TREE NEWS update: Base’s tokenized stock spot DEX volume reached approximately $1.3 billion over the past 30 days, up 153.8% from the previous 30-day period. Tokenized stocks issued by Coinbase accounted for about $1.2 billion of the total, making up the majority, while st0x-related assets saw around $90 million in trading volume.
TREE NEWS reports: Spot DEX trading volume in tokenized stocks on Base reached about $1.3 billion over the past 30 days, up 153.8% from the prior 30-day period. Coinbase-issued tokenized equities accounted for roughly $1.2 billion of that total, the vast majority, while st0x-related assets traded about $90 million.
TREE NEWS reports: Base’s tokenized stock spot DEX trading volume reached approximately $1.3 billion over the past 30 days, up 153.8% compared to the previous 30-day period. Tokenized stocks issued by Coinbase accounted for about $1.2 billion of the total, making up the majority, while st0x-related assets saw about $90 million in trading volume.
TREE NEWS update: A flaw in Limit Break’s Payment Processor V2 put old Magic Eden Ethereum NFT listings at risk, Magic Eden warned, prompting a whitehat rescue of more than 23,000 NFTs. The vulnerability affected listings created through the payment processor contract on Ethereum. Magic Eden said the affected listings were tied to the older contract version.
TREE NEWS update: Attackers exploited legacy NFT and token approvals on Magic Eden, prompting white hats to secure 23,155 NFTs worth more than $5.7 million. Holders still need to revoke the vulnerable contracts’ NFT and token approvals to protect remaining assets.
TREE NEWS reports: Crypto futures liquidations across exchanges totaled $285 million in the past 24 hours, with $139 million from long positions and $146 million from shorts, CoinGlass data shows. Bitcoin liquidations accounted for $71.87 million and Ether $60.28 million. The single largest liquidation was a $2.25 million ETHUSDT order on Binance.
TREE NEWS update: Ethena has begun backing its roughly $4.9 billion synthetic dollar USDe with tokenized stocks on Binance, holding the exchange’s bStocks as spot collateral while hedging with short positions in Binance equity perpetual futures. The setup marks Ethena’s first equity basis venue for the stablecoin-style asset.
TREE NEWS update: Ethena has begun an equity-basis rollout for its USDe synthetic dollar with Binance, pairing bStocks with short equity perpetuals. Eligible hedged accounts on the exchange receive lower auto-deleveraging priority under the strategy. The move extends Ethena’s basis-trade model beyond crypto into equity-linked positions.
TREE NEWS reports: Uniswap processed about 140 million transactions in August, more than the combined trade count of Cboe BZX and NYSE American, ARK Invest crypto analyst Lorenzo Valente said on September 25. NYSE American has operated since 1908, while Uniswap launched in 2018. Valente said Uniswap’s monthly volume was roughly 2 million trades five years ago, and that its next tier up is NYSE Arca, with about 232 million trades in August.
TREE NEWS update: Aave has added seven tokenized stock tokens, including Coinbase-linked equities, as collateral for USDC loans in a dedicated V4 market on Base, with a 21 million USDC borrowing cap. Access is limited to eligible non-US investors. The market lets borrowers draw stablecoin liquidity against tokenized equity positions.
TREE NEWS update: SoFi Bank said it is now settling transactions for Mastercard’s entire card network using its own stablecoin, SoFiUSD, calling itself the first US nationally chartered bank to do so. SoFi has estimated that moving all of its debit and credit card business to stablecoin settlement would cover more than $25 billion in annualized transaction volume. SoFiUSD launched in December 2025 and opened to users in the SoFi app in May; the Mastercard partnership was announced in March.
TREE NEWS update: Bitget CEO Gray Chen said on-chain tracking confirmed the attacker’s address received $387.5 million in the Sept 24 security incident, up from the previously disclosed $351.6 million. The revised figure incorporates Zcash and TRON assets that were not fully counted earlier and does not represent newly stolen funds, Chen said, adding that no unauthorized transfers have occurred since and the situation remains under control. A withdrawal plan will be announced on Sept 26.
TREE NEWS reports: Magic Eden legacy approvals left $5.7 million worth of NFTs exposed to an exploit, with whitehats rescuing 23,155 tokens before funds could be taken. The exposure stemmed from old wallet permissions tied to the marketplace. The rescue recovered the tokens, though the incident highlights lingering risks from legacy approval settings.
TREE NEWS update: Aave V4 launched an Equities Hub on Base, allowing eligible non-US users to borrow USDC against seven tokenized US equities issued by Coinbase: Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. It marks the first time tokenized stocks can be used as collateral in an Aave lending market rather than only held or traded. The market uses Aave’s Hub and Spoke architecture, pooling the seven equities into one USDC liquidity pool with separate risk parameters per stock, and Chainlink provides on-chain price feeds.
TREE NEWS update: Aave V4 has added tokenized stocks including Apple, Nvidia and Tesla as collateral for USDC loans, available to non-U.S. users. Seven tokenized equities in total are accepted on the Base deployment. The move lets borrowers draw stablecoin liquidity against tokenized equity positions rather than crypto assets alone.
TREE NEWS update: Tether froze 218,022.966977 USDT on Sept 25 linked to the Bitget exploit, following Circle’s freeze of roughly 100,000 USDC. The attacker converts stolen TRX into USDT and typically holds it for only 1 to 8 minutes before routing through Stargate or THORChain into BTC, leaving Tether a narrow window to freeze the funds.
TREE NEWS update: Jumper announced plans to spin off from LI.FI as an independent company and hold its first JUMP token sale through Legion, marking its debut fundraising. Proceeds will go to product development, user acquisition and market expansion, with the JUMP token issued separately after the raise and no concurrent equity financing. The platform will expand from cross-chain aggregation into an on-chain finance super app covering spot trading, cross-chain, perpetuals, tokenized stocks and other RWA and yield products.
TREE NEWS update: Evercrest, the developer behind KelpDAO, has sued LayerZero over a $292 million bridge exploit. Evercrest says LayerZero approved the single-verifier configuration in writing multiple times, then warned a different developer about it. The suit centers on LayerZero’s role in the configuration that preceded the loss.
TREE NEWS update: Ethena is expanding the basis trade behind its USDe synthetic dollar to include Binance bStocks and equity perpetuals. The move adds tokenized stock exposure and equity derivatives to the strategy that backs the stablecoin. No figures or timeline were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: An attacker exploited a Payment Processor V2 vulnerability at 9am ET, stealing 10 Meebits, 50 Otherdeeds, 10 WoW and 235 Desperate Apewives. After LimitBreak paused the also-affected V3, a whitehat operation moved 23,155 NFTs worth over $5.7 million to safety. The flaw could also be reversed to steal roughly 660 WETH, which was not recovered.
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