Today’s News Headlines:
Across reports a suspected domain hack. About $294K has been drained, and the team says not to visit the app or approve sign-ins.
iOS sandbox-escape exploit is now public. SlowMist says a proof of concept is out, and Binance warns it could expose seed phrases on iOS 26.7.1, 27.0.1, and 27.2.
FinCEN named MEXC a primary money laundering concern. Binance now rejects outgoing transfers to MEXC and holds incoming deposits for review, while ZachXBT questions the $16B allegation.
Aave DAO voted 100% to bring native Bitcoin collateral to V4 via Babylon. V4 has also passed $600M in active loans.
Initia halted its L1 after a $615K outflow. Early findings point to compromised rollup keys used to fake cross-chain transfers.
IRIS launched fixed-rate borrowing on SparkLend. Solvers compete to quote a fixed rate for your chosen duration, and a failed solver reverts the loan to SparkLend’s floating rate.
Pendle listed four USDe fixed-term markets. 2027 terms were first quoted around 5.24%–6%, and PT-USDe can be exited before maturity.
LlamaRisk proposed trimming Aave V3 Core. It would remove $1.33B of riskier collateral and freeze new deposits without forced liquidations.
zkSync launched Prividium Connect for institutions. It lets them privately link their existing chains.
X added Fomo as a trading partner for Solana tokens. Users tap “Trade” on a cashtag and finish in Fomo’s wallet app.
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Airdrop Claims 🪂:
Saturn: Season 1 and 2 Registration Open Until Nov 16
Saturn is a Bitcoin-linked digital credit protocol with the USDat stablecoin and a yield-bearing sUSDat. Registration for the Season 1 and Season 2 airdrop opened Nov 9 and closes Nov 16 at 9:00 AM EST (14:00 UTC). It’s free, and it is not a claim. It only confirms your eligibility and receiving address; claiming opens separately at TGE. Press reports put TGE in Q4 2026 with no date, and the Season 2 pool at up to 5% of supply.
To register, connect the wallet that earned Saturn Points, sign a message, verify Discord, and confirm. The registered wallet must be the one that earned the points. It’s not offered in the US, EU, or EEA.
Official link: claim.saturn.credit
⚠️ Registration does not guarantee an allocation, because final eligibility is set at TGE. Register the wrong wallet and you get nothing. Saturn says the registration link is published only from its official X account, and that it never DMs first or asks for keys or funds, so treat any other “Saturn claim” link as fake. Sign the message and nothing else.
⚠️DISCLAIMER NOTICE⚠️ A note before the next section:
New protocols often offer the most attractive airdrop odds, early TVL, thin-points competition, and generous multipliers. But that same immaturity is exactly what makes them risky.
Smart-contract exploits, depegs, insolvent yield strategies, and outright project failure happen disproportionately in a protocol’s first 3–6 months (we’ve seen it play out with Dango and others in this very letter). Nothing here has a multi-year track record.
Treat every entry below as capital-at-risk, not “free points”. Size positions like you could lose them entirely, and never deposit more than you’re fully prepared to write off.
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Estimated APR is about 14% for ranges covering the historical weekly price, or about 30% for aggressive ranges, on two of the lowest-risk stablecoins: BOLD (ETH-backed) and USDC (cash and Treasuries).
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Airdrop Updates:
Predict Fun: Choose 35% Now or 100% After a Year, Deadline Nov 26
Binance postponed its PREDICT listing, but the airdrop election is open to Predict Points holders. Option A pays 35% in weekly batches through Nov 27. Option B pays 100% after a one-year stake and is the default. The deadline is Nov 26 at 09:00 UTC.
⚠️ The choice is one-time, and Option A forfeits the other 65%. Option B locks your tokens for a year with no listed price. Check your points only in Binance’s Prediction Account or the Predict dApp in Binance Wallet, and treat any other claim page as fake.
Extended ($XTEN): Final Rate About 4.29 XTEN per Xpoint
Extended has ended its points program and set the final rate at about 1 Xpoint = 4.29 XTEN. It comes from the 300M XTEN (30%) community allocation, fully unlocked at TGE. There’s no TGE date and no EU spot at launch.
⚠️ The 4.29 rate comes from Extended’s post and serves as an estimate, not a guaranteed fixed statement. Insiders reportedly hold about 53.88% of supply. Fake XTEN checkers are circulating, so use only Extended’s official pages.
New Opportunities:
Leap: Solana Labs’ Stock and Crypto Trading App
Leap is a self-custodial mobile app from Solana Labs, built by the team behind Dialect, that lets you trade tokenized stocks, ETFs, metals, currencies and Solana tokens in one place. It opened in early access on iOS on Nov 5, with a waitlist and Founders Club at leap.xyz.
There are no Leap fees at launch, and future fees are planned to buy and burn SOL and fund a referral program. Founders Club members get referral rewards once fees start. No Leap token or airdrop has been announced, so this is one to watch, not farm.