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Hyperliquid’s USDC Yield Program Gets $14.6 Million for HYPE Buybacks
The first reserve-yield payment awaits transfer to the Assistance Fund, adding buyback funding tied to USDC balances rather than trading volume.
Kalshi and Coinbase Win Partial Illinois Ruling on Sports Contracts
The judge found state licensing rules likely conflict with federal derivatives law, but left transaction fees unresolved and ordered the parties to propose injunction terms.
Arbitrum Pauses New Stylus Activations in Emergency Security Action
Active contracts can still run and renew, while a new BoLD guard could delay unconfirmed withdrawals if contradictory proofs are accepted.
ICBA Sues OCC Over Crypto Trust Charters
The complaint targets Protego’s conditional approval and seeks to stop the agency from granting charters under its disputed rule and guidance.
Ethereum Foundation Introduces zkAPI for Private API Payments
OA Chat supports the prepaid tool, which separates billing from requests but does not conceal prompts from AI providers.
IMF Approves $138 Million for El Salvador After Bitcoin Waiver
The fund still expects no further Bitcoin accumulation beyond documented donations and wants the state’s remaining Chivo exposure fully unwound.
Illinois Agrees to Six-Month Crypto Tax Delay, Subject to Court Approval
The levy would charge customers on asset value rather than gains, with draft rules covering paid custody, transfers and stablecoin settlement.
Ripple and CSD BR Partner to Mirror Brazil's BTG Fund Records on XRP Ledger
The companies describe a live-transaction phase, with CSD BR retaining the official records for registration, deposit and settlement.
Centrifuge Confirms Three Tokenized Funds Are Live on Arc
JAAA, JTRSY and HYB span US Treasuries and credit, with direct fund access limited to non-US professional investors.
Aave Labs Proposes Foundation to Bring Brand and IP Under DAO Oversight
Phase 1 would create a Cayman Islands entity and appoint independent officers; trademark, domain and codebase transfers would require later governance votes.
Circle Urges EU to Replace Stablecoin Bank-Deposit Mandates
The USDC issuer also wants to preserve cross-border co-issuance and create a recognition route for foreign stablecoins, while central banks demand stronger safeguards.
Chainalysis Links $387 Million Bitget Hack to North Korea
The firm says the theft pushes North Korea-linked crypto thefts above $1 billion in 2026, while onchain records show stolen XRP being swapped through THORChain.
NEAR Intents GM Says $3.8 Million in Hack Funds Returned in Full
The published Bitcoin recovery wallet received about 34.59 BTC. The protocol had already pledged to compensate the lost funds in full.
Blast to Shut Down Layer 2, Citing Unsustainable Costs
About $63.5 million remains in Blast’s canonical bridge. Users have until Oct. 26 to withdraw through the normal interface, with contract-based withdrawals continuing afterward.
Visa Says Business Programs Drive About 17% of Stablecoin Card Volume
Payment volume across Visa’s stablecoin-linked cards grew nearly 200% year over year in its fiscal second quarter.
SMBC Nikko and Nethermind Plan Compliance Hooks for Uniswap Pools
An MOU with Uniswap Labs, Base and Nyx Foundation targets a Japan-focused DeFi gateway for completion by mid-2027.
Kinetiq Ends kPoints With Paid Claim as KNTQ Drops 23%
Points holders have 10 days to buy from a 50 million-token allocation at $0.26 per KNTQ, potentially generating $13 million in gross proceeds.
Fiserv Launches Roughrider Coin Settlement on Solana
VersaBank issues the bank-only token, which Fiserv says serves a North Dakota network of more than 90 banks and credit unions.
Shevchenko Gives NEAR Intents Attacker 48 Hours
The general manager of NEAR Intents said the attacker who drained a preliminary $3.8 million has been identified, and posted three addresses for the money's return. None had received the funds as of early Oct. 2.
SEC Proposes Crypto Self-Custody Route for Investment Advisers
The proposal also sets conditions for state trust company custody, with public comments due 60 days after Federal Register publication.
US Sanctions A7 Network, Proposes Ban on Sub-Agent Payments
FinCEN says A7’s sub-agents processed more than $17 billion in dollar-denominated transactions from January 2025 through June 2026.
Stablecoin Treasury Growth Partly Offsets China’s Retreat, SF Fed Study Finds
Issuers favor short-term debt, while China’s decline is mostly in longer-dated securities. The authors say additional demand depends on who buys stablecoins.
OpenZeppelin and T-REX Network Introduce new Framework for Regulated Token Eligibility and Recovery
The redesign requires new deployments rather than in-place upgrades of existing 2.x identities, according to the project's changelog.
Onchain Perps Close Execution Gap With CEXs
Hyperliquid held as much resting liquidity as the median of Binance, Bybit and OKX on four of five crypto assets and cost less to trade, a Castle Labs study of live order books found. The gap that remains sits in how venues price stocks and commodities when the underlying market is closed.
Drift Opens DFX Claims With Recovery Pool Covering About 1% of Losses
Redeeming burns the tokens and ends their claim on future deposits. Holders can instead wait for revenue-funded recovery or sell their DFX.
World Liberty Launches WLFI Staking, Plans $1.25M USD1 Pool
Holders must open a 180-day lock and cast governance votes to claim rewards, with no fixed payout rate.
Blockworks Opens Its Full Dataset To AI Agents
A hosted Model Context Protocol server gives ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor read access to the datasets behind Blockworks research and its Intel app. It comes with every API plan at no extra cost, on the same key and the same permissions.
NEAR Intents Halts Services, Reports $3.8 Million Loss
The protocol pledged full compensation and said deposits and withdrawals on 11 networks would face a longer suspension while infrastructure repairs continue.
Authors Pull Ethereum Staking Reward Burn From Hegotá
The authors plan a separate issuance-policy process, naming Lido among those offering to help after objections over validator economics and how the change was being considered.
Judge Dismisses LIBRA and M3M3 Class Action With Prejudice
Judge Jennifer Rochon ruled that six months of memecoin launches cannot sustain a RICO claim, and that plaintiffs never pleaded Meteora as an entity capable of being sued.
CertiK Tallies $766.4 Million in September Exploit and Phishing Losses
Bitget and Liquid Network dominate the month's losses, while recovered and frozen funds substantially reduce the remaining damage.
Marinade Says Council Blocked DAO Takeover Attempt
The council vetoed two proposals within six hours, Marinade says. No funds moved, and its staking services were unaffected.
Sentora’s Morpho Vaults See Sharp Outflows Amid MetaMask Staking Incident
The RLUSD and PYUSD vaults had about $8.46 million and $2.38 million of available liquidity, respectively, in Morpho’s latest snapshots.
MetaMask Staking Exits Lido Validators After Infrastructure Compromise
Lido estimates the exit, withdrawal and re-entry cycle could take up to about 45 days. Aave’s founder says its markets are operating normally.
OFAC Sanctions Tren de Aragua ATM Network, Lists Seven Tron Addresses
Chainalysis says the wallets’ counterparties had exposure to laundering networks used by Mexican and Colombian cartels and Venezuelan launderers.
Uniswap Labs Plans OUSD Rewards Hook for Liquidity Providers
OUSD is already available across Uniswap's protocol, apps and API, while the planned rewards mechanism awaits its full design.
Daines Unveils Crypto Tax Bill Pairing Payment Relief With Wash-Sale Rules
The ADAPT Act would exempt qualifying stablecoin purchases and crypto-paid transaction costs of $10 or less from gain-or-loss recognition, while restricting loss harvesting.
UK FCA Opens Crypto Authorization Window Ahead of 2027 Regime
Existing firms that apply by Feb. 28, 2027 can keep taking new business if their applications are still pending when the regime starts on Oct. 25.
Base Ships Cobalt With Conditional Transactions And A Seize Function
The year's third Base upgrade lets traders submit transactions that stay dormant until price or block conditions are met, and adds three changes to the B20 token standard behind Coinbase's tokenized stocks. Base's documentation for the new transaction method lists it as running on test networks.
Arc Packages USDC Funding and Morpho Lending for Apps
Borrow Kit lets apps offer cirBTC-backed loans, while Onramp purchases require provider identity checks and regional eligibility.
Chainlink Unveils Fulcrum for Cross-Chain Institutional Repo
Chainlink demonstrated the financing workflow with DTCC at Sibos, while integrations with financing venues remain under way.
Open USD Launches as Stripe's Default Stablecoin
Mastercard's route runs through BVNK, while Visa offers limited beta access and Coinbase is scheduled to follow on Oct. 1.
Lloyds and Visa Settle $750,000 in USDC in Cross-Border Pilot
The seven-day test sent funds from Jersey to the US in under an hour, including over the weekend, with Lloyds using Canton and Visa a separate blockchain.
Aave V4 TVL Climbs 82% in September as Arc Reaches $181 Million
Active loans in DefiLlama’s tracked markets rose 76%, while V4 generated just 2% of Aave’s trailing 30-day protocol revenue.
Standard Chartered Initiates ENA Coverage With $2 Target
Standard Chartered forecasts a 7x gain by end-2028 on the strength of Ethena's buyback program. The buyback switches on when USDe supply reaches $7.5 billion; USDe sits at $4.9 billion.
ESMA Proposes MiCA Rules for DeFi Gateways, Staking and Lending
The regulator also wants to bar crypto firms from all MiCA-licensable services involving noncompliant stablecoins, extending restrictions to custody and transfers.
Most Tokenized Cash Never Trades, Dune Finds
Tokenized real-world assets reached $34.5 billion at the end of August, according to a Dune report published Wednesday. Tokenized Treasury funds make up half of it and turned over 0.006% of supply that month. Equities, 8% of the market, generated 93% of spot volume.
Ostium Recovery Plan Repays 3,321 Wallets In Full, Leaves 345 To Choose
Wallets that lost $1,000 or less get everything back when the portal opens Wednesday. The 345 wallets carrying at least 86% of the $23.8 million loss choose between a $1,000 payment and a pro-rata claim on funds Ostium has not yet recovered.
Gate: Same-Name Error Triggers Liquidations in Perp Market
Two self-identified Gate managers said a same-name asset error affected 200 accounts and that balance displays were being restored.
Stable Announces Visa Direct Integration for Bank and Mobile Wallet Payouts
Visa previously announced stablecoin funding and payout pilots; Stable has not specified when its connection will be available or which markets it will cover.
HSBC Names Hong Kong Stablecoin 'RedCoin' Ahead of Retail Rollout
The Hong Kong dollar token is planned for the second half of 2026, with initial distribution limited to PayMe and the HSBC HK Mobile App.
Kalshi Files to End Volume Incentive Program
The reward pools exclude members with market-maker agreements; Kalshi cited separate liquidity payments to explain clustered ether perpetual trades.
Lighter Token Drops After Robinhood Perps Plan
Robinhood's in-app perpetual futures will be offered by its own futures commission merchant through Bitstamp. LIT is down 22% over seven days.
Morgan Stanley Sets Up Lab to Test Stablecoins and DeFi
The internal testing program uses the bank’s innovation-lab network, while E*Trade already offers eligible clients spot crypto trading through zerohash.
Robinhood Unveils In-App AI Agents for Crypto and Stock Trading
Trade approvals will default to on, while a planned Loops feature will let users run recurring strategies around the clock.
Kalshi in Advanced Talks for $1B Raise at $40B Valuation: Reuters
Sequoia and Wellington are in talks to lead the financing, which would lift Kalshi's valuation about 82% above its confirmed May round.
Abracadabra Proposes Winding Down MIM at Four Cents on the Dollar
A Snapshot vote would liquidate the protocol, swap what collateral is left into ether and pay MIM holders pro rata. The team puts recoverable backing at about $900,000 against $21 million of bad debt.
Robinhood Begins US Crypto Perps Rollout With Up to 10x Leverage
The eight-contract lineup offers no-expiry trading through Robinhood Derivatives and Bitstamp, with broader access planned in the coming months.
BlackRock Sees Stablecoins Powering AI Agent Payments
The asset manager points to tiny, round-the-clock payments for data and computing power, while traditional checkout systems retain a role.
SEC Sues Cryptoaiml and TSAI Over Alleged $15 Million AI Trading Scams
Two New York lawsuits allege investors were shown fictitious profits and pressed for more money when they tried to withdraw.
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