Anchorage Digital acquired Hedgey, a startup that builds solutions for managing token allocations, distributions, and vesting schedules.
Privacy tokens are rallying, new infrastructure is gaining steam, and VCs are paying closer attention to this area.
Circle is piloting a version of its flagship USDC asset featuring native privacy protections and “configurable compliance” features.
DeFi protocol Yearn Finance has detailed how a multi-phase numerical bug and unsafe math enabled an exploiters steal rought $9 million in assets.
This is Phase 1 of the rollout, so staking rewards aren’t live yet; they are expected to begin in Phase 2, early next year.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The expansion gives XRP holders access to BNB Chain DeFi, allowing them to earn additional yield on top of mXRP’s base strategy returns.
Elixir says it processed redemptions for 80% of deUSD holders, and has snapshotted the remaining balances for future USDC redemptions.
Solana co-creator Anatoly Yakovenko is building an onchain perps DEX, according to detailed documentation posted on GitHub.
The tie-up will help position “USDC at the core of the Safe ecosystem,” making it “a home for institutional stablecoin DeFi."
Perp DEXs are back in the spotlight. After Hyperliquid’s success, new players are attracting fresh VC attention and capital. Here’s why.
The exploit was triggered when a hacker submitted fake data to Shibarium’s Ethereum-linked contracts, leading to an automatic shutdown.
All investors in both private and public rounds will get an “onchain redemption right” to redeem up to their original principal at any time.
RLUSD, launched in 2024, is a stablecoin “purpose-built for enterprise utility" with a nearly $740 million market cap.
Midas, in partnership with Axelar, has launched mXRP, a tokenized XRP product currently targeting a base yield of up to 8%.
The shuttering of Kinto represents Wildcat's first official default since launching in 2023, according to an announcement on Monday.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
BRC20 is a token standard for issuing fungible tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain via the Ordinals protocol
Hemi raised $15 million in fresh funding ahead of a planned token generation event, bringing total funding to $30 million.
Ethereum’s validator exit queue climbed to over 670,000 ETH with a 12-day wait, as staking entries fell and analysts pointed to leverage unwinds.
Users can swap cash for securities on the HQLAx platform using blockchain deposit accounts on the permissioned Kinexys network.
Scammers appeared to be using AI-generated avatars and voices to reduce production costs and scale up video content.
Co-founded by early Bitcoin contributor Adam Back, Blockstream introduced Simplicity to solve the limitations of Bitcoin as a smart contract venue
The company's CEO Yoni Assia cited regulatory milestones as helping to pave the way for new tokenized offerings.
Privacy Pools, the onchain privacy solution backed by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, is integrating Sky’s onchain USDS stablecoin.
Ethereum Foundation has set a 12-month clock for ecosystem zkEVM integreation after reorganising its ecosystem teams to speed mainstream adoption.
The XRPL EVM Sidechain opens up new Ethereum-compatible decentralized application use cases for the XRP Ledger ecosystem.
XRP Ledger plans to launch an EVM sidechain in the second quarter of this year to gain Ethereum compatibility.
Cetus eyes full protocol resumption in a week after a Sui community proposal to return frozen funds passed with 90% backing from stakers and validators.
Some onlookers think this decentralized market function could be improved either through stablecoin price caps or "more resilient" algorithms.