Flash News

TREE NEWS update: Avail has launched ShieldTX, a privacy tool for Hyperliquid that creates a separate wallet for each perpetual futures position. The tool is aimed at copy-trading bots that track and mirror traders’ on-chain activity. Avail said the design is intended to shield individual positions from being copied on the decentralized exchange.

TREE NEWS update: Solflare is planning to migrate its Solana validator after its provider reported a key incident, the wallet said. No user funds were affected, but staking rewards on the roughly 1.56 million SOL delegated to the validator are paused until stakers move their stake to a new validator.

TREE NEWS update: Euronext has restarted trading in CoinShares’ Zcash exchange-traded product after halting it on its debut day. The exchange cited securities-depository settlement requirements for the suspension, while CoinShares said settlement had nothing to do with the firm. The ETP is now trading again on the Euronext venue.

TREE NEWS reports: The crypto sector is bracing for a potential change in congressional oversight following the midterm elections, with the political landscape under a new Congress possibly diverging sharply from the one that produced the Clarity Act. The industry could face a very different set of lawmakers and committee priorities once the new session begins.

TREE NEWS reports: A flash-loan attacker drained about $1 million in USDC from a tranche vault on Avalanche tied to Valinor Digital and Fence, security firm Blockaid said. The attacker used borrowed funds to mint inflated shares and then cashed out the USDC held by the vault.

TREE NEWS update: Baimahu Laboratory’s energy and chemical environmental protection team has completed a 72-hour continuous stable operation test of its fully domestic bipolar membrane electrodialysis unit, producing 10% sulfuric acid and 8% sodium hydroxide solutions with purity above 99%. Energy consumption was 1,217 kWh per tonne of salt, and the lab said the result shows it has mastered independent development of bipolar membrane stacks and full system design.

TREE NEWS update: Kraken will cancel all open orders on 176 trading pairs as it migrates to replacement synthetic markets, requiring customers to submit fresh orders after the transition. The new markets will charge taker fees even on limit orders, a change from the previous fee structure. No timeline for the migration was given.

TREE NEWS update: Google Cloud has outlined its preview MPC service for institutional Bitcoin custody, presenting the offering at a New York symposium focused on digital asset security. The service is aimed at institutions seeking to hold Bitcoin with multiparty computation-based key management. No launch date or pricing details were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Cybersecurity incidents are mounting in what is being called ‘Black October,’ with new AI-powered attacks and vulnerabilities reported daily. The wave of threats highlights the growing risks to ordinary internet users, who are advised to take basic protective measures online. No specific incidents, companies or figures were provided in the available material.

TREE NEWS update: Phantom has widened its US rollout of Kalshi prediction markets, with trading running through verified Kalshi accounts. The wallet’s regional guide excludes Michigan, Nevada and Washington from the expansion. The rollout gives Phantom users in eligible states direct access to Kalshi’s event contracts through the wallet.

TREE NEWS update: Aave has updated its Ethereum USDT borrowing curve so that rates rise sooner as liquidity tightens. Existing loans keep the interest already accrued, while the new rate applies to how the outstanding balance grows from now on. The change raises borrowing costs for USDT debt on Ethereum at lower levels of available liquidity than before.

TREE NEWS update: Stablecoin infrastructure company Eco has released the Sauce developer kit, which lets developers write transaction conditions in TypeScript so that any transaction failing those conditions never executes. The toolkit is designed to keep AI agents’ transactions within operator-set limits.

TREE NEWS reports: Ripple expects to reach a $900 million annualized product revenue run rate by the end of 2026, as its institutional business expands. The company said its RLUSD stablecoin has reached $2.5 billion and its payments business is approaching $150 billion in lifetime volume.

TREE NEWS update: Coinbase has listed Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin, allowing customers in supported regions to convert US dollars into the token one-for-one. Access spans the retail app, Coinbase Exchange and Prime, with transfers available on three networks. The listing expands RLUSD’s distribution through one of the largest US crypto exchanges.

TREE NEWS update: Moody’s rated Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin A2, citing its Treasury-heavy reserves, one day after the OCC granted bank approval. The agency noted that holders currently have no direct ownership interest in the reserves. RLUSD’s market value stands at $2.6 billion.

TREE NEWS update: Ethena Pay launched Earn+, a vault targeting up to 12% rewards through roughly 11x leverage on Aave, with depositors bearing losses. The product, run via Upshift, has an initial capacity limit of $4.5 million.