Hacks
Drift hack recovery opened near one cent per dollar lost
Drift's October 1 launch quote valued DFX near one cent per USDT lost, while redemption ends future pool participation for the tokens burned.
Solana
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Price Watch
Bitcoin sees big overnight rally as ETF demand returns before the next US jobs test
Fund inflows support the rebound, while reported short liquidations suggest an accelerator and inflation still clouds its durability.
Stablecoins
Solana enters US banking with 90 North Dakota banks leading it
Fiserv has launched Roughrider Coin on Solana, giving more than 90 North Dakota banks and credit unions a new dollar settlement route.
DeFi
PropAMMs lower Solana trade costs, and public pool returns crash
A new study finds professional Solana AMMs sharply cut swap costs while passive pools remain exposed to stale-quote arbitrage.
Exchanges
Bitget restores $300M fund after absorbing $388M security breach
The restored backstop is separate from customer reserves, and claims remain subject to Bitget's assessment as withdrawals reopen in phases.
Stablecoins
Open USD bets Stripe’s $1.9 trillion network can break USDT and USDC’s grip
The $468 million stablecoin is pairing deep launch liquidity with partner incentives across payments, cards and treasury products.
Featured
Solana’s 250ms data shows lower-stake validators lost a larger share of reward-linked vote credits
The Foundation found sharply different lost-credit fractions by stake weighting, raising a reward question ahead of any 200ms step.
Featured
Bitget says Bitcoin withdrawals are open after $387M hack, but ETH and USDT must wait
Bitget reported reopening BTC withdrawals after public fills showed futures trading during the pause, but individual transfers still need separate evidence.
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.
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.
DeFi
Solana DEX volume spike hides circular trades, and automated bots are blamed
Bitquery's indexed-pool screen finds repeated round trips, but the depth available to independent traders has not been measured.
Technology
Solana moves Alpenglow into testnet as SOL nears January highs
Alpenglow reaches testnet as SOL rallies and the network’s trading and tokenized-asset economy hit fresh milestones.
