Decentralized finance — protocols, yields, stablecoin flows and on-chain activity.
Ripple has launched Ripple Mint, giving institutions API-driven access to mint and redeem RLUSD as the stablecoin's market cap nears $1.6 billion.
Tokenized real-world assets hit $25.1B on Hyperliquid in the week of July 13–19, claiming 52% of the DEX's $48.2B weekly volume — a first for the platform.
Odos, once a top-five DEX aggregator, permanently closes July 30 after monthly volume collapsed ~98% from its $7.85B peak. Social-login wallet users face urgent deadline.
Stacks' on-chain governance vote for its Bitcoin staking upgrade passed with 99% support. Most exchanges signal readiness, but mainnet activation has not yet occurred.
Samsung showed a USDC mockup inside Samsung Wallet at Galaxy Unpacked — send, receive, and top-up functions — but no launch date, chain, or issuer partners confirmed.
Former SushiSwap CTO Joseph DeLong announces Deepstate, an order-book DEX launching next week on Robinhood Chain — no specs, no token, just a date.
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.
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.
S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital launch a fundamentals-based crypto index screening 15 digital assets by protocol revenue — Bitcoin excluded.
