DeFi
DeFi

A 36-day staking bottleneck is costing Ethereum depositors over $350,000 in lost rewards daily

The 35.75-day backlog represents an annualized opportunity-cost estimate as deposits share a 256 ETH-per-epoch activation gate. The post A 36-day staking bottleneck is costing Ethereum…
DeFi

US treasury relies on stablecoins to fund short-term debt, but they can’t fix its $28B long-bond problem

GENIUS reserves stop at 93 days while Treasury expands liquidity buybacks across 10- to 30-year debt. The post US treasury relies on stablecoins to fund…
DeFi

Veteran Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr exits OCEAN pool – Will hash power follow him to new pool?

OCEAN still represented 2.45% of trailing-day blocks after buying out its co-founder, while CONVOY disclosed no operational footprint. The post Veteran Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr…
DeFi

Crypto market makers are cashing in on bitcoin's rally – without betting on direction

As bitcoin surges back above $80,000, sophisticated trading firms are quietly collecting yield rather than making directional bet. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Data

Cooler Loans TVL surges 6.0% to $0.23B

Cooler Loans protocol TVL moved 6.0% in 24h to $0.23B. Category: Lending. Active on Ethereum. Read the full story at DeFiLlama →
AI

Bullish Provides USD.AI $100 Million Facility for GPU-Backed Loans

The commitment will fund more GPU loans; USD.AI’s API reported $265 million in loan reserves and $491 million in TVL. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
AI

Bullish provides USD.AI $100M stablecoin facility for GPU-backed lending

The institutional crypto exchange is providing $100 million in stablecoin liquidity to support loans backed by AI computing infrastructure. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →
DeFi

HashKey Cloud backs Stacks’ Genesis Bond to prove institutional appetite for native Bitcoin yield

The Genesis Bond avoids BTC lending and custody transfers while adding a 5% STX lock, managed parameters and variable payouts. The post HashKey Cloud backs…
DeFi

Tokenized Nvidia Priced Its Earnings While the Nasdaq Was Closed, Aerodrome’s CEO Says

Alex Cutler said millions of dollars poured into the token’s pool on Base after Wednesday’s closing bell and the price ran above the official close,…
DeFi

Iran Sanctions Don’t Rule Out DeFi Infrastructure, Coin Center’s Van Valkenburgh Says

The Treasury named digital assets one of five sanctionable Iranian sectors. Peter Van Valkenburgh said the release designates no crypto protocol and leaves the question…