Decentralized finance — protocols, yields, stablecoin flows and on-chain activity.
Robinhood Chain reached nearly $79M in total value locked within its first eight days on mainnet, with Uniswap volume reportedly topping $500M and memecoins driving early traffic.
Security researchers warn that AI agents' hallucination flaw can be weaponized to install malicious packages, turning autonomous agents into botnet nodes.
Gauntlet closes a $125M Series C solely from Japan's SBI Holdings — its largest raise ever — signalling aggressive Japanese institutional capital deployment into U.S. DeFi infrastructure.
Tokenized stock transfers surged 105% to $8.41B in 30 days, per RWA.xyz data, as Solana emerges as key infrastructure and TradFi institutions accelerate onchain equity.
Mark Cuban-backed DeFi dashboard Zapper is winding down after nearly seven years, 2M monthly users, and $13B in processed transactions.
Sony Bank's Connectia Trust, NA cleared OCC conditional approval in a five-charter crypto banking wave alongside Ripple and Circle, paving the way for a dollar-backed stablecoin.
Polymarket activates self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning deposits powered by Spark, crediting BTC in under a second — no custody surrender required.
Base's B20 native token standard went live June 27, 2026 via the Beryl hard fork, embedding compliance tools for stablecoins and RWAs at the protocol layer.
Strike launches 'volatility-proof' Bitcoin-backed loans with no margin calls or forced liquidations — but borrowers pay up to 14.2% APR for that protection.
A five-day Twitter feud between ether.fi and KAST CEOs over card fees has spiralled into community scrutiny of KAST's deposit practices and terms of service.
