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Coinbase Just Put Ethena in the Middle of the Onchain Finance Race
Coinbase has spent years trying to bring crypto closer to mainstream finance without losing the advantages that made onchain markets interesting in the first place. Ethena has spent the last cycle building one of the most talked-about synthetic dollar protocols in DeFi. Now the two are moving closer
Avalanche Enters the Stablecoin Big Leagues as BUIDL Becomes Its Institutional Anchor
Avalanche has quietly crossed into a more serious category of blockchain network: the stablecoin layer. With roughly $1.66 billion in stablecoin supply on the chain, Avalanche now ranks among the ten largest stablecoin networks by supply, putting it in the same conversation as the blockchains that h
THORChain Just Suffered a Multichain Exploit, and It Exposes DeFi’s Biggest Structural Weakness
THORChain has built its entire brand around one powerful promise: seamless cross-chain swaps without bridges, wrapped assets, or centralized intermediaries. It became one of crypto’s most important liquidity rails by allowing users to move native Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major assets across bloc
AI Hackers Are Winning the Crypto Arms Race, And They’re Getting Cheaper Every Two Months
For years, the crypto industry treated artificial intelligence as a growth story. Founders pitched AI trading agents, autonomous DeFi assistants, productivity tools, and automated customer service systems as the next major wave of innovation. But a new report from Binance Research suggests the most
Meta’s Stablecoin Pivot: 3.58 Billion Users Meet Crypto Payouts
When a platform with the scale of Meta Platforms makes a move in crypto, it is never just a feature update: it is a signal. With 3.58 billion daily users across its ecosystem, Meta is now testing stablecoin payouts for creators, quietly reviving a vision it once pursued aggressively and then abandone
Curve’s $100M Time Bomb: How Michael Egorov Turned CRV Into Personal Liquidity, and Left DeFi Holding the Risk
There’s aggressive DeFi strategy, and then there’s what just unfolded around Curve Finance. Over the past two years, founder Michael Egorov quietly engineered one of the most controversial financial maneuvers in crypto: extracting roughly $100 million in stablecoin liquidity from his own token while
The 11-Person Machine: How Hyperliquid Quietly Built a $900M Profit Engine
In an industry obsessed with scale, Hyperliquid is rewriting the rules by doing the opposite. No sprawling workforce, no endless hiring rounds, no bloated org chart. Just eleven people, and reportedly over $900 million in profit. It’s the kind of number that doesn’t just turn heads in crypto. It forc
Inside the WLFI Collapse: Justin Sun’s $75M Freeze and the Governance Crisis Nobody Saw Coming
Crypto has always promised transparency, neutrality, and self-custody. But when those promises collide with power, capital, and control, the results can look eerily similar to the systems the industry set out to replace. That tension is now playing out in public, as Justin Sun levels explosive accus
Aave and the End of Banking as We Know It
The most dangerous competitors to traditional finance are no longer other banks: they are protocols. According to a recent research report from Grayscale, Aave is emerging not merely as a successful DeFi platform, but as something far more disruptive: a fully functional financial system operating wit
The Stablecoin Yield War Is Over, And Washington Just Picked a Side
For years, one of the most quietly explosive debates in crypto policy has revolved around a deceptively simple question: should stablecoins be allowed to generate yield? What sounds like a niche technical issue has, in reality, sat at the intersection of banking power, monetary control, and the futu
Polymarket’s Stablecoin Gambit: Why Ditching USDC Could Redefine Prediction Markets
Polymarket is making a move that cuts deeper than a simple infrastructure upgrade. By replacing USDC with its own native stablecoin, Polymarket USD, the prediction market giant is effectively rewriting the financial plumbing of its platform. And in doing so, it is stepping into a territory that few ap
Wall Street Goes 24/7: Franklin Templeton and Ondo Turn ETFs Into Always-On Assets
For decades, the rhythm of traditional finance has been fixed, markets open, markets close, and everything in between is carefully orchestrated within that window. But that structure is beginning to crack. In a move that signals a deeper shift in how financial products are accessed and traded, Frankl