Category: DeFi

Bermuda Taps Coinbase & Circle to Build ‘Fully Onchain’ National Economy

Bermuda announces a national rollout of USDC payments for taxes and commerce, partnering with Coinbase and Circle to bypass costly...
1 month ago Cryptocurrency, DeFi, Security

Paradex Forces Chain Rollback After Bitcoin Pricing Glitch Wipes Out Traders

The Starknet-based derivatives platform hit the 'undo' button after a database failure priced BTC at zero, exposing the centralization trade-offs...

Prediction Markets Hit $702M Daily Record as Kalshi Flips Polymarket

Daily volume hit $701.7M on Jan 12 as Kalshi captured 66% of the market, driven by sports betting and Robinhood...
1 month ago Cryptocurrency, DeFi

Genius Terminal Volume Explodes to $2B on CZ Return & Airdrop Hype

CZ's return to the arena via YZi Labs sends traders scrambling for "Genius Points," pushing weekly volume past $2 billion.

Bitmine Breaks Pure-Play ETH Strategy With $200M Stake in MrBeast

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) invests $200M in MrBeast's Beast Industries, aiming to backend a new DeFi platform with its MAVAN...
1 month ago Cryptocurrency, DeFi

Interactive Brokers Kills ‘Banking Hours’ with 24/7 USDC Funding

Interactive Brokers launches instant 24/7 account funding via USDC on Solana and Base, with Ripple (RLUSD) and PayPal (PYUSD) support...
1 month ago Cryptocurrency, DeFi

Gusto Taps Zero Hash for Instant Stablecoin Payroll

Gusto integrates Zero Hash's infrastructure to cut international contractor settlement times from days to minutes using stablecoins.
1 month ago Cryptocurrency, DeFi

BitMine Drops $200M on MrBeast in Bid to Retail-Pill Gen Z

The Ethereum treasury firm is betting $200M that MrBeast's 450M subscribers are the future users of its DeFi stack.
1 month ago Cryptocurrency, DeFi, Security

State Street Launches ‘Production-Grade’ Digital Asset Platform; Targets Tokenized ETFs

The $51T custodian moves "beyond experimentation" with a new Taurus-powered platform for tokenized ETFs and stablecoins.
1 month ago Cryptocurrency, DeFi

Interactive Brokers Opens 24/7 USDC Rails via Solana & Base

Interactive Brokers enables 24/7 USDC funding via Solana and Base, though infrastructure partner Zero Hash will levy a 0.30% conversion...