DeFi

Visa backs Open USD with new stablecoin platform as Circle (CRCL) faces fresh competition

Visa introduced a new platform aimed at making it easier for banks, fintech companies and crypto firms to build products using stablecoins, expanding its...

Crypto.com lands $400 million investment from Citadel Securities at $20 billion valuation

Crypto.com secured a $400 million strategic investment from market maker Citadel Securities in a deal that values the crypto exchange at $20 billion, marking...

ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim

ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will...

Hyperion DeFi to deploy 500K HYPE for Hyperliquid HIP-3 markets

The deal gives Hyperion an equity stake in Skew and a share of listing-service revenue as it expands the utility of its HYPE treasury...

Robinhood Chain Memecoin Launchpad Vlad.fun Halts Over Integrity Issue

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A bitcoin wallet dormant since the 2017 peak just moved $383 million

A bitcoin address that had not spent a coin in eight years moved 5,908 BTC worth about $383 million on Thursday, data shows.The wallet...

Strategy feels ‘very secure’ until bitcoin reaches $8,000-$10,000, says CEO

Strategy (MSTR), the largest public holder of bitcoin BTC$64,572.85, won’t panic unless BTC sinks to the $8,000-$10,000 range, its CEO has said.Phong Le identified...

Japan moves crypto under financial rules in regulatory overhaul

Japan reclassified cryptocurrencies as financial instruments, a structural shift that establishes the legal framework for separate taxation of crypto assets and for future crypto...

How Robinhood Chain’s biggest launchpad made $12 million and disappeared

Noxa, the largest token launchpad on Robinhood Chain, stopped operating after earning an estimated $12 million in fees, according to DefiLlama, in the past...

Aave Brings V4 to Avalanche as Tokenized Asset Market Grows

Decentralized lending protocol Aave has launched V4 on Avalanche, marking the first expansion of its latest lending infrastructure beyond Ethereum and setting the stage...

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Bitcoin Liquidity Magnets Determine BTC’s Directional Price Moves

Increased activity across Bitcoin’s (BTC) futures markets is playing...

Fed Chair Warsh Rules Out A Crypto Bailout

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told the...

1inch co-founder says he was fired, announces new venture

Anton Bukov said that he no longer took an...

Crypto brokerage firm Alpaca raises $135 million for tokenized stock infrastructure

Crypto brokerage infrastructure firm Alpaca raised $135 million to...

Ethics in Crypto Market Structure ‘Really Not Our Concern,’ Says Blockchain Association CEO

Summer Mersinger, the CEO of the Blockchain Association and...