Category: DeFi

Aave Corners 51% of DeFi Lending; Analysts Flag $460M Safety Net Vulnerability

Aave's lending market share hits 51.3%, effectively establishing a monopoly backed by a thin $460M safety module.

Ethereum Deployment of ERC-8004 Signals ‘Trust Layer’ Bid in AI Agent Economy

Authored by Google and Ethereum Foundation engineers, the new standard introduces on-chain reputation registries to challenge Solana's dominance in the...

Standard Chartered: Stablecoins to Drain $500B from US Regional Banks by 2028

Geoff Kendrick predicts a $500 billion deposit exodus from US regional banks by 2028 as stablecoins evolve into the dominant...

Chainlink Breaks the Bell: 24/5 US Equities Data Goes Live On-Chain

Chainlink launches continuous 24/5 data streams for US equities, pre-empting NYSE's blockchain push and closing the gap for on-chain stock...

UK Retail Crypto Ban Cracks: Valour Lists Staking ETPs on LSE

The FCA ends its long-standing retail crypto lockout, allowing Valour to list yield-bearing Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs on the London...
1 week ago Cryptocurrency, DeFi

Capital Flees to Prediction Markets as Bitcoin Bleeds $150B

As Bitcoin stumbles below $88k, speculative capital is rotating from order books to event contracts in a hunt for uncorrelated...

Trump’s USD1 Flips PayPal’s PYUSD as Binance Airdrop Fuels $4.5B Surge

World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin hits a $4.5 billion market cap, overtaking PayPal's PYUSD, driven by a $40 million Binance...

Matcha Meta Users Lose $16.8M in SwapNet Exploit; Circle Under Fire

A vulnerability in SwapNet's router drained $16.8M from Matcha Meta users on Base, sparking backlash against Circle for failing to...
1 week ago Cryptocurrency, DeFi

Coinbase Activates Full In-App Solana Trading via Jupiter Integration

Coinbase users in the US and Brazil can now trade millions of Solana tokens directly via Jupiter, bypassing traditional listing...

ZachXBT Blasts Circle as $3M in Stolen USDC Sits Idle After SwapNet Exploit

The on-chain sleuth questions the utility of centralized stablecoins after Circle fails to freeze $3M in stolen funds sitting in...