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BOLT11 now requires exactly one payment hash and one payment secret per Lightning invoice. Developer Roasbeef reported an attack where differing invoice parsers made completed withdrawals appear unpaid, enabling further payouts. via @akibablade cryptoslate.com/lightning-ti…

.@chainalysis estimates Iran-linked Bitcoin activity in its selected everyday-use series initially fell about 80% during the Feb. 28 blackout. It recovered to over 75% of baseline by the end, then nearly twice baseline after easing. via @akibablade cryptoslate.com/iran-linked-…

🏆 NEW PREDICTION MARKET: Gen.G or the field at League of Legends Worlds? Gen.G leads at 44.5% in the Oct. 27 snapshot. It is the strongest individual contender in the market, but its odds still give the rest of the field more chance of winning. cryptoslate.com/predictions/…

Eligible EEA clients can trade BTC and ETH options on @krakenfx Pro where derivatives are offered. The USD cash-settled contracts share futures collateral. An existing derivatives account and assessment are required. via @akibablade cryptoslate.com/kraken-opens…

Japan’s services producer price inflation rose to 3.7% in September from 3.5% in August, BOJ data showed. Excluding international transport, it held at 2.9%. Growth in high-labor-cost services eased to 2.6% from 2.7%. via @akibablade cryptoslate.com/japans-servi…

.@bitfinex estimates 874,000 BTC was accumulated between $81,000 and $82,500. Holders may reduce exposure on a rally, it says. US spot Bitcoin ETFs had $663M in net outflows across three sessions through Oct. 26. via @hardeyjumoh cryptoslate.com/bitcoins-nex…

🗳️ NEW PREDICTION MARKET: Can Drazan flip Oregon’s governor race? Tina Kotek leads at 83% in the Oct. 27 snapshot. Christine Drazan needs crossover support or a different turnout mix to overcome Oregon’s Democratic lean. cryptoslate.com/predictions/…

CryptoSlate simulated 100,000 Bitcoin paths from historical returns: 50.4% closed above the $126,198 record within a year, but 34.8% ended above it. Among crossing paths, median maximum drawdown before crossing was 18.9%. Analysis by @akibablade cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-simu…

Glassnode’s Oct. 26 data shows Bitcoin’s entity-adjusted transfer value rose 26% to $5.5 billion from $4.4 billion a week earlier. Transaction fees fell 8.8% to $185,200, while daily active addresses fell 2.2% to 615,200. via @hardeyjumoh cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-move…

Coinbase tells EEA retail customers to withdraw 14 restricted assets before Oct. 30 or have them automatically converted at market rates. Deposits sent after Oct. 30 won't be credited, and recovery isn't guaranteed. via @hardeyjumoh cryptoslate.com/coinbase-set…

🤖 NEW PREDICTION MARKET: Which AI model will lead Arena on Nov. 2? Gemini 4 Argon (High) leads at 75% in the Oct. 27 snapshot. New releases must win comparisons to climb the Text Arena leaderboard before the Nov. 2 check. cryptoslate.com/predictions/…

CoinDCX confirmed a roughly $16M USDT loss three days after its CEO disputed reports of a breach of current wallets. A failed sweeping service left deposits at retired addresses exposed. CoinDCX says it absorbed the loss. via @pelicamatos cryptoslate.com/coindcxs-16-…

Zcash policy group PGPZ asks that proposed SEC rules let token issuers substantiate fundraising claims without exposing unrelated wallet activity. It wants material holdings and conflicts still publicly disclosed. Analysis by @akibablade cryptoslate.com/atkinss-zcas…

About 52% of new Pump․fun coins drew a buy from a wallet other than the first buyer within roughly 1.3 seconds, versus 53% in August, @Bitquery_io found. Both samples end Oct. 7, before Solana’s final 200ms slot target on Oct. 9. via @akibablade cryptoslate.com/solana-study…

Optimism proposes replacing Security Council cohort elections with nominations from an elected Lead. Tokenholders would need 20% of active votable OP supply to veto a nominee within a week. Analysis by @akibablade cryptoslate.com/how-optimism…

Direct liquidations in Babylon’s proposed native Bitcoin market on Aave V4 could bypass pool funding, @LlamaRisk finds. Keepers would still need WBTC for any application fee, borrower-surplus payment or WBTC debt repayment. Analysis by @akibablade cryptoslate.com/3-payment-ru…

Liquid’s market priced Anthropic at $1.88T after its IPO filing; Better Markets put it at $1.43T using its own methodology. Anthropic has yet to set its offering valuation or trading date. via @hardeyjumoh cryptoslate.com/crypto-trade…

A historical Vultisig flaw could let one compromised signer recover a full private key via repeated malicious messages, @chain_security found. August Android and iOS updates stop retries once a signer is flagged as malicious. Analysis by @akibablade cryptoslate.com/august-updat…

Aviva invested £50M in an XRP Ledger-based share class of its roughly £22B Sterling Liquidity Fund. Separately, @Ripple unveiled 24/7 Returns for eligible corporate clients holding qualifying digital assets in Ripple wallets. via @hardeyjumoh cryptoslate.com/ripple-conne…

Strategy bought no Bitcoin during Oct. 19–25, spending a record $204.9M on STRC preferred stock buybacks instead. @Strive bought 6,182 BTC for about $511.4M during Oct. 17–23, bringing its holdings to 43,000 BTC. via @hardeyjumoh cryptoslate.com/strategy-mak…