DeFi
Tether Puts $20M Into Argentine Neobank Ualá in $195M Round Valuing the Fintech at $3.2B
Tether invests $20M in Ualá as part of a $195–197M round valuing the Latin American neobank at $3.2B, marking a major push into consumer fintech.
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Marcus Feld
DeFi & On-chain Analyst · 6 years covering crypto · 92 stories
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.
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SummerFi Shuts Down After Seven Years as $6M Flash-Loan Exploit Drains Lazy Summer Vaults
SummerFi is winding down after seven years following a $6M flash-loan exploit on its Lazy Summer Protocol vaults. Here's what happened and why it matters for DeFi.
DeFi
Morgan Stanley Secures Preliminary OCC Nod for Crypto Trust Bank Covering Custody, Staking and Lending
Morgan Stanley has secured preliminary OCC approval for a crypto trust bank consolidating Bitcoin custody, trading, staking and lending under one in-house roof.
DeFi
BitGo to Custody vBTC.b Under MOU With VerifiedX, Targeting Institutional Bitcoin on Base
VerifiedX and BitGo have signed a non-binding MOU to bring qualified institutional custody to vBTC.b, a canonical Bitcoin asset deployed on Coinbase's Base L2.
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US and UK Treasuries Demand 1:1 Liquid-Asset Backing for Stablecoins in Joint Blueprint
The US and UK Treasuries jointly recommend full 1:1 liquid-asset backing for stablecoins via the Transatlantic Taskforce — a major regulatory alignment signal, though non-binding.
DeFi
Velocity Raises $38M Series A to Build Enterprise Stablecoin Treasury Rails, Backed by Dragonfly and Coinbase Ventures
Velocity closes a $38M Series A led by Dragonfly and FirstMark, with Coinbase Ventures joining, to build enterprise stablecoin treasury and payments infrastructure.
DeFi
UK Locks In ‘No Gain, No Loss’ DeFi Tax Rule From April 2027, Deferring CGT on Crypto Lending and Liquidity Pools
The UK formally adopts a 'no gain, no loss' CGT treatment for crypto lending and DeFi liquidity pools, effective April 6, 2027, deferring tax until economic disposal.
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Prism Token Crashes 90%+ After 2,500 Phantom Fee Positions Siphoned Nearly 40% of Protocol Fees
A bad actor created ~2,500 phantom fee positions on Uniswap v4 token Prism, siphoning nearly 40% of protocol fees and triggering a 90%+ single-day price crash before the team redeployed.
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Hyundai Completes USDT Treasury Pilot Between US and Mexico in Corporate Stablecoin Test
Hyundai completed a live USDT treasury settlement pilot between the US and Mexico, making it one of the first major automakers to use stablecoin rails for cross-border corporate payments.
DeFi
Solana’s Superteam UK Lead Stephen Newnham Challenges Farage in Clacton By-Election on Onchain Transparency Platform
Stephen 'Cap' Newnham, Superteam UK lead, is running as an independent in the Clacton by-election against Nigel Farage on an onchain transparency and pension self-custody platform.
