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XRP Ledger Plans Quantum-Safe Accounts Without Fee Increases

The XRP Ledger Foundation has detailed plans to let users protect accounts with quantum-resistant cryptography while keeping transaction fees at current levels. Account holders would add a new signing key based on the ML-DSA-44 standard approved by NIST in 2024, then turn off their existing key to block future attacks from quantum computers. The change addresses a known vulnerability where on-chain signatures expose public keys that powerful quantum machines could exploit.

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Tron Stablecoin Holdings Climb $16B in Year on USDT Growth

Tron recorded a $16.1 billion increase in stablecoin market cap between November 2025 and November 2026, the largest gain among blockchains during that period, according to Token Terminal. Tether's USDT made up $92.2 billion of Tron's $94.2 billion total, representing nearly 98% of stablecoins on the network. The platform settled $2.21 trillion in stablecoin transfers during the third quarter of 2026.

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House Democrats Plan Crypto Bill Changes Favoring SEC Over CFTC

House Democrats are preparing revisions to the CLARITY Act that would give the Securities and Exchange Commission greater authority over cryptocurrency markets while reducing the role of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Representative Maxine Waters is expected to lead the effort when she takes over the House Financial Services Committee in January. The proposed changes would incorporate provisions from her Crypto Investor and Consumer Bill of Rights and add stricter ethics requirements

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Bitcoin Whales Move $3.6 Billion Into BlackRock's IBIT Fund

Large Bitcoin holders are exchanging their self-held coins for shares in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust at unprecedented levels. The asset manager has processed roughly $3.6 billion in these in-kind swaps, where investors trade actual Bitcoin for newly created ETF shares without selling to cash. BlackRock's digital assets head says security worries drive the trend, including fears of theft, kidnapping risks, and exchange failures like the recent Binance breach.

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BSCN Debrief: BlackRock whales convert $3.6B to IBIT

Bitcoin holders are moving record amounts into BlackRock's ETF, House Democrats eye a crypto oversight rewrite, and XRP plots quantum resistance. Here's what mattered.

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Binance Founder Calls 335M User Records Theft Claim Fake

Changpeng Zhao has rejected claims that hackers stole 335 million user records from Binance. A forum post attributed to ShinyHunters demanded $900,000 in Bitcoin or Monero for data allegedly including emails, passwords, identity documents and wallet private keys. CZ questioned why anyone with wallet keys would sell them rather than drain the funds directly.

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Morgan Stanley Buys SEC-Registered Transfer Agent Vinyl Equity

Morgan Stanley plans to purchase Vinyl Equity, a digital transfer agent that maintains official shareholder records for companies listed on NYSE, Nasdaq and OTC Markets. The bank expects to close the deal in early 2027 and will incorporate Vinyl's capabilities into its employee equity platform, which serves 3,400 corporate clients and 6.7 million participants.

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Acala and Karura to Cease Operations in Early 2027

The Polkadot-based DeFi platform Acala and its Kusama counterpart Karura will shut down on February 10, 2027, pending approval of two governance referendums. The teams cite insufficient liquidity spread across the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems as the primary driver, noting that shared security does not guarantee adequate trading volume or revenue to keep every specialized network viable.

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Kinetiq Opens Elysium Layer 2 Network Tied to Hyperliquid

Kinetiq launched the Elysium mainnet on November 9 as an Arbitrum Orbit chain that settles to HyperEVM, the smart contract component of Hyperliquid. The network aims for 100 millisecond block times and uses HYPE tokens for transaction fees at a 1:1 bridge ratio from HyperEVM. Elysium has no token of its own.

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Binance France Accounts to Shut Down After Failing MiCA Rules

Binance France will close customer accounts by the end of December after failing to secure authorization under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets regulatory framework. The exchange sent emails to customers warning that accounts holding funds past November 29 will incur monthly fees of 0.025% of balances or 10 USDC minimum.

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BSCN Debrief: Strategy & BlackRock Launch Bitcoin Security Consortium, EU Blacklists 14 Crypto Platforms, Circle Mints $250M USDC on Solana

Strategy, BlackRock, and Fidelity pledge $15M to secure Bitcoin's codebase, the EU targets 14 crypto exchanges in its 21st Russia sanctions package, and Circle floods Solana with fresh stablecoin liquidity. Here's the week.