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World Foundation raised $52.5 million in a private token sale to accelerate utility and access to World ID, a biometric identity network. The funding was led by Pantera Capital and included other strategic investors, with all purchased tokens subject to a 1-year lockup.
Coinbase users can now borrow up to $100K in USDC against staked SOL via jitoSOL, powered by Morpho, allowing continued staking rewards.
Samsung Electronics plans to add stablecoin support to Samsung Wallet, expanding its payments platform to include digital assets like USDC.
Lido Core Upgrade proposals were supported, testnet was finished, audits were completed, and an on-chain vote was approved, with dual governance passed. The next stop is mainnet.
WBTC supplied to Aave V4 reached a new all-time high, following V4 crossing $300M deposits. This indicates growing demand for onchain BTC liquidity on Aave V4.
LayerZero is winding down offchain support for chains with minimal activity, impacting Stargate Hydra assets on chains like Botanix and Moonbeam. Users must redeem assets before full deprecation to avoid losing access.
A whale accumulated 2.93M $HYPE ($172M) and staked it on Hyperliquid, with the tokens bought 9 months ago at $44 and now up $44.5M. Another whale received 557,902 $HYPE ($32.87M) from FalconX and deposited it into Hyperliquid for staking.
Robinhood Chain hit 100M transactions, becoming the fastest EVM chain to reach this milestone, driven by low fees and integration with Robinhood Wallet.
The World Foundation raised $52.5M in a Pantera Capital-led token sale, selling $WLD at $0.2415 with a 1-year lockup. This funding will support World ID expansion for enterprises, consumers, and AI agents.
Aerodrome Slipstream pools are offering high LP rewards, with $USDC-$wtDRAM at ~208% and $USDC-$wtCOIN at ~157%. Users can deposit liquidity to earn these rewards.
Odos DEX aggregator is shutting down on July 30 after volume collapsed 98% from $7.85B peak. The company will shut down all services permanently, ending a four-year run in which it routed more than $104 billion in trades.
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