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XRPL Lending Amendment Reaches 22 Validator Votes, 7 Short
Kalshi Ends Donald Trump Jr. Advisory Contract Over Polymarket Stake
Gemini Said to Sell Shuttered UK and EU Units to KAST for Under $10M
Binance Covers All $6.3B Hack Losses, Reserve Proof Still Pending
NYDFS Orders Crypto Firms to Set Advertising Policies by May 2027
Tether Gold Gets Clean KPMG Audit on $2.246B Gold Backing
Visa Adds Western Union USDPT to VisaNet Settlement via Anchorage
Unocoin Flags Outgoing ETH From BitGo Address as Lockout Continues
Hyperion DeFi Posts Record $39.6M Q3 Net Income on HYPE Gains
Securitize and Ethena Open $100M Liquidity Facility for BUIDL
SoFiUSD Goes Live on Polygon as Its Third Blockchain
Nvidia Names Kress Interim CEO as Huang Resigns; NVDA Drops 10%
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Kalshi Ends Donald Trump Jr. Advisory Contract Over Polymarket Stake
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NYDFS Orders Crypto Firms to Set Advertising Policies by May 2027
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XRPL Lending Amendment Reaches 22 Validator Votes, 7 Short
The XRP Ledger lending system has gained three validator votes in about three weeks, reaching 22. It needs 29 of 35 validators for two straight weeks to activate. Borrowers post no collateral, and depositors rely on brokers' off-chain underwriting.
Gemini Said to Sell Shuttered UK and EU Units to KAST for Under $10M
Gemini has sold its already closed U.K. and European units to Singapore stablecoin payments firm KAST for less than $10 million, according to a person familiar with the matter. Neither firm has confirmed the deal, and no regulator has approved a change of control.
Binance Covers All $6.3B Hack Losses, Reserve Proof Still Pending
Binance says coverage of assets affected by its $6.3 billion October hack is complete and has published a new Proof of Reserves snapshot. The zero-knowledge proof that would let users verify 1:1 backing has not been generated, and Binance gave no timeline.
Tether Gold Gets Clean KPMG Audit on $2.246B Gold Backing
KPMG U.S. gave Tether Gold issuer TG Commodities an unqualified opinion on its 2025 statements, counting every bar behind 520,089.350 ounces worth $2.246B. It is Tether's second Big Four audit after USDT, but it covers 2025, not current holdings.
Regulation
Kalshi Ends Donald Trump Jr. Advisory Contract Over Polymarket Stake
Kalshi has ended its advisory contract with Donald Trump Jr. after his venture firm 1789 Capital increased its stake in rival Polymarket. The company says the split was mutual, as senators and state attorneys general step up scrutiny of prediction markets.
NYDFS Orders Crypto Firms to Set Advertising Policies by May 2027
New York's financial regulator wants BitLicense holders and crypto trust companies to maintain board-approved advertising policies covering risk disclosures, no-fee claims, testimonials and third-party promoters, ready for review by May 12, 2027.
India ED Searches CoinDCX and Delta Exchange in FEMA Probe
The ED searched three Bengaluru premises linked to CoinDCX and Delta Exchange India on Nov. 4 and 5, alleging rupee deposits were converted to USDT and moved offshore. Both exchanges deny wrongdoing and say operations are normal.
CFTC Designates tZERO DCM as Contract Market Ahead of SPAC Deal
tZERO now has both a CFTC-designated exchange and a registered clearinghouse. The approval meets the first earn-out milestone in its merger with FG Imperii, but no contracts or trading date have been announced and the deal has yet to close.
DeFi
Hyperion DeFi Posts Record $39.6M Q3 Net Income on HYPE Gains
Hyperion DeFi reported record Q3 2026 net income of $39.6 million, driven mostly by HYPE treasury gains, while core operations turned a profit for the first time since its June 2025 DeFi pivot. Cash flow stayed negative and the $20M buyback is barely used.
Suiet Wallet to Shut Down as API Services End After Nov. 14
Suiet, a self-custodial browser extension wallet for Sui, is shutting down with API services ending after Nov. 14. Funds stay on chain, but users need their recovery phrase to migrate as Sui TVL drops more than 22% in a month.
Jupiter Launches Baskets and Curated Vaults Ahead of Breakpoint
Jupiter is rolling out Baskets, Vaults, Portfolio V3 and Pulse ahead of Solana Breakpoint. Vaults open November 11 in private beta, with curator-run strategies, share-diluting fees, withdrawals of up to 30 days and no loss coverage from Jupiter.
IRIS to Launch Borrowing at Fixed Rates on SparkLend Nov. 10
IRIS plans to go live Nov. 10 with fixed-rate loans that settle on SparkLend. Solvers compete via off-chain RFQ to quote fixed terms, backed by bonds that absorb floating-rate swings. Borrowers still face collateral liquidation and owe full-term interest.
Technology
Nvidia Earnings Beat and $12.9B Hugging Face Deal Push Nasdaq Futures Up 1.1%
Nvidia stock jumped 7% in premarket trading Thursday after posting an earnings beat and announcing a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face. Nasdaq futures climbed 1.1% on the news, arriving ahead of the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.
Mystery AI Model Ox Alpha Beats Claude Fable on Benchmarks, Creators Unknown
A new AI model called Ox Alpha has surfaced with no identifiable creators, a free price tag, and benchmark scores that outperform Anthropic's Claude Fable. The model ships with a 1 million token context window, accepts video as input, and is available at no cost.
Inception Labs' Mercury 2 Outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma in AI Showdown
Inception Labs released Mercury 2, an AI model that outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma while preserving model intelligence during the shift from sequential to parallel processing. The development marks a significant architectural transition in the post-autoregressive era.
Quantinuum Surges 13% on Nasdaq IPO Debut, Raising $1.68B
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