Aave V4 combined deposits and loans crossed $100M for the first time, with $80M in deposits and $25M in loans as incentives go live. Growth is accelerating under its security-first launch.
Exa, an AI-native search API for LLMs and agents with real-time web search and structured extraction, has raised $250 million in a Series C round from investors including a16z, Coinbase Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, valuing the company at $2.2 billion.
Syndicate Labs, a crypto infrastructure firm, is shutting down after five years due to a decline in the Ethereum rollup market and a shift toward highly customized chains. The decision was made necessary by the changing market landscape, with Arbitrum and Base dominating the rollup market.
Kalshi, a federally regulated prediction market that supports cryptocurrency deposits, has raised $200 million in an extended Series F round from investors including Layer Global and Baillie Gifford, valuing the company at $22 billion.
Foundation Devices, a company offering a wallet for Bitcoin custody with 2FA, security keys, encrypted storage, and seed management, has raised $6.4 million in funding from investors including Fulgur Ventures and Arche Capital.
HastraFi launched PRIME (Aug 2026), a real-yield product backed by real-world Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs) lending. The first tranche secured $105M at 3.34%.
1inch’s Limit Order Protocol daily volume on BNB Chain surged 52% QoQ to $24M, driven by Ondo Finance (Ondo) tokenized stock and ETF swaps routed through its Swap API.
KelpDAO sent the second-to-last batch of rsETH to the LayerZero lockbox, with the final amount to follow Monday. WETH LTVs on Aave are reset to pre-incident values.
Anthropic reportedly signed a $45 billion compute contract with SpaceX, tying its AI training to SpaceX’s GPU fleet and coinciding with SpaceX’s massive IPO, while the episode also covered insider stakes, a high‑cost AI exploit, and geopolitical GPU tensions.
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