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Initia Halts L1 and Rollups After Reported Mint Exploit
Initia halted its L1 and rollups after an exploit estimated at $2.6 million was cashed out via stablecoin swaps and ETH transfers.
Also covered by Cointelegraph - 2
Bitcoin Core changes security rules as AI makes finding code bugs dangerously easy
Bitcoin Core merged a policy ending the embargo for bugs an AI could rediscover, after AI found hundreds of Bitcoin bugs.
Also covered by Unchained, Bitcoin Magazine - 3
Initia Has No Restart Date After Attacker Mints Tokens and Bridges Out $2.7 Million
An attacker minted tokens on Initia and bridged out $2.7M, with a suspected MoveVM flaw and the chain halted with no restart date.
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US senator probes Tether after reported deal with ex-Trump crypto adviser
A Senate subcommittee ranking member requested Tether records on a reported deal with a firm tied to an ex-Trump crypto adviser.
Also covered by Decrypt - 5
Another unsolved ciphers falls to AI, this one was meant to test life after death
A Reddit user used Claude and OpenAI models to crack a 76-year-old cryptogram, with Klaus Schmeh confirming the solution.
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Ethereum Delays Glamsterdam Testnet Fork Over Gas Security Flaws
Ethereum delays the Hoodi testnet fork for Glamsterdam after ChainSecurity found gas changes that could lock in contract failures, citing 13 real-world cases.
Also covered by r/ethereum, Bankless - 7
Arthur Hayes Says He Sold Maelstrom’s Directional Book
Onchain transfers from Hayes-linked wallets of 8,000 ETH and six other tokens appear to contradict his public long Bitcoin and Ether stance from Oct. 15.
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Franklin Templeton adds $150 million in fund shares to XRP Ledger, all in one wallet
Franklin Templeton added $150 million in fund shares to the XRP Ledger in one wallet, nearly quadrupling its on-network tokens. The receiving wallet shares authorized signers with the issuer.
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Argentine Judge Dismisses LIBRA Criminal Case Against Milei and 10 Others
An Argentine judge dismissed the criminal LIBRA case against Javier Milei, Karina Milei and others, after a New York class action was dismissed in September.
Also covered by Unchained - 10
Kraken Scraps Monero Withdrawal Questionnaires, Keeps XMR Listed
Kraken dropped the Monero withdrawal questionnaires but keeps XMR listed, with co-CEO Arjun Sethi calling destination-use questions unacceptable.
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SEC Adds Tokenization to 2027 Examination Priorities
SEC adds tokenization scrutiny for clearing agencies and Regulation SCI entities to its 2027 examination priorities.
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Swell Freezes swETH and rswETH Withdrawals Until It Corrects Their Exchange Rates
Swell halted swETH and rswETH withdrawals while fixing exchange rates that its contracts overstate, with DEX prices well below the reported rate.
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Austin Griffith Demonstrates How Fast Bots Can Drain Weak Ethereum Keys
Austin Griffith's demo put about $1 behind a weak Ethereum key, and bots swept it within seconds, a vivid security lesson.
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New York seeks over $1.3 billion from NovaTech founders after couple fled the US
New York is seeking $1.3 billion from NovaTech's founders, whose platform took in $1.16 billion and traded only a fraction of it.
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Delphi’s Jason Pagoulatos Says Papertrade Is ‘Kind of Bait and Switching’ PAPER Holders
Delphi's markets head says Papertrade changing its rules after about $140M in deposits is a bad look for PAPER holders. Useful on tokenholder trust, with limited detail in the snippet.
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CoinDCX Absorbs Losses, Credits Users After Failed Sweep of Hacked Deposit Addresses
CoinDCX absorbed losses and credited users after a sweep of deposits on addresses deprecated after its July 2025 hack failed.
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IRS plans lower tax disclosure penalties, including for crypto: Forbes
IRS plans to lower penalties for voluntary disclosure of past violations, including crypto, with more flexible payment options.
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Solana Alpenglow Upgrade Ships. Adoption is the Real Test
Galaxy Research looks at whether Solana's Alpenglow upgrade will drive real adoption after shipping. Useful context on the upgrade, though the snippet gives little detail.
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Crypto's Two Answers to AI Bug Hunters
Analysis of how crypto projects split between agility and minimalism as AI makes bug finding cheap.
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Ether ETFs Are Having Their Worst Month of 2026. Who Buys Once Bitmine Stops?
Ether ETF outflows hit a 2026 monthly worst in October, with Bitmine's treasury buying also slowing.
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AI-Agent Payments Explained: Mastercard Agent Pay, AP2 and x402
Explainer on AP2, x402 and Mastercard Agent Pay, separating spending authority from payment requests and settlement.
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Uniswap v4 Is Now an Aggregator
Uniswap v4 adds Aggregator Hooks that plug seven outside liquidity sources into the pool, covering over 90% of DEX activity on listed chains.
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Blumenthal Asks Tether to Detail Every Payment to Nxum, Bo Hines’ Consulting Firm
Senator Blumenthal demanded Tether and Nxum, Bo Hines' consulting firm, turn over payment details and messages by early November.
Also covered by The Block - 24
Agora Freezes AUSD Account Linked to Initia Exploit
Agora froze an AUSD account tied to the Initia exploit after 1.4 million AUSD was swapped for ETH.
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Can public blockchains support confidential RWA assets?
Survey of ZK, FHE and other options for keeping institutional RWA trades confidential on public chains, with trade-offs.
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ERC-TBA: Agent Credit Backers
Draft ERC proposal for credit lines to AI agent identities, with a third party backing defaults via EIP-712 consent.
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Succinct Patches SP1 Bug That Could Let Invalid Proofs Pass
Succinct patched an SP1 bug that could let invalid proofs pass in native Rust verification for versions 6.0.0 to 6.8.0.
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South Korea to amend forex law to regulate stablecoins as payment instruments: report
South Korea plans to amend its forex law to treat stablecoins as payment instruments, within its wider Digital Asset Basic Act.
Also covered by Bitcoin Magazine - 29
Was crypto self-custody ever designed for beginners?
Asks whether self-custody suits beginners after recent hardware wallet incidents, weighing multisig and seedless designs' tradeoffs.
- 30
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #428
Bitcoin Optech's weekly newsletter covering recent Bitcoin protocol development and technical discussion.
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Bitcoin appears to have decoupled from midterm cycle bottom history
Bitcoin's current recovery may have bottomed months before the midterms, breaking the historical midterm-cycle pattern.
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Socket Finds 16 Fake Rabby and OKX Wallet Extensions on Firefox
Socket found 16 fake Rabby and OKX wallet extensions on Firefox; removing them does not protect wallets whose recovery phrases were exposed.
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South Korea’s Digital Asset Basic Act is close to completion, according to Lee Eog-weon, chairman of the Financial Services Commission. However, a debate over the country’s crypto tax is intensifying.
South Korea's Digital Asset Basic Act is nearing completion per the FSC chair, while a crypto tax debate intensifies.
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HSBC launches Hong Kong dollar stablecoin for retail payments
HSBC is rolling out a Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, RedCoin, to PayMe retail users, with plans for tokenized investment uses.
Also covered by CoinDesk - 35
Cysic dangles a 10% bounty, hacker pours loot into Tornado Cash
An attacker exploited Cysic's bridge to mint 10 million tokens on BNB Chain and moved $744,000 to Tornado Cash despite a 10% bounty offer.
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India's largest exchange denies hack after sleuths pointed to $16 million in suspicious outflows
CoinDCX denies a hack after sleuths flagged $16M in outflows from exchange-linked addresses; the story is still unresolved.
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Phantom rolls out Kalshi prediction markets to US users, says it’s ‘confident and comfortable’ amid state lawsuits
Phantom adds Kalshi prediction markets for US users, funded with CASH stablecoins, with restrictions in three states.
Also covered by Unchained - 38
Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz drops ‘crypto’ from name of blockchain fund, rebrands as ‘a16z Frontier’
a16z drops 'crypto' from its crypto fund name and rebrands as a16z Frontier, widening scope to more startups.
Also covered by Unchained - 39
Wells Fargo, Arm, Intuit Keep Their Stock Off OKX-ICE Token Venue as Objections Reach 22
Issuers including Wells Fargo and Arm objected to OKX tokenized shares, keeping their stock off the venue under SEC rules.
Also covered by Cointelegraph - 40
Netanyahu Considering Crypto Plan to Dodge Banking Sanctions on Israel
Netanyahu reportedly asked for a blockchain plan to route around possible banking sanctions on Israel, days before the election.