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Bits + Bips retweeted
How a Hidden LTE Chip Turned Real Ledgers Into Seed Phrase Thieves: Uneasy Money
A Ledger reseller's devices shipped with an LTE chip and eSIM wired inside that allowed bad actors to drain $70M to $100M. 🔐
On Uneasy Money, @tayvano_ tells @kain and @austingriffith how the implant passed @Ledger's genuine check, and why panicked owners are now the bigger risk. 📡
Timestamps:
🎬 00:00 Intro
🔐 01:32 Why a Ledger reseller became the entry point for a supply chain attack
📡 09:15 Taylor on how the CryptoBilis attack moved past fake devices and scratchers
🧯 19:01 Why Taylor says panicked Ledger owners now face the bigger risk
💸 20:17 Why Austin sees DIY hardware wallets as the future
🕵️ 30:34 How Taylor “demixed” Zcash by following the gas trail
📣 34:52 Nexo: Generate daily interest on your crypto or borrow funds against your assets at unchainedcrypto.com/go/nexo-…
🎙️ 35:37 What the bug planted in OpenAI's office says about AI espionage
🛠️ 41:42 Austin's homemade Alexa, blood wallet, and AI-run electronics bench
🪙 48:04 Why a decade-old XRP infinite mint bug points to AI-assisted hunting
🧮 51:04 Is $250K enough? Taylor compares the XRP bounty to Google's Chrome payout
⛓️ 01:00:30 StarkNet wants to become an L1: why Kain thinks that's where L2s end up
🏚️ 01:11:03 How MegaETH shows why L2 ecosystems struggle to keep their apps
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Under Pyth's new "100% Rule," the DAO's share of Pyth Pro, Indices, Data Marketplace and Listing as a Service revenue goes to buying PYTH. The Reserve holds about 42 million PYTH and first purchases under the rule ran Sept. 30, per Pyth.
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Blumenthal's letter to Cantor Chairman Brandon Lutnick says Cantor's 5% Tether stake has grown from $600 million to an estimated $10 billion since Trump returned to office. It lists 13 requests.
unchainedcrypto.com/blumenth…
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Robinhood's Stock Tokens are tokenized debt securities issued by a Jersey entity and are not offered to U.S. persons. The token Robinhood Crypto is exploring with T. Rowe Price would be linked to an actively managed ETF rather than an index fund.
unchainedcrypto.com/robinhoo…
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Citrini's new report says adoption of tokenized real-world assets has shifted into higher gear since March, when Hyperliquid became a venue to price crude oil over a weekend. It also says Robinhood Chain's roughly $30 million in yearly fees, based on a seven-day run rate, does not yet move the needle for Robinhood.
unchainedcrypto.com/citrini-…
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Kalshi on the NFL's pushback: its "top priority is the integrity of its markets," and the CFTC "is actively policing sports-related markets," the company said in a statement.
unchainedcrypto.com/nfl-tell…
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Zakura's Roman Akhtariev wrote that hash-based WOTS signatures make post-quantum-safe rotating transparent Zcash addresses deployable today, though no integrated wallet flow exists yet. Full post-quantum protection for transparent pools is targeted for January.
unchainedcrypto.com/zcash-no…
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Earlier on Oct. 9, tanuki42 put the total at more than $72 million and listed eight addresses. Specter's later tally of 10 addresses reached $86 million+. The Security Alliance asked anyone drained to them to reach SEAL 911 on Telegram.
unchainedcrypto.com/ledger-u…
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DWF says BitGo's tokens "were moved to exchanges roughly two months before the first unlock."
unchainedcrypto.com/market-m…
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"The rates aren't going to 6.5%." 🎯
@ramahluwalia on the endowment CIO dinner that convinced him the market has reached consensus on higher rates. 🍽️
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According to @ramahluwalia, Anthropic's revenue momentum, not rogue AI, explains the OpenAI agent headlines. 📈
He and @austincampbell weigh what the @huggingface breach actually shows. 🔎
RT @laurashin: In today's Unchained Daily newsletter:
🔥 The SEC proposed letting advisers and funds hold client crypto themselves
🍽️ The to…
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How a Third-Party Zero-Day Let Hackers Drain $388 Million From Bitget
"Permissionless doesn't mean neutral." 🛡️
@GracyBitget told me that's the stance she wants from DeFi, after @near_intents helped freeze stolen @bitget funds and @THORChain declined her request.
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Timestamps:
🚨 01:50 How attackers used a third-party zero-day to fake withdrawal commands
❄️ 07:15 Why Bitget switched wallets back on mid-attack to sweep funds to cold storage
💧 14:30 1inch Aqua: See how LPs back multiple positions with the same token balance at unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch…
⛓️ 15:37 Why the hackers were able to transact even after withdrawals were paused
🧊 19:04 How Tether, Circle, and NEAR Intents froze funds, and why recovery is harder
🕵️ 24:05 ZachXBT's shift on the Bitget hack and his earlier pump-and-dump claims
🛡️ 30:01 NEAR Intents vs. THORChain: does permissionless mean neutral?
💰 41:55 Why Bitget built its protection fund in 2022 and how it covered the loss
🎭 48:17 How scammers posed as an investment team to target Gracy after the hack
📈 01:01:32 A net ETH inflow after withdrawals reopened, and whether the IPO is still on
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Is Robinhood's Tokenized AMC Stock Actually Illegal?
Is @RobinhoodApp's tokenized AMC stock actually a threat to capital formation, or is AMC CEO Adam Aron just mad someone found a new way to sell exposure to his stock?
@austincampbell, @ramahluwalia, and @perkinscr97 dig into the mechanics. 📊
Timestamps:
🥊 01:43 AMC's CEO calls Robinhood's stock tokens vile: what they actually are
📊 07:16 Ram: stock tokens are "derivatives for the sake of derivatives"
🔍 12:18 Why Austin says the AMC fight reveals markets microstructure ignorance
🌎 19:17 Austin's case that DeFi-distributed US stocks are genuinely transformational
📣 23:57 1inch Aqua: back multiple liquidity positions with one wallet balance at unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch…
🎰 25:13 Why the stock-paired memecoin frenzy is GameStop 2.0
🤖 29:31 Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra go live: why AGI is not here yet
🏭 36:43 Chris on data centers become a bipartisan flashpoint heading into midterms
🏛️ 45:38 Warsh's hike talk and a payrolls surprise scramble rate bets
🌍 53:28 Norway's sovereign fund plan to cut US Treasurys: signal or top?
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Bits + Bips retweeted
What does a 57% chance on a Fed hike actually mean? Andy Ross says the real story is how well @Kalshi's odds are calibrated, not the headline number itself. 🏦
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In today's Unchained Daily newsletter:
🔥 New Jersey asks the Supreme Court to rule on prediction market oversight
🐙 Kraken parent Payward reportedly delays its IPO to at least Q2 2027
🥊 CFTC asks a court to toss CME's perpetual futures lawsuit
🛢️ Kalshi prepares filing for never-expiring WTI crude oil futures
⚡ Read today’s biggest crypto news… and subscribe for more!
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Swan is building a bitcoin custody product where the client holds zero keys. 🔑 Not one.
Swan, BitGo and a third firm each hold a piece instead. CEO Cory Klippsten calls it Swan Trinity and says it ships in Q4.
unchainedcrypto.com/swan-is-…
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A 4,444-piece NFT collection on Robinhood Chain has become a way to move regulated stock-token exposure between wallets that never passed a KYC check.
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Bitfinex Securities just listed tokenized stock notes for Strategy, Metaplanet, H100 and Capital B. 🪙
First time any regulated platform has offered secondary trading in tokenized bitcoin treasury company equity. US persons are excluded.
unchainedcrypto.com/bitfinex…
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In today's Unchained Daily newsletter:
🔥 G20 finance chiefs pledge "clear pathways" for digital assets
🏛️ SEC proposes first transfer agent overhaul since the 1970s, adds blockchain
🏦 Citi, Goldman and 19 others commit to a dollar stablecoin
🇬🇧 London Stock Exchange teams with Kraken's parent
📩 Don’t miss out—read here & sign up for daily updates!
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