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According to Crypto Briefing, Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated at the DAS London conference that DeFi lending protocols need to introduce a "circuit breaker" mechanism, as the consequences of oracle failures could take years to resolve.He pointed out that the over-reliance on immutable code systems lacks contingency plans. When oracle data deviates, the protocol may trigger liquidations based on incorrect prices, and the immutable nature can lead to irreparable failures. The circuit breaker mechanism draws from traditional markets' practice of halting trading during extreme conditions, allowing protocols to pause operations until the issue is identified.

ElizaOS founder Shaw stated that he previously referred to the code published in the GitHub repository lalalune/pumpfun-source as open source, but that statement is inaccurate. The relevant code does not belong to him, and he has never had the right to publish, license this code, or authorize anyone to use it. The "Copyright (c) 2026 Shaw" and similar licenses in the repository are not genuine licenses and do not grant anyone related rights. Shaw stated that his previous remarks or these licenses should not be regarded as permission to use, copy, fork, modify, develop based on, or distribute the code, nor should anyone distribute or attempt to reverse engineer the pump.fun code, as the relevant code is protected by copyright.

According to the Russian newspaper "Kommersant," Russia's PSB Bank has applied to the court to declare Igor Runets, the founder of the large cryptocurrency mining company BitRiver, personally bankrupt, seeking to recover approximately 773 million rubles.PSB stated that Runets had guaranteed loans for BitRiver's subsidiary BitRiver-B, and since the borrower failed to repay the debt on time, Runets must bear joint liability. In February of this year, Runets was placed under house arrest by the court for allegedly concealing funds or assets that could be used to recover unpaid taxes. Currently, some companies under the BitRiver group have also entered bankruptcy observation procedures.

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov stated that despite the recent general decline in the cryptocurrency market, GRAM has still risen against the trend. He believes that GRAM is the only cryptocurrency that has truly integrated into a large social ecosystem and is currently severely undervalued.Durov mentioned that GRAM should rank among the top three in the CoinMarketCap cryptocurrency market capitalization list and is confident that this goal can be achieved in the future. He revealed that over the past 48 hours, more than 1 million self-custody wallets for Gram have been activated on the Telegram platform, and GRAM has risen approximately 14% in the 24 hours prior to his post.

Joe Flanagan, co-founder of the on-chain asset management platform Maple, announced his decision to leave Maple. He stated that Maple has been the center of his life for the past seven years, and leading and building this company has been his full commitment. His partnership with co-founder Sid Powell has lasted nearly a decade, during which they built a business that he has always been proud of. Over time, their views on strategy, leadership style, and life orientation have gradually diverged, and these differences are no longer beneficial to the team or the business. He believes it is more appropriate for one co-founder to continue leading Maple forward than to allow these differences to persist and widen.Joe Flanagan stated that as a co-founder, he needs to agree with the decisions he has participated in, the direction he asks others to follow, and the choices for which he still needs to be responsible. He mentioned that he can no longer continue to do so with conviction and loyalty to his own values, and therefore chose to leave rather than continue to support a direction he cannot agree with. He will assist with the transition for the remainder of this year and provide support as requested by Sid and the team, after which he will no longer participate in Maple. He also stated that he has not left the industry and is currently formulating his next steps, which he will share more about soon. Maple officially confirmed that Joe Flanagan will step down as chairman and leave the company, describing this as an orderly transition agreed upon by both parties, with the company's direction remaining unchanged; since 2019, he has helped Maple expand its managed assets to $4.8 billion and its loan issuance to $20 billion.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun proposed 3,996 ETH, worth 8.23 million USD, 4 hours ago, which was then staked into Lido and wstETH was deposited into the Spark protocol.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov stated on his Telegram channel that over 1 million self-hosted Gram wallets have been activated on Telegram in the past 48 hours.

According to CNN, a San Francisco court sentenced tech consultant Nima Momeni to 16 years to life in prison on Tuesday after being convicted of stabbing to death Cash App founder Bob Lee. In December 2024, the jury found him guilty of second-degree murder, rejecting the claim of self-defense.Momeni has been held since his arrest following the incident in 2023, and the judge denied his request for a retrial before sentencing; his lawyer plans to appeal. Prosecutors stated that Momeni was angry because Lee introduced his sister to a drug dealer and stabbed Lee three times with a knife, one of which pierced the heart. Lee subsequently died in the hospital at the age of 43. Lee had founded Cash App and was serving as the Chief Product Officer of cryptocurrency company MobileCoin at the time of his death. Bob Lee was fatally stabbed in San Francisco in April 2023.

On November 10, Gate held a high-profile closed-door dinner at the Dorchester Hotel in London, gathering global leaders in the digital asset industry, institutional representatives, and important partners. Gate's founder and CEO Dr. Han delivered a keynote speech titled "One Gate, Everything Money," sharing Gate's strategic layout in comprehensive financial services, global compliance, and financial innovation.Dr. Han highlighted the next-generation comprehensive financial service application Gate Money, explaining Gate's strategic upgrade from "One Gate, Trade Everything" to "One Gate, Everything Money." Gate Money aims to integrate diverse assets such as cash, cryptocurrencies, gold, stocks, and ETFs, combining AI-assisted asset allocation and payment services to create an integrated financial experience. Dr. Han specifically shared a case of purchasing coffee with Nvidia (NVDA) stock, showcasing the innovative direction of merging investment assets with everyday consumption scenarios.Additionally, Dr. Han emphasized that Gate insists on compliance and security as the foundation for development, with its physical compliance covering 81 jurisdictions and continuously expanding its global financial cooperation network. The event also featured institutional roundtable discussions and fireside chats for communication. This sharing further conveyed Gate's development philosophy based on compliance and security, driven by financial innovation, and showcased the platform's long-term vision of building a global comprehensive financial service ecosystem.Disclaimer: This event is for entertainment and social interaction purposes only. The content herein does not constitute any offer, solicitation, or recommendation. Users in the UK may not use Gate's services through Gate.com but may only use the services provided by Gate UK. Gate will not promote or provide products or services on its website Gate.com in any restricted areas (including the UK) and may restrict or prohibit users from restricted areas from using all or part of the services. For more information, please refer to the "User Agreement."

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic disclosed in its newly submitted S-1 filing that the seven co-founders plan to sell 3,378,378 shares each in the IPO. The preliminary price range for this IPO is set at $70 to $78 per share, which means that at the midpoint price of $74, each person will receive just under $250 million; based on the lower and upper limits of the range, each person will receive slightly more than $236 million and slightly less than $264 million, respectively. The company's IPO valuation could reach $14 billion.The seven co-founders include CEO Dario Amodei, President and Chairwoman Daniela Amodei, Chief Computing Officer Tom Brown, Head of Public Interest Jack Clark, Chief Science Officer Jared Kaplan, Chief Architect Sam McCandlish, and Head of Explainability Research Christopher Olah. After the sale is completed, each will hold approximately 3.2% of the Class A shares outstanding, totaling about 22%; each will also receive one share of Class F stock with super voting rights, giving the seven a combined control of 51.1% of the voting power.

The cryptocurrency venture capital firm Multicoin Capital's co-head of venture capital, Spencer Applebaum, pointed out that AI has greatly lowered the threshold for protocol development, leading to rapid homogenization of pure software, while the core barriers of financial services remain outside of code.Applebaum believes that the relevant barriers mainly include three aspects: first, distribution channels centered around sticky customer relationships and order flow; second, balance sheets and capital scales that AI cannot create out of thin air, such as cross-currency prime brokers with risk resistance capabilities, and reserves backed by the protocol; third, proprietary data underwriting involving offline proprietary data and non-public risk control, such as OnRe reinsurance or GPU collateralized loans.He also stated that underlying general L1 and L2 are losing their native distribution and capital monopoly advantages. The key for startup teams to break through lies in entering high-risk tolerance markets that traditional giants are unwilling to touch due to compliance or reputation concerns, and gradually building the aforementioned barriers.

According to IT Home, Francis Davidson, the founder of AI travel intelligence company Odessia, announced that OpenAI has acquired Odessia, and he has joined OpenAI to help explore the development direction of the travel business. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the news and welcomed Davidson, stating that he has founded several companies that help people travel.Odessia was established only a year ago and secured $6 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital. It launched its AI travel intelligence service about 5 months ago to help early users plan their travel itineraries. OpenAI has not announced any new products or plans in the travel sector, with current partners in the same field including Booking.com, Expedia, and KAYAK. The spokesperson stated that travel is one of the topics users frequently consult ChatGPT about. Davidson founded the high-end apartment rental company Sonder in 2014 while he was in college, targeting major cities around the world.

According to Jinshi reports, Moon Pursuit Capital founder and managing partner Utkarsh Ahuja stated that persistently high inflation may limit the Federal Reserve's ability to provide monetary policy support, even as technology stocks weaken. He pointed out that recent comments from San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly regarding the possibility of further interest rate hikes in the future remind investors not to take for granted that the Federal Reserve will step in to support the market soon.Ahuja mentioned that for capital-intensive AI projects, even if market demand meets expectations, higher financing costs and longer approval cycles may reduce project returns. He also added that for companies with existing projects that have not yet generated cash flow but need to raise new funds, they face not only project execution risks but also uncertainties regarding future financing conditions.

Web3 fitness protocol BRT.Fit founder and CEO Kevin Huang recently published an open letter to Yosemite founder Reed Jobs. In the letter, he proposed that in addition to developing treatment methods, establishing systematic behavior change mechanisms to help people develop long-term exercise habits is an important pathway to prevent certain cancers (such as breast cancer and colorectal cancer).Kevin Huang introduced that BRT.Fit integrates wearable devices such as Apple Watch and Oura Ring for real exercise verification, combining behavioral commitments, reward mechanisms, and community accountability to help users maintain exercise habits. He clearly stated in the letter that currently BRT.Fit has not proven to directly reduce cancer incidence, which requires rigorous long-term scientific research, but the project is committed to bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and human behavior transformation.

On November 9, Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han was invited to the headquarters of the F1 Red Bull Racing team in Milton Keynes, UK, to participate in the "Racing the Future Vol.5" series of events and deliver a keynote speech. During this time, Dr. Han engaged in discussions with F1 Red Bull Racing team CEO and team principal Laurent Mekies, exploring global market expansion, technological innovation, and future cooperation directions.The keynote sharing session was opened by Gate Europe CEO Dr. Giovanni Cunti. Following this, Dr. Han delivered a keynote speech titled "New Rules, New Grid: Be Ready for Crypto's New Era," starting from the changes in F1 regulations to discuss the reshaping of the crypto industry under security risks, tightening regulations, and the rapid development of emerging businesses.In the face of industry changes, Dr. Han shared Gate's three major forward-looking layouts: in terms of security, launching the PoSEC fund security proof to enhance the transparency of fund storage; in terms of compliance, continuously promoting global market layouts, with compliance coverage in 81 jurisdictions; in terms of business, expanding financial services such as Gate Pay and Gate Money to promote the integration of digital assets with traditional finance.As the official sponsor of the F1 Red Bull Racing team and exclusive cryptocurrency trading platform partner, Gate also visited the Red Bull Racing factory to gain an in-depth understanding of its technology research and development and racing engineering system. In the evening, a high-profile networking dinner was held, gathering executives from both sides and invited guests to engage in in-depth discussions on technological innovation, global market expansion, and cross-industry cooperation, further deepening the cooperative relationship between the two parties.Disclaimer: This event is for entertainment and social interaction purposes only and does not constitute any offer, solicitation, or recommendation. UK users are not allowed to use Gate services through Gate.com and can only use services provided by Gate UK. Gate will not promote or provide products or services on Gate.com in restricted areas (including the UK).

On November 9, Apex, the founder of Veil, announced that the team has decided to shut down Veil. Deposits will cease immediately, while the front end and relay will continue to operate until December 21, 2026. After that, withdrawals can still be completed through command line tools. Apex stated that after two years of development, the privacy solution they hoped to achieve has not been scaled. The protocol experienced a strong usage phase but was unable to sustain it. The privacy strength of Veil relies on usage, and a decline in usage will weaken privacy. In recent months, the protocol has not consistently delivered its core value as set. Public information shows that Veil is a zero-knowledge privacy protocol supported by Coinbase Ventures.Apex stated that despite not resolving the initial issues, they still view privacy as the most challenging problem in the cryptocurrency industry to date and thanked Base, the Coinbase team, and all parties who held, used, or supported Veil for their assistance over the past two years. The shutdown also means that support for the VEIL token will stop on the same day, including staking rewards and liquidity provider incentives, and the tokens held by the treasury will be destroyed. Apex mentioned that they will not leave the industry and remain optimistic about cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, and Base, but the specific direction for the next phase of development has not yet been determined. They indicated that Veil had previously occupied all their energy, and future projects would need to achieve the same level of conviction before proceeding.

Evan Van Ness, the founder of the Ethereum News Weekly, recently stated in an interview that he believes the L1 project Pearl, based on useful proof of work, has the potential to surpass Bitcoin. Van Ness mentioned that Pearl mines through matrix multiplication, using the same computation as AI model training and inference, and can perform this in parallel with inference at almost zero additional cost.Van Ness also pointed out that Bitcoin has issues with premature solidification and security budget, while Pearl transforms originally useless mining into useful computation, creating a flywheel effect that reduces inference costs.

OKX founder Star tweeted, asking everyone to temporarily avoid transferring funds directly from MEXC to OKX.OKX is taking special measures in response to FinCEN, managing risks according to prudent standards similar to financial sanctions. According to its compliance and risk control measures, funds from related platforms may be frozen for review, and related accounts may require further investigation.Although FinCEN provided a 30-day transition period, OKX has chosen to significantly strengthen relevant risk control measures in advance rather than wait until the deadline to take action. Protecting user interests and maintaining the safety and integrity of the financial system has always been OKX's top priority.

According to Star, the founder of OKX, the UIDs of different sites under the OKX brand must either remain globally unique or not allow users to conduct cross-site internal transfers solely based on the UID.Star stated that the UID is an account identifier, and if the same UID exists across different sites of the same brand but allows cross-site transfers via UID, it may lead to incorrect identification of the receiving account and misdirected funds.