Today's CryptoBloggers Digest digs into security and regulation, with a stop at DeFi lending design and one honest look at an AI agent's payment data. The lead item is LNbits, where attacks drained funds and operators need to upgrade before restarting. Russia's trading opening, Tether's stock exposure and OKXICE's tokenized stocks round out the policy side. The agent piece is the one to read last. [{"id":7246,"why":"Active attacks drained funds on November 8, and LNbits shipped 1.7.0 on November 10. Operators must upgrade before restarting servers, since older versions put funds at risk of theft. Short, specific, and the instruction is the point."},{"id":7340,"why":"Bitcoin Core disclosed three previously patched flaws, one a high-severity bug in block template creation that affects miners. The piece is brief, but it tells miners what to check on their own nodes."},{"id":7418,"why":"Protos went through Tether's US regulatory filings and found about $4.8 billion of exposure to US stock markets through 13 listed companies. The holdings range from a video-streaming platform to gold royalties and satellites, which is a more useful picture than the stablecoin's reserve label."},{"id":7416,"why":"A Bank of Russia ordinance lets exchanges start organized crypto trading on Nov. 22, but only after the central bank approves their rules. Moscow Exchange still targets Dec. 1. The conditional wording is the story."},{"id":7409,"why":"Ajna's founders argue that a fully backed stablecoin does nothing to protect a DeFi loan from a governance vote on its terms or a faulty price feed. It asks who can change a loan after the money is lent, a question institutions should be asking."}]
The best crypto reads
1. Crypto Long & Short: The GENIUS Act’s guarantees don’t cover DeFi lending
CoinDesk · by Francisco Rodrigues
Ajna's founders argue that a fully backed stablecoin gives no protection against governance votes or faulty price feeds in DeFi lending.
2. LNbits Releases 1.7.0 Urgent Security Update After November 8 Attacks Drain Funds
Bitcoin Magazine · by Juan Galt
LNbits shipped urgent 1.7.0 after attacks on November 8 drained funds; operators must upgrade before restarting servers, since older versions risk theft.
3. Bitcoin Core discloses three patched security flaws, including high-severity mining bug
The Block · by James Hunt
Bitcoin Core disclosed three patched flaws, including a high-severity block template bug affecting miners.
4. Tether has about $4.8B in exposure to US stock markets
Protos · by Bennett Tomlin
Protos reviewed Tether's regulatory filings and found about $4.8B of exposure to US stock markets via 13 listed companies.
5. Russia’s Central Bank Clears Exchange to Open Bitcoin and Crypto Trading on Nov. 22
Bitcoin Magazine · by Micah Zimmerman
Bank of Russia ordinance lets exchanges begin organized crypto trading Nov. 22, pending central bank approval of their rules.
A crypto AI agent at work
What wash-filtering x402 paid-API traffic turned up: 130 of 1,187 services flagged
r/AI_Agents · by Agentropolis (r/AI_Agents poster)
Agentropolis's builder ran a wash filter on one week of onchain x402 settlement data across 1,187 services; 130 were flagged and one stopped service still held about 15% of 30-day volume.
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