DeFi
DeFi

SoFi and Kraken Parent Payward Link Banking Rails to Crypto Markets in 24/7 Settlement Deal

Payward will join SoFi’s round-the-clock dollar settlement network and list SoFiUSD on Kraken, while SoFi taps Kraken Prime for crypto liquidity. The post SoFi and…
DeFi

Uniswap Labs Bought Pons Token for 'Long-Term Alignment'

Pons said Uniswap Labs purchased its token “for long-term alignment” four weeks after Uniswap Labs put a rival launchpad on Robinhood Chain. Neither company disclosed…
DeFi

Lighter Leads Perp DEX Token Rally

LIT rose 13% to $4.21 and has doubled in 30 days as traders position for a U.S. perpetuals opening that Lighter has not applied for.…
DeFi

Pencil Finance completes $1M onchain lending cycle for 6.6K students in Southeast Asia

Pencil Finance said that its first-of-a-kind loan offered financing to 6,600 students in Southeast Asia who were underserved by traditional lenders. Read Full Story at…
DeFi

Uniswap trading volume explodes to record levels over 7 million per day – but actual fees lag far behind

More than 7 million daily swaps fit the record pace, while public data cannot show what share reached fee-enabled pools. The post Uniswap trading volume…
DeFi

TAC blockchain remains frozen for over 10 days after a massive exploit forces a 1.26 billion token bailout

One transaction emptied 28.6% of supply from the bonded pool, while 1.66 billion attacker-held TAC remains unresolved. The post TAC blockchain remains frozen for over…
DeFi

North Korea’s $30M crypto cashout just handed legacy finance its best weapon to kill DeFi’s US debut

CME and ICE told Washington in May that Hyperliquid’s pseudonymous, always-on markets could let sanctioned state actors circumvent enforcement. On Aug. 31, an Arkham analysis…
Data

CIAN Yield Layer TVL surges 9.3% to $0.28B

CIAN Yield Layer protocol TVL moved 9.3% in 24h to $0.28B. Category: Yield Aggregator. Active on Ethereum, Mantle, Arbitrum. Read the full story at DeFiLlama…
DeFi

Félix Raises $200 Million in a16z-Led Round to Take Stablecoin Rails Beyond Remittances

The WhatsApp remittance service settles most transfers in USDC without its customers ever touching crypto, and now plans to add lending and savings on the…
DeFi

Robinhood Chain DEX Volume Jumps to $1.6 billion

Trading on the Ethereum Layer 2 climbed 61% in a matter of days as DeFi deposits and stablecoin holdings approached $800 million. Read Full Story…