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Ripple’s Vision for Institutional DeFi Is Taking Shape Fast on XRP Ledger
28.9.2025
Ripple is accelerating institutional DeFi as the XRP Ledger hits $1 billion in monthly stablecoin volumes, unlocks real-world asset momentum, and builds compliant blockchain credit infrastructure. Ripple Drives Institutional DeFi Forward as XRP Ledger Enters Its Most Ambitious Phase Yet Ripple...
Hypervault Goes Dark, Users Register $3.6M in Losses
26.9.2025
Reports indicate that Hypervault, a project part of the Hyperliquid ecosystem, has disappeared overnight with over $3.6 million in user funds. Peckshield highlighted that most of these funds were bridged to Ethereum, and then 752 ETH was sent to Tornado Cash. Hypervault Rugpulls, Leaves Users...
2025’s Perp DEX Wars: New Money, New Tech, No off-Switch
26.9.2025
Perpetual futures have become crypto’s main event, and the perp DEX wars—led by Hyperliquid, Aster, GMX, DYdX, ApeX, Drift, Jupiter, EdgeX, and Sunperp—are where the action won’t quit. From Order Books to Onchain: Inside 2025’s Perp DEX Dogfight Perpetuals are derivatives without an expiry; funding...
From Minting to Vaults: FXRP Unlocks New Utility for XRP on Flare
24.9.2025
The Flare mainnet has launched its first Fasset, FXRP v1.2, to enable XRP holders to use their assets in decentralized finance. The Dawn of XRP DeFi: Flare’s Fassets Go Live The Flare mainnet has officially launched its first Fasset, FXRP v1.2, marking a significant milestone for the XRP community....
SEC Task Force Examines DeFi Lending Rules in Meeting With Crypto Firm
22.9.2025
DeFi lending landed back on the SEC’s agenda as regulators met with industry players to examine token classification, smart contracts, and paths toward compliant crypto loans. SEC Crypto Task Force Discusses DeFi Lending Regulation The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force...
Tron’s Sunperp Debuts as Perp DEX Competition Intensifies
21.9.2025
Tron’s latest entrant in decentralized derivatives, Sunperp, has opened for traders, adding a new venue to a field crowded by perp players like Hyperliquid, Avantis, Aster, Dydx, GMX, and Jupiter. Sunperp Opens on Tron; Traders Eye Fees, Slippage, and Funding Positioned as a perpetuals-focused...
Vitalik Buterin: Low‑Risk DeFi Could Be Ethereum’s “Search” Moment
21.9.2025
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argued in a blog post Sept. 21, 2025, that “low‑risk” decentralized finance (DeFi) could become for Ethereum what search was for Google, providing the primary, sustainable revenue engine while preserving the platform’s broader cultural and technical goals....
From Mempool Hunters to Math Proofs: Grvt’s $19M Onchain Play
20.9.2025
Grvt just closed a $19 million Series A to fuse privacy and scale into onchain finance, pitching a zero-knowledge (ZK) exchange that makes institutional polish feel retail-friendly. Grvt’s $19M Lift Targets MEV Pain and Compliance Friction Grvt (pronounced gravity) — a decentralized exchange (DEX)...
DeFi TVL Nears 2021 Peak as $160B Locks In
20.9.2025
Decentralized finance (DeFi) TVL has climbed to $160.985 billion, nearing the $177.421 billion peak from November 2021, per defillama.com. DeFi TVL Eyes Its All-Time High Defillama shows total value locked (TVL) dipped 1.17% in the past 24 hours, but the stack hasn’t looked this hefty since...
Is Ethereum’s DeFi Future on L2s? Liquidity, Innovation Say Perhaps Yes
16.9.2025
Ethereum is in the midst of a paradox. Even as ether hit record highs in late August, decentralized finance (DeFi) activity on Ethereum’s layer-1 (L1) looks muted compared to its peak in late 2021. Meanwhile, layer-2 (L2) networks like Arbitrum and Base are booming, with billions in total value...
Defillama Criticizes Misleading RWA Metrics, Calls out Figure Co-Founder Allegations
15.9.2025
0xngmi, founder of Defillama, has called out some companies for promoting what he called fake RWA metrics, replicating database movements onto blockchains to simulate activity. The post comes as an answer to Figure, which claims that Defillama has repeatedly refused to list their volumes due...
Coinbase Welcomes Sensible Co-Founders in Corporate Lift-out
10.9.2025
Sensible was an investment platform that allowed users to earn “up to 8%” yield on deposited crypto. Coinbase Makes Strategic Talent Grab, Acquires Team From Sensible The two co-founders of crypto investment platform Sensible, Jacob Frantz and Zachary Salmon, have now joined Coinbase as part of...
Active Tokenized Private Credit Loans Near $16 Billion, APR Slips Below 10%
6.9.2025
Active loans in tokenized private credit now top $15.95 billion, signaling rapid growth but also sharper fault lines in protocol performance. Loan Counts Fall as Tokenized Credit Market Consolidates Tokenized private credit has grown significantly since mid-June, adding more than $2 billion...
Linea Launches $1 Billion Token Incentive Program
5.9.2025
Linea has launched Ignition, a ten-week incentive program distributing 1 billion LINEA tokens to boost liquidity across major DeFi protocols. Brevis ZK Proofs Drive Linea’s New Liquidity Rewards Program Linea is rolling out Ignition, a 10-week growth initiative distributing 1 billion LINEA tokens...
Curve Finance Debuts New Pool for Foreign Exchange Trading
3.9.2025
Curve Finance has launched FXSwap, a new type of cryptopool specifically designed for foreign exchange and low-volatility trading pairs onchain. Curve’s New AMM Design Aims to Bring Forex Markets Onchain The implementation introduces a “refuel” mechanism where a stream of external funds maintains...
Chainlink and Solv Protocol Launch Secure Exchange Rate Feed
1.9.2025
Solv Protocol and Chainlink have launched a new Secure Exchange Rate feed for the SolvBTC wrapped bitcoin asset hosted on Ethereum. Chainlink Proof of Reserve Tech Used for Solv Protocol’s Exchange Rate Solv Protocol has launched a Secure Exchange Rate feed for its SolvBTC wrapped bitcoin asset...
Apriori Raises $20M to Build Institutional-Grade Onchain Trading Infrastructure
29.8.2025
Apriori Network Inc. announced that it has raised $20 million in a strategic funding round led by prominent participants including Hashkey Capital and Pantera Capital Management LP, with additional support from Primitive Ventures, IMC Trading, GEM Labs, Gate Labs, Ambush Capital and Big Brain...
Falcon Finance Launches $10M Onchain Insurance Fund
29.8.2025
Falcon Finance has launched an onchain insurance fund with an initial $10 million contribution to enhance risk management and protect users of its USDf stablecoin ecosystem. $10M Backstop: Falcon Finance Establishes Onchain Safeguard According to the release shared with Bitcoin.com News, Falcon...
Hemi Raises $15M to Power Bitcoin DeFi Programmability
28.8.2025
Hemi has closed a $15 million growth round led by YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), Republic Digital and HyperChain Capital, bringing total project funding to $30 million as the company positions itself as an infrastructure layer for Bitcoin programmability within EVM-compatible decentralized...
Aave Labs Launches Horizon to Bridge Traditional Finance and DeFi
27.8.2025
Aave Labs has launched Horizon, a new institutional platform enabling stablecoin borrowing against tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The platform aims to merge institutional-grade compliance with the deep liquidity of decentralized finance (DeFi). Centrifuge, Circle, Vaneck Among Partners...