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MetaMask Exits 523,000 ETH Validators After Security Incident

MetaMask is withdrawing from Ethereum validators following an infrastructure security incident, removing stakes totaling...

Oct 1, 2026, 09:16 AM

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Uniswap Labs Plans OUSD Rewards Hook for Liquidity Providers

Uniswap Labs is designing a rewards hook to incentivize liquidity providers using Origin Protocol's OUSD stablecoin. OUS...

Oct 1, 2026, 02:05 AM

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MetaMask Staking Exits Lido Validators After Infrastructure Compromise

MetaMask Staking has initiated a full exit from its Lido validators following a security incident, with Lido estimating ...

Oct 1, 2026, 12:06 AM

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Zcash Rallies 8% to $1,325 as NU7 Mainnet Vote Nears

Zcash jumped 8% to $1,325 on October 9 as trading volume surged 175%, with analysts monitoring resistance levels ahead o...

Sep 30, 2026, 07:06 AM

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Chainlink CCIP 2.0 Launch Drives 6% Surge as LINK Faces $15 Resistance

Chainlink's CCIP 2.0 upgrade launched, enabling institutions to operate their own cross-chain transaction verifiers, lif...

Sep 29, 2026, 08:17 PM

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DeFi Development Corp Boosts SOL Treasury to 2.5M Tokens

DeFi Development Corp has accumulated approximately 2.538 million SOL tokens, valued at roughly $309 million, through re...

Sep 29, 2026, 06:01 PM

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Baillie Gifford Launches Tokenized Bond Fund BAGEY on Blockchain

Scottish asset manager Baillie Gifford launched BAGEY, a tokenized bond fund that settles in USDC or fiat currency on pu...

Sep 29, 2026, 05:06 PM

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Vana Completes Vega Upgrade With Expanded Staking and New Token Economics

Vana Foundation announced completion of its Vega upgrade, which expands staking functionality and ties network fee distr...

Sep 29, 2026, 05:03 PM

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Hedera Surges 20% to 8-Month High on Identity Platform Milestone

HBAR rose over 20% Tuesday, reaching its highest level in eight months as a Hedera-based identity platform launched on I...

Sep 29, 2026, 11:02 AM

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Buterin: Ethereum's 2027 Hegotá May Be Last Conventional Fork Before Quantum Shift

Vitalik Buterin indicated that Ethereum's planned 2027 Hegotá upgrade could be the network's final conventional hard for...

Sep 29, 2026, 10:02 AM

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Chainlink Launches CCIP 2.0 With Custom Verifiers and Faster Transfers

Chainlink released CCIP 2.0, enabling institutions to run custom security checks on cross-chain transfers while maintain...

Sep 28, 2026, 08:02 PM

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First Block Launches Solana STO for U.S. Medical Device Firm Onpharma

First Block, Onpharma, and Crito Capital announced the first security token offering on Solana for a real operating comp...

Sep 28, 2026, 01:04 AM

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