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I traced where the revenue goes for the 10 top-earning protocols with a token
Tracer analysis of the top 10 token-holding protocols showing how much of their revenue actually reaches token holders, net of unlocks.
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Satoshi-era wallet served in a $260 billion lawsuit moves 75 BTC it held since 2011
A Satoshi-era wallet tied to a $260 billion lawsuit moved 75 BTC, about $5 million, and spent the small payment used to serve a court notice in May.
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Louisiana AG calls CFTC chair an ‘obsequious standard bearer’ for prediction markets following agency lawsuit
Louisiana's attorney general attacks the CFTC chair as the CFTC sues to block a state order banning 31 prediction markets.
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Bitcoin ETFs lose $1 billion for the second week in a row as crypto funds, except one, continue bleeding
U.S. spot crypto ETFs lost about $1.55 billion combined over the week, with Avalanche funds' $227,000 the only inflow among 15 SoSoValue categories.
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Ethereum scaling project MegaETH slashes staff by 20% as it pursues AI business
MegaETH cut 20% of staff as it pivots toward AI, and DeFi TVL on the chain reportedly fell from over $245M to $8.8M.
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Latin America May Have Found Crypto’s Killer App. It’s the Dollar
Argues Latin American users adopt stablecoins as dollar payment and savings tools, even without knowing the blockchain.
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Britain could turn wasted Scottish wind power into bitcoin to cut its $1.3 billion grid bill
A Bitcoin Policy Institute report proposes using bitcoin mining to absorb surplus Scottish wind power and cut UK grid payments, a novel energy-policy idea.
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Pennysia Users Urged to Revoke Approvals After Exploit
Pennysia users are urged to revoke token approvals after an exploit that drained four addresses; onchain records show swaps were disabled before the public warning.
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Ethereum Weighs Hegotá Reset for Post-Quantum Security
Ethereum's Hegota upgrade has dropped quick slots and left FOCIL and post-quantum consensus direction unresolved.
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Deutsche Bank Crypto Custody Goes Live for Paying Clients
Deutsche Bank's European custody service is live for paying clients, covering bitcoin, ether and three stablecoins.
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MANTRA Announces Seven-Day Pause on New Unstaking
MANTRA pauses new unstake requests for seven days, but existing eight-day countdowns keep running for tokens already unstaking.
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Why the Path to Quantum Resistance Runs Uphill for Wallet Manufacturers
Trezor's CTO explains the trade-offs Bitcoin's leading post-quantum signature scheme poses for hardware wallet makers.
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Nakamoto Gets Extra Year on 60 Million USDT Kraken Loan; Derivatives Count Toward Collateral
Nakamoto's Kraken USDT loan gets an extended maturity, with derivatives now counting toward collateral; the loan terms are a useful read on bitcoin treasury leverage.
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GHO's 61% Supply Drop Reflects an Accounting Change
DefiLlama now excludes idle pre-minted GHO from circulation, cutting reported supply 61%; the token contract still shows 699 million issued.
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Kazakhstan plans tokenized government bonds in first quarter after $22 million note sale
Kazakhstan plans tokenized government bonds in Q1 after a $22 million tokenized central bank note sale, a sovereign adoption signal with limited detail in the snippet.
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1inch Warns Delegators to Claim Rewards by Nov. 27
1inch delegators must claim rewards and undelegate by Nov. 27 since resolver delegations are closed; plain staking unaffected.
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Ondo Backs Spout Plan for No-Interest Stock-Token Loans
Ondo's planned Spout integration on Solana funds no-interest stock-token loans with covered calls, leaving borrowers exposed.
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Cosmos Hub Votes on Fix for Broken Governance Queries
Cosmos Hub Proposal 1061 to fix broken governance queries is above quorum, with Gaia v29.1.0 needed if it passes.
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stUSDT Winds Down, Sets May 2027 Redemption Deadline
stUSDT is winding down with rebase rewards ending Nov. 14 and a May 2027 redemption deadline for holders.
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US PPI Hits 6.5% as Bitcoin and Ether Edge Higher
Hot PPI print undershot forecasts, yet markets still price a December Fed hike, with BTC and ETH edging up.
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Arca’s Jeff Dorman Calls Vitalik Buterin’s ETH Store-of-Value Pitch ‘Really Misguided’
Arca's Jeff Dorman argues only about $50 billion of ETH's value rests on its store-of-value case, pushing back on Vitalik Buterin's pitch.
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AAVE Slides 30% in Four Weeks, Trailing Bitcoin and Ether
AAVE fell about 30% in four weeks, losing more than BTC and ETH, while its dollar-denominated locked value fell by a smaller share.
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Kraken Parent Payward Swaps Its Headline Metric, Reports $487 Million in Q3 Platform Margin
Kraken parent Payward now headlines total platform margin of $487 million in Q3, excluding staking rewards paid to clients.