DeFi
DeFi

Controversial Ethereum Proposal Would Fund Development From Validator Rewards

A new proposal from Clément Lesaege would let a validator majority redirect up to 10% of staking rewards to ecosystem funding, splitting the Ethereum community.…
DeFi

ETH stakers could see rewards cut as Ethereum fights to fund its future

Ethereum core contributors are debating a structural overhaul that could redirect Ethereum staking rewards toward ecosystem development. The protocol-level proposal seeks to solve a persistent…
DeFi

Kraken adds 2,500 unapproved Solana tokens to its app – says risk stays on-chain

The exchange wraps DEX access in a familiar interface and warns users the tokens sit outside Kraken review. The post Kraken adds 2,500 unapproved Solana…
Data

Uniswap V4 TVL drops 5.5% to $0.84B

Uniswap V4 protocol TVL moved -5.5% in 24h to $0.84B. Category: Dexs. Active on Ethereum, Base, Binance. Read the full story at DeFiLlama →
AI

OpenRouter's Fusion Promises Claude Fable-Level AI for Cheap—Right as Fable 5 Goes Dark

OpenRouter’s compound-model API stacks budget AI models—and beat GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 outright in benchmark testing. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
DeFi

Bitcoin shrugged off Japan’s rate hike – The bigger liquidity test came from Washington

The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to 1% on June 16, the highest level the country has seen since September 1995 and…
DeFi

Crypto industry looks to stablecoins and DeFi revisions in MiCA 2.0

The European Commission is seeking comment on how it can tweak MiCA, its regulatory framework for the crypto and blockchain industries. Read Full Story at…
DeFi

Bitcoin’s ‘digital credit’ yield trade breaks below par as margin calls hit $10 billion market

Bitcoin’s emerging digital-credit trade broke below its promise of calm this week. This week, Strategy’s STRC preferred shares fell as low as $82.50 before rebounding,…
DeFi

Wall Street Loves Ethereum, So Why Doesn’t the Market Love ETH?

Ethereum is winning the institutional platform war, and it isn’t even close. Asset manager Janus Henderson, all $480 billion of it, made a strategic investment…
DeFi

Aave survived $8.45B in withdrawals, but risk questions remain

Aave handled $8.45 billion in withdrawals without freezing funds, but the episode raised fresh questions about hidden risks in DeFi lending. Read Full Story at…