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DeFi
Centrifuge Confirms Three Tokenized Funds Are Live on Arc
JAAA, JTRSY and HYB span US Treasuries and credit, with direct fund access limited to non-US professional investors.

DeFi
Aave Labs Proposes Foundation to Bring Brand and IP Under DAO Oversight
Phase 1 would create a Cayman Islands entity and appoint independent officers; trademark, domain and codebase transfers would require later governance votes.

Hacks
Chainalysis Links $387 Million Bitget Hack to North Korea
The firm says the theft pushes North Korea-linked crypto thefts above $1 billion in 2026, while onchain records show stolen XRP being swapped through THORChain.

Hacks
NEAR Intents GM Says $3.8 Million in Hack Funds Returned in Full
The published Bitcoin recovery wallet received about 34.59 BTC. The protocol had already pledged to compensate the lost funds in full.

Blockchains
Blast to Shut Down Layer 2, Citing Unsustainable Costs
About $63.5 million remains in Blast’s canonical bridge. Users have until Oct. 26 to withdraw through the normal interface, with contract-based withdrawals continuing afterward.

DeFi
SMBC Nikko and Nethermind Plan Compliance Hooks for Uniswap Pools
An MOU with Uniswap Labs, Base and Nyx Foundation targets a Japan-focused DeFi gateway for completion by mid-2027.

DeFi
Kinetiq Ends kPoints With Paid Claim as KNTQ Drops 23%
Points holders have 10 days to buy from a 50 million-token allocation at $0.26 per KNTQ, potentially generating $13 million in gross proceeds.

Hacks
Shevchenko Gives NEAR Intents Attacker 48 Hours
The general manager of NEAR Intents said the attacker who drained a preliminary $3.8 million has been identified, and posted three addresses for the money's return. None had received the funds as of early Oct. 2.

Regulation & Politics
SEC Proposes Crypto Self-Custody Route for Investment Advisers
The proposal also sets conditions for state trust company custody, with public comments due 60 days after Federal Register publication.

Infrastructure
OpenZeppelin and T-REX Network Introduce new Framework for Regulated Token Eligibility and Recovery
The redesign requires new deployments rather than in-place upgrades of existing 2.x identities, according to the project's changelog.





