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Ledger unveiled a Morpho-powered Crypto Loan feature at TOKEN2049 Singapore, letting users borrow stablecoins against wrapped Bitcoin while keeping keys on their hardware device. The wallet app defaults to 50% loan-to-value with a 1% borrowing fee, and pledged collateral remains subject to liquidation.
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Tom Lee said Bitmine will stop accumulating Ether once it owns 5% of the token's supply, ending a buying streak that made it the world's largest Ethereum treasury. Posts report the company held 6,016,414 ETH as of Oct. 4 and is roughly 100,000 ETH from the cap.
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CoinDesk and The Defiant report that Cardano has introduced a new token standard giving issuers controls such as freezing, seizing and restricting assets, aimed at regulated stablecoins, funds and bonds. The Defiant adds that wallets, DEXs and lending protocols need integration changes to handle the assets.
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The Defiant reports that Stacks Labs chief Muneeb Ali pledged to transfer intellectual property to the Stacks Endowment and promised a two-year roadmap covering Bitcoin privacy and post-quantum technology, plus a public holder call within 30 days.
Binance New Listings reports Binance added bStocks trading pairs for JPMorgan Chase, Eli Lilly, Securitize Corp and StablecoinX on Spot/Convert. The Defiant reports Binance added JPMorgan and Eli Lilly bStocks as margin collateral with 50% collateral ratios.
The Defiant reports that Kalshi launched a US 500 perpetual future with no expiration, using daily funding payments and futures-account collateral, and displayed maximum leverage of 15.3 times on launch day.
The Defiant reports that Coinbase added short-dated up-or-down contracts on bitcoin, ether and eight other tokens to its prediction markets on Tuesday, with Kalshi listing the contracts and already running the same 15-minute markets on its own exchange.
The Defiant reports that Abstract will shut down its Ethereum Layer 2 on Dec. 15, with users able to withdraw through the Migration Hub or native bridge and the team planning to help apps move to other chains.
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The Defiant reports that Ethereum's validator count has fallen to 863,000 while staked ETH edges higher, attributing the reduction to Pectra allowing operators to combine validator balances.
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The Defiant reports that Anchorage Digital has bought Routable to add corporate payment rails, with Routable to operate under a new brand and integrated stablecoin and tokenized deposit offerings rolling out over coming quarters.
Conduit is suing Tether in NY federal court, alleging Tether froze $2.76 million of its USDT for over a year without explanation. Conduit seeks a court order restoring access to its treasury wallet, saying the freeze is tied to a Brazilian investigation it has no connection to.
The Defiant reports that Firelight has begun writing DeFi cover backed by XRP staked on Flare, with initial cover positions in two Sentora vaults and claims decided by a five-firm consortium.
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Winklevoss Asset Services filed for a spot Zcash ETF under ticker WINK with Gemini as custodian and a 0.25% fee, according to The Block. Other outlets report the fund would hold ZEC directly and trade on Nasdaq, with Winklevoss Capital affiliates indicating interest in up to $100 million of shares.
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The Defiant reports that Agora's OCC approval sets up a move of AUSD to a US trust bank, which would take over issuance and reserves from Agora's Bermuda entity. The bank must meet capital, liquidity and compliance conditions before opening.
A RedStone report cited by The Defiant says tokenized stocks grew 395% in a year while DeFi use stayed under 3%, with lending collateral at roughly $81 million against $3.17 billion of supply and leveraged equity exposure onchain sitting almost entirely in perpetual futures.
Two newswires report that the UK has named six banks to lead a pilot for its first digitally native government bond, called DIGIT. The pilot will test distributed ledger technology and onchain settlement, with issuance expected by the first quarter of 2027.
Rain, a stablecoin payments company, is seeking a national trust bank charter in New York, according to CoinDesk and The Defiant. The proposed subsidiary would custody digital assets and dollars, manage stablecoin reserves, and issue and redeem dollar-backed tokens.
The Defiant reports that Ether.fi announced a dollar stablecoin powered by Ethena, with Ethena managing reserves, minting, redemptions and compliance for a platform reporting more than $300 million in existing stablecoin balances.
The Defiant reports that Bloomberg Terminal has added 24/7 Hyperliquid perpetuals pricing via a WSL HYPE worksheet. The worksheet pairs perpetuals with reference prices across commodities, indexes, equities, currencies and crypto.
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Arbitrum has adopted Paxos-issued USDG as its ecosystem dollar, with the stablecoin now live on Arbitrum One, according to CoinDesk, The Defiant and Cointelegraph. A same-day proposal asks ArbitrumDAO to add 100 million ARB to an incentive program.
Posts report that Circle, Ripple, Standard Chartered and hedge fund QRT backed OKX at a $25 billion valuation, an extension of a March round backed by NYSE owner ICE. The amount raised was not disclosed.
The Defiant reports that Circle has added Aave to its Bitcoin-backed borrowing offering in Mint, extending the existing Morpho-based service. Borrowers reportedly remain exposed to liquidation under third-party protocol rules.
The Defiant reports that a new DOJ filing targets Roman Storm's venue challenge, while his acquittal motion remains pending and a retrial is scheduled for April 26, 2027.
Ondo Finance launched a private-markets platform offering tokenized notes, with the first tied to a pre-IPO artificial intelligence company, according to The Block, The Defiant and Cointelegraph.
Multiple news outlets report that Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade activated on the Sepolia testnet on October 6, 2026, raising the block gas limit toward a 200 million target. CoinDesk later reports sampled blocks used less than half that allowance.
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The Defiant reports that CFTC staff have cleared a fast track for stock-index perpetual conversions, requiring exchanges to give position holders five calendar days' notice and a chance to exit while leaving other material contract terms unchanged.
The Defiant reports that Aave raised the core GHO borrow rate to 4.5% amid thin redemption reserves, with the GHO Risk Council also lifting Prime's base rate.
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The Defiant reports that Aave has activated LlamaRisk agents to manage pricing and borrowing parameters for a Pendle principal token on Plasma, with $36.72 million supplied and subject to fixed step limits and cooldowns.
The Defiant reports that Flying Tulip's NFT options market has surpassed $5 million in volume, according to Cronje. The post also states that buying an ftPUT NFT transfers remaining FT tokens and redemption rights, unlike spot FT purchases.
The Defiant reports that a Base vault was drained of about $6 million in Aave deposit tokens, with six outflows following a borrower-whitelist change and proceeds redeemed for wstETH.
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