DeFi
DeFi

Oil finally loses its grip on Bitcoin – but now liquidity takes over the sell pressure

Brent below $80 removed one pressure point, but BTC still needs rates, ETF flows, and risk appetite to turn. The post Oil finally loses its…
DeFi

BlackRock Launches Its Yield-Generating iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, Trading Upside for a Mid-to-High-Teens Yield

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA) went live on Nasdaq, selling call options on up to 35% of its Bitcoin and IBIT holdings to…
DeFi

Solstice’s Ryan Day on why sustainable DeFi yield depends on business fundamentals, not token incentives

Crypto yield has always carried a credibility problem. The same market that learned to demand proof after incentive-heavy protocols unwound still tends to compress risk…
DeFi

DeFi Lending and DEX Fees Slump as Leverage Drains Out After June Selloff

Fees fell as much as 65% week over week across the largest lending protocols and decentralized exchanges. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
AI

Hyperliquid, Uniswap and Worldcoin buck crypto slump as traders chase AI, DeFi trends

A handful of tokens continued their run while bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market stalled after the early week bounce. Read Full Story…
DeFi

Bitcoin DeFi’s demand problem is becoming harder to ignore

The Layer 2 had uptime, transactions and integrations, but BTCFi demand is moving through wrappers and institutions. The post Bitcoin DeFi’s demand problem is becoming…
DeFi

Standard Chartered’s $100 Uniswap call exposes the open DeFi problem Wall Street may need to solve

The reported $100 UNI target hinges on tokenized assets leaving closed rails for liquid, composable markets. The post Standard Chartered’s $100 Uniswap call exposes the…
DeFi

Bitcoin rallies after Japan rate increase with XLM, INJ, UNI advancing

Stellar’s XLM, Injective’s INJ and Uniswap’s UNI ranked among the best performers in the 100 biggest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com…
DeFi

Bitcoin doesn't need Ethereum-style yield, says Strategy's Michael Saylor

Michael Saylor says Bitcoin does not need staking or inflation, outlining a five-layer “Digital Asset Stack” that generates returns through credit and equity products built…
DeFi

BitMine Adds Another $136 Million of Ether After Raising $274 Million in Preferred Stock Sale

BitMine bought 76,881 ETH (about $136 million) last week, lifting holdings to 5.62 million ETH, after raising $274 million in a 9.5% preferred stock sale…