The synthetic stablecoin’s market capitalization has shed over $5 billion in just three and a half weeks. Ethena Labs’ synthetic dollar-pegged token Ethena USDe (USDE) has...
Avalanche says it can finally square the circle: sub‑second finality, a large decentralized validator set, and thousands of sovereign L1s connected through native messaging for shared...
In this episode of The Defiant Podcast, Vinny sits down with Ahmad Shadid—former quant trader turned founder—who redirected the 2022 GPU crunch into a decentralized GPU...
In this episode of The Defiant Podcast, Vinny sits down with Ahmad Shadid—former quant trader turned founder—who redirected the 2022 GPU crunch into a decentralized GPU...
Stablecoins are no longer just a buzzword—they’re transforming the way the world moves money. In this episode of The Defiant Podcast, we sit down with Reeve...
Institutional Bitcoin treasuries are coming but they won’t touch DeFi unless the liquidity, custody, and risk models meet their standards. Threshold (TBTC) is building that bridge....
The first signs of a potential unwind in digital asset treasuries emerged this week as two firms appeared to sell part of their holdings. Two digital...
Maple Finance says it wants to use protocol revenue for “long-term sustainability” instead of staking rewards. Maple Finance, a decentralized finance lending protocol operating on Solana...
The financial crime unit created by Tether, Tron, and TRM Labs has frozen over $300 million since its September 2024 launch. T3, a financial crime-fighting unit...
The Hong Kong-based metaverse giant has made a long-term bet on the top Base DEX. Animoca Brands, one of Asia’s top web3 game development and investment...
Yield trading protocol Pendle has also unveiled new Stable-based markets. Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform Morpho, which has a total value locked (TVL) of nearly $8...
Harrison’s Architect exchange will primarily focus on TradFi assets. Brett Harrison, the former president of FTX US, the United States-based arm of the infamous FTX exchange...
While the fund’s total value hasn’t change, BUIDL is now more evenly distributed across Aptos, Polygon, and Avalanche, instead of the vast majority being on Ethereum....
BTC is back above $110,000, but it’s still not enough to close the “Uptober” in the green. Crypto markets quickly rebounded on Friday after Thursday’s sharp...
A new report from 1kx found DeFi platforms fueled a 41% surge in on-chain fees to $9.7 billion in the first half of 2025. On-chain revenue...
Leveraged liquidations top $1.2 billion as ETH, SOL and major altcoins plummet. Crypto markets plunged again on Thursday as mixed signals from the Federal Reserve and...
Digital collectibles continue to struggle as OpenSea volume drops by half. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are continuing their multi-year downtrend, with prices and volumes plummeting after OpenSea’s...
The BSC memecoin launchpad experienced explosive growth this month. Mutlichain memecoin launchpads continue to pop up, and with BNB Smart Chain (BSC) activity taking off, the...
Nearly 60 million fewer NEAR tokens will be minted this year if a validator supermajority adopts the upgrade, while an earlier community vote failed to pass....
Web3 social media protocol Farcaster is integrating the Base-based AI token launchpad. Farcaster’s acquisition of Clanker, an AI agent-powered token launchpad on Layer 2 Base, sent...