DeFi

Robinhood (HOOD) lifts buyback program to $1.5 billion

Robinhood's (HOOD) board has approved a new $1.5 billion share repurchase program, according to an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.It...

Tether (USDT) says it selected a ‘big four’ firm for its first audit

Tether, the crypto company behind the most popular stablecoin USDT, said Tuesday it has selected a "Big Four" auditing firm to conduct its first...

NYSE Taps Securitize to Develop Tokenized Securities Trading Infra

Securitize will become the first digital transfer agent eligible to mint blockchain-based securities on NYSE's upcoming Digital Trading PlatformThe New York Stock Exchange and...

Fira Debuts Fixed-Rate DeFi Lending Protocol with $450M in Deposits

Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Fira said on Tuesday it was launching with about $450 million in deposits, highlighting demand for fixed-rate onchain...

Wall Street Will Eventually Submit To The Rules Of DeFi

Opinion by: Mitchell Amador, founder and CEO of ImmunefiThere’s an argument that regulation will split decentralized finance (DeFi) into two separate silos: one regulated...

Amber Group-Backed Perp DEX edgeX to Launch Token on March 31

The derivatives platform has already opened airdrop claims and pre-market trading ahead of its long-anticipated token generation event.Decentralized perpetuals exchange edgeX has confirmed that...

Aave V4 passes ARFC stage, moves toward mainnet launch: Aave

Aave V4 has successfully completed the Aave Request for Comments stage, with the protocol's team now preparing for final AIP deployment and mainnet launch.Aave...

MoonPay Unveils Wallet Standard for AI Agents

The Open Wallet Standard aims to fill a gap in the rapidly growing agentic payments stack by giving AI agents a universal, non-custodial way...

Polymarket Tightens Insider Trading Rules

The prediction market is updating insider trading and manipulation rules days after inking an exclusive partnership with Major League Baseball.Polymarket on Monday announced updated...

Balancer Labs Shuts Down, Protocol to Continue

Balancer Labs, the team behind the decentralized finance protocol Balancer, is shutting down after mounting financial pressure and a $116 million hack in November, with...

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Europe’s high regulatory bar could spark new crypto industry M&A wave

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