🌎 Catch up on day 1 of CoinDesk Live from Meridian 2026.
How stablecoins, payments and yield are reaching real-world users — from Lisbon, with @StellarOrg.
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394029123.8K - CoinDeskRT @heyibinance: User funds are safe. Binance will cover all hacking losses. Deposits and withdrawals are temporarily suspended while our team conducts security checks, freezes funds, and works with law enforcement. We will share a full post-mortem once the investigation is complete. Please rely only on official Binance channels for updates.081308.6K
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- FINANCE: Binance hack drained wallets backing customer assets, reserve data shows @OKnightCrypto reports20209129.4K
- UPDATE: Tether, Circle and World Liberty Financial have frozen more than $2.39 billion in stablecoins linked to the suspected Binance hack. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino confirmed $1.567 billion in USDT frozen. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire reported more than $800 million in USDC. World Liberty Financial CEO Zach Witkoff said $27 million in USD1 had been frozen.
484317339K - 100 days until Hong Kong 🇭🇰 The countdown is on for #ConsensusHK 2027!Consensus Hong Kong @consensus_hk📆 100 DAYS TO GO: The countdown to Consensus Hong Kong 2027 is on! Join us February 1–3 as the global digital asset industry comes together for three days of conversations, connections and innovation. See you in Hong Kong!1573925.9K
- The FBI's Patrick Wyman explains at @Ripple Swell how digital assets have become a growing part of investigations across the agency. “It's important for our investigators to understand it, recognize it, know what to do when they see it, not be scared of it, to embrace the technology.”266228347.8K
Consensus Hong Kong@consensus_hk📆 100 DAYS TO GO: The countdown to Consensus Hong Kong 2027 is on! Join us February 1–3 as the global digital asset industry comes together for three days of conversations, connections and innovation. See you in Hong Kong!1049.2K- UPDATE: Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) says the exchange appears to have been hacked, with Tether freezing approximately $971 million in USDT and Circle freezing $823 million in USDC. CZ says he expects all user funds to be fully covered.
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60719.3K - At @StellarOrg's Meridian 2026, @tomerweller explains how Stellar stayed focused on everyday financial services while much of the crypto industry pursued NFTs and meme coins. “Thankfully, the rest of the industry has aligned.”251610227K
- NEW: Stanley Druckenmiller's first X post backs Hyperliquid venture after $23 million indirect investment301711428K
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- #9 → #2 @StellarOrg’s rank by active developers in a year, according to @JoseFDaPonte. He says 4,000 devs are building on it, more than any chain except Ethereum. “And we’re working on that.”21117125.7K
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1812022.4K - CoinDeskRT @CoinDeskData: On-chain tokenized equity trading fell 39.3% to $317M per day in October, from $521M in September. bStocks reclaimed the lead with a 37.3% share, despite daily volume falling 34.8% to $118M. Robinhood slipped to second at 30.3%, with average daily volumes down 56.2% to $96M. Read more:01012.8K
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- CoinDeskRT @CoinDeskData: Tokenized RWA value rose 2.92% to $34.5B as of Oct. 20, after hitting a record $34.9B on Oct. 16. Private credit was the strongest major category, rising 11.8% to $5.27B. Tokenized bonds and MMFs fell 3.31% to $16.97B, with their share dropping below 50% for the first time since March.02012.3K
- NEW: @Chainlink partners with LG CNS, the IT arm of South Korea’s LG Group, to build digital asset infrastructure for Korea’s $68B crypto market, focusing on Korean won stablecoins and tokenized securities.
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1821619.8K - CoinDeskRT @CoinDeskData: USDC fell 2.80% to $72.3B, reducing its share of stablecoin supply to 23.7% from 24.4%. Ethereum accounted for most of the decline, with USDC supply down 4.12% to $44.5B. Meanwhile, Arc recorded strong growth, rising 19.5% to $742M.01012.7K
- “Small to medium sized businesses are able to use these assets to get value into their country in a way they couldn’t before... that to me is the gold standard.” @DenelleDixon, CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation at @StellarOrg's Meridian 202613156424K
- CoinDeskRT @CoinDeskData: Stablecoins market capitalization edged up 0.1% to $305.5B in October, as of the 20th. This recorded the second consecutive increase in stablecoins market capitalization. Supply remains 3.67% below the May 17 record of $317B.01013.2K
- NEW: @Polymarket fires CMO Matthew Modabber following an internal probe linked to a reported fake trades scheme that drew a CFTC investigation, per the NY Post.
3886731.4K - NEW: @Chainlink launches 24/7 stock and commodity pricing, bridging trading-session data with perpetual futures quotes during market closures, with @Aave as the first to adopt it for its institutional lending platform Horizon.
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254024831.6K - UPDATE: Ethereum developers postpone the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet, after security researchers flagged that EIP-8037’s gas accounting changes could permanently alter how existing smart contracts handle failed transactions. No new date has been announced.
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