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Why Tokenized Stocks Can Trade Away From the Share Price
Explains why tokenized stocks can trade away from the share price, driven by spreads, trade size and separate mint/redeem timing.
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whale on hyperliquid got liquidated and trackers had posted his levels before the drop
Anecdote on a Hyperliquid whale liquidation where tracker posts flagged the levels beforehand, raising questions about visible liquidation levels on perp DEXs.
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Third X100 Exploit Transaction Pulls 550,000 X From Uniswap Pool
A third X100 exploit transaction drained about 550,000 X from a Uniswap pool that held under 200 USDT.
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X100 Exploit Nets 4.85 Million USDT After Governance Takeover
An X100 governance takeover let an attacker convert treasury assets to 4.85M USDT on Ethereum.
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Shaw Publishes Daos.fun Reconstruction, Claims Critical Flaw
Shaw published a rebuild of Daos.fun's binaries and claims a critical flaw; existing tokens remain tradable.
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Hyperliquid’s Yan and CME’s Duffy Split Over Who Must Bear US Compliance
Hyperliquid and CME executives debate whether deployers or the blockchain should carry US compliance duties.
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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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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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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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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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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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Cardano holders are being asked to bet $5 million on copper hitting a new record
Toto Finance asks Cardano treasury for 22 million ADA to buy tokenized copper, with a payout only if copper far exceeds its record high.
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Uniswap Swap Costs: What Reduces Your Output and What Is Paid Separately
Explainer using a historical ETH-to-USDC receipt to show how Uniswap deductions reconcile and how UniswapX costs differ from classic pools.
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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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Securitize shares slide 38% since it put Apple and Nvidia stock on Solana
Securitize shares fell 38% since it launched tokenized Apple, Nvidia and Tesla stocks on Solana, and it has not disclosed trading volume.
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JPMorgan Brings MONY and JLTXX Tokenized Funds to Solana
JPMorgan brings its MONY and JLTXX tokenized funds to Solana for qualified US investors.
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Uniswap Turns v4 Into an Aggregator, Sending Fees From Outside Liquidity to UNI Burn
Uniswap v4 aggregator hooks route swaps through seven external liquidity sources, with fees sent to UNI burn.
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SoFi Launches an Interest-Bearing Tokenized Deposit That Converts Into Its SoFiUSD Stablecoin
SoFi launched an interest-bearing tokenized deposit, SOFIE, redeemable 1:1 into its SoFiUSD stablecoin.
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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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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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Morpho Opens Robinhood Stock Tokens to Stablecoin Borrowing
Morpho now lets users borrow stablecoins against tokenized Robinhood stock collateral, with liquidation thresholds listed per asset.
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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.
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Aerodrome and Velodrome Go Live as Aero Across Seven Chains
Aerodrome and Velodrome merged into AERO across seven chains, with VELO holders converting and supply split 94.5% to Aerodrome.
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Pump.fun Ditches Relay for In-House Pump Bridge
Pump.fun says its in-house crosschain bridge cut buy errors 92% and halved buy times versus Relay, though these are the company's own claims.
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The UK needs a workable route to regulated DeFi access
Coinbase's policy head argues UK 2027 crypto rules could effectively bar regulated firms from offering DeFi access.
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Pendle Expands One-Click Looping to Yield Assets and Tokenized Stocks
Pendle added one-click looping for yield assets and tokenized stocks, with stock longs on Base using Aave loans and fees waived through Dec. 31.
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Aero Launches as Aerodrome and Velodrome Merge Across Seven Chains
Aerodrome and Velodrome merged into one exchange live across seven chains, with VELO converting to AERO at 0.044 and locked positions becoming sAERO.
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Aerodrome and Velodrome Merge Into Aero, Sending All Exchange Revenue to AERO Stakers
Aerodrome and Velodrome merged into Aero, which now sends all exchange revenue to AERO stakers across seven networks.
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Aerodrome and Velodrome merge to launch Aero across seven blockchain networks
Aerodrome and Velodrome have merged into Aero, now spanning seven chains including Base and Ethereum mainnet.
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Dolomite Adds $100 Million in Concrete’s Bitcoin-Backed Collateral
Dolomite adds Concrete's Bitcoin-backed collateral, with liquidations settled offchain at BitGo rather than onchain.