DeFi
Japan’s CRYL Launches Regulated Bitcoin-Backed Loans Up to $6.2M at 3.5% APR
Japanese lender CRYL Inc. launches regulated Bitcoin-backed loans from $6,200 to $6.2M at 3.5% APR, letting BTC holders access yen liquidity without selling.
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DeFi
Decentralized finance — protocols, yields, stablecoin flows and on-chain activity.
DeFi
Toss Signs OP Stack MOU to Pilot Korean Won Stablecoin for 30 Million Users
South Korean super-app Toss partners with Optimism on a 3-month KRW stablecoin proof of concept on the OP Stack, targeting 30 million users.
DeFi
Uniswap Labs Pushes Fee Switch to v4 Pools — Critic Warns Move ‘Risks Killing the Protocol’
Uniswap Labs filed a governance temperature check to activate protocol fees on v4 pools, drawing a warning from a critic that the move 'risks killing the protocol'.
DeFi
Sky Frontier Foundation Hits Record $419M Revenue Run-Rate in June as sUSDS Yield Payouts Top $250M
Sky Frontier Foundation posted a $419.08M annualized revenue run-rate for June 2026. Cumulative sUSDS yield payouts topped $250M and Grove's Fixed Yield hit $44.1M TVL.
DeFi
Metaplanet Pivots From Bitcoin Treasury to Capital Markets With Digital Bond Study
Metaplanet, Metaplanet Securities, JPYC, and Progmat launch a feasibility study into Bitcoin-collateralised digital corporate bonds for 24/7 blockchain trading in Japan.
DeFi
Robinhood Chain Hits $79M TVL in Eight Days as Uniswap Volume Tops $500M and Memecoins Pile In
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.
DeFi
AI Agents Can Be Hijacked Into Botnets by Exploiting Their Own Hallucinations, Researchers Warn
Security researchers warn that AI agents' hallucination flaw can be weaponized to install malicious packages, turning autonomous agents into botnet nodes.
DeFi
Gauntlet Closes $125M Series C From SBI Holdings in Largest DeFi Infrastructure Raise of 2026
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.
DeFi
Tokenized Stock Transfers Double to $8.41B in a Month as Solana and TradFi Push Onchain Equity
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.
DeFi
Mark Cuban-Backed DeFi Dashboard Zapper Shuts Down After 7 Years and $13B in Processed Transactions
Mark Cuban-backed DeFi dashboard Zapper is winding down after nearly seven years, 2M monthly users, and $13B in processed transactions.
