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232 stories from the Blackmint Desk, newest first. Live market news is on Blackmint.
- Altcoins ·
Galxe Shuts Quest, ID and Passport, Sets Dec. 15 Reward Deadline
Galxe says it served 36 million users. Campaigns end Dec. 5, and staked G and Smart Savings balances will get a separate claim process later.
- Regulation ·
Coinbase Wins Full OCC Trust Charter for Custody, Not Deposits
The federal charter covers custody, not deposits or loans. Coinbase plans to move its New York custody business into the new bank over three years.
- Stablecoins ·
Emirates NBD's Liv Adds USDU, a Central Bank-Registered Dollar Token
Liv has close to half a million users and is waiving crypto trading fees for 90 days. UAE rules limit USDU to paying for digital assets.
- Macro ·
China's Producer Prices Rise 5.7% While Consumer Inflation Cools
Coal mining prices jumped 36.6% from a year earlier while food fell 2.9%. Beijing also kept its extra 24% tariff on U.S. goods suspended for two more months.
- Bitcoin ·
Bitcoin Slips Under Strategy's $75,451 Average Cost Per Coin
Strategy's 849,327 BTC cost $64.08 billion and were worth about $63.4 billion Sunday evening. Reuters said bitcoin hit its lowest level since August.
- Bitcoin ·
LNbits Tells Every Server Operator to Shut Down Pending Patches
The Lightning account system's developers say fixes should land in 24 to 48 hours. LNbits has not named the flaw or said how many servers were hit.
- Altcoins ·
Binance Reopens HYPE and APT Withdrawals, Four of Six Still Pending
Binance said Friday it aimed to reopen six tokens by the end of next week. INJ, PLASMA, NEAR and LTC weren't on Sunday's list, 10 days after the $6.3 billion theft.
- Altcoins ·
Keplr Says Some Emptied Balances Reflect Web3Auth Rescue Moves
Web3Auth posted the addresses holding rescued Keplr funds on 11 networks plus eight EVM chains. Neither firm has given a loss figure or a count of affected accounts.
- Stablecoins ·
Stablecoin Supply Falls to $292 Billion, Lowest in More Than a Year
Tether's USDT shed $2.8 billion in a week and Circle's USDC $1.2 billion as total supply slid for a fifth week, DefiLlama data show.
- Regulation ·
OKX Asks Users to Stop Direct MEXC Transfers Ahead of FinCEN Cutoff
OKX CEO Star Xu said MEXC-linked funds get sanctions-style checks and possible freezes. FinCEN's 30-day clock hasn't started; OKX isn't waiting.
- Stablecoins ·
Sky's Savings Vault Sheds $571 Million in a Day at a 3.80% Rate
USDS supply also fell $805 million on the week to $5.59 billion, DefiLlama shows. Sky's savings rate never moved, and no one has said who withdrew.
- Altcoins ·
Binance Names Justin Yek CFO Nine Days After $6.3B Hack
Co-CEO Yi He said the handover was planned over six months. Yek was vice president of finance at Airwallex; Ng had been CFO since January 2022.
- Regulation ·
Treasury Sanctions 8 Canadian Firms Over Alleged Iran Crypto Links
OFAC designated eight Ontario and B.C. money services businesses under E.O. 13902. Treasury says they swapped rials and other cash into digital assets for Iran-linked flows.
- Regulation ·
Binance France Closes Accounts Dec. 31, Fees From Nov. 29
A client email sets a Dec. 31 closure after Binance missed MiCA. Idle balances face 0.025% or 10 USDC a month from the Nov. 29 calculation day.
- Bitcoin ·
Bitcoin ETFs Shed $1.28 Billion in Worst Week Since June
Four of five sessions were red. BlackRock's IBIT alone lost about $1.21 billion; Fidelity's FBTC finished the week about $93 million ahead.
- Stablecoins ·
Bitquery Traces $4.06M USDT Drains Across 365 TRON Wallets
Forty-three collector wallets shared one fee payer from Oct. 5 to Nov. 4. CertiK separately warned unpatched iPhones face DarkSword kit risk.
- Altcoins ·
Keplr Pauses Google and Apple Login After Unauthorized Transfers
Web3Auth put its Login Service into maintenance citing a security incident. Seed-phrase and hardware wallets are not affected, Keplr said.
- Regulation ·
India ED Searches CoinDCX, Delta Over Alleged FEMA Violations
Searches hit three Bengaluru sites Nov. 4-5. Both firms say they cooperated; CoinDCX called it a routine enquiry, Moneycontrol reported.
- Macro ·
CPI, PPI and Fed Speakers Fill the Week Ahead Calendar
October CPI lands Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. ET; PPI follows Friday. Veterans Day closes U.S. markets Wednesday, per Fed and BLS calendars.
- Macro ·
BOJ's Ueda Says Unclear How Long 2% Inflation Will Hold
He also flagged upside risks as energy prices feed into consumer inflation into early 2027. The next BOJ decision is Dec. 18.
- Bitcoin ·
Elliptic Tracks $124M of Binance Loot Moved Into Bitcoin
About 1,650 BTC arrived from stolen altcoins by Friday morning. Roughly $3.11 billion still sits in linked wallets, Elliptic said.
- Bitcoin ·
Bitcoin ETFs Shed $411.9 Million for a Second Straight Day
IBIT alone lost $403.0 million Friday. Ether ETFs shed $93.3 million and Solana ETFs $24.2 million the same day, Farside shows.
- Regulation ·
Warren Favored to Chair Senate Banking After Midterm Flip
The post is not yet formal. She would gain subpoena power over banks, lenders and crypto firms after Democrats flipped both chambers.
- Macro ·
Fed's Daly Sees Further Rate Hikes After Jobs Beat
October hiring hit 165,000. Bitcoin was near $75,900 at 5:56 p.m. ET Friday, per CoinGecko, after Thursday's $430.2M ETF outflow.
- DeFi ·
Aave Labs Buys Avon Team to Build Fixed-Rate Lending
Terms were not disclosed. Fixed-rate markets are planned work, not a live Aave product in Friday's post, which cites over $33B in deposits.