Aero's $AERO token much less inflationary than expected!
Inflation reportedly cut to around 6.6% The $AERO token's annualised inflation rate has reportedly been cut roughly in half, to around 6.6%, following the merger between @aeroxyz and Velodrom
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Initia USDC Bridge Reserve Hit $63 in Oct. 23 Hack
Initia's USDC bridge reserve collapsed to just $63 during the October 23 hack, on-chain analytics firm Bitquery found, while the same data revealed 55 ordinary withdrawal attempts failed as t
Pavel Durov's takeover of $TON has failed...?
Pavel Durov's push to bring The Open Network (TON) under Telegram's direct control was meant to revive the blockchain. Several months on, on-chain and price metrics suggest the plan has yet t
Aero has now made $608 MILLION.
The @aeroxyz DeFi platform has generated a cumulative total of more than $608M worth of protocol fees. The milestone comes days after the merger of Aerodrome and Velodrome into a single excha
Plume Vaults are EXPLODING.
Plume Vaults TVL climbs to roughly $229 million The total value locked (TVL) in @plumenetwork's Vaults products now stands at nearly $229 million, according to DefiLlama data. The figure refl
Lido Begins Rollout of Higher-Balance Ethereum Validators in Small Initial Phase
The liquid staking protocol is testing larger validator balances with a 32 ETH operator bond requirement before any broader expansion. Lido has begun opening access to higher-balance Ethereum
Coldcard class action over $140 million: what it means for owners
A proposed class action against Coinkite, the Canadian maker of the Coldcard hardware wallet, has been before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice since 11 September 2026. The claim centres
Bitcoin Core Drops Its Year-Long Embargo for Bugs a Single AI Prompt Can Expose
Bitcoin Core is ending the year-long wait for security patches that a language model can find again in a single prompt. A change to the project’s security disclosure policy, merged on October
Ethena Rises 6% to Channel Top as Buybacks Stay Off
The move comes four weeks into a correction that has left ENA roughly 30% below its late-September peak, according to Binance’s ENA/USDT daily chart on TradingView. Whether anything beyond th
South Korea Crypto Tax May Face Another Delay Before 2027
South Korea's planned 2027 cryptocurrency income tax, already the product of multiple prior postponements, faces renewed pressure from lawmakers and industry groups who argue the implementati
Aave's USDT borrow rate heads to 4.19 percent: what it means for lenders
Lenders and borrowers in Aave's USDT market will soon see a different rate. On October 20 the protocol's Risk Stewards recommended cutting the optimal usage ratio for USDT on Aave V3 Core fro
Bitcoin Tests $80K as $550M in Crypto Liquidations Hit
Bitcoin is testing the $80,000 price level as a reported $550 million in crypto liquidations sweeps leveraged positions across the market. The $80K zone has become the immediate line in the s