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Technology

Not voting counts as a no in Cardano’s governance votes

Cardano's committee renewal crossed both thresholds by 0.18 points in a 1 September snapshot, but stake that never voted counted against it.

CryptoSlate, with on-chain data from Koios 2 months ago · 7 min read
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Business

Citi, Goldman and 19 other institutions commit to a joint stablecoin

Twenty-one banks and asset managers plan a dollar stablecoin. The issuing company doesn't exist yet and the token is targeted for 2027.

CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, CoinGape and PR Newswire 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Markets

XRP ETFs are sitting 44% below what they paid, filings show

Filings show five US spot XRP funds held coins worth 44% less than they paid at 30 June, while investors still added a net $320.8m in the first half.

CryptoSlate, with additional reporting from CoinDesk and Cointelegraph 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Policy

Hyperliquid wants a US route in, and Kraken’s owner may be it

Payward, Kraken's parent, has reportedly outlined a perpetual futures structure to the CFTC. No approval yet, and UK retail access does not change.

The Block, reporting on Bloomberg 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Business

LSE and Kraken’s owner plan to tokenise 100 London-listed stocks

Payward and the London Stock Exchange plan to tokenise 100 UK-listed stocks. It needs regulatory approval, and no retail launch date has been set.

CoinDesk, The Block and The Defiant, with the Payward and LSEG announcement 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Technology

Polygon patched two security flaws before telling anyone about them

Polygon fixed denial-of-service and consensus flaws in the Austin and Kyoto forks before disclosing them. POL holders never had to do anything about it.

Decrypt 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Policy

US Treasury wants exchanges to vouch for foreign stablecoin issuers

Treasury's proposed GENIUS Act rule would make US platforms justify listing foreign stablecoins. It is out for comment, and nothing has been delisted yet.

CryptoSlate 2 months ago · 7 min read
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DeFi

Cronos validators switched off the whole chain after a $75m exploit

About $6m of the $75m reached Ethereum before Cronos validators paused block production. The rest is stranded on a chain that has stopped.

CoinDesk, Decrypt and Cointelegraph 2 months ago · 7 min read
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Business

Revolut’s euro stablecoin is live in three countries, and Britain isn’t one

EURR is going to selected Revolut users in Denmark, Poland and Portugal. Bridge Building S.A. is the legal issuer, and UK customers are not included.

The Defiant 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Technology

Solana validators back doubling the rate SOL inflation falls

Solana's first binding governance vote backs halving the time SOL inflation takes to reach 1.5%. The emission curve itself has not changed yet.

The Defiant, with the SGP-0002 proposal text on GitHub, and vote figures as reported by Decrypt, CoinDesk and Cointelegraph 2 months ago · 5 min read