THORChain Bug Stalls Binance Hackers in an Accidental Emergency Pause
THORChain node operators paused swaps on 10 of its connected networks on 31 October after an Ethereum block reorganization exposed a refund bug.
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Stories 1–24 of 161 · 24 Sep 2026 – 2 Nov 2026
Curve Lands on Stellar in Its First Move Beyond Ethereum
Curve Finance launched its StableSwap exchange on the Stellar mainnet on 29 October 2026, its first deployment outside the Ethereum Virtual Machine ecosystem.
Uniswap Labs Opens Fee Conversion Tool TJAR to Apps, Robinhood First
Uniswap Labs released TJAR, an open-source tool that lets apps convert their on-chain fees into a single token.
Chainlink 24/7 Ends the Weekend Pricing Gap for Tokenized Assets
Chainlink launched Chainlink 24/7 on 29 October 2026, delivering around-the-clock pricing for tokenized stocks, commodities, and other real-world assets through weekends and holidays.
S&P's Vault Risk Scores Move Onchain Through Chainlink as Deposits Hit $10 Billion
Chainlink and S&P Global Ratings launched a live integration that brings the ratings firm's Vault Risk Assessment data onchain.
Chainlink Opens $700 Billion Custody Market to DeFi With Anchorage
Chainlink launched CustodySync on 26 October 2026, letting qualified custodians give institutional clients access to DeFi lending while keeping assets in custody.
Uniswap v4 Becomes an Aggregator as Hooks Pull In Outside Liquidity
Uniswap Labs launched aggregator hooks on Ethereum, Base, and Robinhood Chain on 22 October 2026.
Aerodrome and Velodrome Merge Into Aero Across Seven Networks
Aerodrome and Velodrome, two leading decentralised exchanges, merged on 21 October 2026 to form Aero, a single spot exchange spanning seven networks.
Crypto Lending Vaults Top $10 Billion, and Regulators Are Circling
Deposits in crypto lending vaults have climbed past $10 billion, up from $4 billion at the start of last year, according to the Financial Times.
XRP Ledger Patches Its Lending Code Before Anyone Can Use It
The XRP Ledger will activate a bug-fix package called fixCleanup3_4_0 around 09:34 UTC on 23 October 2026.
Chainlink Goes Live on Stellar to Power Its $4B Tokenized Asset Market
Chainlink's Data Feeds and Data Streams went live on the Stellar network on 14 October 2026.
Trader Nudges Hyperliquid ETH, Nets $1.28M on Papertrade
A single wallet made about $1.28 million on Papertrade within hours of the exchange's Saturday launch by moving Ether prices on Hyperliquid.
Tether Froze THORChain's USDT Without Warning, Then Reversed Three Hours Later
Tether blacklisted four THORChain vault addresses on the TRON network on 9 October 2026, freezing about 1.45 million USDT.
Chainlink's CCIP Vault Adapters Pull Deposits From 80 Chains, No Bridge Needed
Chainlink launched CCIP Vault Adapters on 8 October 2026, letting DeFi vaults on one network accept one-click deposits from more than 80 blockchains.
Arbitrum Bets on Paxos' USDG to Capture Stablecoin Reserve Income
Paxos launched its Global Dollar (USDG) stablecoin natively on Arbitrum on 6 October 2026, and the network joined the Paxos-led Global Dollar Network.
Arbitrum Halts New Stylus Contracts After AI-Assisted WASM Attacks
Arbitrum's Security Council paused all new Stylus contract activations on its One and Nova networks on 2 October 2026.
NEAR Intents Recovers Full $3.8M Stolen in Omni Contract Exploit
NEAR Intents recovered the full $3.8 million stolen from its platform on 3 October 2026, days after a bug let an attacker drain funds.
Ostium Rebuilds Its Trading Stack After a Faked Price Drained $23.75M
Ostium launched Gateway, a rebuilt trading system, on 1 October 2026, three months after an attacker drained $23.75 million in USDC from its liquidity vault.
Once Worth $2 Billion, Blast Winds Down Its Ethereum Layer-2 Network
Ethereum layer-2 network Blast is shutting down after concluding that operating costs exceed the revenue it generates.
Chainlink Rebuilds Its Bridge Security After a Rival's $292M Hack Shook DeFi
Chainlink released CCIP 2.0 on 28 September 2026, letting companies add their own security checks to cross-chain transfers.
THORChain Refuses to Block Bitget Hackers Moving $387.5M to Bitcoin
THORChain declined Bitget's request to block wallets tied to a $387.5 million hack on 24 September 2026.
Tokenized Stocks Can Now Borrow Dollars: Aave V4 Opens Equities Hub on Base
Aave V4 on Base launched an Equities Hub on 25 September 2026, letting eligible non-U.S. users borrow USDC against seven Coinbase tokenized U.S. stocks.
KelpDAO Sues LayerZero, Alleging It Endorsed the Setup Behind a $292M Hack
Evercrest Technologies, the developer behind KelpDAO, filed a civil claim in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against LayerZero Labs and co-founder Bryan Pellegrino.
Cosmos Hub Went Dark for 25 Hours to Claw Back $2M in Stolen ATOM
Cosmos Hub halted its blockchain for 25 hours after an attacker moved 1.2 million stolen ATOM into a Hub address.
