Honeypot scams lure crypto investors into buying tokens they can’t sell, locking their funds through smart contract tricks.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Fiserv's FIUSD launch could revolutionize digital payments, enhancing real-time transactions and expanding blockchain's role in finance.
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Anchorage Digital Porto wallet institutional users can swap tokens and access DeFi liquidity directly, removing reliance on third-party platforms.
The startup is confident its trading capabilities can rival giant centralized exchanges like Binance and Coinbase.
Veda is designed to enable apps, protocols, and institutions to offer onchain yield products without DeFi complexity.
Firms want to explore a “DeFi mullet:” compliance guardrails at the front, seamless access to DeFi tools at the back, said Web3 plumber Alchemy.
Pump.fun has delayed its public token sale once again, extending months of uncertainty for users and investors as the popular Solana-based launchpad wrestles with a flurry of lawsuits, Colin Wu reported on June 20. Pump.fun had aimed to raise $1 billion at a $4 billion valuation through its token auction originally set for June 25. The […]
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The framework includes a "maturity tier" and self-assessment aiming to garner trust and set industry-wide operational standards.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Jupiter DAO, which governs the Solana-based DEX aggregator Jupiter Exchange, has paused all governance votes until early 2026.
Solana’s largest decentralized exchange aggregator, Jupiter, has decided to halt all community voting through next year and keep its governance Treasury sealed until 2027, citing community burnout and a need to prioritize building new products. The move temporarily disables one of the main utilities for Jupiter’s native token, JUP, which powers governance proposals and decisions […]
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Seamless Protocol debuts Leverage Tokens on Base, packaging passive DeFi strategies into tradable ERC-20s for one-click exposure.
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Decentralized exchanges processed over $513.5 billion in trading volume over the past 30 days. Daily turnover averaged $15.93 billion, keeping pace with the seven-day total of $107 billion and indicating a sustained rise rather than a short-term spike. If sustained, the current monthly rate would annualize to over $6 trillion in trading volume, more than […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Aave v3 surges 55% in two months, while Maple Finance gains momentum with real-world credit pools.
DT Marks DeFi LLC is listed as a "related person" on World Liberty Financial along with President Donald Trump, his sons Eric and Donald Jr.
DeFi protocols are expanding into tokenized real-world assets, with crypto-native asset managers playing a key role in capital allocation and governance, according to a new report.
BTCD developer Elastos' aim is to create a digital version of the Bretton Woods system, with BTC at its core rather than gold.
Crypto research firm Artemis and DeFi project Vaults argue there is growing “institutional appetite” for onchain yield, in a new report.
Paxos Labs will let companies create their own stablecoins, offer onchain yield, and manage tokenized assets.
The frameworks propose bringing assets like stocks, bonds, and funds onchain as well as carve outs for autonomous, non-custodial blockchain protocols.
The launch of $INK could significantly enhance DeFi ecosystems by fostering user-driven governance and expanding on-chain capital markets.
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Trading platform Uphold, which holds 1.8 billion XRP, is looking to integrate FXRP. Separately, NASDAQ-listed VivoPower has committed $100 million in XRP for deployment on the Flare network.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The CoinDesk Overnight Rates (CDOR) convert USDC and USDT stablecoin borrowing data on Aave into daily benchmarks to support hedging and rate-based products.
The Ink Foundation said there will be a hard cap of 1 billion INK tokens, which will not be used for protocol governance.
Co‑founder Tiancheng Xie revealed that Polyhedra Network is launching a buyback strategy to support ZKJ token prices after an “egregious” liquidity attack wiped out over 80% of its value.
Cosmos-based Namada has completed its mainnet, introducing a composable privacy layer for decentralized applications.
a16z crypto has purchased $70 million in EIGEN tokens, expanding on its previous lead investment in Eigen Labs' $100 million Series B round.