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Adam Back makes case for simpler security as Blockstream launches Bitcoin custody system
Blockstream launches a custody system built with Thales using dedicated hardware for transaction signing, with Adam Back arguing for simpler offline security.
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TD Cowen: Democratic Congress Would Sink CLARITY Act for Two Years
TD Cowen analysis says a Democratic Congress sweep would stall the CLARITY Act for two years and block Trump's SEC and CFTC picks.
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President Trump Taps Two Democrats in Bipartisan Slate of SEC and CFTC Nominees as Both Agencies Run Short-Handed
Trump nominated a bipartisan slate of SEC and CFTC commissioners, with two Democrats, as both agencies run short-handed.
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SEC Crypto Broker Rule Enters White House Review
SEC crypto broker-dealer rule amendments entered White House review, covering capital, customer assets and recordkeeping.
Also covered by The Block - 5
Solana Becomes the Fifth Network on DTCC’s Tokenization Roadmap, Due in Late 2027
Solana is named the fifth network on DTCC's tokenization roadmap, due in second half 2027, with holding limited to DTC account firms.
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Implant reported in a Trezor sold by CryptoBilis
Report of a hardware wallet implant in a Trezor sold by a reseller, a supply-chain security warning.
Also covered by Protos - 7
Tether Gold issuer follows USDT to complete Big Four audit
KPMG gave TG Commodities a clean opinion on its 2025 accounts; overlaps the XAUT audit story, kept as the secondary source.
Also covered by Decrypt - 8
CFTC gets into legal clash over stock perps after having cleared path for crypto version
Citadel-backed firms sued the CFTC over its path for stock perpetuals, setting up a jurisdictional fight with the SEC over crypto-style derivatives.
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Securitize and Ethena’s $100 million BlackRock BUIDL liquidity facility goes live
Securitize and Ethena launch a $100M facility letting BUIDL holders swap into stablecoins 24/7.
Also covered by The Defiant - 10
DTCC plans to bring tokenized securities to Solana in second half of 2027
DTCC plans to add Solana to its tokenization service in the second half of 2027.
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Thailand proposes $148K daily cap on stablecoin deposits and withdrawals
Thailand's SEC proposes daily caps on stablecoin deposits and withdrawals and requires self-owned wallets.
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Are Alt-L1s over? Security, costs drive smaller chains to Ethereum
Zilliqa, Gnosis and Ronin moving into the Ethereum ecosystem as security and liquidity favor consolidation.
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Ethlabs Wants Ethereum Quantum and AI Ready by 2027, Drops Its Faster Blocks Push
Ethlabs drops 10-second blocks from Hegota to focus on quantum- and AI-resistant cryptography, a plan core developers have not yet adopted.
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Chainstack says AI-powered security breach exposed customer data; threat now contained
Node provider Chainstack had an AI-powered breach exposing customer data; customers must rotate node credentials.
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Synthetix Recovers 8.4 Million SNX Stolen in Binance Hack
Synthetix says 8.4M SNX stolen in the Binance hack is secured in its Safe and will be returned when Binance requests it.
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Three Companies Have Notified the SEC of Intention To Start Tokenized Stocks Trading
Three companies have notified the SEC of plans to start trading tokenized stocks, per Bitcoin Magazine.
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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.
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Bitcoin Core discloses three patched security flaws, including high-severity mining bug
Bitcoin Core disclosed three patched flaws, including a high-severity block template bug affecting miners.
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SEC enforcement actions fall 24%, crypto cases in spotlight
SEC enforcement actions fell to 348 in fiscal 2026 from 456, with crypto cases still prominent in the mix.
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Bitmine reports $6.3 billion net loss in latest fiscal year, driven by 44% ether decline
Bitmine's SEC filing shows a $6.3B net loss for the fiscal year, with about $6.23B from unrealized fair value losses on its ether holdings after a 44% ether decline.
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Initia confirms second exploit in 3 weeks, $3.27M stolen in latest attack
Initia suffered its second exploit in three weeks: attacker used compromised cloud credentials to move $3.27M, with about $2.16M still frozen as the network stays halted.
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LNbits Releases 1.7.0 Urgent Security Update After November 8 Attacks Drain Funds
LNbits shipped urgent 1.7.0 after attacks on November 8 drained funds; operators must upgrade before restarting servers, since older versions risk theft.
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Across Protocol warns users to avoid app amid reports of drained wallets
Across Protocol is investigating a possible domain-level security incident, with users reporting drained wallets; avoid the app until resolved.
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Kimber Digital Securities gains broker-dealer status for tokenized assets
Kimber Digital Securities got broker-dealer status to offer tokenized US stocks, ETFs and bonds via self-custodial wallets.
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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.
Also covered by Bitcoin Magazine - 26
Ledger SDK Sends Signing Metadata by Default
A Ledger SDK sent signing metadata including addresses and device details by default; a security issue for wallet users.
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Consumer Protection Tuesday: Announcing Security Checkup - your account's security score
Coinbase launches an account security score feature for users, a product announcement of modest interest.
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Malicious Pull Requests Target Vizor and Zingo Wallets
Malicious pull requests targeted Vizor and Zingo wallet repos with instructions to make AI reviewers ignore secret uploads; none merged, a useful supply-chain security warning.
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Securitize Reports $66.3 Million Loss in First Public Quarter, Agrees to Buy River One
Securitize posted a $66.3M loss in its first public quarter, mostly from listing-related charges, while revenue rose 13% to $18.6M and it agreed to buy River One.
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SlowMist Flags iOS Sandbox Escape Risk to Wallet Data
SlowMist warns that iOS sandbox escape flaws could expose plaintext secrets stored locally in wallet apps.
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Crypto exchanges need hard dollar caps on hot wallets, CertiK says
CertiK argues exchanges need hard dollar caps on hot wallet exposure, not just cold-storage ratios as a security measure.
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Sigma Prime Releases High-Priority Lighthouse Security Update
Sigma Prime released a high-priority Lighthouse security update; details are withheld until operators upgrade.
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BlackRock: Security Fears Are Driving Bitcoin Whales Into IBIT
BlackRock says security fears from kidnappings and hacks are pushing large bitcoin holders to swap into IBIT shares.
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NYSE to settle tokenized stocks on Avalanche in planned 24/7 market
NYSE picked Avalanche as the core ledger technology for its tokenized-securities clearing firm, supporting a planned 24/7 market.
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Strive’s Weekly Bitcoin Buying Shrinks for a Second Straight Week, to 29 BTC
Strive bought only 29 BTC in the week to Nov. 6, its second straight weekly decline, at about $75,721 per coin per an SEC filing.
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Solana set for its first tokenized stock venue under SEC framework, listing Galaxy
Formation Securities plans an early 2027 Solana venue for tokenized Galaxy, Exodus and Forward Industries shares under SEC review.
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EU taps industry to set standards for tokenized securities
EU industry group seeks members to draft standards for tokenized securities settlement by early 2028.
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Base Now Makes a Block Every 0.2 Seconds After Its Denim Upgrade
Base's Denim upgrade cuts block time to 0.2 seconds, so block-based timers now run 10 times faster. Important for builders relying on block counts.
Also covered by CoinDesk - 39
Coinify Breached
Coinify disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized activity on hot wallets; details are still thin and the company is not being transparent.
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Zcash Nears NU7 Upgrade and Sprout Spending Cutoff
Zcash nears its NU7 upgrade, ending the Sprout pool and cutting target block spacing from 75 to 25 seconds.
Also covered by CoinDesk, Cointelegraph - 41
Bitcoin Core 32.1, Lightning security fixes, and a question for node operators
Security checklist prompt after Bitcoin Core 32.1 and Lightning fixes, urging operators to harden RPC and wallet setups beyond software updates.
Also covered by The Defiant - 42
the “EU entity” zachxbt was tracking turned out to be credit mutuel arkea, $133M taken from the bank’s own account
Follow-up on the roughly $133M exchange-account drain, traced to Credit Mutuel Arkea and largely moved from ETH to Monero; a fast-moving security story.
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U.S. Treasury Cuts Off MEXC From U.S. Financial System Over Alleged $16 Billion in Illicit Flows
FinCEN's final order under section 9714(a) bars U.S. financial institutions from dealings with MEXC Global 30 days after Federal Register publication, citing at least $16B in alleged illicit flows.
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Thailand to block Bitget in December over unlicensed crypto trading
Thailand's SEC filed a criminal complaint against Bitget's operator and will block its website and app from Dec. 5.
Also covered by CoinDesk, Bitcoin Magazine - 45
AI insiders had already cashed out $7.4 billion before stocks crashed
Insiders at nine AI companies sold $7.39B of stock across 282 SEC Form 4 filings before a sell-off.
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White House Begins Review of ‘Economically Significant’ SEC Crypto Broker-Dealer Draft
White House began reviewing an SEC crypto broker-dealer draft, but the text is not public, so its effect on crypto brokerages is unknown.
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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.
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EIP-8037/EIP-8038 Glamsterdam
ChainSecurity found projects that rely on gas invariants that EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 break, so they could be vulnerable after Glamsterdam.
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Intersect Urges Cardano Operators to Patch Critical Linux Flaw
Intersect urges Cardano node operators to patch a critical Linux flaw, with Ubuntu fixes still pending as of the latest tracker update.
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Base deploys Denim upgrade on mainnet, replacing Flashblocks with 200ms block times
Base activated its Denim upgrade on mainnet, moving to five 200ms blocks per second and replacing Flashblocks.
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ETHBEAT Launches CROPS Guide With Uniswap, Safe, and Tornado Cash
ETHBEAT, formerly L2BEAT, launched a CROPS guide grading Ethereum apps on censorship resistance, open source, privacy and security.
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SoFi Says Crypto Vendor Issue Is Delaying Deposits and Withdrawals
SoFi says a crypto vendor issue is holding incoming and outgoing transfers for review, and that customer funds are secure. Useful for users waiting on money, but details are thin.
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Tempo Introduces Credit Service With Unsecured Loans in Bolivia
Tempo launches a credit service where Tala funds unsecured loans to users in Bolivia.
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Ukraine Central Bank Refuses to Back Crypto Bill Cleared for Second Reading
Ukraine's central bank opposes draft virtual assets law 10225-d over gaps on foreign tokens and platform licensing.
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Polygon Draft Would Give Labs a New Route to Upgrade Contracts
PIP-93 would put Polygon's upgrade powers under an 8-of-11 Security Council with a seven-day delay on Labs proposals. A meaningful governance shift on contract upgrade control.
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Binance cuts SignalPlus access after security warning, urges users to check accounts
Binance removed trading connections to SignalPlus as a precaution after a security warning; its own systems are reported unaffected.
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Canadian Man Extradited to US Over Plot to Hijack University Supercomputers for Crypto
Canadian Ryan Roach was extradited to the US over a plot to hijack university supercomputers to secretly mine crypto.
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Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals Over Security Incident as Hypernative Flags $40 Million Drain
Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin halted withdrawals after a security incident; Hypernative attributes over $40M in outflows to it, while the exchange says no clients lost money.
Also covered by Cointelegraph - 59
TSV Begins Tokenized CNTN Trades Under SEC Innovation Exemption
Tradecraft began tokenized CNTN trades under the SEC innovation exemption, with $30,296 in public-feed purchases and onchain ownership kept by Fairmint.
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SEC Staff Grants Canton Coin No-Action Relief for Token Minting
SEC staff granted Canton Coin no-action relief for token minting, viewing it as a digital commodity based on network utility and no controlling central party.
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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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Block Books $764 Million for Planned DOJ Deal That Would Defer a Bank Secrecy Act Charge
Block agrees to pay $764M in a planned DOJ deal deferring a Bank Secrecy Act charge; terms still pending.
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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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Wall Street backbone DTCC brings $30 trillion securities closer to blockchain with major banks
DTCC's tokenization service is live on Canton and Besu, with JPMorgan, Citi and Morgan Stanley among 20 firms signed up.
Also covered by Decrypt - 65
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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Coinbase, Kalshi Denied Shield From State Prediction-Market Enforcement
Second Circuit denied Coinbase and Kalshi interim shield from state prediction-market enforcement; existing trading can continue for now.
Also covered by Unchained - 67
Judge Orders Bitcoin Wallet Returned to Family of Convicted Canadian Killer
A Nova Scotia judge ordered a Bitcoin wallet returned to a convicted killer's family after prosecutors failed to link it to the crime.
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Democrats win US House to secure control of Congress in midterms
Democrats won the US House, giving them committee control and investigative power from January 2027.
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SEC Staff Clarifies When Token Voters Are Not a 'Central Party'
SEC staff guidance separates independent token governance voting from coordinated control, identifying unilateral powers that amount to overseeing a crypto system.
Also covered by Unchained - 70
CFTC Chair Says Equity Perps Can Begin US Trading
CFTC Chair Selig says equity perpetuals can begin trading in the US via futures exchanges also registered with the SEC. Kraken hinted at a launch.
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Crypto survived cybersecurity awareness month… just
Protos recaps October's stream of over 50 crypto hacks and other cybersecurity breaches.
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Ethereum Layer 2 Aztec gets Tierra V6 upgrade to support faster private apps
Aztec's Tierra V6 upgrade fixes earlier security issues and doubles private transaction proof generation speed.
Also covered by Decrypt - 73
Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin Puts Security Incident at $38 Million, Says Clients Won’t Lose Assets
Mercado Bitcoin puts its security incident at $38M, with $11M blocked by partners and deposits and withdrawals suspended.
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SEC Just Made Regulation Easier For Governance Tokens Like Uniswap
A reported SEC move to ease regulation for governance tokens like Uniswap; the snippet is empty, so the details are unverified.
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Binance begins second withdrawal phase, exchange outflows slow
Binance is reopening withdrawals in phases after an initial Sunday reopening, with a second phase starting Tuesday after security checks.
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Arbitrum’s Security Council Can Move a Wallet’s Funds Without Its Key, Binance Freeze Shows
Arbitrum's Security Council froze 8,426 ETH and 74.6M ARB in a Binance-linked wallet, and a walkthrough shows it moved funds without the holder's key.
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Satoshi's Bitcoin monetary system?
A Reddit discussion on whether Bitcoin's security budget can hold up once block subsidies shrink, without raising the 21M cap. Thread-level discussion, no new research.
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NEAR Governance Approves Plan to Lower Issuance Cap to 1.6%
NEAR governance approved lowering its issuance cap to 1.6%, pending Security Council ratification and a protocol upgrade.
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Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin Freezes Deposits and Withdrawals Due to Ongoing Security Incident, Losses Estimated Near $40 Million
Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil's largest exchange, froze deposits and withdrawals during a security incident; the loss amount is not yet confirmed.
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b14g Pauses Staking Contracts After 97 Million CORE Withdrawn Without Authorization
b14g paused its staking contracts after 97M CORE was withdrawn without authorization; this is the same incident as the stronger analytical post, so it is kept only as a secondary link.
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8 years ago a CREATE2 “Wisp” post asked what stops a bait and switch with selfdestruct. What actually changed?
Examines whether CREATE2 selfdestruct bait-and-switch risk has changed since the old Wisp debate, a sound security explainer for auditors.
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Blockchain investigator Chainalysis hit by cybersecurity incident
Chainalysis disclosed a cybersecurity incident and has brought in third-party experts to review its security.
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SEC Charges Two Companies in $130 Million Crypto Trading Scheme
SEC charges two companies with a $130M crypto Ponzi-like trading fraud.
Also covered by Unchained - 84
Blockchain Data Firm Allium Says Every Chain Passed Checks After Security Incident
Allium says its warehouse data passed checks on every chain after unauthorized access, but has not said how the access happened or what it reached.
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Critical Security Exploit in Electrum. Upgrade to version 4.8.3 before signing any transactions
A security advisory: Electrum has a critical exploit, and users should upgrade to 4.8.3 before signing any transactions.
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Bitcoin Core 32.1, multi-party SP, CLN Dos - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #429
Bitcoin Optech newsletter covering multiparty silent payments, a Core Lightning DoS disclosure, and Bitcoin Core's security policy update.
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Binance Security Incident: Withdrawal Status, Timeline and FAQs
Binance's incident timeline and FAQ: it says customer funds are safe, while recovery and losses remain unclear.
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WirexOne Visa Card Security Vulnerability
Users report Wirex's forced migration to WirexOne removed PIN-change on Visa cards, raising a card security concern worth checking.
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Kalshi Slapped With Criminal Charges in Utah Over a State Agent’s Sports Wagers
Utah prosecutors filed criminal charges against Kalshi over a state investigator's sports wagers, amid a CFTC suit over the state's case.
Also covered by The Defiant - 90
Polymarket suspends trading after third-party breach leads to user losses
Polymarket halted trading after a third-party provider breach drained user accounts; a security incident worth tracking.
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SEC Charges BG Wealth and DSJ Exchange in Alleged $130 Million Crypto Fraud
SEC charges BG Wealth and DSJ Exchange over an alleged $130M crypto fraud that lost investors over $100M.
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Russia Approves Securities Group to Oversee Crypto Exchanges
Bank of Russia approved NAUFOR as the first self-regulatory organization overseeing crypto exchanges and depositories.
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New quantum model slashes hardware needed to break bitcoin keys by 17 times
Alice & Bob's new model cuts the hardware needed to break bitcoin keys by 17 times, raising urgency for quantum-resistant security.
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Security failure at Indian certificate firm bites Ethereum as developers rush out fixes
A certificate-issuer key error at eMudhra let some Ethereum Teku and Besu setups trust forged certificates; developers are rushing out fixes, though default mainnet nodes were not exposed.
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Mystery Wall Street Journal ad sparks new fight over tokenized stocks
A mystery full-page WSJ ad warning CEOs off tokenized stocks drew a Securitize response and questions about who paid for it.
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Allium Discloses Security Breach, Revokes API Keys
Allium disclosed a security breach, revoked API keys and disabled uploaded-data access while core services recover.
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DTCC Turns On Its Tokenized Securities Service for 20 Clients, Meeting Its October Target
DTCC opened its tokenized securities service to 20 clients, with 34 eligible securities on Canton or a private Besu network.
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U.S. Treasury Says U.S. ‘Will Win in the Digital Asset Stack’ as Clarity Act Stalls
Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US will win the digital asset stack as the CLARITY Act stalls, leaving regulators to act.
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Stellar Lands Securitize as It Climbs the Tokenized-Asset Rankings
Securitize will support tokenized asset issuance on Stellar, which ranks fourth by distributed RWA value; details later.
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DTCC’s Tokenization Service Goes Live With 34 Securities
DTCC's tokenization service is live with 34 securities and 20 participants, but conversions run on a narrower schedule than token transfers.