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Ethlabs Puts Ethereum Quantum Defense Ahead of Speed
The lab targets quantum- and AI-resistant Ethereum in 2027, withdrawing Quick Slots from its Hegotá push and asking developers to rethink the upgrade.
Novig Loses Bid to Block New York Gambling Enforcement
The judge found at the preliminary-injunction stage that Novig's sports contracts are not swaps and sharply criticized the CFTC's efforts to shield prediction markets.
Arkham Traces $63 Million in Bitget Hack Funds to CoinJoin
The firm traced 847.26 BTC into mixing transactions and reported another 959.29 BTC in labelled wallets, as recovery efforts continue.
Polymarket Cuts Staff and Contractors in Reorganization
Marketing was a focus of the cuts, Front Office Sports reported, as Polymarket trails Kalshi despite rising reported revenue.
Nomura Explores Laser Digital Sale, Bloomberg Reports
Marex is among the potential buyers, according to Bloomberg. The talks concern a business spanning crypto trading, asset management and onchain credit partnerships.
LlamaRisk Proposes Borrowing Speed Limits for Aave V3
The plan pairs timed borrowing buffers with a steward-run route for large clients. Parameters remain provisional and governance votes are still ahead.
Extended Opens XTEN Checker With Dec. 31 Signing Deadline
Unaccepted allocations will move to the Ecosystem Fund. Starknet accounts must nominate a self-custodial EVM wallet, while the token launch date remains unannounced.
Moonwell Cuts Collateral Limits, Drops VELO and wrsETH
MIP-X75 reduces the backing available for existing loans on Base and Optimism. Borrowers near their limits face liquidation unless they reduce debt or add eligible collateral.
Variational Ends Omni Beta, Removes Invite-Code Gate
The trading API remains unavailable under Variational’s published documentation, while its VAR token is still scheduled for Q4 2026.
Stacks Tests Post-Quantum Signatures With sBTC Transfer
A mainnet vault withdrawal used a Lamport one-time signature. The test does not upgrade ordinary sBTC wallets or the Bitcoin backing the token.
White House Seeks Remote AI Chip Curbs: Report
The reported request targets overseas computing rentals used by Chinese AI labs, a gap Nvidia has lobbied against closing.
Researchers Say Codex Flaw Put npm Releases at Risk
Depi says OpenAI fixed a chain linking prompt injection, a sandbox escape and publishing credentials. Its disclosure does not report a malicious npm release reaching users.
Runway Releases Praxis-1 Robot Model With Open Weights
Apache 2.0 weights and code move the robot controller beyond partner testing, but new hardware still requires substantial adaptation.
Maple Co-Founder Flanagan Exits Over Strategy Split
Joe Flanagan said he will support a handover through year-end. Maple described an agreed transition and said its direction remains unchanged.
Pyth Adds Real-Time NYSE Data to Its Data Marketplace
The Level 1 feed covers five NYSE Group exchanges. Clients must license the data directly with NYSE before receiving it through Pyth.
Anthropic Perp Exposure Tops $300 Million in Snapshots
Buildix readings span multiple Hyperliquid markets. The Trade.xyz contract alone showed $109.4 million, about 30% above The Defiant’s Nov. 10 snapshot.
Keplr User Reports 1,200 ATOM Move Amid Recovery Effort
Onchain records confirm the staked assets moved to an address outside the Nov. 8 recovery list. That does not establish who controls it.
OKXICE Sets Nov. 23 Stock-Token Launch After Objections
The venture expects more than 70 assets, including 59 Direxion ETFs, but issuer objections still constrain shares tokenized by unaffiliated third parties.
IBM Targets 520 Qubits With Next Nighthawk Processor
IBM plans to link two r3 chips in 2027. Developers can use new managed quantum-classical workflows now, but the processor remains a design target.
iOS 27.2.1 Leaves Sandbox Flaw Open, Researcher Says
The worse_query escape could expose wallet data stored in plaintext, SlowMist warned. Trust Wallet and Zerion said their iOS users are not affected.
Anthropic’s $1.4 Trillion IPO Target May Rise: Report
The Nov. 10 share-price range implied a valuation of about $1.4 trillion. Bloomberg subsequently reported, citing the Financial Times, that bankers were weighing $1.5 trillion or more.
xStocks Adds 200-Plus UK and EU Stock Tokens With GTN
The rollout includes LVMH, Rolls-Royce and SAP, but does not open xStocks to UK investors. GTN handles execution and custody of the underlying assets.
Evernorth Slides 24% After 73.7 Million-Share Filing
The XRP treasury company's prospectus covers potential resales by existing investors, but it does not lift key holders' six-month lock-ups.
LlamaRisk Proposes $1.33B Collateral Exit From Aave Core
Affected reserves would be frozen first, leaving existing loans open while borrowers switch collateral or migrate to V4.
Across Urges Users to Avoid App Over Domain Issue
The bridge's alert does not establish whether its smart contracts or bridging operations are affected.
Uphold Marks Crypto Withdrawal Disruption Resolved
Fiat deposits, withdrawals and trading continued normally while the platform worked around an outage at its transaction-monitoring provider.
MetaMask Adds Mobile Limit Orders Across Four Chains
Orders use revocable wallet permissions and a default 3% price tolerance. Reaching the target price does not guarantee a fill.
Leverage Shares Plans Cash-First Anthropic 3x ETP
The planned European product would hold interest-bearing assets before Anthropic’s debut, then seek three times the stock’s daily performance.
Ether, SOL and XRP Slide as Liquidations Hit $580 Million
Coinbase spot markets recorded SOL below $82 and XRP below $1.05, while bitcoin extended its decline beneath $73,000.
Banks Commit $270 Million to Stablecoin Venture: Report
The reported funding would cover five years of operations for the issuer, whose consortium has targeted a first-half 2027 dollar stablecoin launch.
HYPE Falls 18% in a Week, Lagging Bitcoin and Ether
Hyperliquid’s token reached a four-week sampled low as daily fees recovered from an early-November dip.
Commerce Halted Megaspeed Chip Probe After Nvidia Outreach, NYT Reports
The Justice Department is conducting a criminal inquiry into the Nvidia customer, according to the report, while Commerce says it handled the case by the book.
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PNC Launches USDC Payments Pilot With Coinbase
Eligible corporate and institutional clients can accept USDC on Ethereum, with proceeds automatically converted into dollars in their PNC accounts.
BitGo Returns to Profit on Crypto Gains as Revenue Halves
Platform clients rose 33.1% year over year, but revenue after direct costs fell 32.1%.
Norway Pauses New Data Center Grid Reservations
Existing connections are unaffected, but reserved capacity alone will not shield projects from a separate freeze on technical approvals.
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Pump.fun Adds Cross Margin to Hyperliquid-Powered Perps
The app adds TWAP execution and manual margin adjustments after launching its perpetual futures service with isolated margin on Oct. 28.
Ledger SDK Sends Signing Metadata by Default
The reporting code includes destination addresses and device details; Ambire says it kept the affected versions out of production.
Luke Dashjr Promotes Rival BIP Repository as 'Official'
The fork restores Dashjr's editor listing and BIP-110's 'Complete' status, while bitcoin/bips remains active with five editors.
NVIDIA Unveils GR00T 2 With Onboard Humanoid Control
A 100,000-hour human-demonstration dataset and companion tools are available now, while model weights and adaptation recipes are due in December.
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