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Lido released comprehensive technical specifications for its Lido Lend lending platform through an announcement from @LidoFinance. The release details the platform's architecture and governing committee composition. Lido aims to enhance transparency and trust within its decentralized finance

Aztec, the privacy-focused Ethereum layer-2 network, launched its Aztec Tierra upgrade on Tuesday, fixing a critical vulnerability from its previous version and delivering major performance improvements. The upgrade, designated Alpha V6, resolves a critical issue discovered in V5 while doubling the

On 2026-11-03, Revolut said it made GLM the default coding model for roughly 2,000 software engineers. The company said self-hosting the open-weight model on its own infrastructure brought its bill to about one-tenth of what it paid Anthropic and OpenAI for Claude Code and Codex. Engineers no longer

SpaceXSI estimates its Data Bot in Grok Bot handled about 70 hours of work last week alone. The company built the bot because its small data science team could not answer every question promptly, creating a potential bottleneck. Data Bot uses shared skills maintained by the data team to query the wa

On November 2, 2026, SpaceXSI’s Matt Palmer outlined nine Grok Bot upgrades in a video. The features span shopping and checkout, agent modes, Team Bot collaboration, Slack permissions and Vault contacts. ## Grok Bot Shopping Cards Connect Search to Checkout Redesigned shopping cards display search

The cryptocurrency industry spent approximately $176 million on more than 100 US congressional races ahead of November 3 midterms, according to a Reuters investigation. Fairshake and affiliated political committees accounted for approximately $150.8 million through October 20, while other cryptocurr

Anthropic renamed Max 20x to Ultra on Oct 30, 2026, and deprecated Claude Code fast mode for Opus 4.8. The tracker also records OpenAI usage-limit updates between October 26 and November 1, 2026. ## Anthropic Renames Max 20x to Ultra Anthropic said the Max 20x plan is now called Ultra and existing

OKX launched a conversion service for European users allowing them to convert USDT to USDC with an 8% bonus on amounts up to €3,500. The service reflects USDC gaining traction over USDT in Europe. USDC surpassed USDT in transaction volume for the first time since 2019, processing around $2.2

Iran is weighing limited concessions related to its nuclear program in exchange for the US releasing some of the country's frozen funds, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported on November 3 citing sources. The arrangement would involve Iran announcing a concessions plan tied to its nuclear program while the US

Coinbase tokenized stocks on the Base platform have seen significant deposits into Aave, with 31% of these assets now held in the decentralized lending protocol. This represents approximately $11.9 million of the total $38.4 million market cap for Coinbase tokenized stocks, according to data

Cheryl D. Chan, Head of Strategy and Growth at Kamino, shared insights today on the productive use of tokenized assets for institutions on Solana. Chan described tokenization as a mechanism that functions as a digital receipt, enabling institutions to leverage assets for borrowing and collateral

The Crypto Council for Innovation submitted a 238-page report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission analyzing crypto vault securities classification, as reported by Crypto in America on Nov. 3. Bitwise, Galaxy Digital and Morpho joined the submission effort. The report proposes operator

OKX launched the OKX Card in the United States, offering cashback rewards for eligible USDG purchases to enhance user engagement and drive crypto adoption. The card provides 2% cashback with potential to reach up to 10% at higher tiers and eliminates foreign exchange fees. The initiative positions O