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Ether has lost 18.8% over roughly 28 days, compared with bitcoin's 12.2%, as major tokens decline.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Group president Evan Auyang will become a senior advisor to the board, while Siu will retain his executive chairman role.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Custodians would need new offline-signing flows, with replacement programs introducing different rules for failed transactions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Transactions rose far less than addresses, while user-paid fees stayed close to their preceding seven-day median.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The Windows sample uses Telegram and Steam to rotate command servers. SlowMist's alert gives no confirmed thefts or victim count.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The two tracked accounts show lifetime losses of about $44.8 million after the trader previously reduced exposure from 93,184 ETH.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The senator warned of alternative measures to secure records, but his current ranking-member position does not give him unilateral subpoena authority.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Aave’s $119.9 million Ethereum Core tBTC reserve remains frozen while Threshold waits for more operators to reconnect.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Bitcoin lost 11.3% and ether 16% over the matched window, as AVAX reversed its earlier relative outperformance.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The company’s disclosed 849,327 BTC were worth about $63.58 billion at the Sunday quote, below their $64.08 billion acquisition cost.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The project also disabled its hosted instances, while contributor Ben Arc said patches should be available within 24 to 48 hours.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Viewing a wallet address requires no signature. Revoking an allowance changes a specific token-spending permission—not every permission attached to the account.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The order requires $45 million in minimum capital and preopening checks. A bank charter does not replace GENIUS Act issuer approval.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Connecting a wallet does not authorize a deposit. A lending position is recorded onchain, separately from the website displaying it—and withdrawals still depend on protocol rules and available assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Cory Fields wants future quantum attackers to post Bitcoin as collateral before touching vulnerable wallets, giving prepared owners a chance to recover their coins and collect a potentially costly penalty.
The list includes the destination of a six-account Cosmos Hub batch that tokenized 2,265.59 staked ATOM.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The wallet converted 3,100 ETH into roughly 6.92 million USDC before pairing a Bitcoin long with an Ether short on Hyperliquid.... Read the full story at The Defiant
One delegator reported theft, while Web3Auth says some apparent wallet drains are protective recovery transfers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
USDS circulating supply fell to $5.59 billion over the same week, while Sky.money lists a 3.80% savings rate set by governance.... Read the full story at The Defiant
CEO Star Xu said OKX treats FinCEN special measures with caution 'similar to sanctions' after customers reported USDT deposits held for review.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The restart includes the USDC Genesis Vault and lifts its remaining loan-management restrictions. Loopscale says a technical post-mortem will follow.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Co-CEO Yi He says a transition plan has been underway for six months, placing the handover's planning before the exchange's $6.34 billion theft.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The activity matters: securities offerings and trading, commodity derivatives and spot-market fraud fall under different powers. A proposal is not the same as an exemption or a law.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Users who created accounts through Google or Apple should stop deposits and move remaining liquid assets, Keplr said.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Apple and Meta’s objections mean all seven of the biggest U.S. tech companies have now asked to keep their shares off the planned OKX-ICE venue.
Starknet’s DeFi TVL fell to $35.8 million after Extended moved settlement to Arc, while its proposed Layer 1 transition remains at the research stage.... Read the full story at The Defiant
A Friday rebound offered relief after a historic selloff. The question now is whether politics and mounting debt could turn an AI correction into something much worse.
OFAC’s official tool searches names and exact crypto addresses. A result still requires identity checks, while an unlisted wallet or company can remain subject to blocking rules.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Losing an app password is different from losing the keys. Social-login wallets and guardian systems also depend on specific credentials or arrangements already in place.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Experts say a disc-free PlayStation will price out low-income players, while in much of Africa, digital-only gaming means breaking Sony’s rules.
The designations freeze covered assets and generally bar US dealings with the firms. OFAC also listed six Tron addresses.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The wallet says recovery-phrase and hardware-wallet accounts are unaffected in its initial assessment, while social-login users should stop sending funds to their accounts.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The pledge follows Ondo's non-US launch plan, while Dinari's US tokens remain non-transferable and barred from DeFi.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The exchange says it has begun an independent review of its AML and sanctions controls. The US transfer ban takes effect 30 days after Federal Register publication.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The deal includes Avon's lending protocols and onchain order book, but Aave Labs has not named a first market or launch date.... Read the full story at The Defiant
FinCEN’s order, part of Operation Economic Outcast, bars U.S. institutions from any transfers to or from MEXC, which Treasury says facilitated $16 billion in illicit finance tied to Iran, North Korea and Russia.
Greece has approved a crypto tax framework with a €500 ($557) annual gains threshold and new rules for staking and DeFi income, but lawmakers left important questions about token swaps unresolved.
Hyperliquid Strategies has applied to become a U.S. futures commission merchant, a move that could let Americans trade perpetual futures on permissioned Hyperliquid markets, pending regulatory approval.
Savers locked out of Ueno Bank burned their cards, booed a former presidential candidate out of the crowd, and watched Congress move to remove President Peña.
The March 26 proposal also targets US government-action contracts, with a commercial-hedging exception defined by the CFTC. It remains in committee.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Fidelity and BlackRock led Thursday's Bitcoin ETF withdrawals as a technology-stock selloff rattled risk assets.
Issuance and redemptions change circulating supply. Transfers do not, and a price move can change market cap without any tokens being issued or redeemed.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The Foundation will pause xGov grants on Dec. 6 and shelve Project King Safety, while maintaining bonus staking support through January 2028.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The venue says traders can redeem profits immediately, with payouts drawn from a protocol buffer before liquidity-provider capital.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The SDN update lists no crypto addresses for the newly designated parties, but US firms must still block covered assets and avoid unauthorized dealings with them.... Read the full story at The Defiant
OFAC targeted offshore companies and associates it says helped Prince Group executives hide assets and dodge earlier sanctions.
Bitcoin redemptions will resume once enough operators return, while Aave’s $123.2 million Ethereum Core tBTC reserve remains frozen.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Gnosis Pay said hackers accessed customer information on the legacy system behind its branded cards, though funds weren’t affected and its enterprise card platform was untouched.
Bitcoin fell toward $75,500 after AI stocks plunged, and over $1 billion in the crypto derivatives market has been wiped out.
Investors told The Wall Street Journal that the $1.5 trillion target now looks too high, as prediction markets bet on a December listing.
The gold-backed token joins Coinbase’s collateral options, while its loan-health pricing updates only during gold-market hours.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Ondo Stocks uses share-backed notes for eligible non-US investors, unlike the derivatives already trading on Anthropic's valuation.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The company says funds and its enterprise platform were unaffected, but has not disclosed how many customers were hit.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Labor’s public proposal would give plan fiduciaries a process-based safe harbor for investment decisions involving crypto and other assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
A notification screenshot he shared describes unauthorized access to the consumer-card system on Nov. 3 and says enterprise programs were unaffected.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Futures bind both sides to settlement obligations. Options give buyers a right in exchange for a premium, while sellers take the corresponding obligation.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The attackers have used more than 20,000 wallets on 16 blockchains so far, but the bulk of the stolen ETH and Bitcoin hasn't moved.
The $3,000 threshold remains in place, including for qualifying crypto transfers under FinCEN's existing guidance.... Read the full story at The Defiant
SATA and SATS imply about $287.4 million in annual dividends at November rates and Oct. 30 share counts, a cost excluded from its Bitcoin Yield metric.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The Tesla CEO said the Texas plant will make room for the Cybercab, as sales of the stainless-steel pickup run far below capacity.
The figure is net of $2.37 billion in borrowing. Safe's published third-quarter report gives the $57.64 billion total but not the DeFi split.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Thursday marked a massive reversal and historic selloff for AI stocks, and crypto was not immune. What held up the strongest?
Non-qualified investors face testing and a 300,000-ruble annual purchase cap per intermediary, while Moscow Exchange targets a Dec. 1 rollout.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Bitcoin obtained from other stolen assets nearly doubled in a day to 1,650 BTC, while the main ETH and bitcoin holdings remain untouched.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Patrick Yaroch drained wallets using credentials the FBI had collected, then asked ChatGPT for advice on starting a new life in Europe.
Most findings involve fixed gas budgets and reserves. The Hoodi testnet upgrade remains paused, with no confirmed mainnet activation date.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The Network Sustainability Mechanism will reissue removed ZEC from 2031 within the 21 million cap, as the community debates its dev fund.
Trust Wallet warns that DarkSword and Coruna exploit older iOS versions to access wallet data, rather than flaws in wallet apps.... Read the full story at The Defiant
US ether ETFs recorded $99.9 million in net withdrawals on Nov. 5, reversing the previous day's $53 million inflow.... Read the full story at The Defiant
IREN aims to substantially complete its mining transition by December, while its $4 billion AI revenue run-rate target moves into early 2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Repayments and collateral withdrawals remain disabled for USDC Genesis-funded loans as the Solana lender details two attack paths.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Anthropic's Claude finance assistant analyzes spending from linked accounts in the U.S., and Anthony Pompliano has a big problem with it.
Ueno’s collapse trapped millions of Paraguayan depositors and triggered a president’s resignation, reviving Bitcoin’s argument for self-custody.
HYPE was trading about 14% below the price used to value the company's quarter-end token holdings.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Prosecutors say Patrick Steven Yaroch used credentials tied to 35 FBI investigations, compromising cases and intelligence sources and methods.... Read the full story at The Defiant
OpenAI wants to ease the backlash against AI campuses with promises on electricity, water and secrecy. Its new compact raises a tougher question: Who would make the company comply?
Led by two senior DOJ officials, the Super Intelligence Task Force will target misuse by foreign governments, criminal groups and fraudsters—while pushing AI developers to tighten internal controls so their systems “behave as intended.”
The exchange also awarded Xpoints to 97 Discord Tester-role holders for early testing, feedback and platform use.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Fresh forensic analysis traces $48.6 million across 11 blockchains and finds thousands of customer deposit addresses drained hours after the Brazilian exchange said it had stopped the breach on Monday.
The framework exempts annual net gains of up to €500 and is scheduled to apply from January 2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Kalshi must report compliance steps within 21 days, after the tribes disputed the effectiveness of its voluntary location blocks.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Trades route through Jupiter, while tokenized securities are unavailable to US persons and users in several other major markets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Zcash's latest upgrade promises faster transactions, but thousands of coins remain in an aging privacy system that will soon stop accepting withdrawals, potentially leaving their owners empty-handed.
Agave 4.4.1 changes how loader-v3 program data counts toward transaction limits, ahead of a planned Nov. 6 cutoff for unpatched nodes.... Read the full story at The Defiant
An automated OpenAI system produced working exploits and draft fixes at roughly $1,279 per flaw, raising new questions about how cheaply AI can find holes in critical software at scale.
The Ethereum Economic Zone ran three demonstrations at Devcon in Mumbai. Rollup X is a devnet whose batches are attested by a designated signer rather than proven.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The planned amendments cover capital requirements, customer-asset safeguards and recordkeeping for broker-dealers handling crypto assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Key-only accounts can be exposed if SSH password authentication remains enabled. Alpine urges operators to update and restart the server process.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The Hut 8-backed miner reversed a second-quarter loss, driven largely by a $197 million gain on its Bitcoin holdings.
Blockaid listed patched builds for reth, op-reth and Base, while Gauntlet curtailed deposits and allocations.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Netting offsets obligations, while collateral backs performance. Neither is the same as completing payment and delivery.... Read the full story at The Defiant
A day after Trump celebrated stock market records, the S&P 500 sank 3.8%, putting emergency trading halts in focus as AI stocks dragged Wall Street sharply lower during Thursday trading.
Lawmakers approved impeachment proceedings with 78 votes, while the central bank outlined a first payout group for Ueno depositors.... Read the full story at The Defiant
The risk curator is also pausing allocations and reducing LayerZero-bridged asset exposure, while saying no exploit has been reported to its knowledge.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Employees are being told not to bet on casting news, release dates or earnings, though experts say the rules will be hard to enforce.
The team plans to move affected users to new wallets and warns against further deposits into bot wallets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
LlamaRisk has proposed a 300 BTC collateral cap, but activating the market would still require a separate onchain governance vote.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Total crypto market value fell 6.8% over 24 hours, while bitcoin gave back much of Wednesday’s post-election rebound.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Leap, built by the team behind Dialect, launched a beta iPhone app for trading tokenized stocks, ETFs, metals, currencies and crypto on Solana, pitching itself to traders looking beyond meme coins.
The bank says incoming transfers are awaiting review and outgoing transfers will be processed after review, while assuring customers their funds are secure.... Read the full story at The Defiant