The partnership aims to make native bitcoin usable as collateral in decentralized finance without giving up self-custody.
AI models chose bitcoin in 79% of long-term scenarios, stablecoins led payments; 91% favored digital assets over fiat.
PeckShield reported that February hacking losses fell 98.2% year-over-year to $26.5 million across 15 incidents.
MEV Capital’s assets under management fell 80% from a peak of $1.5 billion to about $300 million following millions in direct losses linked to deUSD depeg in October.
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Eligible U.S. users, excluding those in New York, can now borrow up to $100,000 in USDC without selling the four tokens, Coinbase said.
Ethereum’s tokenized real-world asset market cap has topped $17 billion, up nearly 315% year over year as more TradFi giants move onchain.
ZeroLend will wind down after operating losses as TVL fell 98% to $6.6 million and the ZERO token plunged.
deBridge has launched MCP, enabling AI agents to carry out non-custodial cross-chain swaps, bridging, and multi-step transactions.
Over two years after stealing $200 million from Mixin Network, an onchain hacker has deposited illict funds on Tornado Cash and sold ETH.
BlackRock is bringing its tokenized Treasury fund BUIDL to Uniswap through Securitize, marking its first direct DeFi trading integration.
Ledger Wallet users will soon have access to OKX DEX directly, enabling non-custodial crypto swaps secured by hardware wallets.
The move marks the platform’s first direct integration with a DeFi venue, a Ripple Prime spokesperson told The Block.
Zama rolled out its ZAMA token while debuting Total Value Shielded, a new privacy metric, after encrypting over $121 million on Ethereum.
Amboss has unveiled RailsX, a Lightning-native platform designed to enable peer-to-peer bitcoin and stablecoin swaps.
ARK Invest said stablecoin growth is stalling after October’s shock, with Base taking the lead in transaction volume.
HYPE has jumped more than 60% over the past week as surging silver and commodities trading on Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 DEXs fueled momentum.
Bitwise has joined Morpho as a vault curator, highlighting growing institutional demand for allocating capital onchain.
Pendle launches sPENDLE, replacing vePENDLE’s multi-year lockups with liquid staking, protocol buybacks, and a 14-day withdrawal period.
SOL Strategies has launched STKESOL, staking over 500,000 SOL to expand its Solana-focused infrastructure operations.
Trove Markets has come under renewed scrutiny after its TROVE token plunged following its launch on Solana.
Genius Trading is building a privacy-focused DeFi trading platform and aims to become an onchain alternative to Binance.
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Flare has listed FXRP on Hyperliquid, marking the first time XRP spot exposure is available on the platform.
Crypto VCs told The Block they expect disciplined activity to persist in 2026, with a higher bar for new investments.
Loan settlements on Flow have been paused, freezing both repayments and defaults as ecosystem disruptions persist.
Three entities — Upshift, Clearstar, and Flare — have jointly launched earnXRP, a new product that allows users to earn yield denominated in XRP.
Privacy tokens are rallying, new infrastructure is gaining steam, and VCs are paying closer attention to this area.
Privacy-focused blockchain project Octra said the sale allocation could increase if demand is high. Any unsold tokens will be burned.
DeFi protocol Yearn Finance has detailed how a multi-phase numerical bug and unsafe math enabled an exploiters steal rought $9 million in assets.