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Morpho faced a brief outage on Nov. 6, hitting indexers, backend systems, and the app UI. Core lending/borrowing stayed online, but users struggled to load dashboards and live data. Backend and indexers are restored, though frontend rendering remains impaired. As bears thrive amid broader market indecisiveness, decentralized lending protocol Morpho suffered a momentary service disruption today, November 6. According to the project’s status page, the event impacted backed systems, indexer performance, and application rendering, blocking user access to key features. While the outage didn’t suspend crucial borrowing and lending activity, Morpho users are facing challenges when viewing real-time data and…

The Fear and Greed Index 50 shows the crypto market sitting at a neutral stage—not in fear, not in greed. Traders see this as a wait-and-see zone where sharp moves can form. Big players are turning eyes toward ETH, XRP, and a fresh presale named MAGACOIN FINANCE, which has already raised $15.2M and is climbing fast. Fear & Greed Index at 50 — What Neutral Sentiment Means When the Fear and Greed Index 50 appears, the crypto market is balanced. A day earlier it sat at 37 (fear) and last week at 45 (still fear). Moving to neutral shows selling…

Li Chenggang, China’s Representative for International Trade and Vice Minister of Trade, announced that the Chinese and US economic and trade teams held intensive and open discussions on issues of mutual concern. Following talks held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the two sides announced that they worked constructively on appropriate solutions on some issues and reached a preliminary agreement. Li stated that the talks covered a wide range of topics, including export controls, extending the suspension of mutual customs duties, cooperation in combating illicit substances, expanding trade, and the US’s shipping fees imposed under Article 301. He noted that both sides…

PancakeSwap and ListaDAO are monitoring several vaults where sUSDX and USDX are used as collateral. The vaults show alarmingly high borrowing rates, as well as no repayments. PancakeSwap and ListaDAO announced they are observing lending vaults on MEV Capital and Re7 Labs. The vaults hold USDT and USD1 as stable and liquid assets, but use the more volatile sUSDX and USDX as collateral. We are aware and has been closely monitoring the @MEVCapital USDT Vault and @Re7Labs USD1 Vault, where collateral assets ($sUSDX and $USDX) continue facing abnormally high borrowing rates without repayment activity. As an on-chain P2P lending protocol,…

The Central Bank of Bolivia has taken preliminary steps to implement an interbank wholesale CBDC, saying it could benefit the modernization and security of the country’s financial system. By contrast, a retail‑based system would offer limited benefits. Central Bank of Bolivia Plans Implementation of Wholesale CBDC, Disregards Retail Focus The Facts: The Central Bank of Bolivia has issued the first report that evaluates the implementation of the digital boliviano, a national central bank digital currency (CBDC) to modernize Bolivia’s financial system. In the report, the bank acknowledges that such a currency would allow private banks to optimize high-value transactions and…

The decentralized finance market continues to run hot, with TelosC and Euler allegedly experiencing liquidity drain. According to PeckShield, several TelosC vaults launched on the Euler platform have reached 100% utilization. Simply put, all funds have already been lent out, and liquidity providers are currently unable to withdraw their money. Euler is a decentralized lending protocol, sort of a “DeFi bank,” where users deposit tokens and receive interest, while others borrow them against collateral. TelosC is one of the “risk curators” within Euler, managing separate liquidity vaults where it sets the rules for loans and returns. Several assets are under…

Stablecoins are rapidly emerging as the backbone of a new global credit infrastructure, and Visa’s latest analysis highlights explosive lending growth, surging user adoption, and institutional momentum transforming capital access across decentralized and traditional financial systems. Visa Highlights Explosive Growth of Blockchain-Based Credit Markets The surge in blockchain-based credit markets is redefining how traditional finance approaches lending, according to a new analysis by Visa Inc. (NYSE: V). In its report titled “Stablecoins Beyond Payments: The Onchain Lending Opportunity,” released last week, Visa outlined how stablecoins have transitioned from being used primarily for payments to serving as the foundation of an…

Ripple Chief Technology Officer (CTO) David Schwartz has pushed back against compulsory use of DeFi compliance tools. Schwartz highlighted the disadvantages of making the use of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) features mandatory. Protocol-level compliance debate David Schwartz emphasized in an X post that compliance features at the protocol level are optional tools, not mandates. He explained that features generally enable people to do things if they wish to. According to the Ripple CTO, DeFi protocols should offer capabilities without imposing them. To him, if adoption happens, it should be the user’s choice, not coercion. Thia comment from Schwartz is a direct…

A seasoned crypto trader has defied October’s market turmoil, pocketing roughly $17 million in profit from long positions on Bitcoin and Ethereum. Data from Arkham Intelligence shows that the trader, identified as “0xc2a,” opened long positions shortly before last week’s market rebound. Bitcoin and Ethereum subsequently gained 4% and 2%, respectively. The Crypto Whale Holds Nearly $300 Million in Long Position The trader’s precision came after one of the crypto market’s most volatile stretches, when more than $20 billion in leveraged positions were wiped out on October 10. The market chaos began after President Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff…

Modular oracle network RedStone launched Credora, a decentralized finance (DeFi)-native risk ratings platform aiming to bring transparency and credit analytics to lending protocols. RedStone said on Thursday that it had expanded beyond price feeds into the broader domain of credit, collateral and risk intelligence through its Credora acquisition in September. At launch, Credora by RedStone integrates with DeFi lending markets Morpho and Sparks to offer dynamic risk scores and default-probability analytics, accessible through an API. RedStone co-founder Marcin Kaźmierczak said the launch marked a pivotal step toward the “Low-Risk DeFi” movement, which aims to strike a balance between yield generation…