado Bitcoin Attacker Swaps Tokens for $10.55 Million in ETH, Arkham Says
Arkham traced $13.26 million leaving labelled wallets, while Mercado Bitcoin has raised its blocked-assets estimate to $12.9 million.
Coinbase, Kalshi Denied Shield From State Prediction-Market Enforcement
The Second Circuit denied interim protection in Connecticut and New York, but its order does not require trading to stop or existing positions to close.
Circle Payments Network Reaches $41.3 Billion Annualized Volume in Q3
Circle retained 52.4% of revenue and reserve income after distribution-related costs, but ARC token sales lifted that share. Its pending Tazapay acquisition would deepen local payout access.
Morgan Stanley Tokenizes US Stocks and Treasuries Through DTCC
The bank was among 20 participants signed up at launch. The service permits 24/7 token transfers only between registered wallets on the same blockchain.
WLFI Slides 11% on Election Night, Lags Bitcoin’s Recovery
World Liberty’s token remained 5.1% below its early-evening level by 5 a.m. ET, while bitcoin had recovered its losses.
Hong Kong Passes Crypto Tax Reporting Bill for 2027 Start
Annual reports will link customer identities to fiat trades, token swaps and transfers, including withdrawals to external wallets.
Apple Joins OKXICE Stock-Token Objectors as Total Reaches 59
Objections now cover 53 of the venue’s original 63 proposed stock symbols, leaving ten without a disclosed opt-out.
Democrats Win House, Gaining New Leverage Over Crypto Legislation
The incoming majority will control key House committees and oversight, while the CLARITY Act remains stalled at the Senate floor.
Block Reaches $964 Million DOJ Deal in Principle Over AML Lapses
Credits for prior regulatory resolutions would reduce the payment to about $764 million. Separately, bitcoin ecosystem gross profit fell 50%, primarily because of Cash App fee cuts.
Democrats Win Senate Control as CLARITY Act Remains Stalled
Elizabeth Warren is positioned to take over Banking, but the crypto market-structure bill is already awaiting floor action after a failed procedural vote.
BitMart Founder Confirms Hack During Restructuring
Bitquery traced about $391,000 in outflows mostly from BitMart-linked wallets to an address used in the Mercado Bitcoin attack.
Solana Breaks Below $90 as Bitcoin Slides Under $76,000
SOL has lost about 24% in four weeks, more than double bitcoin's decline over the same window.