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Crypto lending turns to Wall Street credit rules to win back institutional trust after 2022 collapse
Celsius froze withdrawals in June 2022 before filing for Chapter 11 in July 2022, and Genesis froze redemptions after…
Does Botanix’s failure prove Bitcoiners don’t care about DeFi?
The failure of Botanix suggests that Bitcoiners still prefer Ethereum DeFi to Bitcoin L2s. How can Bitcoin L2s change…
Prediction Market Kalshi Reportedly Seeks New Funding At $40 Billion Valuation
Kalshi is reportedly seeking new funding at a $40 billion valuation as investor interest in regulated prediction mark…
Kraken, Maple launch onchain warehouse facility for crypto-backed institutional loans
Kraken's new facility with Maple brings a traditional warehouse financing model onchain, allowing the exchange to exp…
Kraken expands OTC lending through an onchain warehouse facility with Maple
Maple’s lenders will provide a revolving line of funding to supply USDC liquidity for Kraken's over-the-counter bor…
Kalshi seeks funding at $40B valuation, nearly doubling last raise: FT
Kalshi is reportedly in talks to raise new capital at a $40 billion valuation, reflecting growing investor confidence…
Aave positioned to capture tokenized asset growth in DeFi: Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered said tokenized assets moving into DeFi could drive deposits into Aave and help the protocol rebuil…
Ethereum’s much-hated staking 'tax' may already be obsolete
Ethereum’s latest “funding crisis” has triggered a fierce debate over whether to tax staking rewards or to purs…
Starmer steps down: What Andy Burnham means for crypto in the UK
Burnham brings a dose of optimism to the UK crypto industry, having previously supported the blockchain industry as m…
Goldfinch set to shutter Prime after community vote backs wind-down proposal
The protocol facilitated roughly $100 million in loans, but a handful of borrower pools later encountered "serious pe…
Bitcoin weekly close above $63K amid RSI divergence may be bottom signal: Data
Bitcoin's repeated weekly candle close above $63,000 align with signals that may mark a market bottom.
Social trading platform Fomo raises $75M, reaches $550M valuation
The Series B round values the social trading and token discovery platform at $550 million as crypto venture funding r…
Crypto industry looks to stablecoins and DeFi revisions in MiCA 2.0
The European Commission is seeking comment on how it can tweak MiCA, its regulatory framework for the crypto and bloc…
Ethereum faces core development funding crisis, former contributor warns
The warning comes as the Ethereum Foundation reduces spending, adjusts its treasury strategy and undergoes a wave of …
Trace Finance Raises $32M To Expand Stablecoin Settlement Rails
Trace Finance has raised $32 million to expand regulated stablecoin settlement infrastructure across Brazil, the US a…
DeFi’s next institutional wave may come from users who never see “behind the scenes” – CEO of Katana
For years, DeFi's growth strategy was to pull users on-chain, and the next institutional wave is testing where users …
Ledn adds Tether Gold as loan collateral, expanding Bitcoin-backed lending model
Ledn’s addition of Tether Gold lending comes as tokenized commodities expand, with the sector accounting for nearly…
Trace Finance raises $32M for cross-border stablecoin settlement expansion
The raise comes as stablecoin regulation advances globally and financial firms invest in infrastructure connecting bl…
SpaceX’s debut: A win for crypto price discovery, a fail for tokenized access
SpaceX’s blockbuster debut didn’t just mint a trillionaire; it became a real-world stress test for crypto’s pro…
Bitcoin is being packaged for income investors, but the yield comes with a trade-off
Bitcoin's protocol rewards miners through block subsidies and transaction fees, leaving holders who sit on coins with…
Deprecated Aztec Connect Contract Exploited For $2.19M, SlowMist Says
SlowMist says a deprecated Aztec Connect smart contract was exploited for $2.19 million, highlighting the risks left …
Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 10% in second-largest negative adjustment of 2026
The cut hands surviving miners roughly 11% more bitcoin per unit of active hashrate, but all-in production economics …
Japan’s SBI is using XRP to solve a banking problem
SBI Shinsei Bank is reportedly offering crypto deposit rewards to customers, with vouchers worth 20% of their interes…
Lenders want AI to turn months of private-credit paperwork into one-day on-chain loans
The $650 million equipment-finance target gives RWAs a real-economy use case, but loan performance will still depend …
AI deepfake election ad in Minnesota raises transparency concerns
A deepfake campaign attack ad in the US state of Minnesota has raised questions around the ethics of using AI in poli…
Curve launches Llamalend v2 first on Optimism supported by 250,000 OP token grant
Llamalend v2 now supports markets for multiple collateral and borrow assets beyond crvUSD and introduces LlamaRisk as…
Morpho raises $175M in round co-led by Paradigm, a16z crypto and Ribbit Capital to build ‘open credit network’
Morpho plans to build an open blockchain-based credit network to connect decentralized finance, Wall Street, and glob…
Big banks may have found their answer to the CLARITY Act’s stablecoin challenge
The Clearing House plan gives banks 24/7 tokenized settlement while keeping customer money inside regulated deposit a…
Morgan Stanley’s Galaxy deal points to Bitcoin’s next institutional test: lending collateral
Morgan Stanley announced on June 5 that eligible wealth management clients can now lend Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Solana …
Vitalik wants DeFi price crashes to stop triggering automatic liquidations
Vitalik Buterin is challenging one of DeFi's most familiar safety mechanisms: the automatic liquidation that closes a…