Topic: #latest-news
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Fidelity report finds Solana resilient but flags stake, hosting and client concentration
Fidelity's Center for Applied Technology said Solana has had no reported mainnet outages in two years, but warned that concentrations in stake, hosting and client software could threaten that record, Cointelegraph reported.
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Bitget to discontinue services for some users, says funds remain safe
Bitget said it will discontinue services for some users in a one-off exercise. In a post on X, the exchange told customers their funds remain safe and its platform will keep operating, Cointelegraph reported.
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Borderless.xyz: stablecoin remittances cost about 84% less than traditional transfers
A Q3 report from stablecoin payments network Borderless.xyz says a $200 stablecoin-funded remittance cost a median 1% versus 6.36% for traditional transfers, though the two figures cover different periods.
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Solana Accelerate Shanghai postponed after registrations exceed local cap, Liu says
Solana Foundation President Lily Liu said the Solana Accelerate event in Shanghai was postponed after registrations quadrupled overnight and exceeded the attendance limit registered with local authorities.
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GSR's Taaffe says tokenized RWA demand lags supply at Cointelegraph Singapore event
GSR's Alex Taaffe said investor demand for tokenized real-world assets hasn't kept up with supply, while panelists at Cointelegraph's Singapore CONNECT event said stablecoins still need to fit into everyday spending.
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Most tokenized stock trading on BNB Chain, Solana happens outside US market hours
More than 70% of tokenized stock volume on BNB Chain and 63% on Solana traded outside regular US hours, per Blockworks data, as tokenized equities neared $3.3 billion in value, according to RWA.xyz.
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Trezor cuts resellers as 'preventive step' after Ledger device tampering reports
Trezor will drop certain resellers from its authorized list on Jan. 1, citing supply-chain incidents after Ledger confirmed a tampered device sold via reseller CryptoBilis. Trezor says its own devices show no compromise.
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Bank of Russia clears Sberbank for crypto trading ahead of planned Dec. 1 launch
Sberbank, Russia's largest lender, has secured Bank of Russia approval to trade crypto including Bitcoin, per an updated register, ahead of a planned Dec. 1 launch the bank says hinges on further rules.
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MediaMarktSaturn pulls Ledger products as Ledger probes tampering beyond CryptoBilis
MediaMarktSaturn removed Ledger products from its stores and online platforms amid tampered-wallet reports, as Ledger said it's investigating cases beyond Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis.
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Ledger says LTE implants in CryptoBilis-sold wallets leaked recovery phrases
Ledger said malicious implants in wallets sold by reseller CryptoBilis captured recovery phrases and sent them over cellular networks. Trezor and OneKey have since cut ties with the reseller, which halted all hardware wallet sales.
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Binance to shut down Binance Pool mining service on Nov. 10 after six years
Binance said it will discontinue Binance Pool, Pool Savings, Cloud Mining and Transaction Accelerator on Nov. 10. It urged miners to move their hashrate elsewhere and gave no specific reason for the closure.
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Meta unveils Muse Wonder AI models, pitches step toward personal superintelligence
Meta unveiled Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, calling them its most capable AI models yet. Artificial Analysis scored Wonder Full at 56, while Abacus.AI CEO Bindu Reddy questioned the performance claims.
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Aptos launches optional Encrypted Mempool on mainnet to curb sandwich attacks
Aptos said its opt-in Encrypted Mempool is live on mainnet. Pending transactions stay encrypted until validators finalize block ordering, a design aimed at frontrunning and sandwich attacks.
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Fairshake-affiliated crypto PACs report $2.7M in House race spending
Fairshake affiliates Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress reported a combined $2.7 million in media spending on US House races in FEC filings, Cointelegraph reported, 22 days before the midterms.
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Evernorth (XRPN) shares rise as much as 5% in Nasdaq debut, names new CIO
Shares of XRP treasury company Evernorth Holdings (XRPN) rose as much as 5% in their Monday Nasdaq debut, per Yahoo Finance data cited by Cointelegraph, as the firm named an ex-Coinbase Asset Management executive CIO.
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Strategy buys 250 Bitcoin for $21.5 million, lifting holdings to 848,250 BTC
Strategy said it bought 250 Bitcoin for $21.5 million last week, lifting holdings to 848,250 BTC, while reporting a $4.88 billion US Reserve for preferred dividends and debt interest.
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Kraken parent Payward wins full Dubai VARA license ahead of dirham trading launch
Kraken parent Payward received a full VASP license from Dubai's VARA for Payward FZCO, clearing the way for spot and margin trading in UAE dirham pairs it is targeting to launch in the coming weeks.
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Standard Chartered launches RLUSD custody on XRP Ledger, plans LMAX collateral link
Standard Chartered said Monday it launched institutional custody for Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger through its DIFC branch, and plans to let clients use the tokens as collateral at LMAX Group.
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South Korea's Jeonbuk Bank reportedly launches Bitcoin-backed business loans
Jeonbuk Bank, a JB Financial Group subsidiary, has reportedly begun issuing Bitcoin-backed loans to corporate customers, with a custodian holding the BTC collateral, according to EDaily via Cointelegraph.
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Coldcard investigating how phishing link appeared on its official X account
Bitcoin-only hardware wallet maker Coldcard said a phishing link appeared Sunday on its official X account and that it's investigating how the since-deleted post was published.
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Ledger probes CryptoBilis wallet loss reports; Bitcoin insurer Meanwhile raises $37.5M
Ledger told Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis to pause sales while it investigates reported wallet losses. Bitcoin life insurer Meanwhile raised $37.5 million, and ESMA opened a review of tokenized collateral.
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Dragonfly's Qureshi calls 'bunker mode' doomerism, pitches cryptographic recovery plan
Dragonfly's Haseeb Qureshi called Justin Drake's "bunker mode" warning "cryptographic doomerism," saying fresh-address migration won't protect users if AI breaks signatures, and urged proactive blockchain measures.
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UK sanctions three crypto exchanges and two payment platforms over Russia links
The UK's FCDO sanctioned three crypto exchanges and two payment platforms suspected of helping Russian entities evade sanctions, saying two facilitated A7 network transactions; Chainalysis found TokenSpot, Grinex and Meer got over $308M from one HTX deposit address.
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Securitize shares rise about 10% as it launches tokenized US stocks on Solana
Securitize shares rose about 10% Thursday as the company launched Securitize Stocks for eligible investors, tokenized versions of 12 US-listed equities on Solana that settle in USDC and keep dividend and voting rights.