🦙 Llama News Round-Up | 2 Oct - 9 Oct

→ Stani Kulechov responds to European regulators' plans to ban stablecoin yield and limit DeFi access
→ Community bank consortium sues US regulator OCC over guidance provided to crypto firms applying for national trust bank charters
→ OKX and ICE form joint venture for 24/7 tokenized stock venue
→ S&P Global unveils framework for vault risk assessment
→ Safe investor files complaint with Swiss regulator over governance
→ Coinbase will relaunch Coinbase Pro
→ Ledger reports loss of funds for users who bought wallets from third-party reseller

Layer 1 & 2 ⛓️
→ EIP-8363 developers withdraw issuance proposal from Hegota upgrade
→ Blast is shutting down
→ First atomic L1-L2 transaction executed
→ Abstract is also winding down
→ Cardano announces CIP-0113 token standard
→ Injective rewrites 2018 whitepaper

DeFi 🏦
→ Drift Foundation opens DFX claims following April exploit
→ Yield protocol YO launches V2 upgrade
→ Decentralized crypto news outlet Leviathan News opens sponsorship slots
→ Polymarket announces Protocol V2
→ EtherFi launches stablecoin powered by Ethena
→ Paxos USDG goes live on Arbitrum One
→ Staked FXRP-backed Firelight goes live on Flare
→ Derive migrates to V3 infrastructure
→ Frax to migrate protocol-owned liquidity to Aero
→ 3jane launches onchain credit scores

Reads 📚
→ Arrakis: Who actually holds tokenized equities?
→ RWA Foundation: RWA Perps Report w/ DefiLlama, September 2026
→ DefiLlama Research: Exploring DefiLlama's yield dashboard

Raises & Acquisitions 💰
→ HyperLink raises $2.5M to build prime brokerage on Hyperliquid
→ Umia raises $6.1M across 7-day auction
→ Spiko raises $90M Series B

Security 🛡
→ Aave V3 Loop Safe Module attack leads to 114 ETH loss
→ ZachXBT infiltrates Chinese syndicate
→ Trader loses $4M to hack during Token2049 conference
→ Vitalik Buterin says AI math could threaten FHE & lattice cryptography

AI 🤖
→ Virtuals Protocol announces app, currently in closed beta testing for iOS
→ a16z’s top 100 consumer AI apps
→ Arkham releases MCP server for AI tools

Llama Update 🦙
→ The LlamaAI-powered “Today in DeFi” feature is available to fetch daily news
→ The Equities dashboard has expanded to include earnings call calendars, sector & industry market maps, and more
→ Compare and find a crypto card that works for you

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