Quick breakdown: NFT markets experienced their strongest months since February 2025, with a 9% rise in trading volume despite a 4% fall in sales count. Key drivers include increased adoption in nightlife and art, the Base layer-2 blockchain network...
Quick Breakdown FalconX integration: USDe now supported for trading, custody, and derivatives on FalconX. Capital efficiency: Institutional clients can use USDe as collateral for select transactions. Ecosystem growth: Move expected to expand USDe adoption and strengthen Ethena’s DeFi position....
Quick Breakdown: Stripe and Paradigm launch Tempo — a payments-oriented Layer 1 blockchain optimized for stablecoin and financial services. High performance, designed to handle over 10,000 TPS, addressing scalability gaps in existing blockchains. Strong ecosystem support early design partners...
Quick Breakdown: Ripple launches RLUSD stablecoin in Africa through Chipper Cash, VALR, and Yellow Card. RLUSD exceeds $700M market cap, driving cross-border payments and DeFi use cases. Mercy Corps pilots RLUSD in Kenya for blockchain-based drought and rainfall insurance....
Quick Breakdown: Venus Protocol has recovered $13.5 million lost after a whale wallet fell victim to a phishing attack. The protocol paused operations and leveraged governance powers to liquidate attacker positions, fully restoring assets and stabilizing its token XVS....
Quick Breakdown: Kraken has expanded its tokenized equities, xStocks, to Ethereum as ERC-20 tokens, adding 60+ assets to DeFi. This move follows launches on Solana, BNB Chain, and TRON. With $3.5 billion in trading volume and over 25,000 holders,...
Quick breakdown: Linea has rolled out its Ignition rewards program aimed at incentivizing liquidity providers across key DeFi protocols—Aave, Euler, and Etherex—on its Layer 2 network. The program will distribute 1 billion LINEA tokens to encourage deposits and boost...
Quick Breakdown: Citi forecasts that by 2030, 10% of global post-trade turnover will use stablecoins and tokenized securities, led by U.S. adoption at 14%. Bank-issued stablecoins and blockchain are viewed as key to improving collateral efficiency, liquidity, and post-trade...
Quick Breakdown: River integrates Chainlink oracles to ensure accurate, tamper-resistant cross-chain stablecoin pricing. Chainlink feeds secure satUSD on multiple chains, supporting omni-CDP collateralization and liquidity. Users gain safer, more reliable access to DeFi liquidity with reduced risk of price...
Quick Breakdown: Reflect Money raises $3.75M led by a16z Crypto for its new USDC+ stablecoin on Solana. USDC+ aims to increase on-chain capital efficiency by capturing blockchain yields directly. Reflect stablecoins eliminate idle assets and intermediaries, offering up to...
