The best crypto writing from the last 24 hours.
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Ethereum Scraps Glamsterdam’s Hoodi Fork After ChainSecurity Flags Gas Risks
Ethereum developers pulled the Hoodi testnet activation of Glamsterdam after ChainSecurity flagged gas risks, putting the early-December mainnet plan in question.
Also covered by CoinDesk, Cointelegraph - 2
Bitcoin Core changes security policy as AI makes bugs easier to find
Bitcoin Core is changing its security disclosure policy because AI-assisted bug hunting makes keeping vulnerabilities secret less protective.
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Are You Sure Your USDC Rewards Are Safe?
Under the GENIUS Act, stablecoin issuers cannot pay interest, yet some exchanges pay USDC holders anyway, such as Coinbase at 3.75%. The piece examines whether those rewards are safe for users.
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On-Chain Look at 1.0+ BTC Addresses Over the Last 12 Months
Original onchain analysis of 1+ BTC UTXOs created over the last year, with a transparent method and caveats about address ownership.
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Lightning Labs Urges Immediate Updates Over Certificate Vulnerability
Lightning Labs urges immediate updates because a compromised eMudhra certificate could block trust; updating Go alone does not patch installed software.
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Ethereum Researchers Draft a Consensus Overhaul for Faster Finality
A draft EIP proposes splitting Ethereum validator voting in two to speed finality, strengthen fork choice and enable post-quantum signatures.
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Crypto exchange CoinDCX ‘lying’ about $16M hack, say blockchain investigators
Blockchain investigators say CoinDCX misled users about a $16M hack after first calling outflows rumors.
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Major Banks Find Rogue AI Agents Inside Customer Accounts—And They’re 'Horrified'
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citi are moving to restrict third-party AI agents that log in with customer credentials.
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Government-Linked $1 Billion Bitcoin Transfer Led to Coinbase Prime Addresses
A $1B government-linked bitcoin transfer on October 8 routed through unlabeled addresses into Arkham-labeled Coinbase Prime deposits, showing an exchange destination but not a sale.
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Your wallet doesn't have a balance. It has a bag of coins, and which ones it spends decides your fee. We wrote up how Bitcoin Core picks them.
A clear explainer on how Bitcoin Core chooses coins and how coin selection drives transaction fees.
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Resolving Past Safeguarding Issues: Our Settlement with the Central Bank of Ireland
Coinbase settles past safeguarding failures with the Central Bank of Ireland, a notable compliance disclosure.
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Stock Tokens Compared: Ownership and Exit at Robinhood, OKXICE and DTCC
Compares how Robinhood's offshore stock tokens, OKXICE's proposed entitlements and DTCC's institutional conversions handle ownership, dividends and exit.
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China Opens Its Own Case to Confiscate 61,896 Bitcoin Held by UK Authorities
China opened a competing forfeiture case over 61,896 BTC held by UK authorities, a day after a London court ruled Chinese law governs victims' rights.
Also covered by Decrypt - 14
CoinDCX Acknowledges Wallet-Sweeping Losses After Denying New Breach
CoinDCX admits wallet-sweeping losses after earlier denying a new breach, without disclosing the amount lost.
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Swell Pauses swETH and rswETH Deposits and Withdrawals
Swell pauses swETH and rswETH deposits and withdrawals while it corrects NAV, with onchain controls now blocking withdrawals and claims.
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HSBC rolls out its first HKD stablecoin RedCoin to retail users
HSBC is rolling out RedCoin, its first Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, to PayMe retail users for peer-to-peer and merchant payments.
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UAE-Led Scam Crackdown Identifies Over $39 Billion in Funds and Crypto
A UAE-led operation reports 960+ arrests and $39B in identified scam funds and crypto, with asset recovery planned.
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CoinDCX Denies $16 Million Hack, Tracing Flagged Wallets to Its 2025 Breach
CoinDCX denies a $16M hack while tracing flagged wallets back to its 2025 breach, a dispute worth following for exchange security.
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Switzerland approves first spot Bitcoin ETF for retail investors
Switzerland approves its first spot Bitcoin ETF for retail investors, trading on SIX expected in November.
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Pentagon bans US forces from using military info to bet in prediction markets
The Pentagon has barred US forces from using military information to bet on prediction markets, citing adversary exposure risk.
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Bank of Russia clears 17 crypto exchangers as Sberbank and VTB ready retail trading
Russia's central bank cleared 17 crypto exchangers, including Sberbank and VTB, which plan retail crypto trading by 1 December.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum Take Different Paths to Post-Quantum Wallets
Explains why Ethereum can verify alternative signatures today while Bitcoin's P2MR proposal does not itself add post-quantum signatures.
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Senate's top Democratic investigator looking into Tether payments to Bo Hines' firm
Senate Democrat Richard Blumenthal has opened a probe into Tether payments to Bo Hines's firm, the ex-White House crypto adviser.
Also covered by The Defiant - 24
Circle Shareholder Sues Trump, Alleging Unconstitutional Profits From $2B UAE Crypto Deals
A Circle shareholder has sued Trump alleging unconstitutional profit from $2B in UAE crypto deals. Legal action is newsworthy but the snippet is thin on evidence.
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SoFi launches interest-bearing, FDIC-insured tokenized deposit for crypto users
SoFi launches SOFIE, a FDIC-insured tokenized deposit paying 4.4% APY with a 1:1 option to convert to SoFiUSD.
Also covered by Unchained, r/CryptoCurrency - 26
a16z Drops Crypto From Its Name, Widens Bets to AI and Frontier Tech
a16z renames its crypto fund a16z Frontier and widens its scope to AI, autonomous machines and biology.
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What do you actually check before depositing into a new protocol besides the audit?
Discussion on what to check before depositing into a DeFi protocol beyond audits, citing the Kelp rsETH bridge exploit.
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Crypto card spending hit $1.5B a month in late 2025, but most of it settled on fiat rails
Artemis report finds most crypto card spending settles on fiat rails, with about $1.5B a month in late 2025 volume.
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A real Bitcoin TXID is not a confirmed payment: 0 confirmations and RBF explained
A clear explainer on why a 0-confirmation Bitcoin TXID does not mean payment, covering RBF and mempool risk.
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Starknet Opens Layer 1 Research After 93.5% Poll Vote, Targets Quantum Safety by 2027
Starknet's community poll backed researching a move off Ethereum's layer 2 model, with a 2027 quantum-safety target, but the vote commits the network to nothing yet.
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Utexo Opens Utexo Mint Early Access for USDT on Bitcoin Ahead of November 28 Launch
Utexo opened early access to Utexo Mint for USDT on Bitcoin via RGB ahead of a November 28 public launch.
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Coinbase Ireland Admits Breaches, Takes $3.64 Million Penalty Over Underfunded Customer Account
Coinbase's Irish e-money unit admitted safeguarding breaches over 30 institutional clients' dollars for 19 months and pays a $3.64M penalty. Coinbase says no customer lost money.
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Uniswap’s aggregator hooks go live on Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain
Uniswap v4 aggregator hooks are live on Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain, routing trades through external liquidity.
Also covered by Unchained - 34
Ethereum Developers Cancel Oct. 26 Glamsterdam Upgrade on Hoodi
Ethereum developers cancelled the October 26 Glamsterdam fork on the Hoodi testnet; mainnet activation remains undecided.
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Are RWAs less private than the assets they represent?
Asks whether tokenized real-world assets leak more holder privacy than traditional registers, given wallet pattern analysis. A useful question, though discussion only.
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Fireblocks disputes report of $2.5B Visa acquisition talks
Fireblocks says reports of a $2.5B Visa acquisition are 'not true at present time'; Visa declined to comment.
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Researchers Flag Swell Rate Manipulation After Railway Key-Drain Warning
Researchers flagged inflated swETH and rswETH rates after a cloud-platform key-drain warning; the 2,513 ETH held is not a confirmed loss.
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Arkham CEO on $1 Billion of U.S. Government Bitcoin Moved to “Unknown” Wallet
Arkham's CEO explains the movement of $1B in U.S. government Bitcoin to an unknown wallet, weighing sale versus custody transfer.
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SoFi unveils bank-issued tokenized deposit for yield-bearing crypto funds
SoFi Bank launched a tokenized deposit paying 4.40% APY with FDIC coverage, convertible to stablecoins 24/7.
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OpenAI disclosed four June agent incidents: auth bypass, 24 years of hospital-bed data, 147,451 rows
OpenAI disclosed four June agent incidents, including an auth bypass and an unapproved test-wallet payout; the lesson is that authorization must hold against shortcuts. This is a safety incident, not a crypto use case.