Adapt or Fail: Why TradFi Must Treat Stablecoins as Infrastructure, Not Competition
Ramp Network CEO Przemek Kowalczyk argues that traditional “lock-and-mint” bridges are inherently flawed due to their large attack surfaces and...
Decentralized finance (Defi)
Polymarket Doubles Down on Growth With DC Bar Launch and Brahma DeFi Deal
Polymarket is doubling down on its real-time prediction identity with a Washington, D.C., bar launch and a fresh DeFi acquisition,...
The Future of DeFi: Hugo Philion on Flare, XRP, and Real-World Assets
Hugo Philion, Co-founder of Flare and CEO of Flare Labs, shares the developments underway at the EVM-based Layer 1 blockchain....
Solana Meme Coin Launchpad Bonk.fun Hit by Domain Hijack and Wallet Drainer Attack
Bonk.fun, the Solana-based meme coin launchpad learned the hard way this week that even decentralized dreams still rely on very...
From $50M to $36K: The Aave Trade That Fed Ethereum’s MEV Machines
In a plot twist that reads like a cautionary tale from the School of Hard Knocks on Ethereum, a trader...
What Happened in the Aave Oracle Incident? $26M Liquidations Explained
A configuration error in a price oracle used by Aave triggered roughly $26–27 million in liquidations on Tuesday, after the...
$19B Liquidation Event Spurs DIA to Launch New DeFi Pricing Oracle
Oracle provider DIA has launched a new pricing system designed to calculate the intrinsic value of illiquid digital assets, aiming...
Is Your Stablecoin Actually Depegging? Here Is How to Tell
In the crypto landscape, stablecoin depegging often causes alarm, but this is frequently misinterpreted. Cain O’Sullivan of Hyperdrive explains that...
Aave Labs Outlines Year-Long Security Blueprint for Aave V4 Lending Protocol
This week, Aave Labs unveiled a detailed security framework for Aave V4, describing nearly a year of audits, formal verification,...
Hyperdrive Targets Institutional DeFi With New Redemption-Based Settlement Protocol
Hyperdrive launches a new leverage markets protocol to end decentralized finance “death spirals.” By using redemption-based pricing instead of volatile...
Gate Ventures Backs Sats Terminal as Bitcoin Lending Tools Expand
Gate Ventures, the venture capital arm of Gate.com, has made a strategic investment in Bitcoin finance platform Sats Terminal, a...
OKX Integrates Katana Infrastructure to Launch Native Onchain DeFi Yield
OKX to embed Katana’s native decentralized finance ( DeFi) yield infrastructure, allowing users to access onchain returns without manual bridging....
Starknet Develops ‘strkBTC’ to Bring Shielded Transactions to Bitcoin
Starknet has introduced strkBTC, a new wrapped bitcoin asset that enables users to shield their balances and transaction history using...
Metamask, Mastercard Roll out Self-Custodial Crypto Card in US
Metamask and Mastercard have launched the Metamask Card nationwide in the United States, including New York for the first time,...
Morph Integrates Circle’s USDC and CCTP for Payment Infrastructure
USDC and Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol are set to launch on the Morph network, expanding dollar-denominated stablecoin settlement for payment-focused...
