DeFi

Aave launches binding Arbitrum vote to move $71 million in disputed ETH

DeFi lender Aave and other stakeholders impacted by last month's Kelp DAO hack have launched a binding Arbitrum governance vote to transfer $71 million...

CoinDesk 20 performance update: SUI surges 25% over weekend

Cronos (CRO), up 9.7% from Friday, joined Sui (SUI) as a top performer.

Biggest consensus overhaul in blockchain’s history is live for testing

Solana developer Anza said Monday that Alpenglow, the network’s biggest proposed consensus overhaul to date, is live on a community test cluster, marking a...

Crypto platform Kraken is raising capital at $20 billion valuation ahead of its planned IPO

Payward, the parent company of crypto platform Kraken, is raising new capital at a $20 billion valuation, according to two people with knowledge of...

Galaxy, Sharplink Launch $125M Institutional DeFi Fund Using ETH Treasury

Digital asset company Galaxy and Ethereum treasury platform Sharplink will launch a private fund that will invest Ether in decentralized finance (DeFi) strategies, signaling...

Stream Finance Breaks Six Month Silence With Wind-Down Plan

A newly formed Delaware entity will consolidate and liquidate remaining assets, with "strategic alternatives" coming in the next few weeks.Stream Finance, the collapsed DeFi...

Circle Raises $222M in Arc Presale at $3B FDV

The private token sale for Circle's Arc blockchain was led by a16z crypto, and included BlackRock, Apollo, and Intercontinental Exchange.USDC issuer Circle announced the...

Bitcoin (BTC) funds capture $700 million as institutions place their bets: Crypto Daily

This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here, if you haven't already.Institutional demand for crypto is real, and suggests there may...

Hyperliquid, EdgeX, Pump.fun Return $96M to Token Holders in 30 Days

Three of DeFi’s relatively young applications, including Hyperliquid, EdgeX and Pump.fun, have distributed a combined $96.3 million to token holders over the past 30...

Whitehat Returns $190K to Renegade After Hacking Them

The team behind the Renegade.fi protocol said a whitehat hacker returned about $190,000 after exploiting one of its Arbitrum-based decentralized dark pools and later...

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Clarity Act expected to miss its window before Congress’ summer break, leadership says

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Tassat wants to help smaller banks tap the stablecoin boom before big banks lock them out

The announcement comes as stablecoins move further into mainstream...

Banxa Integrates LI.FI to Give Fiat Buyers Broader Access to Onchain Assets

Banxa has integrated LI.FI to give users broader access...

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account hacked to promote token amid memecoin frenzy

Robinhood (HOOD) CEO Vlad Tenev's X account was compromised...