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TradFi & Fintech
Franklin Templeton and Animoca Plan Broader Asset Lineup for NUVA
NUVA launched on Ethereum in May with vaults tied to YLDS and home-equity credit. The partners also plan to explore tokenized cultural assets.

Hacks
Ledger Asks CryptoBilis to Halt Sales Amid Reports of Lost Funds
Buyers from the past 90 days were urged to delay setup or consider moving assets to a new Ledger device with a new seed.

Blockchains
Solana Schedules Final Cut to 200-Millisecond Slots
Per-block computing limits shrink to preserve overall capacity, while validators face more frequent voting and shorter production windows.

Security
Coinbase Cryptographer Calls Drake's 'Bunker Mode' Warning 'The Very Definition of FUD'
Vitalik Buterin said the risk from AI-accelerated math is real but pointed it at lattices rather than elliptic curves. A former Ethereum Foundation researcher said bunker mode would not help if the curves actually broke

People
Netflix’s FTX Love Story Trailer Draws Mockery on Crypto X
Netflix’s synopsis for “The Altruists” calls it “a toxic love story inspired by a real fraud.” The trailer drew 4.2 million views in seven hours, and the most-shared replies from crypto accounts went at the casting and the accuracy.

DeFi
Polkadot Launches USDT-Backed dotUSD Under OpenGov
The stablecoin has about 2.77 million tokens in total supply, while DOT-backed borrowing is planned for a later phase.

Markets
Bitcoin Rebounds Above $81,000 After Trump Rules Out Iran Strikes Before Midterms
Crude retreated around the president's statement, but bitcoin remained down 1.9% over 24 hours in late trading.

Blockchains
Abstract's ETH Withdrawals Depend on Operators Ahead of Dec. 15 Shutdown
L2BEAT data showed about $17.1 million in canonically bridged ETH; the wind-down plan sets out no independent exit after Dec. 15.

Regulation & Politics
Kyrgyzstan Winds Down Gold-Backed USDKG After UK Sanctions
Holders can request fiat or USDT as the project prepares to retire its tokens, but the shutdown documents leave the gold reserves’ disposition unspecified.

Blockchains
Starknet Weighs Layer 1 Shift to Pursue Quantum Security by 2027
An independent chain would let Starknet control security upgrades rather than wait for Ethereum, says StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson.





