Research
Featured
Solana’s plan for fairer trades stalls as block producers still choose which orders get in
SIMD-0649 would police priority within batches, while leaders would retain control over inclusion and batch boundaries.
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Pump Fun is not authorized to solicit some Canadian investors, AMF warns
The September 25 alert flags the platform’s registration status without announcing a website ban or wallet-access change.
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Cosmos intercepts 1.23 million stolen ATOM but refunds now wait on governance vote
Validators secured one Hub-side balance, but the custody signers say a Neutron recovery plan and passed Hub proposal must precede its release.
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Bitget freezes XRP withdrawals as 27M stolen tokens move
XRP withdrawals remained disabled on Sept. 26, while Bitquery's dated trace shows tokens moving onward without a measured spot-market sale.
Staking
SEC staff’s staking-token split spotlights the exit risks behind staked ETH tokens
Its conditional categories do not classify either product. Coinbase terms and Lido's withdrawal queue govern the practical route back to ETH.
Wallets
New Bitcoin proposal rescues locked multisig wallets – At a hidden cost
Its proposed descriptor backup could aid recovery, while an eligible xpub already known to a server may expose the encrypted file's metadata.
Payments
Visa cuts reported stablecoin volume but there’s no proof payments fell
Expanded address labels lowered adjusted dollar volume, but the adjusted count fell less than 2% and payment use remains unmeasured.
Featured
Balancer fork’s 6 million BAL ask could cut holders’ redemption value
The fixed-base cost depends on how much granted BAL becomes eligible before the treasury snapshot; the fork's proposed return is conditional.
Stablecoins
Fed stablecoin proposal would make circulation a capital cost for supervised issuers
At $1 billion outstanding with no non-reserve revenue, the proposed operating-risk baseline would be $20 million before adjustments.
Tokenization
ARK partners with Securitize to put a venture fund on Ethereum, but leaves exit doors locked
The tokenized ARKVX interest still comes with a fund-wide quarterly repurchase cap and no announced secondary venue.
DeFi
EU faces September 30 clock to decide future of DeFi loans
Its MiCA review response points to crypto firms’ access routes while any new lending duties remain a future legislative choice.
Hacks
Swiss bank shields Bitget institutions while retail funds freeze
Sygnum offers bank-held trading collateral to institutional clients, while Bitget's withdrawal pause leaves ordinary balances dependent on its own controls and fund.
