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Recent issues
Blast Is Shutting Down Its Layer 2
Plus, Chainalysis ties the $387 million Bitget hack to North Korea
MetaMask Pulls Its Validators Out of Lido
Plus: the SEC would let investment advisers hold client crypto themselves
Base Writes a Seize Function Into Its Token Standard
ESMA wants to license DeFi front ends, and Abracadabra pays MIM holders four cents.
Robinhood Turns On 10x Crypto Perps in the US
Eight contracts, no expiry, one basis point a trade — and Coinbase gets its own clearinghouse the same day.
SEC Clarified Token Buyback FAQ: "No Central Party"
Plus: Bitget reopens bitcoin withdrawals, Tether says it froze $550M in Iran-linked USDT, and Citi picks Coinbase for stablecoin payments
SEC Staff Draws A Line On Token Buybacks and Liquid Staking in New FAQs
Plus, the Fed prices what it costs a bank to issue a stablecoin
Bitget Halts Withdrawals After $351.6M Hot Wallet Breach
New York sues to shut Polymarket US, Ondo puts BlackRock portfolios onchain, and Payy goes dark after a $1.92M bridge drain
Zcash's ZEC Hits $1,600, a 10-Year High
A $20,199 vote took the Cosmos Hub offline for a day, Blockchain.com and NYSE explore 24/7 tokenized stocks, and Ondo opens in-kind minting
Vitalik Backs a Prediction Market and TRUE Jumps 900%
Binance takes a $100 million Circle stake, and Kalshi blames one paid market maker for its repeating trade size
Bitcoin Hits Its Highest Since January as Crude Sinks 8%
ZetaChain votes to shut down its own Layer 1, and Fairshake books $30M against Sherrod Brown