DeFi

Tether Freezes $344M USDT in Coordination with U.S. Law Enforcement

The stablecoin issuer says it has now supported more than 2,300 cases worldwide, including over 1,200 with U.S. agencies.Tether said Thursday it has frozen...

Aave leads DeFi bailout push after $292M crypto exploit

Aave and several major crypto firms are coordinating a recovery effort to stabilize decentralized finance (DeFi) markets after a $292 million exploit left the...

Aave Announces ‘DeFi United’ Relief Fund to Restore rsETH Backing After Kelp Exploit

Lido is the first service provider to publicly announce its participation in the relief fund via a governance proposal requesting up to 2,500 stETH....

BIS report warns crypto exchanges’ rapid growth and lack of standardized rules leave users at risk

Crypto exchanges are increasingly offering bank-like services such as lending and yield products, but without the protection traditional financial institutions provide, according to a...

The market repriced DeFi in just 48 hours

Until last Friday, April 17, lending stablecoins into Aave, widely considered the gold standard of DeFi, paid 2.32% APY. The Federal Reserve's overnight rate...

Bitcoin Pulls Back From $78K As Persian Gulf Risk Trumps Institutional Bid

ETH is lagging with on-chain risk still elevated post-Kelp, while SOL dropped 3% and the broader market cap slipped 1.6% on the day.Crypto markets...

More than 90% of Web3 games failed after $15 billion boom as gamers never showed up: Caladan

Web3 gaming burned through up to $15 billion chasing a token-driven future that gamers never bought into.Data from Caladan, a market-making and trading firm,...

Polymarket and Kalshi Are Both Set to Launch Perp Trading

Polymarket announced early access for perpetual futures trading, while The Information reported that Kalshi is planning a similar product launch.The two largest prediction market...

Adam Back Addresses Satoshi Nakamoto Rumors at LONGITUDE Paris

Blockstream CEO Adam Back, the British cryptographer and inventor of Hashcash, said it’s “flattering” that people think he’s Satoshi Nakamoto and was probably the...

Base Pushes Toward Final L2 Stage with First Independent Upgrade

Base's Azul upgrade is currently live on testnet, with mainnet launch scheduled for mid-May.Base, the Ethereum layer 2 network developed by Coinbase, announced Tuesday...

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World Foundation raises $52.5 million in new funding round lead by Pantera Capital

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Crypto Advocacy Groups Support CLARITY Passage as Ethics Rules Face Pushback

The Crypto Council for Innovation, Digital Chamber and Blockchain...

Senate Dems should accept the victory they won on Trump’s crypto limits: White House

This negotiation over the government conflict-of-interest piece had delayed...

Odos Protocol to shut down, gives users until July 30 to withdraw assets

Odos Protocol will shut down on July 30, giving...

Strategy overhauls bitcoin metrics to account for senior claims

The first metric is the new "Net Reserve", which...