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Strive Prices $630 Million SATS Preferred Offering at $90
Strive’s SATS preferred offering carries an implied simple annual yield of 16.7% at its $90 offer price, according to The Defiant.
Ether ETF Outflows Top Bitcoin as Weekly Withdrawals Hit $320 Million
Ether ETFs recorded $320 million in weekly outflows, exceeding bitcoin withdrawals as five crypto ETF groups tracked by Farside lost a combined $610.7 million.
Strategy Falls 9.6% After MSCI Decision, Dropping More Than Bitcoin
Strategy shares declined 9.6% following an MSCI decision, while its disclosed bitcoin holdings remained roughly $5.1 billion above their purchase cost.
DTCC Plans 25-Security Tokenization Rollout on Canton and Besu
DTCC outlined plans to tokenize 25 securities on Canton and Besu, with each token backed by securities held at DTC.
Celestia’s TIA Gains 23% as Rally Enters Fourth Week
Celestia’s TIA rose 23% in a day, extending a four-week rally, while network fees increased and data posting declined on the latest complete day.
Bitget Sets Account-Specific Deadlines for Some Users to Exit
Bitget is ending services for some users with deadlines varying by account, The Defiant reports.
Kevin Boon Takes Over as Mysten Labs CEO From Evan Cheng
Kevin Boon succeeds Evan Cheng as Mysten Labs CEO, while Cheng stays on as CTO and takes charge of a new AI unit.
Anthropic Says Claude Linked NIST Curve Seeds to 1990s Timestamps
Anthropic reports that Claude traced NIST curve seeds to timestamps from the 1990s, a finding that does not amount to a cryptographic break.
OG.com Markets Lists SEI Perpetual Futures Under CFTC Oversight
SEI perpetual futures are trading on CFTC-regulated OG.com Markets, with dollar settlement and a minimum order of 100 SEI.
Karpelès Reports Ledger Hardware Implants at Two More Resellers
Karpelès reported added hardware in Ledger devices from two more resellers, while Ledger said inspections of German inventory found no evidence of tampering.
Starknet Weighs Ethereum Exit for Quantum-Resistant L1
Starknet is considering a move away from Ethereum to become a standalone Layer 1 network, targeting full quantum resistance by 2027.
NEAR Intents Links $3.8 Million Exploit to Deposit Bug
A NEAR Intents postmortem attributed a $3.8 million exploit to a deposit bug and said all affected users had been fully compensated.
Deutsche Bank Plans European Crypto Custody Launch Within Weeks
Deutsche Bank plans to introduce crypto custody in Europe for corporate and institutional clients, with expansion into Asian financial centres targeted for 2027.
Mizuho, MUFG and SMBC Finish Joint Yen Stablecoin Trial
Japan’s Mizuho, MUFG and SMBC completed a yen stablecoin pilot involving Mitsubishi Corporation, with commercial transactions targeted for fiscal 2026.
Binance.US Seeks Up to $100M at $1B Valuation: Bloomberg
Binance.US is seeking up to $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported, while Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial is not participating.
Network School Introduces New Posting Rules for Farcaster
Network School’s takeover of Farcaster includes a social smart contract that lets the core team revise conduct rules, The Defiant reports.
AMC CEO Says Company Will Not Approve Robinhood Stock Tokens in US
AMC’s CEO says the company will not consent to Robinhood stock tokens in the US, where a new SEC framework gives issuers a limited ability to object.
Unagi Offers Persona and Ultimate Champions for Sale in Liquidation
Unagi has put Persona and Ultimate Champions up for sale as part of a liquidation, with bids due November 2, The Defiant reports.
INJ Rises 27% as 21Shares Proposes Fund Holding the Token
INJ led gains among the tokens compared by The Defiant, while a proposed 21Shares fund would hold INJ directly and permit discretionary staking.
Coinbase and Marqeta Plan Stablecoin Cards for Businesses
Coinbase and Marqeta are expanding their partnership on a planned stablecoin card offering that would allow businesses to fund programs at any time.
Tokenized Equities Hit $3.8 Billion, DWF Labs Reports
DWF Labs reports tokenized equities reached $3.8 billion this year, while weekly decentralized exchange spot trading rose to 55 times its January level.
Filecoin Proposal Would Redirect Block Rewards Toward Paid Storage
FIP-0118 would gradually reduce the consensus share of Filecoin block rewards and burn any unearned service allocation, according to The Defiant.
Perpetuals Seeks SEC Exemption to Trade Tokenized US Stocks
Nasdaq-listed Perpetuals says it has published a notice to use five-year SEC relief for trading tokenized US stocks, triggering a 30-day wait.
Jupiter Reports $1 Billion in YOLO Volume Within 24 Hours
Jupiter says YOLO passed $1 billion in volume in less than a day, though the unaudited beta measures leveraged exposure rather than funds deposited.