JupUSD's launch could significantly boost DeFi activities on Solana, potentially increasing adoption and innovation within the ecosystem.
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Gemini's Designated Contract Market will offer binary event contracts and may expand into other CFTC-regulated derivatives.
American singer D4vd was the most Googled person this year after a girl was found dead in his car—and one Polymarket user profited from it.
Cascade raised $15 million in seed funding in a round co-led by Polychain and Variant, with support from Coinbase Ventures.
Superstate will support onchain Direct Issuance Programs, enabling public firms to raise capital via newly issued tokenized securities.
Privacy-focused blockchain project Octra said the sale allocation could increase if demand is high. Any unsold tokens will be burned.
Circle is piloting a version of its flagship USDC asset featuring native privacy protections and “configurable compliance” features.
Citadel Securities has urged the SEC to treat decentralized finance trading venues like traditional exchanges, a stance facing opposition from the crypto industry.
Aleo's USDCx testnet launch could revolutionize digital transactions by enhancing privacy and interoperability in blockchain ecosystems.
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The DayFi protocol aims to turn electricity cash flows into a crypto-native yield product, bridging capital to new solar power installations.
Horizen, born from a 2017 project, aims to enable regulatory-compliant privacy as a 'practical option' on Base through its mainnet Layer 3.
Bitcoin’s on-chain activity has shown a sharp slowdown since spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) launched. While institutional inflows into these products have accelerated, the number of active BTC addresses has declined. As Wall Street embraces BTC exposure, the network’s grassroots participation appears to be undergoing a significant transformation. In an X post, the CEO of SwanDesk, financial analyst Jacob King, pointed out that Bitcoin active addresses have been in a steady decline since the US spot BTC ETFs launched in January 2024, and the irony is obvious. Why Retail Participation Shows Signs Of Fatigue For years, BTC maximalists have pushed for Wall Street adoption, believing institutional involvement would unlock the next wave of mass usage. Instead, on-chain participation has dropped sharply as retail lost interest. Related Reading: US Fed Has Ended Quantitative Tightening, But Why Is The Bitcoin Price Still Below $100,000? King noted that these Bitcoiners have piled into the ETF for a quick, early FOMO bump, and then bailed, leaving behind a market where the asset is increasingly traded by proxy. According to King, ETF investing kills BTC’s core principles. While investors no longer hold or control their own assets as banks do, which is the very system BTC was designed to challenge, greed always beats ideology. Market watcher Crypto Seth has revealed that the net inflows into BlackRock and Fidelity’s spot BTC ETFs have been relatively subdued since October 10, when the largest liquidation events happened. Seth believes that this might turn into a momentum reversal soon, as the US stock market is at 1% below new highs despite retail sentiment remaining stuck in extreme fear. Seth also pointed out that the macro backdrop is shifting in BTC’s favor. This is because the Federal Reserve ended its Quantitative Tightening (QT) program on December 1, 2025, wrapping up a multi-year effort that shaved nearly $3 trillion from the balance sheet since 2022. Since the US Fed rate is still at 4.00%, more interest rate cuts are on the horizon, which is higher than both Europe and China. The BlackRock iShares BTC Trust (IBIT), which was launched in January 2024, is currently the firm’s most profitable exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on annual fee revenue, despite being less than two years old. Unlocking Bitcoin Without Compromising Its Core Principles Bitcoin is seeing key initiatives that improve its ecosystem. Every market cycle that has promise to unlock Bitcoin for decentralized finance (DeFi), RioSwap is one of the few products built on infrastructure that was capable of unlocking it in a truly decentralized way. Related Reading: Bitcoin Aims Higher as Bulls Regain Strength and Push for Resistance Break According to Mintlayer, this was powered by Mintlayer’s native HTLC architecture, as RioSwap introduces a Decentralized Exchange (DEX) that allows BTC to move directly into decentralized markets without wrapping, unbridging, and is fully in the user’s control. With the RioSwap testnet now live, Mintlayer sees this as the start of a new liquidity phase for BTC where the asset will become an active participant in the decentralized market on its own terms. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
Helix's 24/5 equity pricing could revolutionize after-hours trading, enhancing market efficiency and accessibility for global investors.
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Hyperliquid Strategies, which filed for a $1 billion shelf registration in October to fund its HYPE treasury, approved a stock repurchase program.
The suspected token, called "year of the yellow fruit," was promoted using official Binance channels just seconds after it was issued onchain.
DeFi protocol Yearn Finance has detailed how a multi-phase numerical bug and unsafe math enabled an exploiters steal rought $9 million in assets.
Researchers and builders shared doubts over whether Buterin's idea for a trustless onchain gas futures market could function effectively.
For those of us who want to use crypto to make the world better, we need to start calling out this behavior for what it is: short-sighted, selfish, unwelcome greed, says VeChain co-founder Sunny Lu.
On Dec. 2, Citadel Securities filed a 13-page letter with the SEC arguing that decentralized protocols facilitating tokenized US equity trading already meet statutory definitions of exchanges and broker-dealers, and regulators should treat them accordingly. Two days later, the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee convened a panel on tokenized equities that made clear the question is […]
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Base launched a bridge to Solana on Dec. 4, and within hours, Solana’s most vocal builders accused Jesse Pollak of running a vampire attack disguised as interoperability. The bridge uses Chainlink CCIP and Coinbase infrastructure to let users move assets between Base and Solana, with early integrations in Zora, Aerodrome, Virtuals, Flaunch, and Relay. These […]
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BisonFi's launch enhances Solana's DeFi landscape, potentially attracting more institutional capital and fostering innovation in decentralized finance.
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WisdomTree introduced an Ethereum-based fund in Europe that earns staking rewards using the decentralized Lido protocol.
Senate negotiators are struggling to finalize a bill as disputes over stablecoin yield, conflicts of interest, and DeFi slow progress.
Popular Ethereum Layer 2 Base will now support Solana-based assets natively, and enable the export of Base assets onto Solana.
Lighter also recently rolled out equities perp trading, starting with COIN and HOOD, and expanded foreign exchange offerings.
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Polymarket's integration into MetaMask mobile could significantly boost decentralized trading adoption by simplifying user access to prediction markets.
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Curve Finance reports record revenue as stronger stablecoin demand and deeper liquidity drive a sharp rebound in DeFi trading activity.
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The experience, which is designed to feel like Venmo or Cash App, allows users to earn yield on bitcoin (BTC) and stablecoins and borrow against their holdings.
Lighter expands beyond perpetual futures by launching spot trading with ETH deposits and mainnet transfers on its Ethereum layer 2 exchange.
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