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French Bank Credit Mutuel Arkea Confirms Cyberattack as ZachXBT Puts Losses Above $133 Million
Credit Mutuel Arkea confirmed a cyberattack via a service provider; ZachXBT estimates losses above $133M, unconfirmed by the bank.
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Blast Shuts Down Layer 2, Directs Users to Recovery Site
Blast shut down its Layer 2 and sent users to a recovery site; bridge assets fell about 84% from October.
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Matt Corallo Flags Critical Linux Kernel Flaw; Lightning Labs Ships LND Mitigation
Critical Linux kernel TCP flaw (CVSS 9.8) flagged by Matt Corallo, with Lightning Labs shipping an LND mitigation that disables Multipath TCP.
Also covered by CoinDesk - 4
THORChain's RUNE jumps 10% as North Korean hackers resume laundering Binance loot
TraderTraitor is routing Binance hack proceeds through THORChain, with RUNE rising 10% on the news.
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Here’s Why Bitcoin Yield on L2s Are Drying Up, According to Two Prime
Unchained piece on why bitcoin yields on L2s are fading, per Two Prime; the snippet is mostly survey promo, so the thesis is only partly visible.
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Crypto PACs spent $170 million on the midterms—and came up nearly dry
Crypto PACs spent about $170 million on the midterms and saw several high-profile backed candidates lose.
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Eleanor Terrett: House Democrats are discussing plans to expand the Crypto Investor and Consumer Bill of Rights, Maxine Waters’ amendment to the Clarity Act in 2025, into a broader crypto “market structure” bill next Congress.
House Democrats are reportedly planning to fold Clarity Act provisions into a broader crypto market structure bill next Congress.
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Wall Street’s Plumbing Goes Onchain as Morgan Stanley Tokenizes Securities
Morgan Stanley converted US equities and Treasuries into tokenized form via the DTCC Tokenization Service, with 20 firms signed up.
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Elias Rohrer, instagibbs, darosior & more - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #429 Recap
Bitcoin Optech newsletter recap covering silent payments for multiparty wallets, a DoS disclosure and a Bitcoin Core policy update.
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Idling at Support
Glassnode on-chain analysis: short-term holders shifted from mostly in profit to mostly at a loss as Bitcoin pulled back about 10% into support.
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Mercado Bitcoin Attacker Swaps Tokens for $10.55 Million in ETH, Arkham Says
Arkham traced the Mercado Bitcoin attacker swapping stolen tokens for about $10.55 million in ETH; blocked-asset estimate raised to $12.9 million.
Also covered by Cointelegraph, CoinDesk - 12
Binance Revokes SignalPlus API Keys After Security Warning
Binance revoked SignalPlus API keys after a security warning and told users to check positions and orders before reconnecting.
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XRP Ledger Turns On Fix for Delegated Burn Permission That Could Mint New Tokens
XRP Ledger enabled a fix for delegated burn permissions that could allow minting new tokens, after a first attempt broke 12 days into the window.
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Bitcoin miner Riot could pay Anthropic 12% interest under $28 billion AI deal
Riot's $28 billion AI data center deal with Anthropic could give Anthropic financing returns of about 12% interest via rent deductions.
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South Korea seeks 4th crypto tax delay, targets 2029 start
South Korea is seeking a fourth delay of its 22% crypto gains tax, now pushing the start to 2029.
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France budget rejection sidelines stablecoin tax, wallet reporting
France's budget rejection drops the stablecoin tax and self-custody wallet reporting amendments, though they could return in the Senate.
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Hong Kong passes law requiring crypto exchanges to report customer transactions to tax authorities
Hong Kong law requires crypto exchanges to collect and report customer transaction data to tax authorities from 2027.
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Arkansas sues Kalshi, says its alleged illegal gambling operations cause mental harm
Arkansas sues Kalshi over alleged illegal gambling, adding to a growing set of state actions against prediction markets.
Also covered by Decrypt - 19
Zcash is about to freeze $16 million in its oldest privacy pool
Zcash is set to freeze about 12,200 ZEC, roughly $16M, left in its oldest privacy pool, Sprout.
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XRP Ledger fixes a disclosed bug that could have led to the creation of new tokens
The XRP Ledger shipped a fix for a disclosed bug that could have allowed creating new tokens; XRP itself was unaffected.
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Trump Media moves $342 million in bitcoin to Crypto.com, blockchain data show
Arkham data shows a large BTC transfer from a Trump Media-linked wallet to Crypto.com, about $342 million.
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Mercado Bitcoin says phased reopening to begin Monday, will cover losses
Mercado Bitcoin will reopen in phases after a hack, starting with view-only access, and says it will cover losses from company funds.
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Why Bitcoin’s Next Soft Fork Could Feel Like a Practice Run
Matt Corallo argues Bitcoin's next soft fork patching four legacy bugs is also a practice run for rebuilding upgrade muscle memory.
Also covered by Decrypt - 24
Crypto PACs eye 2028 “new map” as Democrats take Congress
Crypto super PACs spent over $176M on the midterms, and a Democratic sweep may bring tougher industry scrutiny into 2028.
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Judge Lets Stock Perpetual Futures Keep Trading but Says CFTC Likely Overstepped Its Authority
A federal judge let stock perpetual futures keep trading but found the CFTC likely exceeded its authority in a case brought by a Cboe- and Citadel-backed group.
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Canton Coin Gets SEC Nod as Wall Street Tokenization Heats Up
SEC staff view Canton Coin as a digital commodity and won't recommend enforcement over its minting, alongside DTCC's tokenization service.
Also covered by Unchained - 27
I checked every past time Bitcoin was this close to its long-term floor. A year later it was higher in 8 of 8.
A Bitcoin power-law floor analysis counts past periods near the floor; the price was higher 12 months later in all 8 cases.
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Zcash Community Grants Abandons Its Own Funding Cut, Leaves Dev Fund’s Future to Governance
Zcash Community Grants dropped its own proposal to cut funding and moved the dev fund's future to governance after four days.
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House Democrats Eye Their Own Crypto Market Structure Bill With a Bigger SEC Role After Sweep
House Democrats are drafting a market structure bill with a bigger SEC role and new ethics limits on Trump, a meaningful policy shift.
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Crypto's powerhouse super PAC, Fairshake, found its kryptonite
Analysis of Fairshake's spending record: over a third of its spending failed, especially in Ohio.
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Ethereum Is Shipping Around Itself
Ethereum is gaining faster deposits, cheaper contracts and a post-quantum signature check without a hard fork.
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Strategy raises $5.4B but barely buys bitcoin
Strategy sold $5.4B of stock but put only $588M into bitcoin, per its own 10-Q filing.
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Crypto Super PACs Back the Winning Side in 28 of 30 Called House Races, 1 of 4 Senate Races
FEC-based tally shows crypto super PACs backed winners in 28 of 30 called House races but only 1 of 4 Senate races.
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Jack Dorsey’s Block (XYZ) Sets Aside $764 Million for DOJ Settlement as Bitcoin Profit Halves
Block agreed in principle to a $764M deferred-prosecution deal over Cash App AML failures, and bitcoin gross profit fell 50% after fee cuts.
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Circle’s ARC token sale lifts earnings as lower yields weigh on USDC income
Circle's ARC token sale lifts earnings, but lower yields are squeezing USDC income and the company is pushing payments fees and staking to diversify.
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Democrats to Target Trump’s Crypto Ventures After Taking Congress
Democrats reportedly plan subpoenas on Trump-linked crypto ventures, including World Liberty Financial and the CZ pardon, once they take Congress.
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TD Cowen: Democratic Sweep Makes a Crypto-Backed CLARITY Act ‘Impossible’
TD Cowen argues a Democratic sweep makes an industry-backed CLARITY Act effectively impossible for two years.
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BitMart hit by $391K hack amid security staff exodus
BitMart lost $391K in a hack, and its founder links the breach to a staff exodus and threats from former staff.
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Circle beats earnings and revenue estimates on soaring USDC transaction volume
Circle beat third-quarter estimates on rising USDC transaction volume.
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Riot (RIOT) and Hut 8 (HUT) Sell Thousands of Bitcoin to Fund AI Ventures, Share Buybacks
Riot and Hut 8 sold thousands of bitcoin to fund AI data centers and buybacks, a sign miners are shifting balance sheets toward AI.