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Aave Schedules Vote on Babylon Native Bitcoin Collateral for V4
Aave will vote on a Babylon native bitcoin collateral market for V4, with a proposed 300 BTC cap.
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Groma Launches Real Estate Issuance and Redemption on Uniswap
Groma launches real estate token issuance and redemption on a Uniswap v4 permissioned pool on Base.
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Lido Adds Firelight Loss Protection to Earn Vaults
Lido added Firelight loss protection to Earn vaults with capped first-period limits backed by a DAO burn buffer.
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ZetaChain Opens Vote to Shut Down Layer 1 Around Dec. 9
ZetaChain has opened a governance vote to shut down its Layer 1 around Dec. 9, with staked ZETA counting toward claims.
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Two Prime CEO Calls Bitcoin Yields From Babylon and Stacks ‘VC-Funded Subsidies’
Two Prime CEO argues Babylon and Stacks bitcoin yields are VC-funded subsidies that shrink as deposits grow, and points to an offchain lending vault as an alternative.
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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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Osmosis Burns 55.5 Million OSMO From Community Pool
Osmosis burned 55.5M OSMO from its community pool, which no longer gets replenished by new issuance.
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Schroders launches tokenized emerging markets debt fund on Solana with Centrifuge
Schroders launches a tokenized emerging markets debt fund on Solana through Centrifuge.
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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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DeFi Explained
Explainer on how DeFi protocols connect and where composability creates systemic risk; useful primer but general.
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Binance hackers move 81% of stolen Solana, route funds via THORChain
Most of the stolen Binance SOL has moved, and the attackers are laundering it through THORChain after the protocol resumed swaps.
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THORChain Restarts Most Swaps, With 14 Nodes Yet to Upgrade
THORChain restarted most swaps, but 14 nodes have not upgraded and Cosmos Hub, BNB Chain and Solana still have restrictions.
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RUNE rallies 15% as THORChain restarts most swaps after halt
THORChain restored most swaps after a refund bug halted trading, with three chains still paused; RUNE rallied 15%.
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Moonwell cbBTC Supplier Asks for a Remediation Plan as the Market Holds $1.72 in Cash
Onchain read of Moonwell's cbBTC market shows almost no withdrawable cbBTC against about $4.56M in loans nearly 10 weeks after the MAMO exploit.
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SEC division views Canton Coin as digital commodity in no-action letter
An SEC staff no-action letter says Canton Coin's programmatic issuance won't draw enforcement, treating CC as a digital commodity.
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THORChain Restarts Most Swaps After Analyst Said Operators Would Expect North Korea to Launder
THORChain restarted most swaps while an analyst warned operators would knowingly enable North Korean laundering of stolen funds.
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THORChain Refused to Block the $387M Bitget Hacker. Here’s Why | Chad Barraford
Chad Barraford explains why THORChain refused to block the $387M Bitget hacker's addresses, and the Tether freeze episode that followed.
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NEAR governance approves proposal to cut token issuance ceiling to 1.6%
NEAR governance passed HSP-029, cutting the maximum annual token issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months.
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Coinbase Says New Jersey Users Can Resume Staking as Regulator Rescinds 2023 Cease-and-Desist Order
New Jersey regulator withdrew Coinbase's 2023 staking cease-and-desist without a merits ruling, reopening staking for NJ users.
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What’s the outlook for DeFi lending when CEXs offer higher yields?
Discussion of whether DeFi lending rates can compete with exchange stablecoin yield promotions after the Binance incident.
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My “price converges at expiry” code passed its unit test, was wrong by 26 points, and then the fix exposed a free arbitrage, post-mortem.
A builder's post-mortem on a pricing engine for a 90-minute match-linked derivative: a unit test passed while the price was off by 26 points, and the fix exposed a free arbitrage.
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A THORChain Bug Has Slowed North Korean Hackers Laundering Stolen Binance Funds
A THORChain refund flaw exposed by a one-block Ethereum reorg is slowing North Korean laundering of Binance funds, with most chains halted.
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Liquid Reserve Gap Falls to 250 BTC After 300 BTC Top-Up
Liquid's L-BTC reserve gap fell to 250 BTC after a 300 BTC top-up, but direct peg-outs stay paused until reserves are fully restored.
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Akash Stakers Approve Move From Cosmos to Solana
Akash stakers approved a path to launch AKT on Solana after two audits, but moving the compute marketplace and ending staking rewards need a separate cutover vote.
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Trade.xyz Tells Users Not to Click Its Documentation Links While It Probes GitBook Incident
Trade.xyz warned users not to click its GitBook documentation links while it investigates an incident; docs were restored but the cause is unexplained.
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Core Fork Recovers 68.15 Million CORE After b14g Hack
Core fork recovered about 70% of 68.15M CORE stolen in the b14g hack, but users have not been repaid and no claims process is open.
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Swell Opens Ethereum Claims for Tokens Stranded by Swellchain Shutdown
Swell opens Ethereum claims for tokens stranded by the Swellchain shutdown, recovering funds via a temporary BNB Chain bridge.
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USDY, OUSG and Ondo Stock Tokens Compared
Compares USDY, OUSG and Ondo stock tokens, noting that buying on market does not give direct issuer redemption rights.
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What Is Hyperliquid? A Guide to HyperCore, HyperEVM and Builder Markets
Breaks down Hyperliquid's HyperCore, HyperEVM and builder markets, including differing collateral and withdrawal dependencies.
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What Is Chainlink CCIP? Tokens, Messages and Cross-Chain Completion
Explains that a successful Chainlink CCIP send still depends on verification, finality and destination execution.