Marcus Feld is CoinScoop's DeFi and on-chain analyst. He digs into L2 activity, stablecoin flows and protocol revenue, translating raw chain data into plain-English calls.
Hack VC-backed perp DEX Dango halts trading July 29 and closes its Layer 1 blockchain August 13, less than four months after a mainnet launch hit by a $1.9M exploit.
The OCC rejected Wise's US national trust bank charter over money-laundering concerns while approving charters for Ripple and other crypto firms. Wise plans to refile under the GENIUS Act.
The Bank of the Philippine Islands is partnering with Meridian to pilot stablecoin settlement rails for OFW and freelancer payroll, with a full rollout timed to the 49th ASEAN Summit.
Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Capital and KAIO launch a $75M tokenized private fund live across Base, Solana, and Sui, with Coinbase set to add exposure.
Uniswap's new v4 Permissioned Pools hook enforces compliance onchain for regulated tokenized assets, with Superstate, Securitize, and Dowgo as launch partners.
Coinbase launches infrastructure for businesses to accept USDC payments from AI agents autonomously, with x402 protocol settling in 200ms and Amazon Bedrock integration.
AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings, Amazon's Japanese logistics partner, will pay ~2,300 contractor drivers in JPYC yen-pegged stablecoin — Japan's first large-scale corporate stablecoin payroll.
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon publicly endorses the CLARITY Act, breaking with much of the banking industry as Senate Republicans push crypto market-structure legislation forward.
Kakao Group and Circle have signed an MOU to build won-backed stablecoin payment infrastructure in South Korea, with Toss, Kakao Pay, and Kakao Bank as key partners.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, known as 'Crypto Mom,' warned on July 22 that DeFi vaults and onchain lending strategies could qualify as securities depending on their structure.
