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Security
Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to $2.47 Million Crypto Theft
Prosecutors say Patrick Steven Yaroch used credentials tied to 35 FBI investigations, compromising cases and intelligence sources and methods.

Tokens
Extended Sets Final XTEN Airdrop Rate as Xpoints Program Ends
The exchange also awarded Xpoints to 97 Discord Tester-role holders for early testing, feedback and platform use.

Regulation & Politics
Greek Parliament Approves 10% Tax on Crypto Gains
The framework exempts annual net gains of up to €500 and is scheduled to apply from January 2027.

Regulation & Politics
California Tribes Win Order Barring Kalshi Sports Contracts on Their Lands
Kalshi must report compliance steps within 21 days, after the tribes disputed the effectiveness of its voluntary location blocks.

DeFi
Solana Labs’ Leap Opens iPhone Beta for Tokenized Stocks and Crypto
Trades route through Jupiter, while tokenized securities are unavailable to US persons and users in several other major markets.

Blockchains
Anza Urges Solana Validators to Upgrade Agave Before Epoch 1079
Agave 4.4.1 changes how loader-v3 program data counts toward transaction limits, ahead of a planned Nov. 6 cutoff for unpatched nodes.

Blockchains
EEZ Launches Rollup X With Swaps Filled by Mainnet Liquidity
The Ethereum Economic Zone ran three demonstrations at Devcon in Mumbai. Rollup X is a devnet whose batches are attested by a designated signer rather than proven.

Regulation & Politics
SEC Crypto Broker Rule Enters White House Review
The planned amendments cover capital requirements, customer-asset safeguards and recordkeeping for broker-dealers handling crypto assets.

Security
OpenSSH Ships Urgent Workaround for Alpine Password Bypass
Key-only accounts can be exposed if SSH password authentication remains enabled. Alpine urges operators to update and restart the server process.

Security
Blockaid Warns Reth Bug Can Produce Incorrect State Proofs
Blockaid listed patched builds for reth, op-reth and Base, while Gauntlet curtailed deposits and allocations.





