Crypto.com has received a $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities at a $20 billion valuation, with the funds earmarked for tokenized securities and derivatives.
ETH bridged to Robinhood Chain doubled in a week to $170M, with DEX volume now leading all L2s.
Over $100M deposited into Robinhood Earn, powered by Morpho and curated by Steakhouse.
Temp check live to deploy Aave V4 on Tempo, a Stripe/Paradigm-backed stablecoin L1 for fintechs and banks.
Galaxy Digital secured a 15-year naming rights deal for Texas Tech’s football stadium, doubling down on West Texas infrastructure.
SBI Holdings completed its majority acquisition of Singapore’s Coinhako after MAS approval, expanding its Asia crypto footprint.
Ondo Perps surpassed $1B in 7-day volume, with tokenized stocks like SpaceX and Micron now trading 24/7.
MIP-021 passed with 99.97% support, making Maple Finance (SYRUP) buybacks rules-based and transparent, starting August.
Perp DEX Alpaca closed a $135M round, signaling continued appetite for onchain derivatives infra.
Hayden Adams submitted governance proposals to direct protocol fees from Uniswap v2, v3, and v4 across Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Robinhood Chain, BNB, Polygon, and Optimism into the UNI burn mechanism.
New integrations: Jumper + Glacis Labs for Solana↔EVM transfers, Caliber for RWA fund tokenization.
The UK is rolling out sweeping online restrictions via the Online Safety Act and new digital ID schemes, including bans on social media for under-16s by 2027, strict age verification with invasive data collection, and enforcement powers for Ofcom that could block services. Critics warn these measures erode privacy, enable over-policing, and risk expanding surveillance.
Andre Cronje argues DeFi has evolved from pure onchain ideals to hybrid "neo finance" prioritizing usability, fee extraction, and upgradability, with Flying Tulip integrating lending, derivatives, and a native stablecoin to deliver CEX-like features onchain. He highlights tradeoffs like circuit breakers, offchain infra costs, and dynamic LTV models, while showcasing delta-neutral yield strategies using stETH and perpetuals.
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