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The Defiant @DefiantNews Oct 29

STELLAR @StellarOrg MERIDIAN DAY 2
INTERVIEWS FROM THE FLOOR:

📣 BRINGING STABLECOIN PAYMENTS TO 190 COUNTRIES WITH BVNK @BVNKFinance
Rubén Galindo @rubengsp CEO - Airtm @airtminc

📣 MARSHALL ISLANDS IS ISSUING A SOV. BOND AND UBI ON STELLAR @StellarOrg
Charles Paul, Marshall Islands Ambassador @RMI_Govt

📣 THE DATA GIANT’S $110M RAISE LED BY S&P @SPGlobal
Ambre Soubiran @ambresoub, CEO - Kaiko @KaikoData

📣 KEEPING AN EDGE IN CRYPTO VC
Ben Lakoff @benlakoff, GP - Bankless Ventures @BanklessVC

📣 STELLAR DEFI EXPANDING WITH @CurveFinance,
@MetaMask, @SentoraHQ, @upshift_fi
Ada Vaughan @AdaVaughan, Head of DeFi - Stellar

📣 ETHERFUSE LAUNCHING PRINCIPAL+YIELD TOKENS FOR LOCAL CURRENCY BONDS
David Taylor @EtherfuseDave, CEO - Etherfuse @etherfuse

📣 BETTING THAT REAL ESTATE WILL BE THE NEXT RWA CATEGORY WITH +5% APYS
Edward Nwokedi @apartmentpro, CEO - RedSwan @RedSwanCRE

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Kaiko's $110M Raise, a Nation Onchain, Stablecoins in 190 Countries & More: On the Floor @ Stellar's Meridian x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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The Defiant @DefiantNews 34m

WALLET BUILDS $26.2M BET ON BITCOIN OUTPERFORMING ETHER

On Nov. 7, the Tornado Cash-funded wallet went long $BTC and short $ETH on @HyperliquidX. Each side was worth about $13.1M.

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thedefiant.io Tornado Cash-Funded Wallet Builds $26 Million Bitcoin-Ether Trade A Tornado Cash-funded wallet built roughly $26.2 million in paired BTC and ETH positions on Hyperliquid, with 20x settings on both legs.

The Defiant @DefiantNews 2h

2,266 STAKED $ATOM MOVED WITHOUT UNBONDING

A @cosmos batch sent six accounts’ staking claims to one address. One owner reported theft; whether this was an attack or part of Web3Auth’s recovery efforts is unconfirmed.

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thedefiant.io Cosmos Batch Moves 2,266 Staked ATOM From Six Accounts A Cosmos Hub batch tokenized 2,265.59 ATOM from six accounts. A delegator reported theft, but the recipient’s role remains unconfirmed.

The Defiant @DefiantNews 2h

SKY TVL SLIDES 15% IN A WEEK TO 30-DAY LOW

@SkyEcosystem’s TVL hit $4.42 billion Nov. 7, per @DefiLlama. $USDS supply fell 13.4% in the same week, showing the contraction went beyond collateral price changes.

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Line chart showing Sky TVL declining from about $6.18 billion on Oct. 9 to $4.42 billion on Nov. 7, after a $6.23 billion high on Oct. 12.

The Defiant @DefiantNews 3h

OKX WARNS MEXC TRANSFERS MAY BE FROZEN BEFORE FINCEN CUTOFF

CEO Star Xu says @okx has already tightened controls. The order does not require immediate worldwide freezes at foreign exchanges.

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thedefiant.io OKX Warns MEXC Users of Deposit Freezes Ahead of FinCEN Cutoff OKX CEO Star Xu warned against direct transfers from MEXC, saying funds may be frozen under controls tightened ahead of FinCEN’s transfer ban.