DeFi

Iran Launches Bitcoin-Settled Insurance Platform for Hormuz Strait Shipping

Iran has unveiled Hormuz Safe, a Bitcoin-backed insurance service enabling shipping companies to obtain coverage for transiting the Strait of Hormuz.Iran has launched Hormuz...

Galaxy Receives BitLicense From New York State Department of Financial Services

Galaxy has obtained a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services, regulatory approval to operate a cryptocurrency business in the state.Galaxy...

Solana is shedding its memecoin reputation as big banks move billions into its ecosystem

Wall Street and payment giants are quietly taking over Solana, moving billions onto the network for tokenized funds and global payments even as the...

Stripe-backed Tempo taps $7.5 billion DeFi lender Morpho to expand beyond payments

The move brings onchain yield and lending to the payments-focused chain in a bid to offer full-stack onchain finance platform to companies building on...

Aave Proposes Principal-Preserving Charitable Giving Layer for Protocol

Aave governance initiates temp-check on a new charitable mechanism that would allow users to generate yield on deposits while maintaining capital control for humanitarian...

Aave Restores Wrapped Ether Borrowing Following Kelp DAO Hack

Aave users are now able to borrow against wrapped Ether on the decentralized finance protocol again, as the Kelp DAO exploit recovery plan continues...

Verus Ethereum Bridge Reportedly Exploited for $11.58 Million

Verus Protocol’s Ethereum bridge was reportedly exploited on Monday through a fake cross-chain transfer message that allowed a hacker to fraudulently transfer out at...

Iran may be turning the Strait of Hormuz into a bitcoin-based insurance market, local reports say

State-linked Fars News reported that Iran’s economy ministry has been working on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait with payments in bitcoin.

Crypto security is turning into an AI arms race as agents may overwhelm compliance teams

AI agents and automated payments could reach a scale that crypto monitoring systems built for human-paced markets cannot handle, Elliptic CEO Simone Maini warned.

HYPE pops 7%, beating bitcoin declines, as SpaceX pre-IPO lands on Hyperliquid

Hyperliquid's HYPE token rallied 7% over 24 hours after Trade.xyz launched the first pre-IPO perpetual market on the platform, offering synthetic exposure to SpaceX...

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SEC Pays $150,000 Settle Coinbase FOIA Suit

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BTC wilts as Clarity Act odds tumble. U.S. deploys B1 bomber against Iran

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