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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 (@StellarOrg):
📣 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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SPARKLEND HAS $11.95M IN $USDT FOR WITHDRAWALS WITH 96% BORROWED
On Oct. 29, @sparkfinance’s Ethereum market held 322M USDT in deposits. Larger exits require borrower repayments or fresh liquidity.
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.@Spiko_finance's SAFO fund holds $2.38B, ahead of BlackRock's BUIDL and Circle's USYC ($2.37B).
That makes it the largest tokenized fund. @pahyppolite tells @CamiRusso how Spiko reached $3B in AUM in two years.
Live from @StellarOrg's Meridian in Lisbon.
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.@MoneyGram is trading currencies with stablecoins at a $3B annual run rate and expects that to grow sharply next year.
@LukeTuttle2049 tells @CamiRusso how the 80-year-old remittance company built stablecoins into its ERP, treasury and partner prefunding.
From @StellarOrg's Meridian in Lisbon.
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Centrifuge just launched JQQQ, a tokenized Nasdaq-100 fund with @JanusHenderson.
Stellar Foundation is the anchor investor.
@CamiRusso sat down with Eli Cohen of @centrifuge at @StellarOrg's Meridian in Lisbon to talk index licensing, DeFi wrappers and who gets to tokenize a stock.
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WESTPAC TO CAP CRYPTO EXCHANGE PAYMENTS AT A$10,000 A MONTH—NO EXEMPTIONS
From Dec. 1, 2026, the limit applies to payments it identifies as exchange-bound. Withdrawals from exchanges into Westpac are unchanged.
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WAGYU CONFIRMS DATA LEAK LINKING DEPOSITS TO MONERO ADDRESSES
Hudson Rock found 4,580 orders marked completed linking deposits, Monero addresses and IPs. Its findings do not show a breach of Monero's cryptography.
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ARBITRUM ADDRESSES HIT 30-DAY HIGH, FEES LAG
@arbitrum One logged 1.09 million active addresses on Oct. 28, per growthepie. User-paid fees were just 3% above the prior week's median; addresses aren't individual users.
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SHOPIFY EXTENDS SHOP PAY TO AI AGENTS BUYING OUTSIDE ITS PLATFORM
Supported agents use single-use credentials at existing card checkouts; retailers need no new integration. Buyers can authorize purchases within set budgets.
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TOKENIZED $GOOGL FALLS NEARLY 12% ALONGSIDE AFTER-HOURS STOCK SELLOFF
@RobinhoodApp's token repriced in a @Uniswap pool with about $603,000 traded in five minutes. Underlying shares kept trading, too.
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SINGAPORE POLICE: ~$2.7M IN TAMPERED @Ledger WALLET LOSSES; CAMPAIGN TOTAL UNCONFIRMED
At least two cases were reported since Sept. 10. Police say implants could capture recovery phrases or private keys.
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ZKLINK NOVA BRIDGE ATTACK LEAVES ETH ESCROW NEARLY EMPTY
One transaction drained about $779,000 in ETH and tokens. @blockaid_ said a forged batch root enabled unauthorized withdrawals.
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ALLIUM DISCLOSES BREACH, CUSTOMERS MUST REPLACE API KEYS
Core services are back online, the blockchain data provider says. Uploaded-data access remains disabled, and some data-feed gaps are still being filled.
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ALIPAY DENIES SUPPORTING CRYPTO AFTER PEER'S YUAN-TO-$USDC BETA
Alipay called claims it enables crypto purchases “false and unauthorized.” Peer still lists Alipay as a payment method but says there is no official partnership.
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BITCOIN CORE PATCHES THREE BUGS, INCLUDING ONE THAT LETS ATTACKERS CRASH NON-LINUX NODES
Fixes are in 29.5, 30.4, 31.2 and 32.1. The storage bug remains on 32-bit systems and nodes using FAT32.
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DIVA CANCELS MAINNET, LEAVING NO LAUNCH TO TRIGGER $DIVA REWARDS
The team told early stakers to withdraw via Enzyme. Two pre-launch vaults showed assets worth about 654.5 $ETH on Oct. 28 ET; no replacement rewards were announced.
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PEER LAUNCHES BETA TO BUY $USDC WITH YUAN VIA ALIPAY
Buyers pay individual sellers; escrow on @base releases tokens after payment verification. Peer says it has no official Alipay partnership; China's crypto restrictions still apply.
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UTAH CHARGES @Kalshi AND CO-FOUNDERS, ADDING PRISON RISK TO SPORTS-BETTING FIGHT
The case lists 13 felony counts and one misdemeanor. @CFTC is separately suing to block Utah’s enforcement against federally regulated exchanges.
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.@Spiko_finance's SAFO fund holds $2.38B, ahead of BlackRock's BUIDL and Circle's USYC ($2.37B).
That makes it the largest tokenized fund. @pahyppolite tells @CamiRusso how Spiko reached $3B in AUM in two years.
Live from @StellarOrg's Meridian in Lisbon.
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.@MoneyGram is trading currencies with stablecoins at a $3B annual run rate and expects that to grow sharply next year.
@LukeTuttle2049 tells @CamiRusso how the 80-year-old remittance company built stablecoins into its ERP, treasury and partner prefunding.
From @StellarOrg's Meridian in Lisbon.
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