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DeFi
Aave V4’s Arc Markets Connect Dollar-Euro Loans to Shared Liquidity
The deployment launched Sept. 16 with four reserve assets. Its Forex market lets borrowers pledge EURC, which is not eligible collateral in Arc’s Main market.
Podcast
Ledger Was Hacked — Who Do You Trust With Your Keys Now?
The Defiant Livestream | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1:00pm ET
Up to $93M drained from more than 300 wallets, and the software was never touched. Ledger confirmed a physical implant inside signers sold through reseller CryptoBilis, reading recovery phrases off the screen at setup and sending them out over a mobile network.
So the question stops being what happened and becomes who you trust. The vendor? The reseller? The sealed box? The device already sitting in your drawer? Yourself?
Guest: Pablo Sabbatella (@PabloSabbatella), founder of Opsek (@opsek_io)

Regulation & Politics
Russia Bars Self-Custody Withdrawals From Regulated Crypto Accounts
A separate restriction on direct crypto trades between individuals takes effect July 1, 2027, requiring residents to use authorized intermediaries.

Markets
Bitcoin Holds Above $81,000 as Producer Prices Post Largest Jump Since 2022
Wholesale prices rose 1.3% in September, with energy accounting for more than 80% of the increase. Bitcoin rose less than half a percent over 24 hours through the first two hours of U.S. trading, and none of the five largest tokens moved more than 1% in either direction.

Markets
Crypto.com Launches Predict Pro With Order Books and Sports Combos
The platform connects US traders to OG.com Markets and supports sports combinations of two to 20 predictions, with any losing leg making the entire combo a loss.

Blockchains
Aztec Targets Full Post-Quantum Migration by End of 2030
The privacy Layer 2 plans hardened developer libraries in early 2027, while its full migration also depends on changes to Ethereum.

Research & Opinion
Tokenization Is About Much More Than Bringing Assets Onchain
Instant settlement, automated coupon payments and collateral that can be re-pledged in DeFi are what separate a tokenized asset from its offchain version.

DeFi
Firelight Adds $30.5 Million of Cover to Kraken USDC Vault
Depositors face a $100,000 cap per address per coverage period, with payouts handled by Sentora rather than guaranteed by Kraken.

Markets
US Wholesale Inflation Accelerates to 6.3% as Bitcoin Slips
Gasoline producer prices jumped 20.3% in September, while Polymarket traders put a 72.5% probability on the Fed holding rates at its next meeting.

Security
Safe Launches Safenet Aegis Security Network on Three Chains
Checks cost 0.40 USDC, paid to security providers, while onchain enforcement requires enabling a Guard on the Safe account.





