BlackRock, Apollo, and Citadel have acquired or agreed to acquire DeFi tokens. Here’s why and what it really signals.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
XRP Ledger has rolled out a “Permissioned DEX” upgrade allowing regulated institutions to operate gated, members-only onchain trading venues.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said DeFi could help lead the market out of crypto winter, while Michael Saylor declared "spring is coming."
Dreamcash said Tether made a strategic investment in the project in the wake of its 10 RWA perps deployments.
BlackRock is bringing its tokenized Treasury fund BUIDL to Uniswap through Securitize, marking its first direct DeFi trading integration.
Circle Ventures has invested an undisclosed sum in decentralized trading platform edgeX ahead of the project’s planned token launch.
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.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
HyperLiquid is adding general-purpose Outcome trading as an expansion to Hyperliquid’s in-progress HIP-4 update.
Through a built-in 'Prediction' feature, Jupiter users can now access Polymarket contracts without leaving the app.
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.
CCAs are a price-discovery and liquidity-boosting mechanism that minimizes the impact of bot snipers when launching tokens.
HYPE has jumped more than 60% over the past week as surging silver and commodities trading on Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 DEXs fueled momentum.
HIP-3 deployed DEXs have recorded a fresh all-time high OI above $790 million, amid a “surge in commodities trading," Hyperliquid said.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Chainlink's 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams will enable decentralized protocols to more easily integrate onchain stocks and ETFs.
“Cosmos has served us well for the last couple of years, but for us, it’s time to move on,” Jelena Djuric, founder of Noble, told The Block.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on every weekday.
A week after raising $11.5 million to build a perp DEX on Hyperliquid, Trove said it will build on Solana instead, blaming a liquidity partner for the move.
Lighter announced the new LIT staking feature, now requiring users to stake its native token to access the Lighter Liquidity Pool.
Genius Trading is building a privacy-focused DeFi trading platform and aims to become an onchain alternative to Binance.
In this edition, we explore why token buybacks are back in the spotlight, when they work, and when teams should think twice.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Flare has listed FXRP on Hyperliquid, marking the first time XRP spot exposure is available on the platform.
Solana saw $1.4 billion in REV, a controversial measure of user-generated value, while driving down average network fees.
The move comes amid a rapid period of growth for the now-dominant onchain perps platform Lighter, including its native LIT token launch.
Lighter previously said it would allocate its revenues between growth initiatives and token buybacks, depending on market conditions.